Volume 13, Issue #379

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The Cybertronian

Awards, Graphics and Meta Issue
[11th - 24th of March]

Editor's Note

Back from holiday with two weeks' worth of meta for you. Lots of various TF3 updates in this issue, enough for their own section even. Let me know if I've gone and missed anything!

Awards, Contests & Challenges

papyrus_quill is doing the drabble challenge

Scifi & Fantasy Big Bang Sign-ups - A Multi-fandom (anything in the sci-fi/fantasy realm) big bang (4 months to write a 25,000 fic). Sign-up date: March 1-31 (for authors), March 7-TBD (for artists), April 1-15 (for betas)
Due date: August 15-31

tf_rare_pairing - Weekly Challenge Responses with button and the prompts for the week of March 15-27 and the associated responses. Finally, the current weekly prompt post.

flesh_and_steel have announced their "Lost in Translation" challenge winners:
Fic: "Lost in Translation" by antepathy
Art: "BLARRRG!" by vejiraziel

Prize banners and announcement here.

REMINDER: gestalt_love Mini icon challenge entries are due on the 31st.

tfmech_exchange April roll call with three new themed rounds, Music / Faction Switch / Cultural Misunderstandings

Icons and Graphics

antepathy 1 Mixmaster, 1 Terrorcons icon
blkdragonqueen 21 movie icons
trinityva 5 Megatron, 1 Starscream icon and 4 TC and Warp icons
karanseraph 4 Slipstream icons
seikk 6 Aerialbot icons
snarechan AHM icons - 65 for issue #13, 77 for issue #14, 117 for issue #15 and 48 for issue #16.

pellimusprime Weekly icon post // Now reached the 500th icon made for the community! Also, taking icon requests here.

New Communities

MORELIKEGAYFORMERS - A new AIM-based chatroom has been set up here. [CAPSLOCK]

Roleplaying

New RPs Looking For Members

None this week

Looking for RP Partners

None this week

Meta

Comics

None this week

Toys

None this week

Other

What are we fighting for? - The war effort in the Bay-verses.
These facts are as reliable as Sector 7 archives [Trivia meme]
More TFA Japan dub information
Two TFA Arcade games by Sega
Transformers: War for Cybertron PlayStation 3 Behind the Scenes (Promo) - Behind the Scenes Vignette #1


transficsation Mod reminder for posting M-rated fic correctly.

prowlxjazz - Tagging reminder and clarification on mirror-verses and Shattered Glass

tfmech_exchange is discussing themed rounds and would like input here.

tf_animated is having a discussion about new contests and livening up the community.

Transformers 3 News & Spoilers

Be an Extra in TRANSFORMERS 3 - Get Paid to be in a TRANSFORMERS Movie!
Returning Actor confirmed for TF3
Casting underway for 'Transformers 3'
'Transformers 3' Script Complete
'Transformers 3' Script Finished, Story Draws Heavily From Series Mythology
Ken Jeong Joins the Cast of "Transformers 3 (2011)"
Ferrari 458 Italia To Be The Newest Cybertronian In Transformers 3 and discussion of who it might be
Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf to Film Transformers 3
Michael Bay on 3-D conversion: 'Right now, it looks like fake 3-D'
Topless Robot returning actors report [CAPSLOCK / NSFW]

Toy Photoshoots and Photocomics

None this week

tfmech_exchange - Character Reference Sheets:

None this week

capslock_tf Discussion

- All links NSFW
TRANSFORMING PRIME COSTUME
WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH AN OLD COLLECTION OF LEGO
ANYONE GOT SOME SPARE POUNDS LYING AROUND?
MEGATRON AND OPTIMUS PRIME MESSENGER BAG
YOU WANT YOUR BOYFRIEND TO SMELL LIKE OPTIMUS PRIME?