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App of Requests
Here is the app of all requests, thanks to the hard work of karanguni. One of our achievements is to complete treats, so hopefully one of these will tempt you.

Achievements
Back for another year, we have achievements! Thanks to an anonymous benefactor, we have:
Community Achievements and
Personal Achievements.

Betas
One of the more invaluable services in any exchange is a beta! While it is not necessary to have one in order to participate, betas can help by casting an eye over your work and giving opinions, making suggestions, or cheering you on in the dark hours of "oh God this is due in two hours and I have scrapped everything I did before".

If you are able to beta, please comment below with:

Your AO3 name:
Fandoms you can beta:
Media you can beta (Fanart/Fanfic/Fanvid):
Things you love to beta:
Any restrictions/things you cannot beta:
A means of communication (email, discord, DW message):

We are now out of character creation and into the prologue of the game itself ... aka assignments are out! If there are any mistakes in your matchup, please let me know at press.start.mod[at]gmail

I'll put up the list of all requests and a beta post in a couple of days, so please sit tight for that.

This year's trophy list! I have undoubtedly missed fandoms, so if I have let me know! Also if you want to suggest a new trophy (either as an achievement, or a name for a currently nameless one), also let me know and I'll add it to the list.

Finally, we have six initial pinch hits. If you are interested in picking these up, please comment with your AO3 name. All comments are screened!

( Pinch Hit #1: Dragon Age, Fire Emblem: Awakening, Until Dawn, Zero Escape - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #2: Defence of the Ancients, Dungeon Fighter Online, Master X Master, Liar! Uncover the Truth, Liar! Office Deception )

( Pinch Hit #3: Crossover Fandoms, Dangan Ronpa (Hope's Peak Arc), New Dangan Ronpa V3, Detroit: Become Human, Portal, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #4: Collar x Malice, Diabolik Lovers, Jooubachi no Oubou, Nameless: the one thing you must recall )

( Pinch Hit #5: Assassin's Creed, Fallout 4, Far Cry 4, Final Fantasy XII - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #6: crossover fandoms, Breath of Fire IV, La-Mulana, SMT: Strange Journey, Warriors of the Eternal Sun - CLAIMED )

First up, congratulations! We not only beat our total from last year, but almost doubled it: 211 fandoms and 1311 characters/combos. Well done everyone!

ADMIRE THE TAGSET. The capslock compels you.

Now! For the next couple of days, until signups open at probably 6am on July 4, we review the tagset to make sure that everything is where it should be. If something is not where it should be (aka a character has migrated from one game to another, or we have something in the tag set that is either not released or is not a game) please let me know.

If your nominated game is sitting in "Uncategorized Fandoms" this is because there is no canonical AO3 tag for your game. (Yet.) I am not a wrangler and so can't put the games into the right section. If you are a wrangler and you would like to wrangle these tags for the exchange, let me know what information you need beforehand and I'll get it to you.

Finally, we have the spreadsheet for the achievements! For those who have not participated before, last year we had a little challenge where we tried to "achieve" certain achievements on a list, much like in many video games. Some of the achievements are pretty hardcore! Some of them are going to be achieved in the course of the game/exchange. There is also a secret one! If we ever achieve it, I will reveal it. As you can see though, I need your help to come up with more achievement names for the ones for the games. While looking at the tag set, if you come up with something clever, witty, silly, or all of the above, for an achievement name, let us know! 

Signup Countdown

Signups close in about a day and a half (though they might run a little over time). Your countdown is here! I will not be allowing anyone to sign up late once signups close, because I am very keen to start the matching process and give you all the maximum amount of time to create, so please keep that in mind!

Trophies

This year, we have achievement trophies! I'm in the process of compiling a list of possible trophies for us to achieve. You can read the list here! I am also taking suggestions as to additional achievement trophies. They can be serious, or they can be really silly. I personally would love more silly achievement trophies! If you want a trophy to exist for f/fpreg, or transdimensional selfcest, or time travel shenanigans, or AU shenanigans, now is your chance! You have until assignments go out to help me come up with more trophies. I will also take suggestions on what the current trophies should be called, and whether a trophy should be moved from one category to another.

Keep signing up, and I look forward to seeing what you all request!

EDIT: I'm in the process of adding trophies for games/series/etc. If your game of choice doesn't have a trophy, please suggest something to me in the comments! I am probably stuck for ideas.