Obligatory introduction post!

[lemugrub]

DID I HEAR SOMEONE ASK
FOR A mIrAcLe?
Lemme hear you say AAAAAAAARGH!!!

Get ready, Team Karkat<3Terezi, for your salvation is at hand! For I have been sent by your moderators to guide you to your mastery!

So HEED MY WORDS, for we must cooperate as a force; the competition is FIERCE.

Who am I?
WHO AM I?
I AM THE GUARDIAN OF LOST SOULS! THE POWERFUL, THE PLEASURABLE, THE INDESTRUCTIBLE LEMU!

Pretty hot, huh?

Okay, silly time over. Welcome aboard the HRS (Hurtling Rock in Space) Adorabloodthirsty, the official headquarters for HSO 2012's Team Karkat<3Terezi! I am your honored Palhoncho, Lemu. Please, there is no real need to look at me as a figure of absolute authority, I am just a much a goober as all of you. Let's consider ourselves a brand new family!

In case you haven't already noticed (which I'm sure you have), this event is a competition to create fanworks to represent your ship! The scoring is based on points earned by votes and by mere participation!
However, points are not how you win. You win the HSO by making a ton of awesome friends who share a ship in common and to just sit back and enjoy some high quality fanworks! And as a veteran from last year's HSO, I can tell you that the entries that come in for each round are truly mind-blowing.

So, what do I expect out of you guys? Above all, one thing: DEDICATION! When deciding on an entry and in working on the collaboration round, participation from everyone is vital! Respect, communication and honesty are great assets. Simply voting after each round earns the team points! In the end, it does not matter if we win or not as long as we had fun and are proud of the work we've done!
I participated in HSO last year, in the same team, though not as Palhoncho, so I am new to this leadership position. I vow to you to do my best to be available, to communicate, and give everything I've got for the good of the team!

So now, let's get to know each other! It's an important first step to becoming great friends and great teammates!
What's your name? Your nickname?
Why did you choose Team Karkat<3Terezi?
Did you take part in 2011's HSO?
What skills can you bring to the team?
Strengths? Weaknesses?
Interests?
Tumblr? DeviantArt? Skype?

I'd like to point out that in my opinion, Skype is the most convenient means of group communication, and it worked great for us last year! If you don't have it, I would recommend downloading it. It's free and it's the best way to contact me as I'm almost always logged in.


Okay, lemme tell you all about myself:
Name: Lemu
Why I chose this team: Because precious babies forever OTP SO MANY FEELS yeah p much
HSO 2011: yes I did! Same team!
Skills: Writing, particularly fluff, h/c, and the occasional sexytiems. >:] Also I am a passable artist, I mainly like to design and draw monsters, critters, dragons, ect.
Strengths: Dedication, understanding of characters, writing dialogue and action
Weaknesses: Applying lit elements to writing (I can be a little flat sometimes haha) drawing humanoid characters, PROCRASTINATION
Interests: Grubs. I love grubs. God, I love grubs so much. Dear teammates, I'm so alone... (haha seriously) I like dragons, dinosaurs and paleontology, cats, Pokemon, other various video games, and epic classical music such as Two Steps from Hell and movie soundtracks.
Tumblr: http://lemulaughingalonewithgrubs.tumblr.com/
DeviantArt: http://lemu-san.deviantart.com/
Skype: lemubaby

I look forward to working with you all!

Comments

[puppyloverpearl]

Oh gosh, I'm so nervous:

What's your name? Julie
Your nickname? I've been called America for a while now XD
Why did you choose Team Karkat<3Terezi? AMG, just, it was the first pairing I fell in love with and quickly became my OTP <3 Plus, it's SUPER fun to draw ^_^
Did you take part in 2011's HSO? Oh heck no OTL I actually found this kinda by accident, but it sounded like fun so I signed up ^_^
What skills can you bring to the team? I consider myself a decent drawer OTL I'm extremely excited and I have lots of free time to work on this. I also have quite a bit of writing experience (winning several fanfiction contests) so I kinda have the best of both worlds. Though, I'm not the best at all OTL
Strengths? Obsession, perserverence, works well with others, computers <3
Weaknesses? I'm a lazy butt, low self esteem, easily distracted.
Interests? Anime: more namely Hetalia, drawing, writing, rping.
Tumblr? I never reblog anything :I
DeviantArt? AMG Yes~~~ It's mainly Hetalia though, but I have a Homestuck meme buried somewhere... http://puppyloverpearl.deviantart.com/
Skype? Apperently too young, so says my parents.

