Did you think you'd gotten rid of us so soon? We have arranged our schedule estimates for the 2026 MDZS Big Bang, and overhauled our Schedule, Rules, and FAQ pages!
We are running things a little bit differently this year, and we would really like to thank everyone again for all their patience last year! It was our team's first time running an event, and we feel so much more confident that this year, we can do an even better job!
To that end, we will be opening Mod Applications later this month. We would like to take in at least two new mods, with room for more if necessary. More information will follow in the coming weeks, but our organisation for this year will have a much clearer division of roles, so we'll be dividing out:
General event/social Mod(s),
to make sure that teams will have a key point of contact, as well as the mod team can delegate more efficiently. We will particularly welcome applications from artists willing to be mods, as this is an underrepresented role in the mod team!
There are a couple of rules that we are implementing this year to help us run the event a bit more smoothly, and to give clarity to all participants. The rules are listed on our Rules page, but this is a highlight reel of some key changes.
Discord will be mandatory for participation for this year. This will give you the quickest access to the mod team as a whole, and enable links to be located as quickly as possible. Email will remain our primary form of communication, and our socials will remain active throughout.
The eligibility document will be 3,000 words instead of last year's 2,000. The summary submission phase opens in April, which means that we expect participants who may be interested in writing for the Big Bang to meet this by April. If this is not enough time for you, then you may wish to reconsider whether you want to sign up for a hard-deadline event with a 10,000 word minimum. There is no judgement for knowing your own limits.
Our check-ins will be relabelled from 25%/50%/75% to 40%/60%/80% in line with the eligibility document forming as functionally a 30% check-in.
We will no longer be granting extensions requested during the check-in periods. They should be requested in advance.
We will not grant extensions for the purpose of meeting the check-in goals.
We will be stricter about lack of communication between teams, or participants and mods. We were too lenient on this last year, and we apologise and acknowledge that this resulted in some disatisfied teams.
There are more alterations, but these are some of the main ones that we are implementing this year to improve how we run the event. They may be subject to further changes as we get closer to running the event, and also in response to feedback from the community.
We are always open to constructive feedback, and you are more than welcome to send us an ask. Those of you in the discord server should not open a ticket to do this, as we will soon be locking down the server to "redecorate" for this year, in line with the mandatory discord server requirement.
Abuse will not be tolerated, and the rules we have in place we believe to be fair and representative of a good Big Bang, as well as in the logistical limitations that we can accommodate.
Please see our Rules, FAQ, and Schedule pages for a full picture of how we anticipate the event to run this year, and we hope to see you along for the journey!
We will be using the tags #mdzsbigbang and #mdzsbb26 throughout this event!
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