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My Minipets Name: Mediciner
Feedback: o3o I'm having difficulty finding words to describe how epic this event was, even if I was only capable of participating in half of it. So I'll just keep my feedback as brief as I can using bullet points; love me some bullet points.

• News Updates: I agree with those that mentioned this for the event thread - if not using the title, maybe one of the front page posts? There were things I missed and heard about several days later due to more nosy friends.

• Event Thread Kiribans: Oh, I'm going got be shot down hard for this, but I think the speedrun posts for kiribans caused unnecessary QQing (to the point where Vamps even trolled us at one point due to the massive enthusiasm) and possibly a bit more stress for those of us who had to sacrifice sleep just for a chance on the page. Not that I'm hating on being given free gifts honestly, because those runic pets are amazing. What I mean is maybe for future events, just do things like the thread in the guild for exchanging points for pets, and offer all the available event minipets there. You still get us excited for new minipets, and people won't have to worry so much about "being on time" in the event thread itself. Maybe I'm making that more of a big deal than it actually is, but I can only imagine how stressed this event made you GMs, so anything to help lower the amount of work you guys have to do? ^^; I highly doubt removing kiriban gifting will kill the thread.
((TL;DR = Don't feel obligated to have to do page kiribans for events if it's more stressful than it needs to be. Just use the points system!))

• Timing of Events: I didn't have a big problem with the mini-events/tasks, but then I'm in CST and the complaints of this nature come from the EST-ers. What got me was that, as someone mentioned before, this meta event encompassed the weeks leading up to and during finals, which made it harder for me to balance out keeping active enough in the event and studies. The Christmas event was easier in that it was during the long holiday break.

• Re: Mentions of Cliquish Nature in Event: It's only to be expected if you make normal human beings be pitted against each other, so I have no qualms about teaming up, even if that does leave room for sticking to groups. If anything, I made several new friends through the experience, one who even got a hunter! But I do understand that the grisly nature of this event might not have been the best environment for some, and that I was lucky I rp'd with who I did - I honestly tried to involve everyone who was around Deli, to the characters' eye-rolls of joy, but maybe a less PvP meta if possible next go around?

• End of Meta: It might be easier to wrap everything up with the same end date rather than let them end at separate times, like timing the announcement of all winners with the end of the final auction? At least to save the meta from feelings of being dragged on past its time.

Overall? You guys went above and beyond with this event, and all I can say at this point is take a friggen' break before you literally break yourselves. ;A; This must have been a true hassle at points (such as the unfortunate wrap up before the zombiepocalypse could rise), and when you have so many people to watch over and answer questions for, there's gotta be some breaking point for patience.

Seriously. Take a break between this event and the next you guys have planned. We don't want you guys burned out, not when you wave such tantalizing secrets in front of us. <33 Thank you guys such much for all the hard work, you've earned a vacation just in time~

My Minipets Name: Dragain
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Part 1: BOATS. NEVER NOT BOATS. While the time skips make RPing continuously a little hard, having them also made the whole thing smoother than ONE GIANT ORP FOREVER since it shows time actually moving. xD So yay for the 24 hour summary posts!

Part 1.5: I'll be frank and say that I did QQ a little at Lizzy dying, BUT in retrospect, I loved the idea that not all the students got to the final boss.

From an IC point of view, it makes the students HATE the hunters (or rather, 'mysterious hooded figures') which might be fun for whenever they're introduced to them ICly in the future? The fact that death was semi-permanent made it even more frightening and devastating to see their friends die. From an OOC point of view, I'll have to say that less people made fighting the final boss less confusing, more intense and more RAGED FILLED.

I liked the idea of the insanity fog, and the fact that many questions were left unanswered ICly... It builds up the suspense for sure, in Amity! I also liked how if you read the RPs in all the areas, you get hints as to what the hooded figures are up to and stuff, but if you only read your own RP (eg. Just the Lighthouse ORP), the hints you get there can only get you that far.