MIRACLES

[xelfi]

What's your name? Xelfi
Why did you choose Team Karkat<3Terezi? To be honest I am a paleshipper at heart but holy hell KK <3 TZ had not a single fuck to give about that and became my OTP anyway. Lousy st8pid godd8mn adora8le 8a8ies!
Did you take part in 2011's HSO? Sadly, I just discovered Homestuck a few months ago, so no. :( I did have ridiculous fun going through last year's entries, though!
What skills can you bring to the team? Writing, plotting, and maybe singing/voice acting if that comes up? I've never tried before but then again I will never not sound like a 12 year old girl over the phone so that's an asset here at least!
Strengths? Writing prose and character introspection/development, but I think my greatest strength will be plotting/planning because I have way too many fantastic ideas that should help inspire people suffering creative blocks.
Weaknesses? I'm probably going to have trouble with dialogue and character voice to start out with since I'm fairly new to the fandom, but between practice, advice from team members, and rereading canon, my ability and confidence will increase. ^^ I'll probably also need help with grammar and writing in second person properly. I am also a procrastinator but that's much less of a threat when I know people are depending on me to do something.
Interests? Movies, books, video games, anime, manga, all sorts of things! Most recently/longlasting is Pokemon, Baccano!, Kingdom Hearts, and the Avengers movie. And let me tell you about my panther chameleon. *_*
Tumblr? http://xelfi.tumblr.com/ (but I just started it so there's nothing much on there yet)
Skype? xelfikktz

AAAAAAAARGH

[masagiri]

Name: Melissa!
Nickname: Um, I don't really have a set nickname! I have pet names from people, but that's about it! You can call me whatever you'd like (as long as you're being nice). 8^)
Why KK<3TZ?: I've loved them as a couple and as friends for a while now! Maybe not their first pesterlog together, but their development with each other was really great and I love them a lot. 8') They're one of my big ships in Homestuck (oops I'm a multishipper!).
HSO 2011?: If you count quietly lurking in the shadows to look at entries then sure! If not, then no.
Skills?: I'm certainly not the best, but I do write and draw! That's... about it. u__u
Strengths?: How do you play yourself up even??? UM I'm.. flexible! Not physically, but I can change easy to fit... whatever! Also I consider myself to be diligent when I'm focused!
Weaknesses?: UH... I get distracted fairly easily and I procrastinate A LOT. I'm kind of shy too so working with other people might be a bit of a problem but it shouldn't be too serious.
Interests: WOO BOY. I have a whole bunch of interests but I suppose the most prominent ones aside from Homestuck are: Batman, Young Justice, LoZ, ATLA/LoK, Ace Attorney, Pokemon, Adventure Time, Merlin, AssCreed, and KHR. Generally speaking I like cartoons, comics, and videogames. 8'^)
Tumblr/dA/Skype: tumblr user jadesylph (my shipping preferences are really obvious there oops), dA user masagiri, Skype user browbeam (my skype is very dusty actually and hasn't been used in a very long time).


LET THE FUN COMMENCE.

Hello everyone!

[ariofthesea]

Name: Sarah, but call me Ari!
Why I chose this team: These two babbus are so presch together, and they are the first OTP of mine I have truly felt this passionately about!
HSO 2011: No :__: I got into Homestuck officially about late September of 2011, so this is my first time here!
Skills I can bring to the team: Writing and drawing, but I'm probably a wee bit better at the drawing.
Strengths: Dialogue writing is a strong suit of mine. I also draw human/humanoid characters pretty well.
Weaknesses: Sometimes overly-obsessive in terms of achieving perfection, self-doubting, and the anatomy of hands and feet can be a bit off in my art. The self-doubt is the biggest issue, but since we're all here to help and support each other, I'm not as worried :)
Interests: Animation, comics, drawing, writing, cats, Gorillaz, Nightwish, Elton John, Pokemon (a little bit), Pixar, etc. And of course, Homestuck!!
Tumblr: http://ariofthesea.tumblr.com/
DeviantArt: http://hontokokoro.deviantart.com/ (forgive the weeb-ish name, I promise I'm clean now ^^:)
Skype: ArioftheSea

Pleased to meet you all!

Re: Hello everyone!

[lemugrub]

Uh-oh, looks like Skype didn't recognize that name when I entered it! Is it the original name you signed up with, because Skype will only recognize those when adding a new contact.

Re: Hello everyone!

