[SUGGESTIONS] Locktoberfest '24

[SlenderSissyNewbie]

Hey,

since I really enjoyed running and participating in this years locktoberfest, I want to keep my motivation high by starting pre planning for a follow-up next year.

Please leave all your ideas, suggestions etc. here.

I will use this post to ask (spoiler free) questions during development as well!

Cheers

Iona

[wellrested]

I also really enjoyed this time. Some suggestions for '24:

Some challenges left me feeling that they were a bit simple and introductory (mostly things I'd done before). Should mistresses taunt you and ask you to continue once the main bit of the day is done? I'd suggest making it worth 1 or 2 bonus cage points so your reward would be more about pleasing them than getting a better reward for yourself.

I like the idea for your feedback thread with people pointing out typos. However it would be better to have that thread running from day 1 (there were typos, but its easier to notice while doing the tease, rather than remembering that 5 minutes into that tease from 2 weeks ago you said "yo" when you meant "you".

Some days the pledges felt like the main game (and were more memorable) while the tease felt like an afterthought. Is that the intent? It worked quite well having pledges being optional.

[wompi72]

Overall great expericen, but can't really formualte what i liked about it. thank you.

1. more teasing/edging before tasks like: do something not naughty for 60 min/choice to free unlock for 30 min would make it more challenging.
2. making the text on the pages where you visit repeatedly autoupdate (like they are now) and additionally click to continue would be nice.
3. I really didn't like the reflections days

[emma111]

What I really liked about this tease is that it left a lot of room to own exploration and was quite lenient to changes based on person's own experiences and preferences. I hope '24 keeps that. I'll probably think of some tasks soon too.

Improvements to consider (some are more of a food for thought):

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1. At least one more interactive task, something like a glove task, but use a metronome and a fail button, so it's really more of a challenge. These would work especially great in the pre-lockup phase of week 0, or for oral/anal tasks later.
2. When talking about challenges, more risky options, where you really risk failure (something like the censorpledge), or the idea above but being asked beforehand if you want to try and risk points for failure to attempt a task.
3. In the beginning, there was a set of rules to follow, but I'd love to see a list that is being updated with different weeks. For example, if there was a change that an assgasm was allowed, I'd like to see that in one place.
4. Add a name input at the start, which you can store for the duration of the tease. Mistress doesn't have to use it all the time, of course, with the usual "sub" and "slave" still there, but this would be a nice touch of personalization for some special moments.
5. Introduce lines-to-say out loud by showing them in different colors.
6. Add sound to timers.
7. When playing with timers, you can do multiple-timers, a second timer after the first one to trick subs, or just for hurrying when, for example, there is only 1 minute left.
8. More organized way to track points, so that you have an easier job. I don't know how you track it currently, but some publicly viewable spreadsheet (even if nickname-anonymized) with an auto-generated leaderboard and one template for reporting on the forum would probably work the best.
9. Separating a review and mistakes topic from day 1 so that people don't forget what was wrong
10. Ask if you kept the pledge on the day of it ending directly in the tease; you can also introduce some berating for failure then.
11. (maybe) Create a Discord server for more interactivity between subs, though it would have to be moderated, so maybe that's a task to delegate to someone.
12. (maybe) introduce a mode that is between privacy and standard. I had to give up some of the physical exercises because they didn't really work well when wearing a cage, and punishing myself for that felt wrong.
13. (maybe) Discussion of points rebalance for chastity cage material/size and also some pledge effort * time.
14. (maybe) Have a "necessity" unlock instead of a "medical" unlock, as it might bring confusion when, for example, you unlock before going through a metal scanner at the airport or when exercising, so it's neither medical nor because you were horny (and those were often two options).
15. (a thought, but too much work and introduces too many variables.) fetish toggles for some more extreme ones like: SPH, Cuckholding, Forced-Bi, or Sissification. I enjoy these, but know some slaves might not.

[XD81]

Some suggestions / ideas:

• ideas for some more interactivity:
  • Mistress could let you choose to do X or Y, but there will be consequences (either hidden or known to the player), e.g. Edge to a censored or uncensored photo -> if uncensored, player has to smack his balls after. I guess there are lots of possibilities
  • some kind of gambling: do 10 slaps to the balls right away, or flip a coin and reduce or double it
  • bet the current tasks' points for some reward: "If you manage to do X, you are allowed to edge afterwards, if not, subtract half the points of today's task. Take the bet, or not? :)"
• for the more basic tasks, introduce a kind of bonus round for more experienced players to get more out of it
• ask the player for his name (or other properties - sph?), so Mistress can adress him directly (adding humiliating adjectives if she's in the mood)
• add a few more fetishes (eg. foot worship, introduction to cuckolding, crossdressing), but make them toggleable. As they are less interactive mostly, they could serve as an appendix to a daily session.

[SneakyGeoff]

A minor suggestion would be making some of the longer timers able to be skipped.

Dunno about other people but I tend to do the teases on a tablet and if I leave the page or it falls asleep the page can reset and I lose the progress. I especially felt it when I had to do something wholesome for an hour but also had to keep checking on the tease and tapping the screen so it didn't shut off

I feel like its not too hard to cheat the timer if someone really wanted to anyway (and they'd only be cheating themselves!)

[alex_horny]

I have a mix of review and suggestions, but it's rather hard to disentangle. I think all of this can potentially be relevant for future teases so I'm posting here.

