Welcome to the hottest new forum game on the block, my buddy chum pals!! How does it work? Simple! Someone posts asking to see a certain kind of character, and the next poster posts IC with/links to a character of theirs who fits that description! So, for example:
User A: I want to see a character who has black hair!
User B: My OC, Dicro, has black hair! Isn't it fluffy? Don't you just want to ruffle it? Okay, I want to see a character who made a deal with the devil!
User C:
Lysis did that once. It was a terrible idea. I want to see a character who's a baker!
Need more examples? No problem! Here's some examples of good and bad questions! Essentially, try not to get so specific or tricky that it's unlikely anyone will have an applicable story - you're not trying to stump people, you're trying to see cool OCs!:
Design-Based:
✔️ I want to see a character with heterochromia! / with a blue and yellow color scheme! / with a fancy hat! / with a ponytail!
❌ ...with one red eye and one blue eye! / who has yellow hair and blue skin! / who always wears a fez! / who has a big pink ponytail bigger than they are!
Species-Based:
✔️ I want to see a character who's a mermaid! / a feral character! / is a taur of some kind! / is from a(n open/closed) species!
❌ ...who's a goldfish-based mermaid! / a Mustela erminea character! / an onager taur! / is a (insert specific open/closed species here)!
Personality-Based:
✔️ I want to see a character who's snarky! / who likes puns! / who never gives up! / who's quick to fight!
❌ ...who literally only speaks to be snarky! / who always makes puns about weather! / who's so stubborn that they've died and don't even know it! / greets others by drop-kicking them!
Abilities-Based:
✔️ I want to see a character who controls fire! / with super strength! / who can fly! / who used to have powers but no longer does!
❌ ...who can control candlelight but that's it! / who gets their strength from artichokes! / who can shapeshift into a fly and ONLY a fly! / who lost their powers in a wacky boating accident!
Relationship-Based:
✔️ I want to see a character who's in love with another user's OC! / with a tight-knit family! / who has a rival!
❌ ...who's in love with one of my OCs! / with a family where the cousins are all close but the grandkids hate each other! / who has a skateboarding rival!
Backstory-Based:
✔️ I want to see a character who's been abducted before! / whose past involved illness! / who's died at least once!
❌ ...who was abducted by aliens from Neptune! / who had (really specific illness goes here) / who's been killed by a devious kitten before!
Setting-Based:
✔️ I want to see a character from the future! / who lives on an island! / who's involved with the mafia! / who was transported to another world!
❌ ...from the year 2046! / who lives on an island that no longer exists! / who watched The Godfather like twice! / who was transported from Earth to Mercury!
Meta-Based:
✔️ I want to see a character who doesn't have a name yet! / who has over 20 images! / with a lot of links! / who doesn't have any favs yet!
❌ ...whose name starts with F and ends with W! / who has over 200 images! / who has 38 links! / who has over 100 favs!
Now, some people do have characters like this, and many of these "bad" requests are cool concepts! But they're kinda specific. If you have questions on whether your question is too specific/difficult or not, feel free to send me a PM and I'll let you know!
If you're worried, you can include a 6-hour conditional so that you can post your request without holding the thread up for too long if it ends up being too obscure! For example:
- I want to see an (insert series here) fan character! If 6 hours pass, any fan character is fine!
- I want to see a rabbit kemonomimi! If 6 hours pass, any kemonomimi is fine!
- I want to see a character with long white hair! If 6 hours pass, any character with white hair is fine!
- I want to see a (specific open or closed species)! If 6 hours pass, any character from a(n open/closed) species is fine!
In fact, some of those "bad" requests above would be acceptable as long as a 6-hour conditional was included! It's a useful tool, so if you're even a little unsure about your request it's a good thing to include!
You can make your conditional shorter if you'd like, but not longer; if you say someone say something along the lines of "if 12 hours pass, then x works" then disregard that and apply that conditional at 6 hours as per the rules. Remember: the rules of the thread overrule a participant's post! If they get upset about it, it's on them for not having read/followed the rules.