[ariofthesea]

Perhaps try sarah.irgang1

However, I just did a search with ArioftheSea, and I come up, which strikes me as odd...

Re: Hello everyone!

[lemugrub]

That seems to have worked! Thanks!

SUP

[lunaticeyed]

My name's Bethany. People around the internet usually take to calling me Luna, but call me whatever you'd like!
I joined this here ship because THEY ARE JUST TOO ADORABLE TOGETHER, GOSH. WHAT CUTIES.
I got into Homestuck right in the middle of last year's HSO, so this is my first time!
I'm a decent-ish artist, or so I'm told. So that's the sort of thing I'll be contributing.
I suppose my strength in drawing would be people. And I can be dedicated, respectful, and honest as expected.
Oh boy, can I procrastinate, though. And I suffer from a bad case of three-quarter-headshot syndrome.
I sure like my videogames, primarily Legend of Zelda, Okami, and Pokemon. I'll pick up the occasional anime or manga, favorites being Fullmetal Alchemist and Durarara. I've been pretty big into Legend of Korra as of late, and love me some Sherlock and Ponies as well. As far as music goes, I usually just listen to various soundtracks to stuff I like, but I've recently become quite the Marina and the Diamonds fanatic.

Tumblr-bumblr's over here http://lunaticeyed.tumblr.com/
And my dA is that a way http://lunaticeyesinaba.deviantart.com/
I'm having a bit of trouble with Skype at the moment, but I'll comment back with it shortly once I get everything sorted out.

Re: SUP

[lunaticeyed]

Okay, my Skype appears to be up and running now. It's lunaticeyed, same as here.

[redquidam]

Name: Aubrey but you can call me Aubs or Aubsy c:
Why I chose this team: Oh gosh *tries to refrain from OTP rant* so I fell in love with these two from the moment they mentioned each other. They are my biggest OTP and I just have all the feels for them.
HSO 2011: Yes I did and I was on the same team!
Skills: I can draw and write mainly. But I might be able to do acting stuff and POSSIBLY edit music and stuff.
Strengths: I'm really friendly and goofy. I'm nice and generally get others to have a good time with me.
Weaknesses: Gosh I can be too shy for my own good sometimes and I'm a procrastinator.
Interests: Homestuck obviously, but I like the Avatar series and minecraft and RED VELVET CAKE. I'm also into theatre and stuff (woooo acting major)
Tumblr: http://knickerdoodles.tumblr.com/
DeviantArt: gosh I hate my deviant but here you are http://aubundance.deviantart.com/
Skype: Aubundance
Aim: I also have an aim, but you'll have to give me yours if you want to talk since mine seems to not work for people when adding.

I'M PUMPED, BROS

[gunsandstrawberries]

Name: I'm known as EMY, I do have a real first name too though~ /o/
Why did I choose team KKTZ: Because it's my actual One True Pairing, man. Not even going to START to describe how many feels it gives me.
HSO 2011: I didn't know it existed back then, only got to know about the competition this year.
What skills I can bring to the team: Pretty much, drawing. Drawing, drawing, doodling and all that stuff B) But I do also know basic animation and some other digital stuff and I always have tons of support and ideas to spare~
Strenghts: I easily adapt to new concepts, I guess. I love experimenting with new styles, colours etc.
Weaknesses: Ahaha, oh man. Lots of weaknesses.
Interests: Video games, god I LOVE video games, help I'm so alone. Particularly a big fan of VALVe games, Mass Effect, Assassin's creed. Not even gonna list all the stuff that was a bad idea. Anyway, other than that I like comic books, art, visual worldbuilding and design, history, norse mythology, reading articles and watching documentaries about stupid usefull shit and lotsa other stuff.
Tumblr: http://gunsandstrawberries.tumblr.com/
Skype: animemisu
Ahaha shame for my skype name.
I'm also GunsAndStrawberries on steam if ye wanna add me and play @w@

[anonymouscomrade]

whoops, I'm way late for this thing but here I am now

Name: anonymousComrade, you can call me aC though
Why I chose this team: because Karkat<3Terezi is pretty much the reason why I write
HSO 2011: didn't participate, by the time I'd heard of it, this team was full
Skills: I've been told I can write pretty well
Weaknesses: I am the laziest son of a bitch you'll ever meet, if my WIPs are any indication. Also the fact that I kind of completely loathe myself
Interests: gaming, chiptunes, Gurren Lagann, etc
Tumblr: http://anonymouscomrade.tumblr.com/
dA: don't have one
Skype: anonymouscomrade