Brilliant bits, these would be very welcome to stay (maybe even add more?):

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• I've said it before and I'll say it again: caring about practicalities, like easy mode and privacy mode, etc might not be the hottest, but it's what made it possible for me (and probably others) to participate. If the tease said "lock your cock for the next 30 days", I'd just be done with it, thinking it's not in the realm of possibilities. Practical considerations, and easy mode in particular are the single most important reason why I'm even here.
• Preperation week was a great idea. Even though I messed it up multiple times, it still built my anticipation a lot, I imagine it would be even greater if I managed to follow the instructions fully.
• With all the things I've done to myself, there was nothing more hardcore than saying yes on day 8. Telling me what I'll do to myself and asking me to agree can build enormous amount of suspense. Psychological fuckery in general is not to be underestimated.
• In general pacing was very good:
  • preparation week was a great introduction
  • little to no stimulation in the first week (no porn pledge combined with 10 minute video looked like an odd choice, but I think it was great to be able to watch some to get a taste, but not get too excited in the beginning)
  • ramping things up in the 2nd
  • first unlocking in 3rd, more teasing in 3rd and 4th
• Choice is great. In particular:
  • When I'm presented with an option not to do something, I think I'm more likely to do it.
  • Letting people choose their own pledge is pretty good, because most will choose the thing that they enjoy.
  • General structure of tasks and pledges: at first there's somewhat more compulsory activity (that you can still refuse), so that those unfamiliar feel a little bit of pressure to do it. Then one can take a pledge to do more of it, but that part isn't required, just for those who enjoyed it, or go after points.
• Putting thoughts into words can be powerful. Sharing them can also be special. If it was up to me, I'd do more of both, maybe a report after each tease, for some cagepoints. Doesn't have to be a lot, couple of sentences would be fine by me. It might be that it's not what most people would enjoy though, I have no idea.

Suggestions:

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• Baseline points. In my opinion both more cagetime and making cage smaller should be incentivized, but cagetime should have priority. Next level of time commitment should always be worth more then previous one - that was not the case with the system used, I think at some point I earned more points playing on easy than someone on privacy or even standard. Also the jump between easy and privacy was rather big, and there was no points incentive to increase cagetime just a bit. I'd change the easy mode to something like: you have to be caged for at least 1 hour to not fail a day, each consecutive hour more is worth x points. There should be a limit though, again one should not ever be able to gain more points on easy mode than on any other.
• Also baseline related: I think cage size and cagetime should be multiplicative, I've said this before in main locktoberfest thread. But that might complicate points too much, just adding some points together might be good enough, if the point above is considered.
• I like an idea of a key based tease, where you can take the key, look at it, maybe even insert it into lock, but without actual unlocking. I don't know if it can be executed in a way that could actually be enjoyable though.
• Maybe a locked tease involving a fleshlight? But not everyone has one, and they aren't that cheap, so I don't know if it's a good idea in practice.
• Stroking a dildo placed above cage when locked sounds fun (maybe with a fleshlight as well?). Apparently some can cum like this though, that's something to keep in mind.
• Workout pledge motivated me to work out, which is not an easy task. Maybe similar thing can be done with something like a hobby e.g. pick something you'd like to do (play an instrument, make art, garden, whatever) and do this thing for at least half an hour a day.

Overall this tease will always be special to me, it's the first one that made me fully commit to it. Thanks to everyone, especially the creator!

[Drewstix57]

I think what would make this tease for 2024 really special would be to have two options for entry into "Locktoberfest, '24"

The first entry point would be for 'new players/ subs in training' that didn't take part in '23, or didn't comply with the requirement of contributing to the forum. This 'web-tease' would be more or less a re-run of '23 with maybe a few modifications that you feel could have made it better.

The second entry point would be for 'returning subs' of '23 of Mistress Blake only. This would be a completely new tease which would have a save function, as well as the ability to store individual trigger phrases for sub-space moments during a session and the whole tease. Entry into this tease would be by submitting your avatar name - my example being Drewstix57, and by making use of the ARRAY function the tease would be able to call up information about the person in question - previous cage points, chastity device etc. and weave this information into the narrative in the opening interactions. Mistress would then issue an entry code for us to use through the whole tease.

This would add an amazing sense of continuity for those of us that 'invested' in this amazing tease, as well as it would allow the tease and sub/Domme dynamic to develop deeper without having to go through in detail the various initial training requirements that were done this year. Putting it simply, it would allow more focused 'play-time' because we all know why we are at this particular party and we all have an understanding what it is Mistress both desires and wants from her subs.

[malachiconstant]

I would like to see more collaboration with other Milovana creators or creations.

And by that I mean weekly pledges to complete specific EOS. Maybe even adding some of the games such as Fapjack or Snakes and Ladders. Some of the maze games would also add to the challenge. I could see depending how far you were to get on these items, you would get a set score bonus. Something for those that have the time or want to explore more while caged. And it would be completely optional or a way to get points back after a failure.

I am not sure how you go about it, but toggling fetishes is something I appreciate most about specific EOS I use. I would like to participate all days but there's some activities that just don't do anything for me. If you could somehow create dual paths on a day that would be interesting. As an example, for me personally, I don't get a lot out of sucking a dildo. I'd rather be instructed it went into my ass an option instead; a pick your own hole adventure.

And for those that don't want either, maybe there's something else they can participate with on this journey? I just want people to explore their mind and bodies with this whole event.

[malachiconstant]

I wanted to add one more. I would like to see metronomes added with certain tasks.

I feel like I would want Mistress to fuck my mouth or ass at the pace she wanted. Or if she wanted me to edge, or play with an uncaged cock, it would be at her pace.

I understand there are varying degrees of skill, so I would suggest a easy-normal-pro skillset tree option with higher points for the pro attempts. But also a possibility to lose more points for failing a challenge at a level higher than one should have tried. This would force some to accept where they are in this journey, or just keep failing and losing points.