Treat Trophies and Countdown Clocks!

[acequeenking]

 Alright, folks! Things are well and truly moving here at Spec Recs headquarters with a little under a month to go. We've made a countdown here so you can see how much time you have left to finish your present! All gifts for recipients are due on August 2, 11:59:59 CDT and must be uploaded to Ao3 at that time.

As a reminder, treats can be uploaded at any time, can be made for anyone, and can be of any length, type, etc.  Icon set? Go for it. Fanart sketch? Hells yeah! Drabble? You know we gotta have ‘em. Fanvid? DO IT. Wallpaper? ALWAYS. If it can be uploaded to Ao3, it can count. 

We're debuting a new system to encourage treats this year. Much like the Mass Effect games have trophies or achievements you can unlock for doing different things in-game, so too does Spec Recs have their own trophies!

LOOK AT OUR SHINY TROPHIES!!!

These are awards that the entire community will work toward during the next month or so. Every day we'll update the spreadsheet with new works in the archive and make a post over which trophies have been unlocked.

Every time a new trophy is unlocked, we'll post a new banner made by Mod A or a volunteer and give credit to the member(s) of our community who unlocked it! Your Ao3 username will also live on in the Achieved By: Column of our spreadsheet until Spec Recs 2018, unless you would prefer to be known as something else (in which case let us know). Anyone who prefers to be anonymous will get put on the list as "Anonymous [Animal]" in the spirit of Google Spreadsheet's favorite way of listing anons.

Around three weeks before the archive goes live, we'll add a third sheet with the usernames and requests of those who do not yet have any treats for easy inspiration. We’ll let you all know when that happens.

Happy rare pairing, everyone!