lotusmoon9 wrote:How is LOLO going for everyone?

it's going well! i'm constantly surprised at how generous people are, it's amazing. i'm spacing out how many pms i send a day to hopefully not run out before halloween comes lol but i do respond to pms i get as quickly as i can. there's a lot of creativity again this year, both in the costumes and stories.
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@Celozon:
this is my 2nd year playing, and the gift preferences are very helpful! the visuals on the list make it easy to tell at a glance, and sometimes people elaborate more on their preferences in their forms. i am 100% for keeping that format. I do think that the image for art treats doesnt quite translate - as in, it's hard for me to make it out as a paintbrush when looking at it, since the symbol is so small. it looked like just a line, while the other symbols are distinctive.
as for the live player list, i've downloaded it from gdocs to help with keeping track of visitors at the start of the game, which i found convenient (it saves a bit of work on my part). since then i've only used it when i get a lolo pm but the person isnt on the regular list yet.
another change was that the list is updated with username changes. last year, i remember having some problems with users who had changed their names during lolo, because it was harder to find their place on the list. on the other hand, having the name they signed up with listed makes it easier to find their forms in the thread. this year i'm checking the forms a lot more because of the game preferences, so discrepancies between current username and username at signup are somewhat annoying for me personally. overall, I do appreciate the effort and i feel that it is a fair trade, although i wouldnt be bothered if usernames arent updated during the game next year. so as long as the workload doesnt end up being taxing, i think that's a change worth keeping.
(i havent had any experience re: people allowed to turn on their lights before being accepted)
i do want to pay a compliment to the mod team for their work!

the changes are appreciated, and the work put into keeping everything running is as well