If this thread goes on without any posts for 12 hours, anyone can go ahead and move the thread along with an entirely new request!
Rules:
- Please don't issue a new request before the last post's timestamp has reached 12 hours, even if it's at 11 hours and 30 minutes! Same thing with the 6-hour conditionals!
- Don't skip over people! If you do on accident, make your request that of the person you skipped so they can still get their answer! If you notice someone has been skipped but there have been several posts since then, consider bringing back their request out of respect!
- After posting, in the interest of fairness, please wait until three people have posted before posting again! Unless the 12-hour limit passes, of course, then it's anyone's game!
- If someone has claimed but hasn't edited their post with a request after 30 minutes, they can be skipped over. The previously-issued request will remain valid until the required 12 hours have passed, or until the claimer has edited their post fulfilling their claim and issuing a new request.
- If someone has neglected to add a request to their post, consider PMing them or pinging them to alert them to the need to add on a request! Otherwise, if they haven't edited in a request within 30 minutes their post can be disregarded as above.
- Make sure you're actually answering the person's request! If your character only KINDA fits and you know it, don't post with them or wait for the time limit to pass! This thread moves quickly - you'll get your chance eventually!
- NEW 7/10/22: Though this isn't a strict, bannable offense, please try to avoid using private characters in this game. The whole point is to show the person above you the kind of character they'd like to see, so it's not much fun if they can't check out your character! If you'd like to keep your OCs private, consider temporarily authorizing the person you're replying to or otherwise giving them access to the page.
- Don't ask for NSFW content, like sexual requests or requests that are gory/especially violent in nature. It's okay for your answer to be a character whose profile has 18+ content as long as they have the proper content warnings applied, but don't ask for these things! You can find a NSFW version of this thread here!
- Don't ask to see a character who's a pedophile, a homophobe, etc. Like above it's okay if the character responded with has said traits - stories have villains, after all - but it's kinda weird and uncomfortable for everyone to have someone specifically ask to have that sort of character shown off, y'know? Likewise, don't use slurs (including ableist language like asking to see a "crazy" character, "psycho", etc.) and fetishizing terms (like shota/loli, trap, etc.) when asking for a character. Just don't do it!!!!!
- Don't ask for something that's already been asked for on the same page! This helps keep up the thread's variety and avoids scenarios where a certain request becomes so common that people start running out of characters to respond to it with/have to just keep repeating that character to keep the thread moving!
- Don't repeat your previous request within a 24-hour period, and try to avoid immediate repetition in general! Again, this helps keep the thread varied and avoids the issue of users running out of ways to respond to a prompt beyond repetition. If you're interested in a certain kind of OC, try adding a spin on your prompt! Ask for a feral cat one time, an anthro cat the next, a character with cat ears next, a character who has a pet cat next, a character who acts very catlike the next, etc.! Don't forget to make use of 6-hour conditionals as well; adding an "after 6 hours, any character associated with cats is fine" frees up users to post with any of those things listed!
- Avoid asking for anything involving specific bases or creators. These can be difficult to fulfill, and it's hard to spin an accessible 6-hour conditional off of them unless you're doing something completely unrelated. Even if you did think of one, I think a request like that would be the sort of thing guaranteed to have to wait for the 6-hour conditional anyhow. Open/closed species I'm a little more lenient since those can involve guest creators and MYOs and the like, but...
- Requests asking for a specific open/closed species are only acceptable if they come with a sufficiently generic 6-hour conditional! For instance, asking for (specific open species) is fine if the 6-hour conditional is "any open species in general". You could also, for instance, ask for (anthro closed species) and have the 6-hour conditional be "any anthro character". Try not to be any more specific than this with your 6-hour conditionals!
If you see someone violating the rules or frequently issuing requests that seem designed to trip the thread up, contact me so I can send them a warning and/or update the rules if necessary! If they continue to violate the rules, I'll block them so they can't access the thread. If you have any other questions or concerns, feel free to PM me or leave a comment on my profile!
Alright, now let's get this thing started!
I want to see a character who has horns!