Like I came up with that list so fast - there was deffo a lot of overlap whee but thank you for loving my weird brain xd
Gnocchi Dokie
Love that idea for a trophy since there's so many flipping birds in the song rofl
mothmallow
OMG CONGRATS and are you SURE you're gonna be okay helping?!?!? You got a whole a** wedding to go to and you're the star! But if you're sure, maybe you could be the day shift for the tracking - we could have a joint google sheets doc. I'm in CST, but I'm usually up till 3am lol
RE: joint avimas acct with the faving - I could also do this and screen the pages for any that might've been missed (typically posts at the end of the page sometimes get glossed off esp if convos are happening).
Alternate idea: have a thread where people only submit their avi submissions, but are more than welcome to double post in the thread as well with their lore
In general RE: prizes ideas - do we want to do prizes? are we capping amounts for prizes? I know gaia is gonna release something seasonal during it so maybe pick up one of those as a "grand prize". Probably a prisma or landscape item - which would work out with us doing this earlier so they could actually use the item for the remainder of the month, but deffo hinges on gaia posting appropriately early enough. Wish we had an insider who knew.
re: faving I'm in EST time and on work days (Mon-Thurs) I can only check gaia briefly on my phone during the day, I'm able to check on my laptop like 8pm-10pm and on weekends much more (Fri-Sun). So if you need a daytime person, not sure if it makes sense for it to be me. It would be easier to split the load with a shared account, though.
And as for the separate thread idea, for the 30 Days Has September thread they did the opposite where the main thread was for people to just post their entries (in this case could be avi + lore) and then there was a chatterbox sister thread for people to discuss and double post to their hearts content. I personally like the idea of the main thread being neater and easier to follow and then there's the chaotic chatterbox thread for people who really want to socialize, but I can see the argument for doing it the other way.
re: prizes I think the trophies are prize enough, I kind of like the purity/simplicity of not having a "monetary" prize.
I work some weird hours and days ngl xd Mon 11-6, Tues typically off, W-Th 11-6, F-Sat 10-8, Sun 10-3, so I can typically pop on during my lunch break which is 230-330 but then I'm usually not on until after work.
Im kinda open to either or on the splitting the thread up one way or the other, it amounts to the same thing either way - just makes sense for one space to be more organized so even if we do end up with only us night-time trackers, it'll be a bit easier to kinda spot everything. Plus more people might be posting later anyway since they may have to get their shopping done sooner.
RE: prizes Sounds good to me and less work for other folks
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2025 2:51 pm
Also, if we're not doing locked trophys this time, we should probs state that up front so folks aren't trying to wrack their brains trying to figure it out xd
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Ah, good to know about the PM. I can definitely understand the sentiment, which is why I mentioned it in my feedback, but I also see the justification for including it as a trophy as well since it is meant to be a challenge. There weren't any prizes outside of posting at least once in the 30 Days Has September writing challenge, but I know myself and a several other people would pop in at whatever random time we could (sometimes in the very early am hours) just to get something in for each day. I think what would help is letting people know about the "hardcore mode" extra challenges right at the start, and maybe getting the thread up a little early so people can pre-plan if they are worried about missing something. Adding some MVP style trophies at the end to special users who do something exceptional I think is also easier for people to accept.
So. About hardcore mode. I had ZERO IDEA about any of that from the start. Like, I toyed with the idea of doing a participation trophy at the end for everyone who entered (like, on the fourth day, not before the challenge started). But it wasn't even a twinkle in mine, or Curre's eye until I was messaging with Gnocchi and was all 'you know what would be really cool?' AND THEN WE SCRAMBLED to make it happen lol. So I don't disagree, it would have been cool to introduce that at the beginning. But also, I think posting it at the beginning might have thrown off people who wanted to do it just for the thrill of it. By establishing that it was just for fun right off the get-out, I think it took the whole "oh, I have to compete? well than, that's not for me" conversation off the table. It's also why I emphasized in the first post that there were no planned prizes, no golden buzzer, etc. It wasn't for the interest of a huge payout, we were just playing dress up.
