Note to Campers: It would be greatly appreciated if you didn’t stalk this forum, as we use it to plan surprises and it will just ruin the experience for yourself. swc is based on an honour system; we trust you to act honourably

With that out of the way…

Greetings, leaders!

Firstly, massive, massive congratulations for being chosen. Out of 100+ apps, you were selected - and while it was horrifically hard choosing between everyone, I’m so happy with the team we now have. Thank you all very much for putting such time and effort into your applications.

Please read through this entire thread before going to choose cos!

co leaders

~ You can choose one or two cos - however, keep in mind that the current cap for campers is 650 and that your cabin will probably have 40-50 people.
~ Don’t ask more than two cos at a time; you might have to reject someone, which would be sad.
~ Go through all the apps you can and don’t just choose the people who remixed first/are your friends. Also remember to base your choice on answers over design - answer quality is far more important!
~ Remember timezones! Similar timezones will be good for you if you want to do lots of planning (eg: in-cabin activities/storyline) with your cos. Very different timezones will prevent word counts building up and potentially keep your cabin more active overall. However, it’s up to you and your priorities - either is fine, so choose wisely ^^
~ Cos advertising their apps to leaders is 100% banned; don’t choose them, and let one of the Hosts know straight away. There’s also a more ‘subtle’ way where people say ‘hi, congratulations on becoming leader!’ and then turn the conversation towards co-leader choices. I would advise against choosing based on that, but it’s more of a blurred line and quite hard to discourage.
~ When your co(s) have responded, send them the link to this leader forum (preferably in a private place) and ask them to delete the comment once they’ve seen it ^^

you have until may 31 to choose your co leader/s! please take your time and think carefully about your choices.

CABINS + LEADERS

We saw exemplary honesty, personality, and maturity in the answers of the leaders we chose. And now, here they are:

Bellevue91: fairy tales – black and gold
-ChocoLoco-: mythology
Stariqe: dystopian
caramelize: fantasy – silver and dark blue
HItTheReplayButton: non-fi (non fiction) – cool-tone pastels
CreamPeach: contemporary – light blue, light green and cloud white
starbriqht: real-fi (realistic fiction)
Softmoon: thriller
Imacreamoo: fan-fi (fanfiction) (new cabin!) – red/orange, grey and dark grey
pitau: horror – black, white and dark red
-redredrobin-: hi-fi (historical fiction)
The-Book-Worm: sci-fi (science fiction) – neon blue, black and metallic silver
Berricake: adventure - gold and crimson red
sproutdoodlq: mystery - charcoal and platinum
Polarbear_17: poetry – white, black and red-orange

After you’ve chosen a colour (scheme) and theme for your cabin, feel free to start setting it up!
(Note: colour schemes/themes are simply aesthetic choices and they won’t change anything about the actual cabin!)

cabin descriptions (for new leaders)

Here you can find a list of things to include in your cabin description!
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/531202970/

cabin wars

As we saw last session, cabin relationships/plotlines are super cool, and friendly competition really encourages motivation and activity (+ makes it more fun for everyone involved). Keep this in mind when you’re choosing your allies, neutrals and enemies

Max amount of Allies: 5
Max amount of Neutrals: n/a
Max amount of Enemies: 5

- As always, allies and enemies are not compulsory - if you don’t want to have them, that’s fine!
- Don’t pressure anyone into being an ally/enemy of your cabin.

Note: Betrayals as a point-winning method will likely not happen this Cabin Wars as it’s no longer a surprise.

Timetable + Workshops

Bakie (-chocoloco-) is our queen of the schedule this session! Contact her with any daily or weekly ideas, or questions you might have about Workshops - or put them in the new suggestion forum ^^ (more info on that below)

Host Schedule:
Leader thread: May 18th - Alba
Main cabin: May 24th - Birdi
Camper apps: June 1st - Alba
Sort campers: Kat, Alba, Li, Birdi, Bakie, Honey + sorting team
Backup campers: Kat
Word wars: July 7th - Bakie
Writing competition: (undisclosed date) - Honey
Results: August

memory book

The incredible Kat (whiteandblackcat) is running the memory book this session! If you want to get involved, hop on over to this thread: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/513968/?page=1#post-5235732

suggestion forum

This is a brand-new forum for all SWC-ers, created and maintained by Honey (and the other co-hosts), and it will be open year-round! If you have any inspiration for new elements of SWC, how you think it should be run, or want to share your daily and weekly ideas, this is where you should go.

