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Speed Dating 101
Hey there everybody! Remember when Billy posted about the LGBT Club in April? Well, we’ve got two things that need addressing in regards to that:
1) When should the club meet? So far the best idea day-wise is during weekends, but time-wise and how often it happens is sort of in the wind. Suggestions would be great!
2) Speed Dating!? Thanks to that post, he also struck up a proposal while talking to Korra (here) to run a speed dating event. This will not be limited to people in the LGBT spectrum! Basically the club is sometimes an LGBTQA now to include allies, whee? And to kick things off, he wants everyone to have some fun and get to know one another. So here’s the idea:
In addition to the textarea stuff, we’d also like to know when a good date for doing this is. It’d only be for a couple of hours, probably on a Saturday or Sunday, since that’s when the club itself will probably run. Next week? The week after? When are people interested? Let me know, and there’ll be a log for it. /o/
If you'd like to participate, please fill this in:
Basically the idea is that once we have everyone signed up with little textbox survey filled out, we’ll organize the results and list who will be paired up with whom for the speed dating in another post before the log goes up. Characters should end up with multiple partners, and whoever tags the log first should be tagged by whoever got their name. If only some or none of your partners are on the log feel free to make your own thread. There will be instructed to have a 10 minute conversation with the person and try to learn as much as they can about one another until the whistle is blown and they move on to the next person. Players can decide ICly or OOCly how much they can get done in those ten minutes (eg. how long the chat lasts), then they get to rate their partner and decide if they’re interested in seeing that person again. So as an example:
Person A is female, bi, looking for friendship and romance.
Person B is male, heterosexual, looking for romance.
Person C is female, homosexual, looking for friendship.
Person D is male, heterosexual, looking for sexual.
Person A would be paired with B and C, Person B would be paired only with A, and Person C would be paired only with A. Person D is paired with no one because they need to shift their goddamn expectations. |D Billy will encourage everyone to at least sign up for romance, though, since that’s kind of the point of speed dating. And friendship as well, just to keep people moving around and talking, and not standing by waiting for the next round.
If anyone ends up with no partners for any round, though, they will be invited to hang with Billy and Teddy at the host table and gossip about the others. There will be fabulous cookies. (Guess what Teddy you’re baking!) After the speed dating is done there should be a follow-up OOC post about ratings so we can organize who did well together. And let some long-term CR build from there! :D
Feedback and questions would be awesome, make it so :B
EDIT: Characters can sign up other people if they want, but they need to be responsible for convincing them to actually participate. Billy can't force anyone to be a part of it. So try to keep that in mind when you're signing people up! (Also, if a character is signed up by anyone other than themselves, please make a note of it in your comment!
1) When should the club meet? So far the best idea day-wise is during weekends, but time-wise and how often it happens is sort of in the wind. Suggestions would be great!
2) Speed Dating!? Thanks to that post, he also struck up a proposal while talking to Korra (here) to run a speed dating event. This will not be limited to people in the LGBT spectrum! Basically the club is sometimes an LGBTQA now to include allies, whee? And to kick things off, he wants everyone to have some fun and get to know one another. So here’s the idea:
- As mentioned above, there’s no limitation of who’s involved. Characters don't even have to join the club, they just need to be cool with the concept. (We still have a Hulk.)
- Everyone will be encouraged to give it a try and talk to as many people as possible c:
- Billy will ask everyone to fill out a survey (in the textbox below) to categorize them according to preference, gender, age, etc. as well as what they’re looking for.
- They'll get partnered up with one person for the duration of the "date"; sample questions can be provided for the quiet types. A signal will be given and they'll move on to the next person until it's over.
- After the speed-date characters can rate their partner (whether or not they'd like to date/talk to them again), their partner will do the same, and Billy will tell people who their matches were afterwards.
In addition to the textarea stuff, we’d also like to know when a good date for doing this is. It’d only be for a couple of hours, probably on a Saturday or Sunday, since that’s when the club itself will probably run. Next week? The week after? When are people interested? Let me know, and there’ll be a log for it. /o/
If you'd like to participate, please fill this in:
Basically the idea is that once we have everyone signed up with little textbox survey filled out, we’ll organize the results and list who will be paired up with whom for the speed dating in another post before the log goes up. Characters should end up with multiple partners, and whoever tags the log first should be tagged by whoever got their name. If only some or none of your partners are on the log feel free to make your own thread. There will be instructed to have a 10 minute conversation with the person and try to learn as much as they can about one another until the whistle is blown and they move on to the next person. Players can decide ICly or OOCly how much they can get done in those ten minutes (eg. how long the chat lasts), then they get to rate their partner and decide if they’re interested in seeing that person again. So as an example:
Person A is female, bi, looking for friendship and romance.
Person B is male, heterosexual, looking for romance.
Person C is female, homosexual, looking for friendship.
Person D is male, heterosexual, looking for sexual.
Person A would be paired with B and C, Person B would be paired only with A, and Person C would be paired only with A. Person D is paired with no one because they need to shift their goddamn expectations. |D Billy will encourage everyone to at least sign up for romance, though, since that’s kind of the point of speed dating. And friendship as well, just to keep people moving around and talking, and not standing by waiting for the next round.
If anyone ends up with no partners for any round, though, they will be invited to hang with Billy and Teddy at the host table and gossip about the others. There will be fabulous cookies. (Guess what Teddy you’re baking!) After the speed dating is done there should be a follow-up OOC post about ratings so we can organize who did well together. And let some long-term CR build from there! :D
Feedback and questions would be awesome, make it so :B
EDIT: Characters can sign up other people if they want, but they need to be responsible for convincing them to actually participate. Billy can't force anyone to be a part of it. So try to keep that in mind when you're signing people up! (Also, if a character is signed up by anyone other than themselves, please make a note of it in your comment!
Because he's gotta sign his buddy up!
Age: 20
Age Range: 17-26
Gender: Male
Gender Preference: Female for romance. Any for friends
What are you looking for? Friends. Romance. Must be patient and willing to play hard.