Have been having assorted woes with computer/ tablet/ Internet/wifi for the past week. Taking advantage of a moment when the gremlins’ backs are turned to say a quick hello.

silverflintdaily:

Hello friends and lovers,

It’s been brought to our attention that some of you are feeling The Overwhelm™ about the signup format since perhaps you haven’t done an AO3-based gift exchange before.  Well, have no fear, the tutorial is here!

First of all, we’d like to start by telling you to NOT PANIC.  And don’t overthink this.  It’s a Silverflint gift exchange so everyone is getting Silverflint in SOME FORM, all the additional information is just to give your gifters some options and ideas of what to create for you.

Let’s start with REQUESTS.  This is where you tell your Pirate Santa what you might like to receive:

(Sorry if the text is too small, but I think you get the idea.)  

Everyone has to request Silverflint as their first request.  See the red arrow?  This is where you can ask for other Silverflint+ relationships.  Like so:

Remember, optional tags are optional.  They’re merely suggestions to guide your gifter.  We do however expect everyone to honor their giftee’s DO NOT WANTS.  If you have DNW’s put them in the “What else should Pirate Santa know?” section.

So now you’re done with your requests, it’s time to do OFFERS.  It’s pretty simple since you can just pile all the relationship options into a single offer (or you can also break them up).  Again, don’t overthink this – everyone will be automatched by AO3.

Don’t forget to click submit!  You will be able to edit your signups until October 20th.  However, we are unable to alter the signup form at this point, so we’ll have to ride out any glitches together, like a big ole storm.

Go forth now intrepidly and sign up!