Thread: Guests want to watch baseball at Halloween party???

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Hello everyone! I'm new here, but have been reading this forum for a few months now. I have a "predicament" that I'd like your opinions on...

Many of my guests have requested to watch the World Series game at my Halloween party this Saturday (Texas Rangers fans). Halloween is a HUGE deal to me, and I have been decorating for months in preparation for the party. I've poured every ounce of my heart and soul into making my place a Halloween wonderland. Did I mention Halloween is a HUGE deal to me?! I planned on playing horror movies on my tv (on silent) and spent weeks putting together a killer Halloween party playlist. Now, I'm getting requests left and right to watch baseball at my party. BASEBALL????!!!!! Seriously?

My question for ya'll is... what do you think about this? Am I being selfish about not wanting to watch sports at my party? I have a one bedroom apartment with one tv, so it's not like I have a separate room where I can put the game on. It just seems to me that if we watch baseball, the party is going to be about baseball and not Halloween. Ugh!! What do I do?

If you only have one TV, I'd probably be the person who would put the game on so that the people would come. We used to have our party on the same day as the Florida/Georgia football game and many people either went to the game or watched it at home. I put a TV outside on the porch with the game on so those that couldn't live without seeing it could watch it but still be at the party.

Is the game going to be going on during your whole party or perhaps ending before the party ends? Maybe they would be willing to sacrifice the beginniing of the game and only watch the last 2 innings?

Unfortunately, there are those people who absolutely MUST see the game; so you have to decide, do you want them at the party enough to forfeit your TV to them for the game?

Welcome to the forum Pooks!

We have had this situation before. We turn on the TV and keep the volume off, but with closed captioning on. That way the noise was not competing with the party soundtrack. I figure that it is better to have guests and their significant others at the party, as opposed to having them stay home. Adults will usually not be rude and will stay involved to some extent with the rest of the guests.

Does it take away from the party atmosphere? Yes, but it does not destroy the party.

This is also one of the reasons why we pushed our party to the Columbus Day weekend, so we avoid the world series issue. If you look at my gallery, you will see that we take our Halloween party very seriously, but we always accommodated our guests.

Eric

I'm not a sports fan at all but in this area it's all about the Redskins & football & I KNOW if I scheduled any kind of party during a big game I'd have to put the game on one of the TVs because otherwise people wouldn't show or someone would turn a TV to the game anyway.

Since you only have one TV maybe you could rent another one for a day so you can have both movies and baseball. Just make sure the main TV has the horror movies on & the smaller one is for baseball.

I have had one person every year who just had to watch the game versus doing the Halloween party activities. I had enough room that I could let that person watch television in a separate room and it was only one person--but you don't really have that option. If it had been a gang of people I would have been upset and made sure there was not a television available the next year.
This is my personal opinion--I know the work, time, effort, and money that goes into a party and Halloween is a big deal for me too. I know it is not that big a deal always for other people, but--it is my party and the reason I am having it is to celebrate Halloween--so I would be very upset if most of my guests wanted to watch the game and that was the main party activity. In your case with the guests asking about the game I think I would say no to them watching the game. Either they can come after the game or choose the game over the party. I think it is kind of a rude thing to ask someone--either yes you are coming to my HALLOWEEN party or no you have other things to do that are more important to you, but don't ask me to change MY party plans to suit your interests--that is just rude. Those are my feelings--others might be okay with it--so I guess in the end it all about how you feel.

Hi Pooks!

I used to get really upset when guests would want to watch games or tv instead of what I had planned, but after 6 years of party throwing I've just learned to roll with the punches.

Looks like Saturday's game starts around 7:30 p.m ET, so I'm sure it will be right when your party is in full swing (depending on where you live). I really like Wolfbeard's idea of having the game on mute. That way, everyone can walk by and check out the score and the hard core fans can plant themselves in front of the TV without disturbing everyone else. As long as you have your music and other activities, it should be fine!

And who knows, maybe the Cardinals will beat the Rangers so badly your friends won't want to watch anymore! ;-)

I think you have your answer. If you don't want the game on it is your party and you get to make that call, but at the risk of not having some of your guests attend. If you have a porch, see if someone has a little tv they can bring and put on out there. If not put the tv on mute and compromise. We have run into this before, and I even though it bugs me, I try to remember that the host is there to make her guests happy not the other way around.

I just have to say.... WHOOOO!!!!! GO CARDINALS!!!! But seriously, my vote is to keep the TV on mute and carry on with the party as planned. Good luck!!!

Originally Posted by DappledDawn

And who knows, maybe the Cardinals will beat the Rangers so badly your friends won't want to watch anymore! ;-)

That's exactly what's going to happen - and when it does, you can look at your Ranger-fan-friends and point out that it's all their fault for insisting on watching the game during your party!

I think you've got the answer. Stinks, but for some, baseball is a religion.

And like Anji said - Go Cardinals!

Go Rangers! seriously, though, I was so glad that last week's playoff games didn't interefere with my Be WITCHY party. The Boo Bash isn't until the 29th and I think we will have won by then.