HSWC 2014 SIGN UPS - 24 HOUR WARNING
Sign ups for the Homestuck Shipping World Cup will close 24 HOURS FROM NOW at May 8, 2014 @ 11:55 PM UTC. Convert this to your time zone by clicking here. A countdown is right here.
Team Noir Sign Ups will remain open until May 15, 2014 @ 11:55PM UTC. All other sign ups will close at the time above.
Read on for info on what happens once sign ups close!
When sign ups close, all teams at or above the 5-person minimum will automatically qualify. Congratulations!
If your team is at 4 members or under, your team will not qualify. This post has a list of the teams that still need help.
After sign ups end, if you’re on a qualifying team (including Noir) and wish to change teams, you must follow team switching protocols. Any participant can drop from the roster at any time, however.
If your team is too small to participate in the HSWC (4 members or less), you will have until May 11 to decide whether you would like to join a qualifying team that has room (including themed teams, abstrata, and noir), or to drop from the HSWC. More information about this will be forthcoming once sign ups close. If you don’t choose by May 11 @ 11:55PM UTC, you will be automatically sorted into Team Noir.
Switching participants cannot switch onto teams that were too small to qualify for the HSWC—sailing teams only.
That means if you want to save another team by switching to/joining it, you have to do it today. You won’t be able to save them once sign ups close! (Talk to your teammates before jumping ship, though. Strategize! Make sure you aren’t putting your own team in danger. Maybe your own team can be saved last-minute.) If you don’t know how to switch teams, please read the sign up mini-FAQ.
You’re also free to contact members on too-small teams that are spiritually similar to yours and ask them if they want to merge. Don’t spam people, though.
IF YOU ARE A FRIENDLEADER
(From the Rules Wiki:)
We will be contacting friendleaders on May 9 in order to confirm their friendleadership and to give them time to prepare.
If you don’t receive an e-mail from us by 11:55PM UTC May 9, please e-mail us at [email protected].
Once your friendleadership has been definitively confirmed:
Choose a vice-Friendleader! More information on that at the wiki.
Create your own team community, or inherit your team’s comm from the previous year’s friendleader. You’ll have to do the legwork to get in contact with that FL yourself, though. Last year’s comms are listed at the 2013 HSWC Team Roster.
Email the mods at [email protected] with your DW username, your team’s ship, your vice-friendleader’s DW username, and the name of your team’s DW community so that we can add it to the team roster.Each FL should also invite their teammates to the team’s DW community so you can get going! Watch the roster, too, because new members from smaller teams might join you until the end of May 11! Do not invite teammates to the comm before your friendleadership is confirmed.
Also, FLs should be on the lookout for an invitation to friendleader_fiesta, the FL DW comm.
IF YOUR TEAM HAS AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE BUT DOES NOT HAVE A FRIENDLEADER
(From the Rules Wiki:)
On May 9, the mod team will e-mail all teammates asking for someone to step forward as Friendleader.
If no one volunteers within 24 hours of receiving the e-mail, the first person to sign up for that team automatically becomes FL.
If they don’t want the position, they will be responsible for finding another FL for the team and e-mailing the mods with the new FL’s contact information before they can step down.
If by May 11 a definitive FL cannot be confirmed, the team will be disbanded. Team members will have the option to join another team with room (including themed teams, abstrata, or noir) or drop from the HSWC, as listed above.
The next 24 hours are critical for saving teams under the limit, stepping up as friendleader, and recruiting last minute members to your team. Go go go!! If you have any questions feel free to contact us, but please refer to the rules wiki first, especially the Teams and Signing Up pages! Best of luck to you!
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