FALLATHON

Hello everyone, it’s that time of year again! As we near the end of august, We near the beginning of fall vibes and some of you have already expressed your excitement for this year’s COMPETITION. As usual, the fall vibes competition begins september 1st so that we can get the full range of the fall including those late summer and early winter vibes at the bookends. I always like to send out some info a little while before the true start of the competition so that those who want to gear up for it have the opportunity to do so.

Each new year of fall vibes, I’ve added some information and tweaked the rules a little to make the game more fun for everyone. I will outline this year’s updates below but check out the rules page for the details.

I also want to remind everyone that the spirit of this competition is to ENjoy the changing of the seasons and have the best fall you can. That might look different for everyone and that’s great! Also, especially in the first few weeks (and even right now) we should be enjoying the tail end of the summer. There’s no need to rush into fall because late summer vibes and early fall vibes blend into each other. There’s so much beauty in the subtlety of the transition that Is so often missed. Make the most of the lasting daylight, play in the sun, get tired in that satisfying way of knowing you had a great day, a great season and now you can rest. The Last days of summer are some of the sweetest, so make them sweet, eat peaches and ice cream, go for a swim outside, enjoy the leaves while they’re still bright green so you can notice better when they start to change.

Notice all the ways that summer has seeped into you, are your freckles darker? is your hair lighter? do you have a lingering sunburn or tan lines? Are you ready for summer to end, to slow down and get cozy? or are you holding on tight to these last few weeks of longer days and warmer weather? Wherever you land on these, I hope you can be present in each day and enjoy it for what it is. The fall will come in it’s own time and there’s still enough summer to go around, So smile to yourself and know that there is time for everything 🙂

New this year

Everyone should double-check the rules page to refresh themselves on the fall vibes timeline and how the points system works, there are a few minor tweaks and changes that I think make things more fair

Other than that, we are introducing two new features to the game

First: Players making submissions in sequential weeks will start streaks that will give them a growing points boost the longer their streak gets – the player with the longest streak (or any players who attain a 13-week streak) will also get a big points bonus at the end of the competition.

Second: Each week, the Best fall vibes activity submitted will be awarded Weekly winner status. THis will be awarded to submissions that show an effort to really capture the maximum fall vibes possible. anyone can be a weekly winner regardless of ranking, and it’s really about quality over quantity here. Each weekly winner will get a shoutout in the weekly update, as well as a small points boost, and a small prize at the end of the competition. Good ways to put yourself in the running for weekly winner include sending multiple pictures to show the full range of vibes, including detailed descriptions of the fall vibes and what you enjoyed about them, curating your own fall vibes into your fall vibes activities (i.E. specifically wearing a fall fit for your pumpkin patch outing, or lighting candles to add a cozier vibe to your movie night, etc.)

I’m always trying to make fall vibes fun for EVERyone and While I hope that the competitive aspect of fall vibes is a motivator for everyone to get into it, I don’t want it to be purely ABOUT the prizes. That said, I enjoy putting the prizes together and i know it’s always fun to win something even if it’s small. That’s why I’m trying to increase the number of possible prizes that can be won while still keeping the grand prizes pretty grand.

see you back here in 2 WEEKs!

I hope everyone is having a great summer and that you’re all getting excited for fall vibes! My next post is likely to be for the 2025 fall vibes kickoff on september 1st but feel free to reach out in the meantime if you have any questions. I’m looking forward to seeing and sharing all your submissions and fall vibes in the coming weeks, fall vibes will be here before we know it!