How it works

Guests send things in before the event. You choose the rounds, and everyone answers on their own phone.

A few questions, then a running order.

You answer five questions and Hear Hear proposes the rounds. The guest form asks only for what those rounds will use.

The occasion. A starting point for suggestions, never a template.
What kind of event. Anywhere from heartfelt to roast, or mixed in the middle.
Who is coming. Family, work, mates or a mix. It sets how far things can go, and the Roast is only ever for mates.
Is Sam there, and is it a surprise? For a surprise you fill in the Basics yourself.
How long. About 30, 60 or 90 minutes.

Then swap, drop and reorder the rounds until the running order is yours.

Three ways in, one form.

Well ahead. Share the link in the group chat or the invitation.
At the door. Print the sign with its QR code and put it by the door.
At the event. Ten minutes to add something before the quiz starts, with the QR code on the TV.

Guests give a first name and nothing else: no app, no account. The form asks for memories, photos, toasts and advice, and only for what the event will use.

Photos go in the quiz once they have their story: what, where, roughly when, who. A photo without it still goes on the keepsake.

The form tells guests plainly that what they send can end up on a page anyone with the link can open, and that the host can take anything off it.

You decide how much you see first.

Three ways to check, set when you set up and changeable later: Checked, Straight to the TV and Blind.

Checked is the default. You approve everything before the event, and while it runs you see what is coming next.
Straight to the TV. What guests send goes in unchecked, and you still see what is coming next.
Blind. You see nothing coming either, for a group that wants it riskier and funnier.

Whichever you choose, skip and next work instantly on whatever is showing. Family and work events never get the Roast. Any guest can report a contribution, and the host can remove any of them.

Phones in hand, a TV if there is one.

Everyone answers on their own phone. The TV shows the questions, photos, toasts and scores; with no TV, the phones show it all. You run the event from your phone: start, skip, next, pause.

The rounds

The Basics: Multiple choice about Sam, from your answers and guests' facts.
Photo Detective: What is happening, where it was, and what year.
Whose Story?: A memory is read out. Guess which guest sent it.
Closest Number: How many countries, how many years. Nearest wins.
Most Likely To: Everyone votes: who would Sam call at 2am?
Hot Seat: Sam answers live, and everyone predicts first.
What Would They Say?: Everyone writes Sam's answer to a prompt, and Sam picks the best.
Toasts: No points. Short tributes between the rounds.
The Final: Crowns who knows Sam best, then opens the keepsake.

Late arrivals join partway through, on their phone like everyone else.

During a toast, anyone can press Hear hear as often as they like. The TV counts the presses and lists who pressed.

If Sam can't be there, as at a farewell for someone who has left or a memorial, the rounds that need Sam live drop out or fall to the host.

Afterwards, if the event is paid, everyone keeps the keepsake: every memory, photo, toast and piece of advice, the best answers, and who knew Sam best.

Three themes for the room.

Setup suggests one from the occasion. You can change it any time, even during the event.

Theme	Suggested for
General	Most occasions: a 30th, a farewell, a reunion.
Soft	Quieter and slower: a retirement, a memorial, a parent's 80th, a wedding.
Big Night	Black and loud: a 21st, hens and bucks, drinks at the pub.

Sam never sees what anyone sent in before the event.