Have you joined any new communities recently?

[petra]

What online communities have you joined lately? Are there any challenges you've signed up for that you want to promote or discuss?

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[petra]

I've recently signed up for Banned Together Bingo, which is about fighting censorship and writing stories to prompts that are the reasons works were banned.

Other than that, I am always on the lookout for more connection with people.

[minoanmiss]

*heartily seconds this comment*

(Anyone want a postcard?)

[althea_valara]

I'm captain of a team in Nerdopois, a crafting community for nerds/geeks on Ravelry (which is a knitting/crochet/weaving/spinning site). My team is all about games: board games, video games, Dungeons & Dragons, card games, etc.

Nerdopolis has been going on for six years now! Every month, you're given six challenges you can choose to fulfill. One challenge is chariry-related; another is for non-Ravelry crafts (anything other than the four mentioned above). The other four challenges are all yarn related.

For example, one of the challenges this past month was Constellations, so I knit a bunny amigurumi, inspired by the Lepus constellation. I then got an entry into a drawing for a prize, because I tied my bunny to my team (there are bunny monsters in Final Fantasy XI.)

It's a lot of fun! My team is always welcoming of new players, but if games aren't your cup of tea, there are other teams that would be happy to have you.

[petra]

This sounds like a lot of fun for the right people! I'm glad you've found your team.

[daegaer]

I'm writing in saiyuki_party, where we are writing various sci-fi AUs of Saiyuki, and having a blast 😀

[petra]

Sci-fi AUs sound like a lot of fun. Enjoy!

[daegaer]

There's a whole lot of Dune going on, which is incredible fun!

[scytale]

I love the fact that the theme is specifically sci fi AUs!

[daegaer]

It's a great distraction and producing a lot of fun things!

[mific]

I'm doing intoabar, the crossover writing challenge, and am on a voiceteam team - it's about podficcing and related activities. E.g. I recently drew art purporting to be Steve Rogers' sketchbook (pics of Peggy) to make real some details in a podfic recorded by a team member (100 points!). Plus I'm doing some Big Bangs (McShep, Venom, and due South) but those date from before all this. Also fandom_checkin, as I live alone, albeit in a safe place.

[petra]

That's a good range of connections you're making. I'd forgotten about fandom_checkin -- I've been participating in it, too.