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Off topic, but is anyone else having trouble loading and reading the article? I tried 3 times and the website is utterly unusable. Keeps sending me to the bottom of the page.
It did that to me on Safari on MacOS. But I just scrolled to the top and was able to read everything (albeit with a lot of ads).
Off topic, but is anyone else having trouble loading and reading the article? I tried 3 times and the website is utterly unusable. Keeps sending me to the bottom of the page.
I gave up reading halfway through because I can't get it to scroll smoothly.
Off topic, but is anyone else having trouble loading and reading the article? I tried 3 times and the website is utterly unusable. Keeps sending me to the bottom of the page.
The current incarnation of that concept is Snctm, in LA.[1] More sex, though.
Off topic, but is anyone else having trouble loading and reading the article? I tried 3 times and the website is utterly unusable. Keeps sending me to the bottom of the page.
Totally unreadable on iOS Safari. Keeps jumping around then finally jumps to the bottom and disables scrolling.
I didn't get to participate in this game, but I played in a elaborate plot-based scavenger hunt that some friends of mine in San Luis Obispo spent months (and thousands of dollars) planning. It was incredible, and I feel very special and honored to be one of the relatively few people invited to participate. Many months later some of the semi-permanent fixtures left behind caused some controversy and confusion in the papers: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/artic...
I had the kind of fun that you only get when someone burns a huge chunk of their life and treasure to make something for you. It's pretty clear from reading the vice article that the Latitude Society was a similar project. I live in SF and somehow completely missed the opportunity to participate, but I'm pretty sure I would have loved it.
Years ago EA tried to create a game called Majestic. It was an interactive fiction that interrupted you in the middle of your day, kinda like this. They screwed it up by doing things like playing "This is a a game." at the beginning of phone calls you would receive (thanks, legal), but it would be pretty lame to be reading headlines on HN bashing "EA's for-profit alternate reality game".
Wow, I can't believe the cynicism and bile in this thread. Even the title of the submission! I didn't get to participate in this game, but I played in a elaborate plot-based scavenger hunt that some friends of mine in San Luis Obispo spent months (and thousands of dollars) planning. It was incredible, and I feel very special and honored to be one of the relatively few people invited to participate. Many months later…
At this moment, there are 5 top level comments of which yours is one, and the other 4 comments are neutral.
Did some of the people behind that go off to do the Fyre Festival? Same concept, same kind of screwup. The current incarnation of that concept is Snctm, in LA.[1] More sex, though. [1] https://www.snctm.com/
edit: From Snctm website: "...all Gentlemen are required to wear a Tuxedo with Bowtie. Ladies shall be elegantly dressed in Evening Wear or Lingerie ... At Pool Party, Gentlemen are required to wear Shorts, while Ladies don Bikinis or Clothing Optional."
Creepiness level confirmed.