Actually, I went back and checked all the prompts from last year and ... well I can see why I saw a lot of requests treating the signup as AND.
Here's how the stats worked out by prompt: Number of prompts where only one character is requested: 57 Number of prompts where AND prompting was used: 113* Number of prompts where the prompt asks the writer to choose a combination of characters: 10** Number of prompts that prompt for each character: 46*** "ANY" used: 61 Unknown (such as letter not unlocked or no prompt in signup): 25
* This means both circumstances where all characters must be used or when the prompts for two or more characters are solely shippy with one another. ** This is when a prompt says "pick any characters you like to write this particular relationship dynamic" or something similar *** This includes both specific prompts for each character requested and a generic prompt that can apply to all characters.
If OR is done this year, then it looks like you're going to have to stress it to participants that OR means that a participant only has to write (or create art for) one character. AND might be easier simply from a modding perspective.
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Date: 2016-03-08 06:02 pm (UTC)Here's how the stats worked out by prompt:
Number of prompts where only one character is requested: 57
Number of prompts where AND prompting was used: 113*
Number of prompts where the prompt asks the writer to choose a combination of characters: 10**
Number of prompts that prompt for each character: 46***
"ANY" used: 61
Unknown (such as letter not unlocked or no prompt in signup): 25
* This means both circumstances where all characters must be used or when the prompts for two or more characters are solely shippy with one another.
** This is when a prompt says "pick any characters you like to write this particular relationship dynamic" or something similar
*** This includes both specific prompts for each character requested and a generic prompt that can apply to all characters.
If OR is done this year, then it looks like you're going to have to stress it to participants that OR means that a participant only has to write (or create art for) one character. AND might be easier simply from a modding perspective.