Synopsis:
I would count any event where you got to play your character (so no costume modeling) and there was a little bit of story happening (so not just sitting around doing barbecue).
Longer explanation:
First off, what is a "larp event": This means any event where you played Live Action Roleplay. No D&D, no visits to stuff like the Knutepunkt or Comic Conventions (even if you dress up like your character).
Then, how many "contage", "larp days" has an event? For example, many germans count a normal weekend larp, where you start on friday evening and play until sunday morning, as "3 Contage", "three LARP days", even if it would be closer to 30 hours of LARP. An even more hotly discussed thing would be tavern events, where you are only larping for one evening. I would be OK with counting such an evening as a "larp day" if anything of importance (with or without LARP violence) happened. For example, if the apprentice learned something new or the adventurer got lucky (or unlucky) with the dice.
Also, please remember, almost all germans only accept events where you played this particular character! I have, for example, two main characters. But at the Conquest of Mythodea I am a NPC, so no character of mine would get experience. Last weekend I was at larp event with my knight, so he gets a "larp day", but my high priest gets nothing.
I know, there are a lot of unwritten cultural rules in the short abbreviation "Contage". If you have uncertain examples, I could help you decide. Or I could explain more deeply, if you have specific questions.
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