hey guys! i hope you've enjoyed your first 10 days of swc
but now… it's time for
cabin wars!i'll do this in the style of an faq, including some of the most commonly asked questions about cabin wars.
what are cabin wars?cabin wars occur twice a month. they're a special daily activity where, instead of earning points, you can
lose points. you'll use the list of potential wars in the main cabin and copy and paste these to other cabins. once you post this, that cabin
must begin the war, no matter what time it is for them. so yes, even if you're in est and you get attacked over night and you'e unaware of it, you still lose points if no one sees the war. you have to trust people in other timezones to complete the wars!
once you've been warred, you have a
30 minute shield. this means
no cabin can war you or else they lose points.
your cabin can also not war a cabin twice in a row.
for example, say mystery wars sci-fi at 12am est, sci fi has a shield until 12:30am est. mystery cannot war them until another cabin, let's say, fantasy, has warred them at 12:30am est. the next time mystery can war them is 1am est. if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask your cabin leader!
and also, a cabin can only be warred
5 times a day!
what happens if i break one of these rules?if you war a cabin during their shield, or you war them for a sixth time, or your cabin wars them twice in a row, you lose the amount of points the war originally had.
can words count for two wars?if you have two wars going at once, you can only write for one at a time.
what can i write during a cabin war?anything! so long as it still fits the rules of what you can write in swc, it counts! you can even work on the weekly, and multitask at both of them (this is what i'm going to do!)
who can i attack during cabin wars?this is where allies, enemies and neutrals come in!
this is just general relationships between cabins- make sure to check that these apply with your cabin:
allies: you usually never attack these people. if you do, expect a lot of retaliation!
neutrals: you may or may not attack them. sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. i know that i rarely attack neutrals, unless if they attacked me first!
enemies: ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK! it's just a friendly rivalry, though!!
also! you are unable to give an ally the war ‘no writing for an hour’ with the intention to simply waste a war. if no one's writing, there's not much point in sending that war. it probably hasn't crossed any of your minds, but it has happened before as a tactic
that's about it! if you have any questions, ask your cabin leader or me. have fun in cabin wars >
and remember
SLEEP AND HOMEWORK AND IMPORTANT STUFF LIKE THAT OVER SWC AND CABIN WARSalso credit to Icy for writing all of this I’m just posting it for her
remember that you can start writing for swc at midnight july 1st your timezone which will be different for everyone, but daily activities will begin at midnight july 1st est time 
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). we've decided that next swc we want to put a higher emphasis on writing quality instead of the number of words written. (so basically just quality > quantity)