Practice Challenge + Side RP Sign Ups
Hey, everyone! The Practice Challenge is finally here to officially start this OC8! Remember that this challenge is entirely optional, but also recommended in order to let us all get to know your characters and their personalities. You have entire freedom about the theme of your fic but here are the prompts we usually use:
Prompt 1: Life before the selection and journey to the palace:
How was life before the selection? (family, friends, province, workspace, struggles…)
Why did you decide to fill The Selection application letter?
How did you find out about the selected’s name being leaked by King Raphael during the Instagraph live that happened on August 31, 2170? (thoughts, reactions, comments, memes…)
Where were you when you find out you were selected?
Prompt 2: Send offs, makeovers, and first day at Angeles Palace:
How was your send-off from your province? (occurred between September 6-7, 2170. )
How was your plane ride? (who were your plane mates?)
Makeover (which changes were made on your appearance?)
What did you do on your first day in the palace (on September 7th 2170.) (Who did you meet?)
How do you feel about it all?
To give you more details, here is the Complete Practice Challenge Document. [LINK]
In this spreadsheet, you’ll find the following important documents and details:
Plane Mates (Who you will you be traveling)
Send-Off Schedules (Suggested, the only thing set in stone are the times of arrival-- since your OC’s travel time will depend on their city of origin)
Room Assignments (which are first come first serve and is editable by you)
Selected Send-Off Details like Outfits
Additionally, here is a list of provincial flowers that the girls wear with their Send-Off outfits (special thanks to Anna for initiating this): [LINK]
Side RPs
Alrighty, with the practice challenge: we will also be opening up Side RPs (Roleplays that are not exactly required but are there for character interactions and stories) with the host characters.
Here are some General Side RP Rules for OC8:
Everyone will have a maximum of two (2) RPs/requests at a time. You may only request another RP, when you will be posting anything from your backlog of RPs.
RPs are required to be posted within two (2) weeks of their official end. An extra week of extension for posting may be requested with the hosts should the need arise (because real life happens).
As usual, we will be implementing a BYORPI or "Bring Your Own RP Idea" for every RP, meaning that the requesting participant must be the one to come up with the setting, idea, or gimmick for their RP-- but may coordinate with the hosts for some help.
Just to be transparent with you, we will be requiring you to post your RPs because we would want everyone to at least have access to what exactly is going on in the OC and to also keep the OC content alive and consistent throughout the entirety of the OC.
Alright, now here are the Practice Challenge Side RP Guidelines:
Just like the previous OCs, all host characters (except King Raphael) will be open for RPs. Side romances (consisting of Archie, Bianca, and Sam ) will have two (2) slots open. And the rest of the family (consisting of Eleanor, Bellamy, Sylvan, and Sandra) will have only one (1) slot open. In the OC world, all of these RPs must happen between September 7-September 8 (until 3 PM).
Everyone will have the chance to pick 3 characters (1 main and two backups) to show their interest to have an RP with, but you may also opt to pick one if you’re dead set for a specific character only.
Signing up for Side RPs will be open for two days and will close on August 9, 6:00PM (UTC -4:00). We will be randomly raffling off the spots for RPs based on your preference and announcing them on August 10, 6:00PM (UTC -4:00).
Following the announcement of the randomized RP assignments, you will then have to fill up the RP Request Form so we can start monitoring everyone’s RPs and receive the formal request from your end. Every request you send will also be viewable in the SelectionOC8 Participant Notion, where you can also see the current load of each host.
After filling up your RP request, you can then expect a message from the host in charge of your assigned host character so you may coordinate your specific prompt and set up the formal RP chat room.
For everyone’s reference, this is the flow of what to do and expect when it comes to RP requests:
Find the Practice Challenge Side RP Request Form here [LINK].
The Practice Challenge will be happening in the OC Universe anytime until September 8, 2170 (3 PM). OOC, this Practice Challenge will be from August 7, 2021 - August 18, 2021.
All entries/fics for this Practice Challenge must be posted and reblogged to the Selection OC8 net by August 18th OOC date. Additionally, RPs must be posted within two (2) weeks of its ending.
If you have any doubts or questions feel free to message us on hangouts or send us an ask on @oc8-admins or @raphael-schreave