I'm going to sign up the way I usually do for 'AND' matching because I don't foresee it being a problem for me just in case I'm cutting it close here, but let's see if I can articulate my question adequately:
In the explanation of the technically-'OR' matching you say that one could (for example) request: [Pairing], [Character within Pairing]
... so that one could potentially receive fic for pairing or a fic about that single character, but how is one supposed to sign up in this way? Do we literally write 'group:[Character A] & [Character B]' in addition to any regular character tags or am I misunderstanding this completely? Sorry if this is a big reading comprehension failure on my part, this is just the first time I've seen this dynamic. I think it's very useful if I can figure it out, but I'm confused!
Sorry about being confused but if you can help me get it then thank you so much.
Edit: Also, while I'm at it, would it be appropriate to request more than one possible pairing for a fandom or would you just be better off / more considerate for matching to just select 'any' in that case?
Second Edit: Going through that tag set in places that I hadn't looked as of yet when I wrote this comment, it would seem that the 'group:[thing]' happened during nominations and that it's irrelevant to signing up unless that tag was created during the nomination process? If I have answered my own question in discovering this, then my new question is, if a 'group:' tag doesn't exist then all normal character tags are still treated as 'OR' for the purposes of matching? So, let's say I wouldn't mind a fic that ships two characters but don't necessarily want that particular pairing, if I request both could I be matched to someone who only offered one in the case of single character tags?
I'm so sorry for being this squeaky wheel I just so rarely see 'OR' matching that I'm kind of delirious with the possibilities of it.
Don't worry about it. I am also doing something completely new with how I
am trying to do both AND and OR at the same time. I'm also not always the
best at articulating things.
So, as far as AO3 is concerned this is an OR matching exchange. In order
to accomodate both groups of people I let people nominate characters
individually or in groups of two or three. Whoever matches to you has to
give you a story/art with the minimum contents of at least one of the
character tags you selected.
To use Madoka Magica as an example. If you signed up and asked for just
"group: Kyouko & Madoka" you would have to get a gift with both
characters. But if you instead selected "Kaname Madoka" and "Sakura
Kyouko" as separate tags then your author would only have to do something
with one character. If you instead say selected "group: Kyouko & Madoka"
and then "Akemi Homura" separately you would get a gift with either both
Kyouko & Madoka or just Homura. This way people can ask for closer to what
they actually want and people that don't want to worry about being forced
to write specific combos can still offer the characters individually. The
one downside is that anyone wanting groups would have to have nominated
them as such.
Does all this make sense? Now, I don't think there are any groups for
Madoka Magica, I was just using that as an example. You can still mention
other random characters and prompts and such. Though to clarify the groups
don't mean the characters have to have any specific relationship, just that
they both have to appear.
Thank you so much for this thoughtful and even tailored to my interests response that is super kind of you. I get it now, and I think that this makes a lot of sense and I hope that somehow it catches on eventually.
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In the explanation of the technically-'OR' matching you say that one could (for example) request: [Pairing], [Character within Pairing]
... so that one could potentially receive fic for pairing or a fic about that single character, but how is one supposed to sign up in this way? Do we literally write 'group:[Character A] & [Character B]' in addition to any regular character tags or am I misunderstanding this completely? Sorry if this is a big reading comprehension failure on my part, this is just the first time I've seen this dynamic. I think it's very useful if I can figure it out, but I'm confused!
Sorry about being confused but if you can help me get it then thank you so much.
Edit: Also, while I'm at it, would it be appropriate to request more than one possible pairing for a fandom or would you just be better off / more considerate for matching to just select 'any' in that case?
Second Edit: Going through that tag set in places that I hadn't looked as of yet when I wrote this comment, it would seem that the 'group:[thing]' happened during nominations and that it's irrelevant to signing up unless that tag was created during the nomination process? If I have answered my own question in discovering this, then my new question is, if a 'group:' tag doesn't exist then all normal character tags are still treated as 'OR' for the purposes of matching? So, let's say I wouldn't mind a fic that ships two characters but don't necessarily want that particular pairing, if I request both could I be matched to someone who only offered one in the case of single character tags?
I'm so sorry for being this squeaky wheel I just so rarely see 'OR' matching that I'm kind of delirious with the possibilities of it.
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Don't worry about it. I am also doing something completely new with how I am trying to do both AND and OR at the same time. I'm also not always the best at articulating things.
So, as far as AO3 is concerned this is an OR matching exchange. In order to accomodate both groups of people I let people nominate characters individually or in groups of two or three. Whoever matches to you has to give you a story/art with the minimum contents of at least one of the character tags you selected.
To use Madoka Magica as an example. If you signed up and asked for just "group: Kyouko & Madoka" you would have to get a gift with both characters. But if you instead selected "Kaname Madoka" and "Sakura Kyouko" as separate tags then your author would only have to do something with one character. If you instead say selected "group: Kyouko & Madoka" and then "Akemi Homura" separately you would get a gift with either both Kyouko & Madoka or just Homura. This way people can ask for closer to what they actually want and people that don't want to worry about being forced to write specific combos can still offer the characters individually. The one downside is that anyone wanting groups would have to have nominated them as such.
Does all this make sense? Now, I don't think there are any groups for Madoka Magica, I was just using that as an example. You can still mention other random characters and prompts and such. Though to clarify the groups don't mean the characters have to have any specific relationship, just that they both have to appear.
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