By the way!
You can still join the Yuri Shipping Olympics if you want to! @yuriolympics has a link to their discord here, and you can just pop in directly, join the team you want and start creating!
I'm in Team DCMK and we are still a relatively small but enthusiastic yet chill bunch :} You can come join us if you like DCMK! Don't worry about not being too active!
What do you do?
Honestly, just create a lot of yuri.
It can be fic, art, or other things - i've seen a friendship bracelet be submitted
You get points for your team for creations you submit and more, but it's a very chill competition (at least that's how I've felt it so far). Even if it's chill, you get to create and contribute to a team's result, so there is a nice little boost of team spirit joy there!
Some little perks (from my perspective):
In some rounds called "minirounds", you create pieces based on prompts, and are allowed to create for fandoms outside of your team while still getting points for it! I get stuck in a rut easily, and it has been immensely fun to be able to create for Ace Attorney, RGU, my niche lil books... while knowing that it still contributes to my team <3 If you are like me and have niche little fandoms you want to create for, but need prompting, why not join and create in minirounds?
From what I see, not everyone is submitting full-lineart / colored pieces or longfic. I've seen quite a lot of sketches. I see people using this just to break out of artblock too. If that's you, well, this could be a nice way to get yourself into or back into creating in a low-pressure way.
there's quite a vast array of yuri, so you could potentially discover some new yuri along the way
transfem headcanons are allowed so while it's not actively encouraged, you can yuri beam your ship if that's what you really want to create for. dcmk is lucky to count a huge array of super interesting yuri ships already, but we've also had really cool, beautiful genderbend pieces created
It goes without saying but like everywhere, if you don't like it half-way through you can always hit the bricks. Just leave the server, it's okay! You can play around for a bit if you want and leave when you want out.
Don't feel shy! Come and visit <3
