Voiceteam Mystery Box 2023 Challenges
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Day 1: In Which Our Heroes Encounter Two Strangely Glowing But Probably Totally Safe Boxes
TEMPTATION [15 points for making a pitch, 35 points for contributing to an audio fanwork based on someone else's pitch]:
Each player can make up to two pitches for texts or (if you are pitching an audio fanwork not based off a starting text, like a podcast or oral notfic) prompts that you think would make a good audio fanwork. Anyone who is tempted by a pitch and contributes to an audio fanwork based on that pitch gets points, and the tempter gets bonus points for each person one of their temptations works on.
Players may be tempted by as many different pitches as they want, but a player can only get points once for each pitch they are tempted by. Thanks to moon_apple and bluedreaming for inspiring this challenge!
FANDOM RUMMY [35 points for each player who contributes to a set of 3, +5 if it's a set of 4]:
Coordinating with one or more other Voiceteam players, create a set of 3 or 4 audio fanworks in different suits, where the suits are the following: live-action fandoms (clubs), animated fandoms (diamonds), book fandoms (hearts), and podcast fandoms (spades).
Audio fanworks from a fandom with fewer than 100 works on AO3 can be used as wild cards, regardless of suit. A set may include up to one wild card.
Each player can only contribute to one audio fanwork per set.
Day 2: In Which That Seemed To Go Perfectly Fine, So What's The Harm In Opening These Two Additional Mysterious Boxes That Have Arrived On The Doorstep
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY [points vary based on score of the original challenge]:
Complete a challenge from a previous Voiceteam event that, as of the beginning of Mystery Box 2023, you had not completed. You do not need to have participated in the Voiceteam event the challenge was originally from.
PASS IT ON [35 points for each player who contributes]:
Players work together to record an audio fanwork sequentially in parts. Each contributing player adds their part to the work and passes it along to the next. A player should listen through the full work so far immediately before recording their own part to add on to it. The newly recorded part must either come after or be layered on top of (as in added sound effects or vocal harmonies) the parts that were recorded before.
Day 3: In Which Hopefully Recycling Day Is Coming Soon Because This Pile Of Empty Boxes Is Getting A Bit Unwieldy
PRESENT! [30 points for each player who contributes, +10 if the gift is not for a Voiceteam player]:
Think of someone who might like an audio fanwork as a gift, for any reason. Make them one. Bonus if this person is not a current Voiceteam player.
MUSIC FIRST [40 points for each player who contributes]:
Create an audio fanwork where the song selection comes before any other part of the creation process (including selection and/or creation of the story). The song can be incorporated into the audio fanwork in some way (such as intro, scene breaks, ending, underscoring, soundscaping, etc.) or, if you do not want to include it for copyright reasons, you can just link or mention in the notes what song inspired the fanwork. This challenge can be completed by a single person or by a group—if created by a group, selecting the song and prompting others with it (perhaps with a note about how it could be used such as “dark, spooky, quiet piano, good for horror or ghost fics” or “includes the lyrics ‘part-time soulmate, full-time problem’”) counts as a contribution for points.
Day 4: In Which It Turns Out The Boxes Have Been Sentient Alien Lifeforms All Along And Our Heroes Get A Bit Dramatic About It
GET YOUR FEET WET [40 points for each player who contributes]:
Create an audio fanwork in a fandom that's new to you (that you haven't posted an audio fanwork in before). If you've only posted an audio fanwork for that fandom in a multivoice capacity before, and you create a solo audio fanwork this time, it counts.
SENSE OF DIRECTION [35 points for each player who contributes, +10 points for taking on the role of director]:
Create an audio fanwork with someone taking on the role of director. It's up to you what the role of director entails—be creative!
Day 5: In Which Everyone Realizes They Have Grown A Bit Too Fond Of Each Other To Keep Fighting And Redirect Their Energies To Throwing A Slapdash But Successful Multispecies Rave
PASSION PROJECT [30 points]:
Think of a fic that is one of your very top favorites but that you have not recorded a podfic of. Perhaps it is intimidatingly good, or already has a podfic version you love, or is too long, or you just haven't gotten around to it. Record a 500-1500 word snippet of that fic. You can record up to 5 snippets of the same fic.
NEW EARS RESOLUTION [10 points for making a resolution, 35 points for each audio fanwork made in keeping with your resolution]:
Make a new year's resolution related to the audio fanworks you want to create next year, and then points for each audio fanwork you create that is in keeping with your new year's resolution.