I didn’t get the information from a scareactor, but from a coordinator. Jake used to work with him so we’ve chatted it up during some nights. Like Nick said, the new masks were supposed to be a “better” replacement because the first set wouldn’t stay lit (rain), but the new lights actually got in the scareactors’ faces and kept them from being able to see. The solution, as he said, isn’t to get rid of the masks, but to paint the insides black, so that’s what they’re doing behind the scenes. That’s info as of Saturday. I also agree that the makeup looks way cooler, and, as I said, I wish that were permanent. It can certainly make their scares more effective.
If you want further details, people keep calling out this year because “their hands hurt” even though they’re fitness-tested for the chainsaws...whether that’s true and there’s a flaw with the LED chainsaws or people just don’t like the street, we don’t know, but they’re regularly throwing in reserves. They’re even starting to take regular fitness- but not chainsaw fitness-tested reserves and then giving them the experience the day of.