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Police Shut Down a 3k-Person Game of Hide-and-Seek at IKEA

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Re: Police Shut Down a 3k-Person Game of Hide-and-Seek at IKEA

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Post by saalweachter »

mc32 wrote: post #29
yodon wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article points out this has been common in Europe and that Ikea originally supported the idea until it got out of hand.

Another case of “why we can’t have nice things”. In moderation things work. People start abusing liberties and they have to be taken away cuz people forget how to behave.

Hell, what is the fire-code max occupancy of an Ikea? I know it feels like there are 3000 people in line ahead of you, but I wouldn't be surprised if 3000 was well above the occupancy, not even including the actual customers.

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Post by ptero »

stronglikedan wrote: post #34
Tade0 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess part of the appeal is that nobody knows how many, if at all, people will show up.

Another part of the appeal is that nobody may ever know how many people, if any, actually showed up.

And of those that did show up, how many were people :)

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Post by ghostbrainalpha »

Scoundreller wrote: post #26
mongol wrote: post #19

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I don't think Ikea needs that kind of PR.

Probably cheaper than TV/mail advertising per-customer-acquisition or per-additional-dollar-o-profit.

You are correct. It has long been a secret in the advertising industry that adult players of "hide and seek" games are among the most profitable and sought after demographics for purchasing of interior home furnishings. [1]

The only problem has been how to narrowly target this highly sought after group of customers. Because they are notoriously difficult to locate.

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Post by ineedasername »

That sounds awesome, but how does a 3k game of hide & seek actually work? I mean, by home rules growing up, one person was "it" and had to find everyone. That would suck. One person would have to find 2999 others, and most of them would just be stuck stuck under an Espevar, waiting.

This is an important problem to solve. I call on the engineers of this site to find a solution to the hide & seek scaling problem. Let's get to work!

Re: Police Shut Down a 3k-Person Game of Hide-and-Seek at IKEA

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Post by coding123 »

ineedasername wrote: post #47

That sounds awesome, but how does a 3k game of hide & seek actually work? I mean, by home rules growing up, one person was "it" and had to find everyone. That would suck. One person would have to find 2999 others, and most of them would just be stuck stuck under an Espevar, waiting. This is an important problem to solve. I call on the engineers of this site to find a solution to the hide & seek scaling problem. Let's…

Maybe 2999 people had to find the one?

Re: Police Shut Down a 3k-Person Game of Hide-and-Seek at IKEA

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Post by hobofan »

coding123 wrote: post #48
ineedasername wrote: post #47

That sounds awesome, but how does a 3k game of hide & seek actually work? I mean, by home rules growing up, one person was "it" and had to find everyone. That would suck. One person would have to find 2999 others, and most of them would just be stuck stuck under an Espevar, waiting. This is an important problem to solve. I call on the engineers of this site to find a solution to the hide & seek scaling problem. Let's…

Maybe 2999 people had to find the one?

I think that would usually be called a reverse-hide & seek.
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