Fic Rush: the two-day ficathon

Since we've had some changes in the Mod Squad line-up, I've tentatively put together a new master schedule.  On any given round, there will almost certainly be adjustments, but please review this and confirm that it will work for you (or not) in general:

SoR (studyofrunning)
first post midnight GMT (5 pm PDT Friday)
last post 2 am GMT (7 pm PDT)

Beth (lolmac)
first post 3 am GMT (11 pm EDT Friday)
last post 5 am GMT (1 am EDT Saturday)

Don (isdon_isgood9)
first post 6 am GMT Saturday (4 pm EDT Sat)
last post 8 am GMT Saturday (6 pm EDT Sat)

Glinda(glinda_penguin)
first post 9 am GMT Saturday
last post 1 pm GMT Saturday

Pitry (pitry)
first post 2 pm GMT (5 pm IDT Sat)
last post 7 pm GMT (10 pm IDT Sat)

Skyler (dbskyler)
first post 8 pm GMT (1 pm PDT Sat)
last post midnight GMT (5 pm PDT Sat)

Chibi (chibifukurou)
first post 1 am GMT (1 pm Sat EDT)
last post 4 am GMT (midnight Sat EDT)

Don (isdon_isgood9)
first post 5 am GMT Sunday (3 pm EDT [Sydney] Sun)
last post 8 am GMT Sunday (6 pm EDT [Sydney] Sun)

Jenni (lullabymoon)
first post 9 am GMT Sunday
last post 1 pm GMT Sunday

Idlewild (idlewild_)
first post 2 pm GMT (10 am EDT Sun)
last post 7 pm GMT (3 pm EDT Sun)

Beth
first post 8 pm GMT (4 pm Sun EDT)
last post midnight GMT (8 pm Sun EDT)

If you're not a moderator and you're interested in helping, please ping me; I'm always interested in you.  Be sure to tell me what time zone you're in, and when you're likely to be available.  With summer approaching (in the Northern hemisphere, that is), we'll need Emergency Back-up Stunt Mods; and we could still use a second mod in Australia (or Japan or China or Malaysia . . . ) (or one with really bad insomnia).

And if you haven't yet voted on the dates for the May round, why the heck not?

ETA:  I think I have all the glitches fixed now, but please flag me if I missed any.

And what a round we had!

Only one item of crackfic was added to our badly warped collection, but it was a doozy:  curuchamion's first contribution to the crack.

The Russian Cheese Mafia attempted to move our cheese off the internet; the brutes kidnapped jjpor and ate the Time Chicken, and we had to mount a Daring Rescue Mission to save him!  We acquired Engine-X, and don't ask where it is now.  We added flamingos to our menagerie (was that your doing, floren8?), enjoyed the antics of the motorcycle-riding space pirates, and manged to keep most of the penguins from getting drunk this time.

Seriously:  in spite of the DDoS attacks and the frustration with outages, we kicked ass.

We had new folks and regulars, and new regulars.  We had writing!  Lots and lots of writing!  So comment to this post and brag about it!  (Gentle reminder:  do not post excerpts here; do link to posted fic when available.)

As always, my deepest gratitude goes out to the Mod Squad; even more than usual on this weekend.  You folks absolutely rock:
dbskyler, pitry, lullabymoon, isdon_isgood9, and the newest recruit, chibifukurou!

Keep an eye on the comm!  I'll post the poll to choose dates for the May round in a few days.

Subject to temporal fluctuation, hacker attack, and nefarious adjustments:

SoR (studyofrunning)
first post midnight GMT (5 pm PDT Friday)
last post 2 am GMT (7 pm PDT)

Beth (lolmac)
first post 3 am GMT (11 pm EDT Friday)
last post 5 am GMT (1 am EDT Saturday)

no coverage 6 am to 1 pm GMT Saturday -- anyone able to help here?  Yay, Jenni will cover this shift!