But people were doing such EXTRA things!! Like, rapid fire. Two looks a day, lots of blood, struggling through certain days, even without confidence. I felt like we needed to salute that in a way, it was NUTS. Thus, trophies. Lol.
So I dunno'. I did get further pm feedback from 2 people saying they probably wouldn't have done it, especially for trophies if they weren't already in knee deep. And I laughed because, bish--same. rofl
I will also say that I didn't want everyone to be able to get every trophy. I did that intentionally lol. I wanted everyone to feel different and unique and like what they did in AVITOBER was as varied as their looks. Like, I didn't do absurd because I don't want it on my shelf lol, but also I got none of the extras and that's okay. I think there's a lot to be said for having trophies that are varied as we are, and different levels of play that the more competitive people can reach towards. Never would I EVER want to compete for a bloody perf. trophy lol, but Babb and Curre were clutching with both hands and it made me giggle. I think it kept us in a level of play, even if we weren't going to get it. We enjoyed watching them compete, olympic-style. Like we were all in on the joke.
I was just thinking though, if we wanted to. This time, we can offer each trophy, and if someone does the MOST of something, it can be GOLD instead of silver. So we can color code it to make it special. So the person who pb+j'd the most can have the trophy be gold on their shelf, while everyone else who pb+j'd would get a silver cast.
OKAY. NEW QUOTE. THERE'S A LOT IN THERE. I'M SO SORRY. MOVING ON.
mothmallow
Thank you!! It's going to be very very casual, just a quick ceremony at a public park and then dinner with our parents, but I do want to make sure I spend an appropriate amount of time with my spouse rather than on gaia Everything is planned and booked already, so it's more likely that something will come up at work that distracts me than the wedding.
Oooo, my wedding was like that too!! Very small, I only had my parents and his and our siblings. Large gatherings like that terrify me, I would never do a large procession like that. My mom had to force me into doing graduation for high school, and my husband from college lol, or I wouldn't have walked in either of those. SO I CAN APPRECIATE A SMALL GATHERING. Lol, admire you for being all 'hey, I gotta' make an effort for my new marriage.' You're a hoot. I think we can cover that whole last day so you can be free to just come on and chill if you'd like. o wo;;; Oooooo, I'm so excited for youuuuuu!~
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Just a random thought: I know for some of the GCD event threads like the summer sale and black friday sale events they have a generic "host" account that multiple people log into, that way multiple people can edit the front page posts of the thread depending on who is online. Would something like that make sense here? That would also work for the favorites, we could have a "Avitober Christmas" account and the fave collections could all live under that user, so even if I'm not available on a specific day I could ping the group and someone else could fill them in while still keeping them all in the same place.
I do like this in a sense. But I would rather we all have our reps attached to the front page. I think a generic host makes it...less about us users taking time to put it on, and makes it--well, more Gaia's thing where they have a NPC for everything (HELLO EGG, I'M LOOKING AT YOU).
I do love the idea of keeping all the favorites on a central generic user though lol. I will be deleting the AVITOBER ones on my account, probably after the new year. (I'll screenshot all the entries from this year--and save those pics to the archive). Because that scroll fatigue to get to my lists is real lol. lol I'll set up an email/account today for the generic account and link all its information in the AVIMAS sub-forum so we all have access.
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 12:46 am
battea
Yeah that's kind of exactly what I was thinking bc people tend to get so busy later in the month of dec!
YES please share the submission feedback so we can incorporate that into things.
As far as my skills go: I am very good at analyzing qualitative data (esp for studies and surveys). I'm not the best at using advanced excel, but for basic organizational lists, tracking, etc. and some easy math, I am good at that much with it. I am generally an insomniac night owl and with the time change, my sleep schedule is mucked up good xd So I can help be a tracker, but maybe we could have a duo of us so someone takes the earlier shift in the day when I am sleeping and/or working.
I'm also super good at offering up ideas and bouncing off other folks' input when it comes to brainstorming (hence this post lol) heart
Feedback has just been added to the Avitober archive! 3nodding Go willllddddddd.
