DOINK! Final Fantasy Exchange

DOINK! Final Fantasy Exchange is a multimedia fanwork exchange for all Final Fantasy fandoms. Looking for a chance to get that piece of art you’ve always wanted, or to make some fannish dream come true with an amazing story? You’re in the right place. Rules FAQ Chocobo Races THE 2014 CHOCOBO RACES ARE IN PROGRESS! Click any of the links in the list above to go directly to our website. Check out our About page: What is DOINK!? For easy navigation of our tumblr, we have a list of tags.

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Yes indeed, it’s time for the 2016 Final Fantasy Kiss Battle! We are open and accepting prompts and kiss-related fanworks for all Final Fantasy canons right now. Come play, and bring your friends!

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Announcement: Status of DOINK! 2015

Hello, DOINK! fans and followers!

In 2015, there will be no formal round of DOINK!

After discussing our schedules, other obligations and current state of preparedness, the moderator team has decided to take 2015 off to improve our infrastructure. We're aiming to improve our sign up code, work on our matching macro to keep our focus on providing everyone good prompts they'll be excited to create for, and create some new tools to help us run things on the back end that will make the exchange experience smoother and faster for everyone.

However, later in the year we may launch some informal prompting/writing events of some kind, similar to our Kiss Battle. Nothing's been decided yet, but as soon as we know we'll announce events here and on Dreamwidth. If you have particular types of prompt events you like, do let us know!

If you're looking for an exchange to dive into this year, Press Start is a video game exchange and they open nominations on June 20th. :D If there are other active Final Fantasy or video game writing challenges happening this year, feel free to drop us a message, as well. :)

Thank everyone so much for being patient as we clean up behind the scenes. We hope to see everyone in 2016 for the February Kiss Battle. :)

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2014 Chocobo Races - Summary, Winners, and Coming Events

As the last few chocobos cross the finish line, we bring the 2014 races to a close! The Kiss Battle made for yet another exciting final lap, and we once again congratulate everyone involved. Everyone who left prompts, created new works, and left feedback for others deserves a round of applause. Thanks for making it another great year for the Chocobo Races!

If you’ve been waiting till the end to watch the action with no commercial breaks, now’s a great time to take a look through the 36 works in the 2014 Chocobo Down AO3 collection, or peruse the 204 comments on the 2015 Kiss Battle (25 of which are fills). Lots of awesome Final Fantasy love to be found!

Now without further ado, onto the results...!

2014 Chocobo Races Winner: Team Cactuar

The Cactuars proved to be as swift as their namesake, bursting out of the starting gate back in September and holding the lead all throughout the year! They contributed 55 points’ worth of kisses during February, putting their final total at an impressive 415 points. Excellent work, Cactuars!

The Tonberries put up a massively good fight during the Kiss Battle as well, securing 40 kissy points for themselves. They finished the races with 95 points total, and the overall race was so much the better for it!

And of course, we can’t forget the independent players who dropped in for the Kiss Battle again this year -- whether you played on a team or by your own rules, we thank you all for your participation!

So again, congratulations to Team Cactuar! Enjoy that victory fanfare!

Upcoming Events

The official 2015 round of DOINK! Final Fantasy Exchange will begin in a few months -- stay tuned for more information, and as always, help us spread the word!

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The 2015 Final Fantasy Kiss Battle is live!! 

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The Kiss Battle is still going strong! Get your kisses in by February 28th! All media types welcome and encouraged!!

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The 2015 Final Fantasy Kiss Battle is live!! 

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The 2015 Final Fantasy Kiss Battle is live!! 

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The 2015 Final Fantasy Kiss Battle opens soon! More information here!

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December/January Wrap-Up!

The round for December/January has closed! The action on the track has slowed down a bit over the past two months, but we hope you’re just saving your energy (and gysahl greens) for the final lap! Let’s check in with the teams.

In first place:

Team Cactuar, with 360 points total (50 points this round)

In second place:

Team Tonberry, with 55 points total (0 points this round)

Browse this month's works!

It’s now February, and you know what that means -- the KISS BATTLE will be opening in a few days! Stay tuned for more information later this week!

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December/January Themes: Small Fandoms & Final Fantasy Creatures!

The next theme and prompt post for the Chocobo Races is up! This time around it’s another old favorite paired with an exciting new theme: Small Fandoms and Final Fantasy Creatures!

For all the details you’d ever need to know about Chocobo Races and this month’s round (and so we don’t take up too much room on your dash!), please check out the following links!

December/January intro and prompt post: Small Fandoms & Final Fantasy Creatures!

An Introduction to Chocobo Races

Team Registration (always open!)

List of unfilled prompts (get your inspiration here!)

Chocobo Down collection on AO3 (post your works here!)

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December/January Themes: Small Fandoms & Final Fantasy Creatures!

