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Hetalia day - a little help needed

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fancypants
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Hetalia day - a little help needed Aug 25, 2014 7:41:39 GMT -6

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Post by fancypants on Aug 25, 2014 7:41:39 GMT -6

Hey,

I'm not entirely sure if I'm allowed to post this here. So if it isn't, feel free to delete this thread.
But I figured it wouldn't hurt trying.

Anyway, I have taken it upon myself to organise Hetaliaday in my country. This is gonna be the 3rd time (and I have organised about 8 normal hetalia meet ups before) so I know the basics and have the experience.

Only I've noticed people are having higher expectations and want a meet as cheap as possible. Where in 2010 a pickick at a petting farm was good enough, I am now expected to keep everyone entertained for 7 hours. So here's the part where I'd like your suggestions advice on activities.

What do/did you guys do at hetalia-days or meet ups? Or what are fun things to do at a meet up?

So far we have got a: Drawing Competition, Murder Game (and also Cluedo) and we're working on a Hetalia trivia quiz. But obvious not enough to fill a whole day. We're with max. 40 to 50 people ages ranging from 16 - 24 and we're renting a place to hold the meet up as a shelter from the rain so outside activities are probably a no.

Anyway, I hope you can help me out a little.

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Hetalia day - a little help needed Aug 25, 2014 10:23:14 GMT -6

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Post by lisztomania on Aug 25, 2014 10:23:14 GMT -6

I used to go to Hetalia day meetups in my local comm, haven't in the last few years for various reasons, and they were usually held outside in one of the city's local parks, so I don't know how helpful I can be. How big is your shelter and what does it look like? It's always nice to have a bit of time for cosplay pictures at meets I think, maybe even maybe plan some kind of video. I remember a few years back learning the Madcon Eurovision flashmob dance and the organisers putting a video together for it, it was fun. We also had a potluck picnic where everyone brought food from the character they cosplayed/preferred I think (It was amazing because one of our Englands was actually really bad at cooking anything, and failed to make proper scones every time unintentionally). If you have access to a screen, what we did at some meets was to watch the newly released DVDs together too.

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Hetalia day - a little help needed Aug 25, 2014 14:34:04 GMT -6

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Post by Chinapandaru on Aug 25, 2014 14:34:04 GMT -6

I've only been to one hetalia day, and it mostly included the things you two stated, but I hope I can help a bit. An In-character game of truth or dare (or possibly a dating game?) might be fun, if the majority is cosplaying. (It's a bit childish, but it's usually enjoyable.) I've also heard about a few meetups doing rap-battles, but I'm honestly not sure how successful that would be, aha. Skits can be nice too! Adding to lisztomania said, a cosplay photoshoot might be nice. It can take up a lot of time and be fairly entertaining, depending on how they're done. Some meetups have done them by country, by continent, pairings, AUS, etc. (My meetup did it by continent, which was rather amusing for me in the end considering I was the only one cosplaying an Asian nation, aha)

A good way to search for ideas is to see what other Hetalia Day meetups are doing for their activities, I think. The Directory on hetalia-day.com has a lot of websites/pages for other upcomming and past meetups, and so you can kinda look off their activities to get ideas if you want. A lot will probably have outdoor activities, but I hope this helps a little ;;

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Hetalia day - a little help needed Sept 4, 2014 3:28:50 GMT -6

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Post by fancypants on Sept 4, 2014 3:28:50 GMT -6

Oh I'm so sorry I thought I had replied to this, but thanks a lot a really! Both your replies helped a lot and we're progressing with the organisation of this.

We have banned truth or dare and the dating game as to what happened at a certain ask a nation panel in june and last year's hetaliaday. But the hetalia skits and the photoshoot you both mentioned sound fun and we're having a picknick inside so everyone's gonna bake and bring their own food which will be fun ^^. Oh and I'm currently making Cards Against Humanity a hetalia version but I'm slowly getting out of creativity for white cards xD.

A continent theme sounded cool but after discussing it we settled for the theme "Only people with a party hat are allowed" so everyone will be wearing (probably weird) hats.

And finally we are currently having our eyes on a ballroom/dance studio kind of thing so there's enough space. I just keep my fingers crossed it'll be nice when I see it next week or we're back at where we started.

Anyway thanks a lot you two for helping out ; u ;

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Hetalia day - a little help needed

Post by fancypants on Aug 25, 2014 7:41:39 GMT -6

Post by lisztomania on Aug 25, 2014 10:23:14 GMT -6

Post by Chinapandaru on Aug 25, 2014 14:34:04 GMT -6

Post by fancypants on Sept 4, 2014 3:28:50 GMT -6