Halloween Giveaway?

[Dacy]

Hi, Halloween Fans!

 

As all but the newer players may know, every year for 4 years, I've done a server-wide Halloween Giveaway. I've worked to find at least one base on every server, solicited donations, arranged publicity, handed out the how-to on the treat distribution, distributed treats, and run my own haunted house, the Witch's House, on Everlasting. I've really enjoyed being able to do this, but I admit, it has been a lot of work, especially last year. Last year, as CR, we also did a contest so the bases handing out treats were able to get titles and there were other rewards for participants. However, I ended up with two shards that did not participate at all, and one shard that only had a base because I asked the builder, and someone else volunteered to staff it.

 

This year, I'm not CR, my main donor has decided they are done with the Giveaway, and my life is pretty crazy. So, I have decided that I need to simplify. Going forward, the Giveaway will have nothing to do with any contests (there will be Halloween related base events, likely including a contest, so stay tuned for that). People who would like to host a Giveaway (where trick or treaters come to the base, you give them valuable treats) may, of course; however, I will not be funding other Haunted House Giveaways.  I will not be recruiting other bases to host. I do hope that there will be others who pick up the gauntlet; I know there are some who have and will, for instance, Envee on Excelsior has always been self-funded with her Halloween Houses, and publicizes her own efforts as well. There are a lot of farmers who have more inf than they realistically know what to do with; some of the more generous may want to donate some if you but ask.

 

I will definitely be hosting a Haunted House and Giveaway, as usual, the two weekends before Halloween on Everlasting at the Witch's House. I will happily help anyone who wants to participate by hosting their own giveaway, with any information they need. I welcome anyone who wants to help out by donating, become a "scare actor" or behind the scenes helper with the Witch's House, and I encourage everyone from every server to come and stop by during the times when we are open! But, certainly for this  year, I am no longer going to be reaching out to all of the servers to coordinate a server wide event.

 

I'm putting this message out now, instead of waiting until October, so that anyone who might be hoping to do something related to Halloween has time to plan. So here's hoping that some people will!

 

[Dacy]

I do want to clarify that, although of course funds are always welcome, and I'm happy to stand as middleman between donors and base hosts should people want to donate, the main reason I posted this is because I just cannot, this year, be the driving force for any of the haunted houses other than my own. If you want to hand out treats, it's a wonderful thing to be able to do. It builds community. It expresses the enduring spiritual makeup of this community: one of generosity, sharing, and fun. It gives you a chance to show off your base, and help others out at the same time. So I do encourage people to step up and host, and for those that have never experienced a virtual haunted house, come see why Everlasting loves the Witch's House.

 

I want all the people on all the shards to be able to participate, but the energy it takes to make sure all of the shards have at least one base, get the information and donations (which I put together, usually, so the amounts are right) to each, publicize, and coordinate, is just more energy than I have to give right now. So my fallback is to encourage people from all the shards to come to the base I created just for this event, get treats, and have an experience that has kept hundreds coming back year after year, even on the days there aren't treats to hand out. And for those that DO wish to host their own, awesome, I'm here as a resource.