Camp Sick!Wilson Survey

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

Thanks everyone for attending Camp Sick!Wilson. We loved everyone’s enthusiasm, whether you were an active participant or just a happy onlooker.

There's still one more day left, and we have a little bit of housekeeping to take care of before you head on out. Despite the grumbling and threats (ha!) coming from our favorite oncologist who is comfortably ensconced in our state-of-the-art infirmary, we are considering doing another session next summer and would a appreciate every member's response to our little survey in order to help us plan for next year.

By the way, please check the Lost and Found before you go. I understand there are several unclaimed items: a pair of size 13 athletic shoes, a sweater vest, an over-sized tennis ball, a bottle of mango scented shampoo, and several cherry suckers.


[Poll #1592795]

If there's anything else you would like to add, please comment or PM the mods. Thank you!


Tomorrow's special events: The final badge ceremony, a closing message by our head mod, geekygecko, and your last opportunity to get ptomaine poisoning from our breakfast burrito bar.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_slytherin_girl/]

Guess who voted for more vids? LOL! I know, I know, but I have to try!

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That's exactly what we want to know. Maybe you could run a clinic to encourage others.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_slytherin_girl/]

That's a great idea!

[menolly-au.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to say that I've had a great time at camp - what a terrific idea this is. I'm sure it takes a lot of work getting it all together, thanks and kudos for everyone involved !

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

Speaking on behalf of the mods and counselors, thank you! It took teamwork, and everyone pulled together to offer exciting activities. And thanks for your participation. That's the other side of the equation. You made it worthwhile for us.

[alternatealto.livejournal.com]

I'd just like to mention that I've had a lot of fun at camp! I'm so glad that Slytherin_girl accidentally posted a challenge to her general blog, because otherwise I'd have missed all this, and it was seriously too good to miss. Many, many thanks to all the mods, counselors, and everyone else who worked to make this such a fun summer (for everyone except Wilson)! You all did an outstanding job.

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

Hurray for fortuitous accidents! Camp wouldn't have been the same without you. Thank you.

[cresty-on-ry.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad I stumbled upon this camp when it was a few weeks into the classes. Apparently taking that wrong turn DID prove to be beneficial. :)

But, in regards to my suggestion for next year (the whole AU or OOC day) here's what I was thinking. Nearly everyone has a favorite era of time, like the 1960's or medieval times, or in the 1980's. Why not put Wilson in that time era and have him roam around in the areas that might not be to good for his health. In the 1960's, make him go to Woodstock, or some sort of concert like that and go from there. In medieval times, have a plague come back. You already like the era, so just place Wilson there and go wild. For OOC day, you would make Wilson be similar to a character that either you yourself identify with either from real life or from a song/movie/TV show, or your own favorite character. I know for a fact that I would love Wilson to be placed in the Buffyverse and have him be a Watcher. Feel free to through in your own Mary/Gary Sue as well if you choose to do so-after all, it is OOC. :)

I already thanked the mods in the "good-bye" post, but I just have to say it again. Thanks! :) I love the mods and everyone else who made this SO much fun. :D

[mostlyscrubbed.livejournal.com]

Cool idea, and applicable to all the badge categories. Fics obviously, but manips would be a blast, as would videos I think. I'd definitely try to participate in that.

[barefootpuddles.livejournal.com]

Why not put Wilson in that time era and have him roam around in the areas that might not be to good for his health.

I second this idea. I like that!

[storm-seller.livejournal.com]

Thirded!

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

As an AU fan, you don't have to twist my arm. What a great idea! To summarize your ideas and others, I'm thinking fantasy camp with possible modules:
*historical AU
*Fantasy characters--song/movie/TV show, OC, vampires/werewolves/dragons/mermen
*Ghosts
*Unleash your Mary Sue/Gary Stu

Either that or "fantasy weeks" where we concentrate on one area.

Fantastic! And I see several campers are already interested. Thank you!

And of course, let me offer you a *hug* and thank you on behalf of myself, the mods, and the counselors. We never forget that camp is only as good as the participants.

[barefootpuddles.livejournal.com]

I want to add to the chorus of thanking all the mods and cousleors here.

I also have a suggestion for next year - Ghost stories. I know, I know, I have been harping on this idea for a week now but I so love ghost!Wilson or ghost!House stories. It fits with the camp theme and either Wilson is dead or emotionally distressed so either way he is hurt and it is a win/win (well, except for Wilson and House, but we they don't get a vote now do they?). :)

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

I love the idea of ghost stories! Excellent idea, thank you. Of course, feel free to submit stories anytime but I would like to do a paranormal conference or ghost story seminar.