Alright, so for during the duration of the 12 days. (Subject to change/adjusting, obv.) So we have Tabulating/Announcing Trophy Updates ::: Mallow + Battea Art Nook participants ::: Gnocchi Dokie + irl frog Thread Hypemen ::: Curre + Lamb General Host / Ringmaster--idk man ::: Niomo
LAMB. WHATCHU' WANNA' DO?!
So this also brings up an interesting dilemma. Pail/Cauldron favorites: rebranded as the Santa Sack? Do we want to find a way to do those for this mini challenge? Is that something we'd like to do in rotation? THAT I feel okay with putting the generic guild account on for the first page for. Then people can update it it's their day to pick or whatever.
(Also, apparently I have supreme power in this guild lol, and can edit other people's posts?) So, question--Battea, do I have your permission to edit your first post on this thread? I'd like to add details as I think of them, but totally understand if you don't like that. emotion_yatta
A couple people were NOT fond of the locked trophies idea, or the daily one, since real life issues could affect your hard work and muck it all up. So I'm hesitant to add the [did it daily] again, I don't want to frustrate people--but I also want to celebrate people who are able to sort out the time and do things on time. thoughts?
As someone who put that feedback in, it was literally because it was the only "negative" thing I could think of. I think it makes sense to reward people who can and do go the extra mile to post consistently each day and I wouldn't worry too much about it unless a lot of other people said the same.
In general, love everything I'm seeing so far in this thread! My first idea for a prompt was festive treat like cookies, hot cocoa, etc. If there isn't room for that as a prompt, maybe as a trophy? Incorporate a festive food-related item?
RE: Skills I'm generally very organized and love maintaining spreadsheets. I'm also a faving fanatic so I wouldn't mind maintaining the favorites collections if you were looking to outsource that. I am actually getting married December 12th, though, so I might be a little busy that day specifically
ooo! good to know! I got it from one other person via pms, and they were super bummed to have missed one day and even with make-ups, it still effect a trophy.
ADDING ITTTT. Omg that's a good one!! We have two hidey ones then, and that matches the avitober list, so i think that'll be golden for that earning method.
OMGGGGGGG. CONGRATULATIONS. OMG HOW EXCITINGGGGGG. Gorl, and you wanna' help up until then? You're a loon, and I love itttttt! No bridezilla hurr lol. Yes. Omg, maintaining the favs was fun, but also a time suck with other weird tasky tasks in motion. I love that direction as well if you get closer to December and decide it's too much with wedding planning though, please don't feel like you're obligated at that point. We can reshuffle.
Dunno if you want it but I'm give you my two cents on the trophy thing, I think it's totally okay to celebrate the people who did it daily! If we're being honest, although not locked, there were still exclusive trophies (like the Bloody Perf one). It gives people something to work towards!
I missed out on the Had a Gag one because I couldn't get the background I wanted on some entries shrug, s**t happens
Those who thought this way though, your frustration is totally valid though
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 4:48 am
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battea
Yeah that's kind of exactly what I was thinking bc people tend to get so busy later in the month of dec!
YES please share the submission feedback so we can incorporate that into things.
As far as my skills go: I am very good at analyzing qualitative data (esp for studies and surveys). I'm not the best at using advanced excel, but for basic organizational lists, tracking, etc. and some easy math, I am good at that much with it. I am generally an insomniac night owl and with the time change, my sleep schedule is mucked up good xd So I can help be a tracker, but maybe we could have a duo of us so someone takes the earlier shift in the day when I am sleeping and/or working.
I'm also super good at offering up ideas and bouncing off other folks' input when it comes to brainstorming (hence this post lol) heart
Feedback has just been added to the Avitober archive! 3nodding Go willllddddddd.
Alright, so for during the duration of the 12 days. (Subject to change/adjusting, obv.) So we have Tabulating/Announcing Trophy Updates ::: Mallow + Battea Art Nook participants ::: Gnocchi Dokie + irl frog Thread Hypemen ::: Curre + Lamb General Host / Ringmaster--idk man ::: Niomo
LAMB. WHATCHU' WANNA' DO?!