The next theme and prompt post for the Chocobo Races is up! This time around it's another old favorite paired with an exciting new theme: Small Fandoms and Final Fantasy Creatures!

For all the details you’d ever need to know about Chocobo Races and this month’s round (and so we don’t take up too much room on your dash!), please check out the following links!

December/January intro and prompt post: Small Fandoms & Final Fantasy Creatures!

An Introduction to Chocobo Races

Team Registration (always open!)

List of unfilled prompts (get your inspiration here!)

Chocobo Down collection on AO3 (post your works here!)

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October/November Wrap-Up!

The round for October/November has closed! Some players from the first round are still going strong, plus we had some lovely newcomers this time! Here are our results:

In first place:

Team Cactuar, with 310 points total (95 points this round)

In second place:

Team Tonberry, with 55 points total (25 points this round)

The Cactuars are still putting up a tremendous fight, but the Tonberries haven't given up yet! There are many ways to stack points in your works, so think creatively and strategically when plotting your fills next round! It's still truly anyone's race!

Browse this month's works!

The next theme will be posted shortly.

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October/November Themes: Ladies & Fandom Tropes!

The next theme and prompt post for the Chocobo Races is posted! It’s time to get rolling one of our favorite themes, and one exciting newcomer: Ladies and Fandom Tropes.

For all the details you’d ever need to know about Chocobo Races and this month’s round (and so we don’t take up too much room on your dash!), please check out the following links!

October/November intro and prompt post: Ladies & Fandom Tropes!

An Introduction to Chocobo Races

Team Registration (always open!)

List of unfilled prompts (get your inspiration here!)

Chocobo Down collection on AO3 (post your works here!)

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Just a reminder that the Ladies & Fandom Tropes theme period is still open! Why not take a little breather from NaNoWriMo to fill a prompt this weekend? ;D (Or as always, you can simply leave prompts of your own!)

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October/November Themes: Ladies & Fandom Tropes!

The next theme and prompt post for the Chocobo Races is posted! It's time to get rolling one of our favorite themes, and one exciting newcomer: Ladies and Fandom Tropes.

For all the details you’d ever need to know about Chocobo Races and this month’s round (and so we don’t take up too much room on your dash!), please check out the following links!

October/November intro and prompt post: Ladies & Fandom Tropes!

An Introduction to Chocobo Races

Team Registration (always open!)

List of unfilled prompts (get your inspiration here!)

Chocobo Down collection on AO3 (post your works here!)

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September Free-For-All Wrap-Up!

The round for September has closed, and we had a GREAT turnout for the start of the Races! Here are our results:

In first place:

Team Cactuar, with 215 points total

In second place:

Team Tonberry, with 30 points total

The Cactuars have burst out of the gate with tremendous speed! Will they keep up the pace, or will the ever-ominous Tonberries take a giant step forward out of the shadows to overtake the competition?

Browse this month's works!

The next theme will be posted shortly.

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DOINK! Chocobo Races 2014: Let the games begin!

The 2014 Chocobo Races have officially begun! As we’ve done in the past, our first “theme” is a free-for-all, so any works posted this month (that fall within our minimum standards guidelines) will earn at least 10 points!

For all the details you’d ever need to know about Chocobo Races and this month’s round (and so we don’t take up too much room on your dash!), please check out the following links!

September intro/prompt post: Free-for-all!

An Introduction to Chocobo Races

Team Registration (always open!)

List of unfilled prompts (get your inspiration here!)

Chocobo Down collection on AO3 (post your works here!)

Have fun!!

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DOINK! Chocobo Races 2014: Let the games begin!

The 2014 Chocobo Races have officially begun! As we've done in the past, our first "theme" is a free-for-all, so any works posted this month (that fall within our minimum standards guidelines) will earn at least 10 points!

For all the details you'd ever need to know about Chocobo Races and this month's round (and so we don't take up too much room on your dash!), please check out the following links!

September intro/prompt post: Free-for-all!

An Introduction to Chocobo Races

Team Registration (always open!)

List of unfilled prompts (get your inspiration here!)

Chocobo Down collection on AO3 (post your works here!)

Have fun!!

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Chocobo Races - Team signups are open!

We’re happy to announce that the 2014 round of Chocobo Races is open for team registration! Not sure what Chocobo Races is? You can look here for an in-depth explanation. In a kupo-nutshell: Sign up for a team; fill prompts and get points for your team; repeat monthly with special bonus themes for extra points; the highest-scoring team next March wins the round!

Click here for the full signup post on Dreamwidth!

Now to introduce this year’s teams…

Click here to sign up for Team Cactuar!

Click here to sign up for Team Tonberry!

See you at the Races!

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The Chocobo Races officially begin tomorrow! You can sign up at any point during the Races, but if you want to be ready from the start, choose your team now!