Part 2: My character died early and I was pretty much stuck in the death lounge for almost half the event. xDD It got boring fast as it was talking and more talking; sure, the musical was fun to read, but other than that? Talking and more talking. Perhaps allowing us to branch out to PRPs would make it more fun and organized, as the lounge started to fill up?

Also, for the next Meta, the 'one RP thread at a time' idea should be continued. Its an awesome rule, and makes things less confusing. <3

Thread: Just remove the kiribans. So much QQ by people, its not worth you pulling your hair out for! The pendent point system was great and perfect to get minipets with though! <3

Admins, you rock my world. ;o; <3 I really have no major complains and enjoyed myself both as both a GM and as a player in the Meta!

My Minipets Name: Daffu
Feedback: I feel like I can't really give a good/accurate feedback for the second part of the metaplot due to the fact I... missed it due to irl constrains and happenings. I can only really talk about the first part and what little I was able to see/catch from the second part when I peeked into gaia every so often to see how things were moving along. Anyhow! First off, I'd really, really like to congratulate the staff (all of it, the shops owners, the helpers, the mods, the artists and the minipet staff) for the amount of effort and thought that was obviously put into this event. It's obvious that this has been in planning for a long while, and despite the fact not everything worked out as smoothly as one would have hoped, it was enjoyable and it was a delight to see the effort put in.

That said, I need to admit I actually enjoyed the Christmas plot a little, tiny bit more. I liked the slight lightheartedness of the Christmas trip vs the inminent death that hung over both students and hunter candidates throughout the event. This, however, is merely an opinion thing - I don't think it makes the Christmas plot superior to this one, as I'm sure there are people that enjoyed the seriousness over the lightheartedness.

I felt that the boat trips over to the island did not work out as... expected. Some of the boats had extremely entertaining, thought out puzzle events and others seemed to 'lack' a bit in that department. There was also a case of some boats being extremely active while others had little to no activity (though this was in no way something the mods/staff could really help). I am not sure if Vamps (posting above me) is suggesting that if a GM fails/has to leave/is absent... another boat GM should jump in - I totally like that idea.

On the island itself, I really enjoyed the fact people could pick the path they wanted to go to, and I liked the usage of prp threads as well as the orp threads. I found, however, that there were nowhere nearly as many 'attacks' as there were on Christmas. I'm not sure if this was due to the fact there were more active people in this one vs the christmas one though. I was slightly saddened that I was unable to enjoy a one on one battle with a reaper, myself, despite being active. Though.... I blame my timezone for this. On the whole though, I really, REALLLLLLLLLLLY enjoyed this part 1, runic points or not (which is like a very very MINOR nitpick - that's all I'm able to nitpick out of this).

Which brings me to the next point. I'm well aware it's being worked on, and I've seen more stuff 'happen' outside of my 'nighttime', so I know it's an in progress thing. That said though, I was unable to snatch even one runic point because games seemed to happen outside of my timezone (and I seemed to miss when mods were online when I rpged, for battles). Amusingly enough, I had little to no trouble snatching 'points' and things on the boat ride. GRANTED, I was out of commission, per say, for the majority of the second part of the event, and I think most of the runic points were given out during that time. I would love to see events/games that last 24 hours so everyone can join in, regardless of the time zone problem alongside the fast events (I might have missed them if there were though, not 100% sure!). Again though, minor, minor nitpick.

This last point goes along with one of the previous points I made. I didn't enjoy the... everyone against everyone feel that the second part of the event had. While I DID actually enjoy the first part of the event even despite the seriousness it seemed to have, I didn't particularly like the tone/feel of the second one. The whole 'last man standing' feel it had wasn't something I cared for, mostly because of the slightly violent, aggressive... vibes it seemed to give people OOC, outside of the IC setting. Granted, I can only talk about this mostly from as a viewer since I was forced to retire out after the first 'horse' boss battle due to irl, but I did peek and and there were some consequences I didn't particularly like. I entirely understand what the staff/mods were going for when they created the event, and again, granted, this is opinion based since I'm sure there are people that liked the feel it had over the first part, or the Christmas one, but I didn't particularly like it.