So this also brings up an interesting dilemma. Pail/Cauldron favorites: rebranded as the Santa Sack? Do we want to find a way to do those for this mini challenge? Is that something we'd like to do in rotation? THAT I feel okay with putting the generic guild account on for the first page for. Then people can update it it's their day to pick or whatever.
(Also, apparently I have supreme power in this guild lol, and can edit other people's posts?) So, question--Battea, do I have your permission to edit your first post on this thread? I'd like to add details as I think of them, but totally understand if you don't like that. emotion_yatta
I WILL LET YOU KNOW!!! I'm pretty open to do anything! Most of our plans are later in the month, and I'm a SAHM so I have plenty of time on my hands as long as little miss allows *nods*
So I can always fill a spot that needs to be filled at the end, or we can figure something out now! :3
taking a break from work so QUICK FIRE COMMENTS AAHHHHHH
- love the gold/silver trophies idea - i think working toward exclusive trophies is fun and makes things competitive (if it's too easy, what's the point?) - also, even if we don't want to do any monetary prizes, there were a lot of people that ended up wanting to give their own prize/donate art, etc, so that might be a fun surprise - in terms of people being trigger shy for hardcore mode, or hardcore mode being a deterrent --> just be upfront and label it as optional? idk I feel it could go either way. Some people see a challenge and it's an incentive to participate, not a deterrent. But for the casual players, we can make it super clear that it's optional, and that they can just do drive-by posts at their leisure if that's more their style - love the santa sack idea --> daily features were a super fun part of Avitober, and a lot of feedback talked about how much time and care Nio & Curre put into their feature choices, comments on rationale for choosing, etc - CONGRATS MOTHMALLOW, THATS SO EXCITINGGGGGG
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 3:34 pm
Niomo
Feedback has just been added to the Avitober archive! 3nodding Go willllddddddd.
Alright, so for during the duration of the 12 days. (Subject to change/adjusting, obv.) So we have Tabulating/Announcing Trophy Updates ::: Mallow + Battea Art Nook participants ::: Gnocchi Dokie + irl frog Thread Hypemen ::: Curre + Lamb General Host / Ringmaster--idk man ::: Niomo
LAMB. WHATCHU' WANNA' DO?!
So this also brings up an interesting dilemma. Pail/Cauldron favorites: rebranded as the Santa Sack? Do we want to find a way to do those for this mini challenge? Is that something we'd like to do in rotation? THAT I feel okay with putting the generic guild account on for the first page for. Then people can update it it's their day to pick or whatever.
(Also, apparently I have supreme power in this guild lol, and can edit other people's posts?) So, question--Battea, do I have your permission to edit your first post on this thread? I'd like to add details as I think of them, but totally understand if you don't like that. emotion_yatta
Big thing first: yes you can edit my post!!!
OOOO YES to gold/silver trophies! Love that idea!
I WANNA PICK SOME FAVORITES CAN I HAVE THE KRAMPUS SACK?
I agree with Gnocchi, be up front about optional bc you can't please everyone, and besides, I think challenge ones would be fun to do and see folks try their hand at. I personally loved seeing the competition for the trophies rofl Since we only need 12 prompts, maybe the others could be repurposed into a challenge trophy? ^This may help us narrow down which ones can be the day prompts vs challenges by seeing which prompts can easily piggy back off the others?
