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| Noah Roman photo courtesy of Noelani Solveig Eloise Irvin |
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Noah was diligently signing people in and up for the raffle as they arrived and sat down at outdoor auditorium section of the park. I asked him about prizes and if they usually came out of pocket from him, today being an exception with Bravely Default swag. In his red 3DS jacket, which more than one person complimented him on and something you can't get in stores or online, he told me, "... Out of pocket or collected at conventions or some people do donate." There was a pile of not only Bravely Default posters, there were plenty of Nintendo related goodies you could win in the raffle or race.
"We just stick to the basic stuff, do the meets; people come, have fun, talk, you know. All these folks get together and see one another. Sometimes they don't hang out at Street Pass events. This is a fun time for them to come out. They'll know people will be here. They'll know people will play with them. They might not have people in their neighborhood or houses that can play with them. This gives them an opportunity to come out ..." , Noah continued telling me about his group.
Before we could talk further a man in a banana suit came and grabbed every one's attention. Noah signed him in and shook his hand. Someone spouted out, "Oh, yeah it's Banaturday!"; this was not a common occurrence of the group. Later, that same banana suited man would sit down and join his none fruit costumed comrades in Mario Kart 7. He would share with me how nice the full moon looked on the beach the previous night as I peeled him over a few questions. The banana suit's being there or as it was explained to me was also making fun of the rule for that evening's Mario Kart tournament; you could only use bananas as your power-up weapon.
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| photo courtesy of Noelani Solveig Eloise Irvin |
Prizes were raffled off shortly after. For the most part though more prizes were given out to anyone who signed in. Your name was drawn and then you picked a slip of paper from a bag for a prize; had your picture taken and went back to socializing or gaming or both.
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| photo courtesy of Noelani Solveig Eloise Irvin |
The group ended the event with more prizes being handed out to the winners of the Mario Kart Tournament that took place. Noah hugged people and shook hands while packing up and reminding others of the next event in March at the Hollywood Bowl's park area.
You saw many park goers carry off angsty anime androgynous teens on the posters of Bravely Default and somewhere a banana with arm and legs walking off with headphones on his stem.
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| photo courtesy of Noelani Solveig Eloise Irvin |
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The next Street Pass LA event is March 9 and open to anyone with a 3DS.
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| photo courtesy of Noelani Solveig Eloise Irvin |
