Tracon Hitpoint 2024: Survey on Tracon Hitpoint's larp programme

Tracon Hitpoint is planning to expand its larp programme with the vision of "The most interesting larp event in Tampere in 2025". The purpose of this survey is to find out what kind of demand there is for a larp event and what kind of programme is expected from it. All questions are optional. At the end of the survey, there is an opportunity to leave your contact information if you want Tracon Hitpoint to contact you about organising the larp programme for the event.

Background information

How many times have you participated in Tracon Hitpoint?

Tracon Hitpoint has been organized four times: in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024.

In which of the following ways do you usually participate in larps?

As a player

As a game master, responsible for character writing or other narrative matters

As a game master, responsible for practical matters

As a photographer

As a member of the kitchen staff

As another member of the organizing team, such as a general helper or support and safety person

I do not participate in larps

How many larps do you participate in on average per year?

I have never larped

Less than one larp per year

From one to a few larps per year

Several larps per year

Are you part of any of the following groups or associations or do you regularly participate in their activities such as larps?

Tampereen akateeeminen roolipelikerho Excalibur ry

Epel Larp ry

Mielikuvitusystävät ry

Tampereen seudun larppaajat (Facebook group)

Suomi Larp (Facebook group)

Tawerna (Discord)

While organizing a larp event in Tampere, should we contact any other groups or associations not mentioned above? How do we get in contact with them?

A larp event in Tampere

How do you feel about the following statements?

	Strongly disagree	Somewhat disagree	Somewhat agree	Strongly agree
Tampere needs an event aimed at larpers
If there was an event aimed at larpers in Tampere, I would participate
The event could be organized as part of another event, such as Tracon Hitpoint
The event should be organized as its own separate, independent event

How do you feel about the following statements regarding the event program?

	Strongly disagree	Somewhat disagree	Somewhat agree	Strongly agree
The event program should include larps
The event program should include speech and discussion programs about larping
The event program should include participatory programs about larping, such as workshops
The event program should include programs that deal with larping from the player's perspective
The event program should include programs that deal with organizing a larp from the game master's perspective

How do you feel about the following statements regarding the event language and target audience?

	Strongly disagree	Somewhat disagree	Somewhat agree	Strongly agree
The event should be unilingually in Finnish
The event should be unilingually in English
The event should include programming both in Finnish and in English
Beginners and those interested in larping should be especially taken into consideration at the event
Young larpers and young people interested in larping should be especially taken into consideration at the event

What kind of event would you like? What kind of program would you like there to be?

Here you can freely express your thoughts on the above statements and brainstorm program items or activities. You do not have to volunteer to organize them or know who would.

Free-form greetings to the organizers of Tracon Hitpoint

Is there something related to Tracon Hitpoint that comes to mind, which does not fit into any of the previous fields?

Participating in organizing a larp event in Tampere

Answering the questions in this section does not commit you to anything. You are warmly welcome to offer programming for the event and participate in its creation later by contacting hitpoint.larp@tracon.fi.

Would you like to be involved in making a larp event in Tampere in any of the following ways?

I would like to organize a larp at the event

I would like to organize a workshop or similar participatory program item

I would like to give a talk or other program

I would like to do volunteer work

I would like to participate in making the event in some other way (specify below)

These ways to participate in the event entitle you to free admission and other benefits. However, they do not pay a salary or fee.

Please elaborate on your above answers if you feel like!

Do you have a larp either already written or in planning that could be suitable to be played at the event? What kind of program would you like to organize or what kind of volunteer work would you like to do? If you would like to be involved in making the event in some other way, please tell about it here.

If you want us to contact you, leave your contact information here (email, phone number and instant messaging, Discord username, etc.).

The controller of personal data is Tracon ry represented by Santtu "Japsu" Pajukanta. The information is used only for contact regarding the organization of a larp event in Tampere. The information is stored for the duration of the contact round and then deleted. The information is not disclosed to third parties. The information is not used for direct marketing. The information is not transferred outside the EU or the European Economic Area. As a data subject, you have rights that you can familiarize yourself with on the Data Protection Ombudsman's website.

Connecting your response to you: If you answer this survey while logged in, it will be connected to your user account, so that you can return to view or edit your responses, but your user profile will not be shared with the survey owner.

Survey on Tracon Hitpoint's larp programme for Tracon Hitpoint 2024

Background information

A larp event in Tampere

Participating in organizing a larp event in Tampere