Also another idea for a trophy: LORE so many folks added lore to their avi creations, it'd be super fun to reward the ones who did it at min with 3 prompts (since we're halfing the prompt amount anyway & I still want to make it relatively easy to get, albeit more effort)
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 4:56 pm
Upon reviewing feedback -
Things we can probably add this time (& next): - having recommended items listed with prompts for folks that want to plan ahead & have that outside of the spoiler (since some folks didnt like it hidden) - ^ on that note, I can be the designated quoted person for more explanation on prompts - limit ourselves on extra credit challenges (but can add more when we have a full month again) - holiday mashup (take any prompt and make it both the current seasonal holiday + an extra holiday) - perhaps a roll dice game?* (depending on if gaia drops a seasonal landscape/prisma - I'd be willing to get one for a silly dice roll game)
Things to add when we do a full month again: - weekly roundup/check in - more flash contests/alternative to avis - themed challenges
Ideas for challenges when looking this over: -gold shop only items -incorporate all the recommended items
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 5:23 pm
Hiii! The themes and trophies list are excellent I love heart and 12days is such a good idea for the busy holiday 3nodding and dice games for prizes sounds fun as heck
And real quick my availability: I work 5days weekly, 9am-6pm EST. BUT i have usually have downtime most days, so I typically log in daily! I’m pumped to be in the art nook and if any assistance is required in the art department lmk! I only really use procreate for iPad and I’m happy to try to help anyway I can contribute~
Also congrats on the upcoming wedding mothmallow omg that’s so exciting!!! <3
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 6:23 pm
Niomo
So. About hardcore mode. I had ZERO IDEA about any of that from the start. Like, I toyed with the idea of doing a participation trophy at the end for everyone who entered (like, on the fourth day, not before the challenge started). But it wasn't even a twinkle in mine, or Curre's eye until I was messaging with Gnocchi and was all 'you know what would be really cool?' AND THEN WE SCRAMBLED to make it happen lol. So I don't disagree, it would have been cool to introduce that at the beginning. But also, I think posting it at the beginning might have thrown off people who wanted to do it just for the thrill of it. By establishing that it was just for fun right off the get-out, I think it took the whole "oh, I have to compete? well than, that's not for me" conversation off the table. It's also why I emphasized in the first post that there were no planned prizes, no golden buzzer, etc. It wasn't for the interest of a huge payout, we were just playing dress up.
But people were doing such EXTRA things!! Like, rapid fire. Two looks a day, lots of blood, struggling through certain days, even without confidence. I felt like we needed to salute that in a way, it was NUTS. Thus, trophies. Lol.
So I dunno'. I did get further pm feedback from 2 people saying they probably wouldn't have done it, especially for trophies if they weren't already in knee deep. And I laughed because, bish--same.
I will also say that I didn't want everyone to be able to get every trophy. I did that intentionally lol. I wanted everyone to feel different and unique and like what they did in AVITOBER was as varied as their looks. Like, I didn't do absurd because I don't want it on my shelf lol, but also I got none of the extras and that's okay. I think there's a lot to be said for having trophies that are varied as we are, and different levels of play that the more competitive people can reach towards. Never would I EVER want to compete for a bloody perf. trophy lol, but Babb and Curre were clutching with both hands and it made me giggle. I think it kept us in a level of play, even if we weren't going to get it. We enjoyed watching them compete, olympic-style. Like we were all in on the joke.
I was just thinking though, if we wanted to. This time, we can offer each trophy, and if someone does the MOST of something, it can be GOLD instead of silver. So we can color code it to make it special. So the person who pb+j'd the most can have the trophy be gold on their shelf, while everyone else who pb+j'd would get a silver cast.
I think stating openly that the hardcore/challenge mode is optional is all we need to do to keep the casual players feeling welcome.
I'm glad you shared your thought process here, the idea of having unique trophy shelves for people is actually so beautiful and I hadn't even thought of it that way. I wonder if the other people who were bothered/stressed by it would mind so much if they knew that was intentional and why. I do love the idea of gold versions of the trophies, that's a great way to do it.
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taking a break from work so QUICK FIRE COMMENTS AAHHHHHH
- love the gold/silver trophies idea - i think working toward exclusive trophies is fun and makes things competitive (if it's too easy, what's the point?) - also, even if we don't want to do any monetary prizes, there were a lot of people that ended up wanting to give their own prize/donate art, etc, so that might be a fun surprise - in terms of people being trigger shy for hardcore mode, or hardcore mode being a deterrent --> just be upfront and label it as optional? idk I feel it could go either way. Some people see a challenge and it's an incentive to participate, not a deterrent. But for the casual players, we can make it super clear that it's optional, and that they can just do drive-by posts at their leisure if that's more their style - love the santa sack idea --> daily features were a super fun part of Avitober, and a lot of feedback talked about how much time and care Nio & Curre put into their feature choices, comments on rationale for choosing, etc - CONGRATS MOTHMALLOW, THATS SO EXCITINGGGGGG
I agree with all of your quick fire comments!