All that said, this was an amazing event, and I hope to see more from you guys! You guys seem to do/pull off some of the most interactive plots/metas/events I've seen in breedables and I LOVE that you make it posible for people that do not own a character to join in (gives them a feel of the shop, etc). Kudos x 10000 for that. I totally applaud that (I don't think it seemed to work that well for a all vs all sort of deal, but yeah - seemed to work better in Christmas).

Anyhow. Overall, I love TiH events and can only toss in minor nitpicks.

My Minipets Name: roxyroxanna
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First let me just say wow, wow all the staff did an incredible job, the event was spectacular!

That being said there's a few things that seem to have already been mentioned but they were really the only areas I felt there could have been improvement.

The items and puzzles in part one, I realize they were dropped because of time or issues realizing they wouldn't work as intended but an announcement of somesort explaining that the items no longer had a part in the meta would have probably helped people to be less confused towards the end.

I loved the 'death' aspect of the island in part 1 the idea that fear could be trapped and contained and now allowed to regenerate was incredible! I really think it helped a lot of students to mature and realize they weren't invincible. I'd love to see how/if helma addresses this little trip. (I figure that'll be in the wrap up continuation part XD)

Part 2 was incredibly fun, it FELT a little fast paced in some areas possibly because the challenges were like first 20 people in get a spot sort of thing and the rest was mainly wandering. The idea of the pendants being needed to survive at the end really made for a competitive environment and I sort of felt at the end the pendant holders SHOULD have survived to maybe face something better or worse? It just seemed like an awful lot of work and buildup for everyone to die at the end and those who became hunters weren't necessarily pendant holders.

Other then that I think the meta thread, the meta guild, the deathzones, the boats all seemed pretty active and varied in time zones etc...I know some time zones probably felt a tad neglected but I did see staff trying to post at a variety of hours to make up for it. The event was super long which was nice because I think it gave people a chance to catch up and such and because it was in two parts.

Again amazing job thank you all staff/colorists/mods your all awesome!!!

My Minipets Name: trira
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First things first, I'd like to say that I think the GMs and all of the staff are absolutely amazing~ How you managed to pull off such a huge meta (seriously, 4k worth of pages and activity in the normal thread, plus everything going on in the actual event, that's gotta be a new B/C record or something) without any major hitches occuring, I'll never know.

(This is all for Part Two, as I didn't have a student to use in Part One) I don't know if I have much to actually give solid feedback on, but there were a few points that I noticed (this is probably just be my inner mind QQing though, so please take that into account. ^^; ). I found it a little challenging to jump into certain threads at certain times, just due to rl and other factors. Like a bit after my character died (I think that's when this happened), I had to take a trip to a funeral that was very far from any access to a computer. Once I got back, I didn't really know how to jump into the death thread, or what to do when once my character was there. I also kind of thought that it was a little unfortunate that some of the characters who died early in didn't really get to see much of the island, or that the majority of their rp happened in the death lounge. Since a character can only sit around and talk about how they died for so long before it gets boring for those around you.

That probably was my only real concern, so on with the praise! You guys managed a huge event, which was amazing~ I loved that you were giving out points and chances for people such as newbies like myself to get a character. And I definitely wasn't expecting the newbie rolling for pre-mades that happened at the end, so I think I'm still in shock over the fact that I actually GOT a character~ Besides my glee over getting into TiH, the raffles and contests were a really good touch, along with the minipet point shop. I also really liked that you put in a newbie nomination raffle a few days ago. I think that really is a nice reward for the people who stuck around and helped in the shop, even though they didn't have characters. *Nod nod*

Overall, I really liked this event, besides those few hitches. Staff, artists, GMs, everyone else involved, you guys are amazing, and I'm definitely looking forward to being able to jump into this amazing world you've worked so hard to make~ ^^

My Minipets Name: chimarii!
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First of all, a big big big big alskdjf big thank you to all the staff. I know it must've been a pain to stay up late, to read all the death solos, to run games, to ... well everything! I just want to say I appreciate it so much, even if these are just words on a screen, I hope I sound sincere OTL

I couldn't participate in part 1, no student, but I thought it was a ridiculously fun mix of lightheartedness (WHY ARE YOUR EYES GLOWING YELLOW?!) and a more serious tone (when characters died, it was SO sad. it felt like they were really dying ; 3; ). Plus during part run you continued running games and kiribans for those without characters, so even though I didn't contribute to the RP part, I still felt as if I was a valuable part of the "TiH team" (that sounds so dorky ....)