Glinda(glinda_penguin)  We'll miss you!
first post 9 am GMT Saturday
last post 1 pm GMT Saturday

Pitry (pitry)
first post 2 pm GMT Saturday (4 pm IDT)
last post 7 pm GMT Saturday (9 pm IDT)

Skyler (dbskyler)
first post 8 pm GMT Saturday (1 pm PDT Sat)
last post midnight GMT Saturday (5 pm PDT Sat)

Chibi (chibifukurou)   (I hope you don't mind the nickname, because the syllables are keeeling me)
first post 1 am GMT Sunday (9 pm EDT Sun)
last post 5 am GMT Sunday (1 am EDT Sun)

no coverage 6 am to 8 am GMT Sunday  Yay, Don can cover this shift!

Jenni (lullabymoon)
first post 9 am GMT Sunday
last post 1 pm GMT Sunday

Beth
first post 2 pm GMT Sunday (10 am EDT)
last post 4 pm GMT Sunday (noon EDT)

Chibi (chibifukurou)
first post 5 pm GMT Sunday (1 pm EDT Sun)
last post 6 pm GMT Sunday (2 pm EDT Sun)

Pitry (pitry)
first post 7 pm GMT Sunday (9 pm IDT)
last post 10 pm GMT Sunday (midnight IDT)

Beth
first post 11 pm GMT (7 pm Sun EDT)
last post midnight GMT (8 pm Sun EDT)

Well, let's see if I can manage to post this.[Poll #1727489]

And it was a splendid round!  We had some terrific writing progress made by most of the attending folks, including a new victim visitor.  The Time Chicken made off with an entire hour from the UK, but the rest of us had already succumbed to that evil.  The automatic shipfic generator stole even more time.  Rush Penguin and the Time Chicken failed to find true love, but that would be a great name for a band.

Meanwhile, the penguins inspired, danced, waved glowsticks, kept muses from decamping, and played drinking games. 

Not much crackfic this round; I did produce this timeless offering here.  And jjpor gave us this magnificent tale!

Fervent thanks to the Mod Squad, as always, mostly especially dbskyler, who stepped into the breach and did three shifts, and pitry, who did two shifts in spite of having a rotten weekend.  glinda_penguin, lullabymoon, and idlewild_ all dealt with changed schedules as well as the Time Chicken, and isdon_isgood9 carried her modding baton whilst in the throes of serious writing!  Go you!  Thank you!

A special salute as always to studyofrunning , who made this comm happen!  PM her with details on what you've written here.  I think the fic gallery is a little out of date.



Be sure to watch for the poll to choose Round 16 dates.

For once, the title does not say it all; we have some scheduling bumps that still need to be flattened.  Three of our mods have RL issues, and presumably all of our mods have Real Lives, so whatcha gonna do?

I've been contacting some folks directly, but with LJ continuing to deliver some messages days later, it's not going well.  Accordingly, can the following folks get in touch with me on modding schedule tweaks?

glinda_penguin, can you start an hour earlier than usual, at 8 am GMT Saturday, and go for five hours instead of four?
first post 8 am GMT Saturday
last post noon GMT Saturday

pitry, can you do the following shift instead of your usual?
first post 5 am GMT Sunday (8 am IST)
last post 8 am GMT Sunday (11 am IST)

juliet316, can you change your shift to the following?
first post 1 pm GMT Sunday (10 am EDT)
last post 6 pm GMT Sunday (2 pm EDT)

Please reply in the comments here.  If any of you have already replied to PMs from me asking about this, and you're wondering why I'm asking again -- you can assume that your reply has not reached me yet.  Sigh.

ETA:  Once I have answers from everyone, I'll post a new schedule for the round.  I'll need everyone to check it for errors; there's a lot of changes involved.

ETA:  We have a confirmed hole in the schedule.  Can anyone cover any part of the time between 4 am and 8 am GMT on Sunday?
ETA42: We have a confirmed hole in my head, but the schedule is now solid.  Yay fic_rush!

[Poll #1714033]

Hello, world.  It's February!  And Round 14 will be on February 26th and 27th.  Hope to see you there!

Mod Squad, please check the Master Schedule.  Let me know, in a reply to this post right here, if you'll be able to do your usual shifts.

Also:
Just in case anyone has read the recent LJ announcement about comm 'ownership':  although we haven't heard anything recently from studyofrunning, as the still-active creator of the community, ownership of this comm should automatically default to her when LJ makes the ownership assignments. 

The first hourly post is up at fic_rush_48.  Bring a silly hat.