And thank you very much! ❤️❤️❤️
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Hiii! The themes and trophies list are excellent I love heart and 12days is such a good idea for the busy holiday 3nodding and dice games for prizes sounds fun as heck
And real quick my availability: I work 5days weekly, 9am-6pm EST. BUT i have usually have downtime most days, so I typically log in daily! I’m pumped to be in the art nook and if any assistance is required in the art department lmk! I only really use procreate for iPad and I’m happy to try to help anyway I can contribute~
Also congrats on the upcoming wedding mothmallow omg that’s so exciting!!! <3
thank you!
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 11:36 pm
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Feedback has just been added to the Avitober archive! 3nodding Go willllddddddd.
Alright, so for during the duration of the 12 days. (Subject to change/adjusting, obv.) So we have Tabulating/Announcing Trophy Updates ::: Mallow + Battea Art Nook participants ::: Gnocchi Dokie + irl frog Thread Hypemen ::: Curre + Lamb General Host / Ringmaster--idk man ::: Niomo
LAMB. WHATCHU' WANNA' DO?!
So this also brings up an interesting dilemma. Pail/Cauldron favorites: rebranded as the Santa Sack? Do we want to find a way to do those for this mini challenge? Is that something we'd like to do in rotation? THAT I feel okay with putting the generic guild account on for the first page for. Then people can update it it's their day to pick or whatever.
(Also, apparently I have supreme power in this guild lol, and can edit other people's posts?) So, question--Battea, do I have your permission to edit your first post on this thread? I'd like to add details as I think of them, but totally understand if you don't like that. emotion_yatta
Big thing first: yes you can edit my post!!!
OOOO YES to gold/silver trophies! Love that idea!
I WANNA PICK SOME FAVORITES CAN I HAVE THE KRAMPUS SACK?
I agree with Gnocchi, be up front about optional bc you can't please everyone, and besides, I think challenge ones would be fun to do and see folks try their hand at. I personally loved seeing the competition for the trophies rofl Since we only need 12 prompts, maybe the others could be repurposed into a challenge trophy? ^This may help us narrow down which ones can be the day prompts vs challenges by seeing which prompts can easily piggy back off the others?
Also another idea for a trophy: LORE so many folks added lore to their avi creations, it'd be super fun to reward the ones who did it at min with 3 prompts (since we're halfing the prompt amount anyway & I still want to make it relatively easy to get, albeit more effort)
So we jokingly called the 'edumacated' trophy 'lore' lol, so I'd want to keep that guy the same, since it's basically the same concept if we did it again. Just to keep a throughline between competitions, so people have consistency for expectation, I think that'd be fair. I don't hate reusing trophies. BUT. I think there should be less trophies than there are days, tbh. If keeps things doable and the time is less of a stress, more of a joy. So avitober: 31 days, number of trophies ABLE to be awarded: 24. So I think we need a simpler structure here as well.
I also think we shouldn't have two trophies that compete for the same function, so If we make the 'dress up as your fav. holiday movie' a trophy, I don't think we should have an edumacated, since those two will have natural overlap. Each topic should be distinct from the others on offer. I also don't think there's a problem if we just put the unused prompts in a thread archive for next year!! I have to go hunt through my pms and find me and Curre's, lol, but there were a lot of good ones that didn't make the cut for avitober.
I think it's really easy to push a lot of stuff in a little format here. And while the feedback is 100% accurate for a 31 day event, 12 days is not a whole lot of time for dice games and the like, so spinning it into multiple pages would be wild for conversation and adding in all that is a lot. We're not looking for overwhelm here lol.
