Hello everyone! Just as I did in 2015, roleplaypositivityy will be hosting another Secret Santa event this December!
Everyone is assigned another roleplayer to write positivity about. I try to make sure everyone writes for and receives from someone they RP with. Each week has a different theme, and you will both receive and send one shoutout per week. You will send in a total of five shoutouts about your assigned person, and receive five from your secret santa. At the end of the month, it is revealed who wrote about who! Overall, last year it was a lot of fun and got a lot of positive feedback as an event, so I’m doing another one this year!
Independent RP blogs only! OCs, canon, fandom, etc. doesn’t matter, but you must be an indie RP blog.
You do not need to be following me (roleplaypositivityy). It would be nice, though :)
You must be able to commit to sending all five shoutouts in about your assigned person. There will be weekly due dates when you need to have that week’s shoutout in by. If both of the first two shoutouts are late, I may have to remove you from the Secret Santa simply for my own sanity. (I need time to get them on the templates and to schedule them, so please respect the due dates.)
Of course, positivity only! This isn’t really the place for criticism, even constructive criticism. It’s the holidays!
Please refer to my rules page for additional rules on shoutouts.
YOU MUST SEND THE SHOUTOUTS TO MY BLOG. Do not send the shoutout directly to the person. I moderate this event and make sure that everyone gets and sends the amount of shoutouts they are supposed to. Also, I put them on pretty templates :)
Please read through the entirety of this post before you sign up. If you have questions after you sign up, please check this post to see if it is answered here before coming to me to ask–most of the information you need should be here. Thanks!
Try to get as many of your RPer friends to enter as you can, to make sure you get someone you know to write about and to write about you!
Don’t tell the person you’re writing that you’re their secret santa–that ruins the fun!
You may enter on as many sideblogs as you want, but you will be expected to send positivity from each one, so don’t sign up with multiple accounts if you aren’t prepared for that! For example, I am going to enter with both my main RP blog and a sideblog. I will have to send in ten shoutouts altogether, but I will also receive 10–five for each of my blogs–so I think it’s well worth it!
Shoutouts this year will be due on the Friday of each week. You can send in shoutouts as far before the due date as you want (i.e., if you felt like it you could send them all in at once at the beginning of the event–I don’t mind.) On the due date, they must be sent before 8PM EST. If you think you won’t be able to get in a shoutout on time, let me know beforehand–I am very lenient and we can work something out, as long as you let me know ahead of time!
When you submit a shoutout, please do so in this format:
“Secret Santa shoutout for (INSERT USERNAME), (INSERT THE WEEK’S THEME): Here is the content of your shoutout. Please write more than a sentence–what you write will probably mean a lot to the recipient, so put some effort into it!”
This year’s themes and due dates:
DUE NOVEMBER 25TH: Comments about the person’s muse/development/characterization. Will be posted Nov. 27 - December 4th
DUE DECEMBER 2ND: Comments on the person’s writing. Will be posted December 5th - December 11th
DUE DECEMBER 9TH: Comments on the mun’s personality/what you like about rping with them. Will be posted December 12 - 19th
DUE DECEMBER 16TH: Things that stand out about them. Can be anything. Will be posted December 19th - 24th
DUE DECEMBER 23RD: General positivity. All of these will be posted on Christmas day, so remember to wish your recipient a happy holidays!
Who wrote messages for who will be revealed between December 26th and New Year’s Day.
Write the following in the tags:
1. whether you are okay with me instant messaging you. If you aren’t following my blog and have IM restricted to those you are following, the answer to this must be no.
2. the fandom in which you RP (if you are fandomless, just put that)
3. your muse’s/muses’ name/s
4. the name you go by as a mun.
That’s it! EVERYONE who reblogs with that info will be entered, and entries close November 20th. On that day, you will get a confirmation message from me to make sure you’re in and to tell you who you’re writing for–please respond within 48 hours or you will be removed! Remember that your first shoutouts are due November 25th.
Have fun, everyone! I’m looking forward to seeing all the positivity you guys write and receive! <3