I also really liked the lack of fear for the most part of part 1. It really gave the players a chance to explore characters without exploring their powers; by putting them in a place of REAL terror, it just opened up so many possibilities. Like when Junko's hair got cut, we all really felt so bad for how upset she was; it was an awesome reaction from Junko that I'd never really seen before!

I definitely want to applaud the staff for being up at like ... heaven knows what time. It made it really nice for all people all over, and it's small, but it really does make a difference.

For part two, this is what I actually participated in, so it'll probably be more accurate xD

One thing I noticed that a lot of people were struggling with was the number of people. This was in no way the staffs fault- I mean how were you guys supposed to predict almost (over?) 100 people would sign up? Regardless though, it still affected the RP play. So what I'm saying is that while not your fault, it's still a factor that affected it xD
I think the large number caused a lot of confusion for some games, especially things like the experimental gym and the zombie game, while on the other hand it worked excellently for large interactions like the hellhorse. I think more "bosses" that large groups could fight would've been better, as it would've helped delegate the large number of people into different areas and spaces.

Agreeing with vamps that there were definitely some people who joined the meta and then never showed up or participated. I was a little irked, but I really don't know what you would have done to fixed that. Perhaps screened people for inactivity?

I have to agree with some people before that people who died early didn't have as equal an opportunity to explore the island. I was fortunate enough not to die early, but I was reading some of the RPs in the death lounge, and it didn't seem as fun. I loved the idea of them coming back as "zombies" for that game, but I realize that time contraints cut that short. So again, not entirely your fault, just a hitch.

Another thing I would say is just the awkwardness sometimes of finding a place to post just because of RL and what not. It was sometimes hard to choose between a personal RP between x and y, which would allow for freedom of time, or an RP led by a GM (the zombie thing, the gym experiment) and sometimes be left behind in the dust of so many people in one place xD I really don't have any advice on how to fix this though, so I really don't know how useful this part of my crit is OTL

Things I loved about part 2 were nuuumerous.
First of all was the sheer number of PREMADES. omg. Your guys' hands must be bleeding by now. Great job with providing so many! <333
And I love how all the different hunters are so different from each other, it really makes for a lot of creativity. Plus you provided some premades for the actual school, so it's not like part 2 was solely focused on the hunters and deus ex machina, which is what I was worried about.

Speaking of deus ex, I think the new school was a great idea! I think it will be really interesting to see how they go to school on the island and amityville. If that's not the plan, then whatever you "plot" with the two school will be really awesome. It opens up a lot of doors for everyone, which I am excited to step through. I think the new hunters and their "talking" weapon, are really REALLY fun. I almost made a reaper with a personality weapon, but now I don't have to!

Overally this event was REALLY great guys. I cannot stress enough how happy I am with it. There were a few kinks throughout, but I think a lot of it couldn't be avoided simply due to large numbers and murphy's law. I applaud your guys' efforts, and can't wait to see what you do in the future!

My Minipets Name: Getsurae
Feedback:

Overall I really enjoyed the event, though due to my own rl issues i was unable to be as active as i wanted to be. This was also the reason I couldn't join part 2, but that's ok. It was super fun, and Whisper got to make quite a few friends. I really love how it gave so much fuel for character development.

I can't think of any downsides that haven't already been mentioned. The biggest thing for me was timing of events, as i do have an odd work schedule. And kiribans. It was very hard to get on one of the pages, especially if it hit during a high traffic time. so maybe random pages and doing the 99-01 of the numbers?

I can't wait for the next event, I'm sure it will be amazing ^^ Thanks guys~!