And you're right. House and Wilson don't have a say under our voodoo. They must do whatever we tell them. ;)

[mashfanficchick.livejournal.com]

Just for the record, in case anyone is thinking that the data might be off...I said that I "participated" in Manips, because I'm still working on one that I hope to get in before tomorrow's ceremony. *crosses her fingers, even though that makes it hard to work*

And, the pedant in me would like to point out that someone misspelled "ceramics"

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

Not a problem. This is a very unscientific poll. We just want to get a feel for what we need to improve upon... like maybe proofreading. ;)

[indigo-inferno.livejournal.com]

Heh, I know I only really particiated once, but heck, I love polls. xD

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

Hee! I know what you mean, I'm a poll geek. :p

Always thrilled to hear you were lured into joining one of our activities, but I didn't want to give anyone the impression that only active participants could do the poll. Browsers are participants too.

[indigo-inferno.livejournal.com]

Well, I was delighted I got one badge at least, writing isn't my forte so if I was able to earn it with icons I am more than happy with that. :D

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you brought this up. geekygecko and I were discussing the icon requests. What did you have in mind? Like sick!Wilson, something about camp, or a combination? Can you give us an idea about what kind of challenges we could do with icons? We'd appreciate your advice.

[indigo-inferno.livejournal.com]

Alrighty, um, I didn't really think about it much when I ticked that, it's just that I am not much of a writer so even thought I love to read the stories, I wouldn't really be earning a badge that way. Well, yeah, this community is mainly about fic, but it would be fun to have a challenge with sick pics, or whatever you see fit. I just love icon challenges and I don't think there currently is a challenge about Wilson any more. OR it could be just a normal art challenge like this time. I liked that actually. And that there wasn't a time limit suited me just fine this round, too, I've been busy in RL and couldn't have taken part in a particular time frame.

So, really just a thought. I will have another think though if I can help in any way with that. :D

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

We did have specialty badges for fanart, vidders, and manips because we wanted to encourage contributions in those areas. Icons earn a manip badge. We did run a few challenges during camp. You can see the results here (http://community.livejournal.com/sick_wilson/312584.html), but since most of the mods are more fic based, we don't always think in terms of interesting challenges. Please share your ideas with us anytime.

We are concerned about losing momentum now that camp has ended, so if you ever want to post icons of your own during the year, please do so. We would also love for you to post a challenge. We just need you to run your idea past one of the mods first. Personally, I'm in need of a lot more sick!Wilson icons.

eta: Whoops! I keep confusing manips with macros. We awarded camper badges for the latter. I just sent geeky a an email suggesting that we create a macro/icon badge for future events. Thanks for your input!

[indigo-inferno.livejournal.com]

Oh don't worry, I will make more icons as I go, I hope we will get some nice new caps of Wilson having aches and pains come next season, too, so there should be plenty of new material available. :D

And I really enjoyed my stay at the camp I have to say. It's just that I like challenges and there currently isn't a House challenge anywhere (or maybe I just don't know it) so I am missing that a bit. But it's not a must, icons without challenges is just as much fun and most of the time I can't necessarily follow a tight schedule anyway. :(

So it was perfectly grand the way it was. <3

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

Yay! More icons! I'd be thrilled if Wilson shows an ache, pain, or facepalm in season seven.

Right now, us mods are taking a short rest for a week or two, but I must admit I'm going through withdrawal pains--it's so quiet.

We do want to encourage participation during the rest of the year, so feel free to pass any icon challenge ideas onto us. We would be delighted to make it a regular activity.

[brynnamorgan.livejournal.com]

This was so much fun - I, of course, voted for more Fan Art - and I'd like to see more PARTICIPANTS in that category! :-)

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

We would love more participants. I was suggesting to _slytherin_girl upthread if she could run a clinic on vids. Maybe you could do the same. Are there any free programs for aspiring fanartists? Perhaps you can give tips? Any suggestions about getting campers to try art projects would be welcome.

[brynnamorgan.livejournal.com]

I will certainly give the idea a lot of thought - sounds like something I could pull off. Would depend on RL, of course, but by all means keep in touch with me and we can take it from there. :-)

There are definitely free counterparts to what I currently use, all easily obtained. Free models and such are also readily available. :-)

Yup, I'll give it some thought. :-)

[srsly-yes.livejournal.com]

Cool! If an idea pops into my head I'll check back with you, or if you think up something interesting, please feel free to knock on my door. :)