Dial-A-Mod

[rainbowmods]

If, for some reason, you can't get ahold of a mod via IM or otherwise and have an issue, question, etc., please feel free to leave a comment here. They are screened for the time being, but if the question is pertinent to members at large (about how rainbowfic works, for example), we'll unscreen once answered so others can see it and perhaps have their questions answered.

For reference, you can try IMing Kat at tigerkat245, Kelly at subluxating, or Sara at WLiialover88; these are all on AIM, or you can send a PM. You can also contact Geena at takenhawkeye @ yahoo.com.

Comments

[finch]

Have y'all considered allowing other bingo cards than origfic_bingo to count for pastels?

[rainbowmods]

I am so sorry we never got back to you! I thought we had.

We just discussed it to verify what everyone thinks, and we're going to go ahead and change the description to reflect that, yes, other bingo cards are okay as long as they're generated by the mods of that community. Thank you for bringing it to our attention!

[justice_turtle]

I have a further question about the "generated by the mods" restriction. I have a card from fanbingo (a trope bingo comm, ftr), where the cards are officially supposed to be generated by the mods but in actuality their mods have all been on hiatus for over a year. They have a hiatus rule where any member of the comm can use a random number generator against the posted prompts list to create a new card. That's what I did.

So would this card of mine be allowed for Pastels use?

[rainbowmods]

The mods have discussed it, and we're sorry, but we're going to have to stick to 'mod-generated' as the baseline. If it's not, there's nothing to stop someone from repeatedly generating their card until they get one they want, and that's not the goal of the challenge.

We apologize for the inconvenience!

[thelinesoflearning]

Hi -- I haven't quite joined yet, so I hope this is still kosher, but I had a question about writing in the same universe as another writer. The person who pointed me here and I have a lot of shared universes, some of which they already write for in this community. Is it alright if I write for the same ones when I join, or does that somehow violate the rules of the community?

Sorry to bother you, and thank you for your time.

[rainbowmods]

No bother at all, and in advance, welcome!

Three of the mods share a huge universe with the same main characters. It's absolutely okay to write in the same universe, and it's part of why we have story tags instead of just author ones.

[tanager]

Does every piece for a Bichrome need to use only the two Bichrome colors, or can some of them also have a third color?

[rainbowmods]

Hi! This is Kelly.

You can absolutely use a third color with some or even all pieces. The only requirement is that each piece use a prompt from each Bichrome color.

[tanager]

Thank you! Also, for the accomplishments that say "any shades of blue", can we use any color that is a shade of blue, or only colors that have "blue" in their names?

[rainbowmods]

Any shade of blue.

[finch]

Do specialty colors like "Summertime Blues" and "Bubblegum Pink" count as "any blue" or "any pink" for palette purposes? (ie. does Summertime Blues count toward Got the Blues?)

[rainbowmods]

We're sorry, but no, they don't. They're technically Custom Palette colors, even though they're named otherwise, and so don't fall under the palette requirements. This also goes if you make your own Custom Palette. Say you make one that's greens-based; that one wouldn't count, either.

(I'm going to unscreen my reply to you, but I'll leave your comment screened.)

[finch]

You can unscreen the question if you like, if you think other people might also want to know. I was just curious.