ToT is coming up! (And a poll)

[Gelquie]

Yes, Trick or Treat is returning! I'm aiming for it to start around Friday the 22nd; the board may be up a bit before then. As usual, you may do one house, trick or treat at as many houses as you want, just try to wrap up by the end of the event! (Which I will tentatively put at November 2nd. I will try to be firmer about this end time this year.)

So in short: ToT will be approximately from Friday October 22nd - Tuesday November 2nd.
If anyone has a dispute about this timeline, please let me know soon and we can discuss it. I honestly just picked some dates, so I am slightly flexible.


Now, the poll is admittedly slightly more for me. In past years, I've noticed a distinction between forumers who prefer to just go for the treats with maybe light roleplaying, and those who like to get involved in the heavy roleplaying. And sometimes I wonder if there have been a few misunderstandings in that regard. To be clear: They are all okay! You may be as free and flexible with your themes as you like, within reason. The only restrictions are the forum rules, general etiquette, and general roleplaying etiquette. (No godmoding, don't try to destroy/derail someone's 'house', etc.)

That said, I'd like to figure out how to make the matter clearer for people, and also figure out how to design my own house. So refer to my poll which asks: What do you prefer when you engage in ToTing?
I'm thinking that maybe threads could tag themselves as some of these if they want so that people know what to expect from a house, but even if not, it's fun for me to gauge it in general. Plus, it may help me in building future houses if I have a better idea of what people want. Even outside my own personal interests in the question, feel free to discuss.

[June Scarlet]

Hm, I like roleplaying, but it's often a matter of time, that is, not having enough of it in the timeframe allowed. So maybe I'd classify it more as light roleplay?

[Killix]

My house style is always the same: show up, ask for treat -> receive treat -> reply to treat if desired.
And that's all that really happens. They're meant to be simple and easy to stop by, with little to no roleplay.

I have felt in the past that some visitors might've been unsure of how to participate at my houses RE: roleplaying, so perhaps a tagging system might be a good idea.

[Thorn]

Killix's house is pretty much my ideal sort of house! I like cute treats and a lil role-playing, but am put off by the houses with deep lore and Mysteries to solve, as I don't really have the time to do a bunch of those.

When I make houses, there's typically a treat of some sort amongst a little role-playing, with the opportunity for more if desired. My fave one I ever ran was a living house that adopted a bunch of monster kids, with different visitors meeting different kids. I might bring that one back this year, I liked it a lot and didn't get to use all my ideas.

[Twillie]

I'm pretty open to the type of houses people come up with, although I do prefer light roleplaying versus heavy. Roleplay can be difficult for me anyway, so I tend to gravitate towards houses that require little RP, if any. I think my favorite kind of houses are the simple "receive treats" and ones that involve puzzles :3

[Liou]

To help accomodate visitors, I like to make / have the ambition of making houses that have an option to take a treat and leave as well as an option to go deeper and explore, but I get the impression it's not very clear, so tagging could help! Or I could. Make MORE THAN ONE HOUSE.

The roleplaying always stays simple by my standards just because there isn't enough time to make it complex anyway, but I will admit I have an easier time focusing on setting, aesthetics, exploration and satisfying descriptions, than on the many short-term interactions with many characters all over the place - I enjoy both, just have an easier time processing the former.