amplificathon

welcome to the fifth annual (fifthtennial!) amplificathon faq!


( what the heck is this? )

( who is running this thing? why? )

( what are the deadlines? )

( do i need to sign up? )

( do i have to allow archiving of my recording? )

( what about crossposting? )

( what about file format and quality? )

( do i need to prove that i have the author’s permission? )

( is it okay to add sounds other than me reading to my podfic? )

( are there minimum or maximum lengths for recordings? )

( what if i want to create a collaborative podfic with more than one reader? )

( how do i upload files? )

( how do i find stories? )

( what about multipart projects? )

( what about non-english languages? )

( who wins? what are the prizes? )

( what is the end product? )

we're going to make this a sticky post and link all of the other relevant amplificathon 2012 posts from the sidebar on the DW comm. but for anyone viewing the comm in a style that doesn't display link lists, here are those links:

calculating points
fandom/pairing points
table converting length into points

fandom points:

• well-archived fandoms - 1 point awarded
  
  • this includes the top three fandoms in the archive only.

• less represented archived fandoms - 5 points awarded
  
  • any fandom that was represented in the archive as of 3/16/11.

• unrepresented fandoms (not on either fandoms list) - 10 points awarded

pairing points (we're calling gen a pairing, as well as any romantic groupings.):

• well-represented pairings - 1 point awarded
  
  • this includes the top three pairings in the archive only.

• less-represented archived pairings/gen - 5 points awarded
  
  • any pairing/gen that was represented in the archive as of 3/16/11.

• unrepresented pairings (not on either pairings or gen lists) - 10 pts

how do i do this math?
( handy examples are here! )



( 1 pt fandoms )



( 5 pt fandoms )



( 1 pt pairings )



( 5 pt pairings )

For the past several years this community has been mirrored on LiveJournal and Dreamwidth. As the Amplificathon challenge and the Dreamwidth userbase have both grown, the mods have found running the challenge from two communities to be unmanageable and unsustainable.

We've decided that the 2012 Amplificathon will be run from Dreamwidth only. This means that, while you're free to post your podfics to the LiveJournal comm, only posts made to the Dreamwidth comm will be tallied for points. Even though the Amplificathon challenge is moving to Dreamwidth, posting to the LiveJournal community will remain open.

There are several reasons we've chosen Dreamwidth as the 'thon's home. We're rapidly approaching the LJ community's 1000 tag limit and the only way to increase that limit is by paying for the community. At this point in time we are not comfortable monetarily supporting LiveJournal. Without a tag limit increase we will be unable to continue maintaining the comm on LJ at the level we require to run the 'thon effectively. Moving to Dreamwidth and upgrading the community there allows us to keep the 'thon running and accommodate more and more readers that are creating work in more and more fandoms.

In our decision to move the 'thon to Dreamwidth we also took advantage of Dreamwidth's new community import feature. This was an important step for us to take, not only so that we will have all 'thon entries in one place and won't need to check back and forth between the comms for information, but also so that all of the community's tags import correctly and intact. This has created many duplicate entries but the mods don't consider their clean up to be a priority at this time (though we'll delete duplicates if/when we come across them, and if you have duplicated entries feel free to delete them at will).

Dreamwidth has also recently created the ability to merge your Dreamwidth account with an OpenID account. This means that you can 'claim' your imported posts and comments on Dreamwidth by connecting a Dreamwidth account to the OpenID account that made the posts. More information on that can be found here. Dreamwidth currently has open registration (ie: no invite code needed) so if you'd like to take advantage of this and don't have an account (or have an account but don't want it associated with the OpenID account your Amplificathon posts are attached to) you can create one here.

In the last year we've seen a shift in podfic presence to Dreamwidth and many new fandoms are choosing Dreamwidth as their fannish home. A large migration to Dreamwidth has happened in the last few months, and we hope you'll join us there as well!

Looking forward to the 2012 Amplificathon,
Your mods
general_jinjur, were_duck, and me (aphelant)

The Grand Prize winner of Amplificathon 2011 is reena_jenkins, who earned an Amazonian 2497 points!

THAT'S A LOT OF POINTS. Amazing job, Reena!

Your prize:



made by bessyboo



made by Carol

Some Victory
written by waldorph
read by cookiemom6067
ST:Reboot; Kirk/Spock
44:07 | mp3 (42.4 MB) | m4b (33.3 MB)

Amplificathon 2011's third place winner, with 1838 points, is via_ostiense!

Congratulations!!



made by bessyboo



made by cybel

The Rules of Barrayaran Sex
written by Philomytha
read by exmanhater
Vorkosigan Saga; Aral Vorkosigan/Cordelia Naismith
32:25 | mp3 (15.6 MB) | m4b (20.8 MB)

The Whisky & Lemon Award goes to the person who posted the most cumulative minutes of podfic to the challenge. This year's winner is reena_jenkins, who topped out at a whopping 51 hours, 54 minutes and 48 seconds!!

I bet you're regretting those 5m12s that you could have recorded to make it a nice even 52 hours, right Reena? JOKES. ::ducks tomatoes::

For reena_jenkins!



made by Carol



made by cybel

What The Ducklings Did On Their Summer Vacation
written by roga
read by anatsuno
House/SGA x-over; gen
43:02 | mp3 (31.1 MB) | m4b (16.6 MB)