You're my trick & my treat
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Costume contest
Rise up, post your look, vote for your favorites. Change your vote anytime until the host calls it.
You're my trick & my treat
Costume contest
Rise up, post your look, vote for your favorites. Change your vote anytime until the host calls it.
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At a glance
When
Sat, Oct 312026 · all day into the nightFormat
Multi-room virtualAcross our community Zoom roomsAdmission
FreeOptional donations welcomeAudience
Adults 18+Sexy, playful and campyOne simple, mobile-friendly link. Every photo is reviewed before it goes live.
Approved looks rotate on screen across participating rooms.
One central voting link for every member, in every room.
Winners revealed on BOO! TV and announced in every room.
The story of the night
Here's why we want to do this, and how it all comes together.
Every night, our community lives across a bunch of Zoom rooms. Each one has its own hosts, its own regulars and its own energy. People float from room to room, say hi to familiar faces and land wherever feels right. That's what makes us, us.
But we rarely get to feel like one big community at the same time.
So for Halloween, we want to throw one party that runs through every room at once. Nobody has to leave their favorite room. Nothing about how the rooms work changes. We just add a little magic on top: costumes, a shared screen called BOO! TV, some friendly competition and a big reveal that everyone gets to celebrate together.
Same rooms. Same people. Just a little more trick, a lot more treat. 🎃
The idea in one line
One community. Multiple rooms. Endless tricks and treats.
| The party | BOO! You're My Trick & My Treat |
|---|---|
| The promise | Show us your tricks. We'll bring the treats. |
| The bragging rights | The hottest gay Halloween party in the Zoomiverse. |
Picture a sexy gay nightclub poster that wandered into a classic horror movie and decided to stay for the camp. That's us.
Our cast of characters: a shirtless, clawed Freddy-inspired heartbreaker. A masked Michael Myers-inspired stud. A seductive vampire. A shirtless werewolf. A muscular creepy clown. Glamorous zombies and leather-clad villains. Basically, every horror icon, with a fun adult twist.
The world they live in: rolling fog, full moons, gothic towers, candlelight, blood-drip lettering and plenty of cheeky double meanings.
Our colors
How we tease it
Instead of one crowded flyer, we drop a series of posters, each starring one character. Every drop keeps the buzz going all the way to Halloween.
Meet the cast
This is the heart of the night. BOO! TV is one shared slideshow that shows up in every room that wants it, with the room owner's blessing.
While you're chatting in your usual room, BOO! TV quietly rotates through everyone's costumes, names, voting reminders, Halloween graphics, announcements and, at the end, the big winner reveal. Wherever you are, you're seeing the same party.
One team runs the slideshow from one place. When a new costume gets the thumbs up, it shows up everywhere. No one has to rebuild slides at midnight.
Separate Zoom rooms can't automatically share one screen, so we'll test it first. The plan is a dedicated BOO! TV "guest" in each room that plays the slideshow as its camera. Rooms that prefer can just screen-share it now and then instead.
Why a video tile
As its own little tile in the gallery, BOO! TV hangs out in the room like another guest. Nobody's conversation gets interrupted by a big screen share.
| In each room | A BOO! TV guest or display helper |
|---|---|
| Behind the scenes | One team keeps the slideshow fresh |
How it would work
Two ways to display it in Zoom
| Screen share | The room owner opens BOO! TV and shares the browser window.Best for: simplest setup |
|---|---|
| Dedicated BOO! TV video tile | A separate participant sends the slideshow as its camera feed.Best for: keeping the room's normal layout |
Starting October 22, everyone gets one easy link to send in a costume photo. It works on any phone, no tech skills needed.
We only ask for four things, and nothing personal beyond that:
| 1 | Your costume photo |
|---|---|
| 2 | Your display name |
| 3 | A category, if you want one |
| 4 | Your OK to show it on BOO! TV |
Then a quick look before it goes live
Every photo lands in a private queue first. Someone on the team takes a look, gives it the thumbs up, and it pops onto the gallery and BOO! TV on its own.
Real people keep it safe and fun. The tech does the boring part, so nobody's stuck downloading, resizing and uploading photos all night.
Everyone gets the same voting link, no matter which room they're hanging out in. Browse the looks, pick your favorites, done.
Categories coming soon
Our category crew is cooking these up right now. 🧪 This is where they'll land.
Keeping it fair
| Equal time | Main entries close before voting opens, so every costume gets the same shot. |
|---|---|
| Last-minute looks | Dressed up on Halloween day? There's a separate wildcard round just for you. |
| Clear rules | Who can vote, how many times and until when, all set ahead of time. |
| Double-checked | Results get verified before any winner is announced. |
We want this to be simple, not a tech project. So we stick to trusted, well-known tools instead of building anything risky from scratch.
| Sending photos | A trusted photo-upload form guests can use without an account |
|---|---|
| Storing them | Private cloud storage only organizers can reach |
| Approving | A simple approval list or dashboard |
| Showing them | A browser slideshow that updates itself |
| In Zoom | The BOO! TV guest, or a screen share |
| Voting | A trusted voting tool that stops duplicate votes |
Our promises to everyone
From photo to screen
The only job for a human is saying yes. Everything else happens on its own, which means a small team can run the whole community's party.
First posters drop, costume photos start rolling in and room owners join the fun.
More photos, more posters, more hype. The gallery starts filling up.
We test BOO! TV in the rooms, check the gallery and voting, and keep a backup ready.
Voting opens, BOO! TV rolls in every room and the community parties together.
The gallery goes live, voting opens and every room gets the same link. BOO! TV starts playing.
Everyone hangs out in their favorite rooms while BOO! TV shows off the costumes. Hosts cheer people on to vote, and fresh wildcard looks keep popping up.
Hosts announce the voting deadline and BOO! TV spotlights the finalists.
Voting closes, results get checked, and the winners light up BOO! TV in every room at once. Winners can hop on camera for their moment, or join a live costume showcase.
The dream
One giant gay Halloween party, happening in every room at once.
Come and go as you like. Stay in your favorite room. Show off your look, see familiar faces and feel part of something bigger than any one Zoom room. Same community we love, just one very different, very fun night. Lots and lots of fun. 🖤