Link: https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/514261
(thank you @whiteandblackcat for coming up with this idea!)

drama

Birdi and I have the veto rights to this thread, meaning we have the power to stop any arguments (or at least the discussion of them). Please keep drama of all sorts out of this thread - it clogs up the forums and could be humiliating for people involved.

In the case of a suspicious word count…
This issue should be handled by the cabin leader. Nitrotype racing to prove WPM and asking for proof of words should help solve this issue If a situation escalates, contact a (co)Host privately.
In the case of personal drama…
Drama between friends should stay out of swc and the leader forum. If you are really struggling with someone involved and there is something the (co)Hosts could do to make your swc experience easier, contact one of us personally (ideally in a private location: eg: bottom of comments on a project).
In the case of refusing to give proof…
In the past, I have issued exemptions for people so they don’t need to give proof (for all sorts of reasons, from technical difficulties to anxiety). Contact me if one of your campers needs an exemption like this for any weekly or daily - however, remember to always assure your campers that they won’t be judged on writing skill and that this is a safe community in which to share their creations ^^
In the case of bullying or any other cruel behavior…
In the words of the Scratch Community Guidelines: “If you think a project or comment is mean, insulting, too violent, or otherwise inappropriate, click “Report” to let (the ST) know about it.”

ALSO: please don’t ask for a summary of what has happened in the leader forum while you weren’t online. It clogs up the forum and leads to spam + people repeating themselves. If 50 pages have appeared overnight or something and you really need a summary, contact someone who was online then personally ^^

other stuff

If you quote a long post, remember to snip!

If you want to notify people when camper signups are released, please volunteer! We’re going to have a lot - the more volunteers we have, the easier the job will be for everyone ^^

If something unexpected comes up and you will be forced to engage in a long* period of inactivity, contact me or another (co)Host so we can sort things out
*a week or more

Special thanks to @sunshine_the_rainbow and the rest of the g(co)Hosts for keeping me sane, and the show-stoppingly amazing @caramelize for designing an automatic sorting code.
Also special thanks to our sorters! You know who you are - and we couldn’t do it without you <3

That should be all. Thank you all again - and see you soon. I’m so excited for this session!

Alba

HIII CONGRATS EVERYONE!!!!

CONGRATS AHHH AND WELCOME <333

WOOHOO THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING ME I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS SESSION

ALSO FIRST NON CO/HOST HEHE

'exemplary maturity' why thank you
also LMAO FIRST NON-CO HOST TAKE THAT

HELLO EVERYONE!!

second non-co host??

YAYY IT'S HERE
congrats everyone! <3

YAYYYY CONGRATS EVERYONE!!!

Woohoo! Congrats everybody! I'm super excited for y'all <3

Stariqe wrote:

YAYY IT'S HERE
congrats everyone! <3

Also can I just say I love your pfp :D sugaaaaa

Congrats to everyone! <33 I’m so excited ^^

HI HI CONGRATS EVERYONE <33

Right - cabin colors!
I'd like black and gold for Fairy Tales <3

can i claim silver and dark blue for fantasy, thanks!

Can I have white, black, and red-orange for poetry

Can I claim neon blue, black, and metallic silver for sci-fi?

idk lol seems like a colour scheme that would work

could horror have black, white and dark red? (feel like i'm ripping off last season mystery but i swear i'm not ;-

hey, and congrats to everyone ^^'

could contemporary claim light blue, light green, and cloud white?

Also, I can be a co if anybody needs one Since there are so many apps, probably not, but just in case lol

Why are you all going for the colours I need.> /hj. If there isn't already too much red, could I have red, light grey and black? If not Orange Light grey and dark grey?

Hi guyysssss I’m amy and I'm a co-leader for fanfic with Gigi <333