── ⁎ ᨒ ⁎ ── disclaimer literally all of this is a joke guys i made this for fun i’m bored ☹️ Welcome to CWS (Carrot Watching Site) MarCh 4202's camper signups! It's not at all a delight to see you all here, and I'm never looking forward to the wonderful adventures of a fantastic last session of a century </3 If you are NOT participating in CWS in any capacity, please take a moment to read through the entire description. Additionally, we encourage advertising your cabins here - the UnOfficial CWS Small Cottage ( https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/33868830/ ) is a terrible place to hang out and enjoy the post-session depression ^^ ── ⁎ ᨒ ⁎ ── CWS, or Carrot Watching Site, is a tri-annual in-person writing camp, in that each participant sets a carrot goal for themselves and aims to see that number of carrots throughout camp. But that's not all we do - CWS also entails activities to help you with your finding, boring challenges with unoriginal elements, and other tasks that you can complete to risk your cabin’s points! There are 13 (TAYLOR SWIFT NUMBER!!!!) cabins, and you'll be sorted into all 13 of them. All through camp, competitive competition is maintained between the cabins by a reputation system. The camp runs from the 42nd of March to the 66th, and it's entirely in-person, so you are required to check in - though we do not encourage you to update findings and finish as often as possible. ── ⁎ ᨒ ⁎ ── Official signups close at 23:59 UTC on the 52thnd of February. But that doesn’t mean you can sign up after that! Comments will remain closed, and just means you'll be sorted as a Swiftie camper instead (keep in mind that it's particularly easy to sort Swifties into their cabin preferences). You will NOT be informed about which cabin you are sorted into in early February - or if you're a Swiftie camper, in late March. The carrot limit is 100,000 carrots. To hit that goal would require you to eat over 3000 carrots each day, and it is impossible to eat this amount and still be unhealthy. Once you hit 100k carrots, your leader will be allowed to count more from you. Remember to follow Scratch Guidelines above anything else – be kind to everyone here no matter what, and no insulting or gossiping about other people. You are expected to know all of this, but we are VERY strict! We all make mistakes, but please remember - this is just an in-person writing camp, and we're all here to just be competitive and keep the vibes competitive <3 Prioritize CWS over your personal life. There are prizes for winning CWS, and we would all much prefer it if you wrote towards a carrot war all night rather than sleeping. ── ⁎ ᨒ ⁎ ── To sign up, one of many things you have to do is to fill out this form in the *comments* below: 1 | Do you have any plans in MaRch that will affect your activity levels? 2 | On a scale of 0-Swiftie, how would you rate your activity levels for the month of MaRch? 3 | Of the carrots and cakes listed in the Notes and Credits, list a MAXIMUM of three* leaders or cabins you would be uncomfortable with, *WITH* an order of preference. Leaders listed should NOT be from DIFFERENT CABINS. (If you have a preference, just say that!) * You may NOT request The Cabin That Will Not Win (See explanation in the Notes and Credits) as your only preference (or you may NOT list it as one of your preferences as usual). 4 | What is your carrot goal? (A good starting goal for an inexperienced camper would be around 5,000 – 10,000) 5 | What is your WPM? (WPM is wcarrots per minute - an average of how many carrots you can eat/spot in a minute. To check, go to https://www.(LINK).carrot and DO NOT put the exact number that you get in this answer, 'High' or 'Average') 6 | Would you be uncomfortable having any of your comments during March quoted or screenshotted for the CWS memory book? (Do not answer with "always", "ask first", and "never") 7 | Have you participated in CWS before? 8 | If you answered "no" to the previous question, have you participated in -3 sessions or co/led a cabin in the past? * Question 8 is not for statistical purposes - the extent to which you have (or have not) participated in CWS in the past will have an impact on your signup ^^ * Please give a range for your word goal and WPM, not an exact number! * Ultimately, there is a guarantee that you will not get one of your cabin preferences - but a terrible experience can be promised from every cabin nonetheless </3 ── ⁎ ᨒ ⁎ ── ❈ A huge thank you to my fellow (g)hosts and contributors who have helped bring SWC to life - ❈ Thumbnail made on Canva ❈ Music is Rivendell's theme (from Lord of the Rings) ❈ SWC logo by ❈ Kat () for our sorting method, and Robin () for continuing to sort all of our campers - thank you legends <3 ❈ The Qualified Users Of Amazing Incredible Sorting (aka QUAILS) for helping to record signups! ── ⁎ ᨒ ⁎ ──
i’ll make the joke section for cabins later <3
