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Re: Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH?

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Post by LinuxBender »

archi42 wrote: post #168
LinuxBender wrote: post #160

I can share my idea, but I have not been able to convince anyone to do this. I would find a MMORPG or similar type game that has concepts of groups, teams, guilds, etc.. and then find challenges, quests, tasks that require teamwork or that can have multiple teams competing against one another. The game should have a chat system that aligns with those team structures. There are probably free-to-play games that carry s…

As someone who spent quite some time with MMORPGs, I think a huge problem is the neccessary time investment to get a lot of the "more interesting stuff" going. In other words: A MMORPG usually is equivalent to the epic pen&paper campaign that can take your group years to finish. You don't want to do that as a fun event. What you want is the quick "one shot" equivalent, a kind of MMORPG which you can "finish" in an ev…

For sure. I was thinking of things more like World of Warcraft and everyone create a new character, all starting in the same area. And for those with accounts, just create an alt. Each team would need one existing player to explain what is going on. But I could see people not wanting to download a 50+GB game and you can only play for free to level 20 or 30 I think.

Re: Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH?

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Post by mopeot13 »

I've been organizing our internal activities however I did hire Social Scavengers Inc to help out with one part of our virtual holiday party and it was a blast.

What we've been doing is giving our employees a stipend to spend on dinner and/or drinks and everyone joins in in an activity via Zoom- anything from trivia to true or false show and tell.

I hope this helps! Good luck!

Re: Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH?

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Post by kaliara »

CiuB wrote: post #68

I was randomly chosen to come up with an event for my team, a couple of weeks ago. Our team had recently doubled in size, and I have never met some of them face to face. So I decided to come up with a 1 1/2 slot, where a team member could present something about themselves. Be it a hobby, interest, holiday, interesting story, game you played e.t.c. people were given the option to join and watch only, or present. a Ab…

We've also done this on our team (we labeled them lightning talks), and people really enjoyed them. It also helps to get to know one another on a slightly deeper, non-work way without crossing boundaries.

Recommended!

Re: Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH?

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Post by esotericn »

In the UK, it is legal to exercise with one other person. So one is able to go for a walk.

Despite this, virtually no companies I know of are encouraging this real, physical, safe interaction that has a huge potential for building team bonds.

It's been a year so far, and we could well be doing this for years.

I think that outdoor team events are a reasonable way forward.

Re: Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH?

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Post by themakermark »

Once a month we pick a fun recipe that can be made in less than 1 hour and we all cook it together (over zoom) and then eat. We have done sushi, sourdough, ramen, pizza etc.

This works well as it feels like a shared experience of learning together, in this case learning to cook new foods. Many of us continue to make those same foods once we learned.

To make it easier on everybody, we ship any tools or ingredients we can and always do it during overlapping work hours.

Re: Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH?

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Post by breck »

- One team member organized an event where everyone contributed a song they'd take to an island, we made a playlist, then played them one by one in Teamflow, and each person explained why they chose that song.

- Another time we did a game where each team member sent a story to the organizer, names were removed, then everyone tried to match the story to the person.

- There's always guest speakers to present on a relevant topic. Easier now that they don't have to travel.

Re: Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH?

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Post by akrolsmir »

I've been building a list of fun board games to play online at https://boredgames.gg!

One of the games I built as well, https://oneword.games, is very well suited to work events; it's a casual, cooperative game that supports any number of players, so fits neatly into team happy hours or "offsites"

Re: Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH?

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Post by ximus »

video games

- lots of diversity, choice (helps finding something that best fits everyone)

- lots of positive emotions (designed by people whose jobs it is to make you have fun). tremendously effective at creating shared moments of joy.

- lots of cooperative games (team building yaye!)

- loose engagement: easy to hop in and out without much fuss, play as much as you want

- easy to repeat: so many games to choose from, some games have no ending

- won't necessarily fit anyone (but what does)

recommendations?

- Portal

- Among Us

I'm sure fellow HNers will have better suggestions

Re: Ask HN: Team fun event ideas during WFH?

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Post by xwdv »

noarchy wrote: post #38

Related note: do it during work hours, if possible. Not all of us want to be expected to take an evening to devote to work events. Even if I genuinely like my co-workers, there are times that I want to set aside where I don't have to think about work.

If possible? ONLY do it during work hours.

I don’t work to make friends with co-workers and hang out after hours. I’m there to put my skills to use, get paid for it, and fuck off to live my own life. Asking me to come to an event and participate for free is bullshit, especially an online event! If it hurts my reputation, whatever? I’m still getting paid and have no desire to get promoted to upper management.

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