If we did a RNG or dice roll games--I also second a sister thread, like Mallow suggested, and I can totally get behind that. I still do not like the idea of separating the conversation and submission threads, since I feel those have the same textural flow--but I wouldn't be opposed to the bump-type ideas having their own space to prosper at will and not bury anyone. There were multiple people who commenting (during the event) that their submissions were buried, and the thread only advanced 30 pages during the day, and 10-20 pages at night. And that's JUST with people posting once, the hosts commenting on entries, and a few participant interchanges.
Lol, we can do the Krampus sack instead, I think that matches our energy more, tbh lololol. I do want to rotate through all us crew to pick a favorite for sure! I don't want it to be a weird competition for 'who gets to pick when' lol. So if there's a particular day you want to judge, once we get the lists posted, we can each pick a fav. Roshambo if there's two lol. (We can rock paper scissors and you can both pm me your choice of draw lol) Once everyone gets one, we'll go from there--for assigning picking the rest of the days. I don't feel like that has to be a host-only task for sure. blaugh
Ummmmm....more will come to me lol. Lemme' think on it.
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2025 11:48 pm
Niomo
So we jokingly called the 'edumacated' trophy 'lore' lol, so I'd want to keep that guy the same, since it's basically the same concept if we did it again. Just to keep a throughline between competitions, so people have consistency for expectation, I think that'd be fair. I don't hate reusing trophies. BUT. I think there should be less trophies than there are days, tbh. If keeps things doable and the time is less of a stress, more of a joy. So avitober: 31 days, number of trophies ABLE to be awarded: 24. So I think we need a simpler structure here as well.
I also think we shouldn't have two trophies that compete for the same function, so If we make the 'dress up as your fav. holiday movie' a trophy, I don't think we should have an edumacated, since those two will have natural overlap. Each topic should be distinct from the others on offer. I also don't think there's a problem if we just put the unused prompts in a thread archive for next year!! I have to go hunt through my pms and find me and Curre's, lol, but there were a lot of good ones that didn't make the cut for avitober.
I think it's really easy to push a lot of stuff in a little format here. And while the feedback is 100% accurate for a 31 day event, 12 days is not a whole lot of time for dice games and the like, so spinning it into multiple pages would be wild for conversation and adding in all that is a lot. We're not looking for overwhelm here lol.
If we did a RNG or dice roll games--I also second a sister thread, like Mallow suggested, and I can totally get behind that. I still do not like the idea of separating the conversation and submission threads, since I feel those have the same textural flow--but I wouldn't be opposed to the bump-type ideas having their own space to prosper at will and not bury anyone. There were multiple people who commenting (during the event) that their submissions were buried, and the thread only advanced 30 pages during the day, and 10-20 pages at night. And that's JUST with people posting once, the hosts commenting on entries, and a few participant interchanges.
Lol, we can do the Krampus sack instead, I think that matches our energy more, tbh lololol. I do want to rotate through all us crew to pick a favorite for sure! I don't want it to be a weird competition for 'who gets to pick when' lol. So if there's a particular day you want to judge, once we get the lists posted, we can each pick a fav. Roshambo if there's two lol. (We can rock paper scissors and you can both pm me your choice of draw lol) Once everyone gets one, we'll go from there--for assigning picking the rest of the days. I don't feel like that has to be a host-only task for sure. blaugh
Ummmmm....more will come to me lol. Lemme' think on it.
rofl and yeah I think the current amount we have for trophies is sufficient but I added the others in a spoiler to be used later. Yeah, deffo save any unused as an idea pot for the following years.
yeah Id only appeal for a dice game being added if there was a sister thread bc i noticed folks being concerned about being buried too.
and yeaaaah!!! everyone gets to pick one!!!! 4laugh
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I also want to emphasis that if I'm poo-pooing your notes, it's not because I don't value the information, I just want to explain my thought process behind everything. So you guys can see where I'm coming from, but also refine it and make it better.
I do be a wordy bish, as I told Curre lol. And the art school kid in me loves a good explanation of the work and following critique. So I love the commentary!! KNOW I'M NOT FUMING OR ANYTHING, just trying to explain my 'mehs' 'ehs' and 'welllllll's.' xd
Everything is planned and booked already, so it's more likely that something will come up at work that distracts me than the wedding. 
