Please count me in as a vote for going back to character matching! It's one of the things I love most about Trick or Treat. I love the unique atmosphere it gives the exchange. I love the flexibility of having a character be the focus, and being able to mix it up with different prompts for gen relationships, shippy relationships, and solo character stories. I've happily written and received all three under the original matching system.
If I know I only want relationship matching for a particular fandom, I save that for Chocolate Box or Shipoween or another exchange that matches on it. Trick or Treat is the exchange I go to for character matching, and I look forward to it every year.
This year, I had no problem matching on my offers, but I did have some issues matching on my requests. It's impossible to pinpoint any one cause. But I do wonder if the changes to matching this year meant the participant pool was skewed, away from people who like solo character matching, and towards people who like relationship matching?
In future years, I'm going to continue to request and offer solo characters regardless, because that's what makes Trick or Treat appealing to me. But obviously my matchability is affected by what proportion of other participants request and offer solo characters too.
Thank you for running this round! I especially enjoyed the community challenge and its cute Halloween themed rewards.
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Date: 2021-11-08 03:08 am (UTC)If I know I only want relationship matching for a particular fandom, I save that for Chocolate Box or Shipoween or another exchange that matches on it. Trick or Treat is the exchange I go to for character matching, and I look forward to it every year.
This year, I had no problem matching on my offers, but I did have some issues matching on my requests. It's impossible to pinpoint any one cause. But I do wonder if the changes to matching this year meant the participant pool was skewed, away from people who like solo character matching, and towards people who like relationship matching?
In future years, I'm going to continue to request and offer solo characters regardless, because that's what makes Trick or Treat appealing to me. But obviously my matchability is affected by what proportion of other participants request and offer solo characters too.
Thank you for running this round! I especially enjoyed the community challenge and its cute Halloween themed rewards.