"The trend began in Belgium in 2014 and quickly gained popularity throughout the continent"...
People have been do this in Ikea for much longer than that, I love it when "journalists" make up facts based on conveniently available evidence. In two months the New York Times will cite Belgium as the beginning of ever playing hide and seek in public.
Police Shut Down a 3k-Person Game of Hide-and-Seek at IKEA
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#152Earlier quoted context omitted.
How am I supposed to know if furniture is good if I can't test its viability in games of hide and seek?
My takeaway from all of this is that if you have kids that are going to play hide-and-seek, you probably want something more durable than IKEA furniture. I think IKEA realizes this as well.
It's 2019. Adults can play hide and seek too, you know.
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#153“People are stopping everyone who ‘looks like they are here for a game of hide and seek.” Deep down, everyone who walks into the great snaking corridors of IKEA is playing a game of hide and seek. But what does a person who goes there to play the game on purpose look like? What are the tells? Are they wearing IKEA bedlinen? I love the idea of a stop and search on that scale and basis. “Hide and seek, officer? I just…
>>Are they wearing IKEA bedlinen?
This made me laugh. I can almost see the person arguing that that is just part of his daily wardrobe with a very matter of fact face.
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#154It seems someone figured out how to play hide-and-seek with thousands of people. Just let Ikea know you are coming and they will provide the seeker. The last one thrown out by security or the police before closing is the winner. Bragging rights go to the person who is found the next morning by staff sleeping in one of the beds.
Re: Police Shut Down a 3k-Person Game of Hide-and-Seek at IKEA
#155“People are stopping everyone who ‘looks like they are here for a game of hide and seek.” Deep down, everyone who walks into the great snaking corridors of IKEA is playing a game of hide and seek. But what does a person who goes there to play the game on purpose look like? What are the tells? Are they wearing IKEA bedlinen? I love the idea of a stop and search on that scale and basis. “Hide and seek, officer? I just…
http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-3008
That SCP entry was not far off from the experience at the Oak Creek store:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/store/oak_creek/indexPage
Unlike some others I've been to, it is designed as one long twisty maze from start to finish. While there are shortcuts that allow you to skip some sections, the place is so closed in it is hard to keep oriented. You can't really navigate like you would a traditional store.
I'll never go again, and I know others who feel the same way.
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#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
That SCP was both completely unexpected and completely appropriate. Also a very interesting mix of creepy and hilarious. I nearly lost it at the description of the humanoids SCP-3008-2. Edit: Working my way through the journal entry - my goodness this stuff is straight-up made for its own movie or Netflix series!
Check out the containment series on youtube; the latest episode is based off that SCP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM6GkERwEM0&list=PLEXIiC3q94...
Love this series! Hope the next one is on the way!
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#157Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe 2999 people had to find the one?
This would work much better and is actually a great variant I play with my family (although 3k is still a bit crowded). One hides, everyone seeks, if you find, you join hiding. This has some neat extra elements, such as tactics ("I think I found them but I first need to misdirect and lose these guys"), gymnastics ("Found, so how am I going to fit my big ass into this tiny, already overcrowded spot"), and most importa…
This game was called "sardines" in my childhood neighborhood.
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#158this story is dumb...
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#159Re: Police Shut Down a 3k-Person Game of Hide-and-Seek at IKEA
#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
That SCP was both completely unexpected and completely appropriate. Also a very interesting mix of creepy and hilarious. I nearly lost it at the description of the humanoids SCP-3008-2. Edit: Working my way through the journal entry - my goodness this stuff is straight-up made for its own movie or Netflix series!
A game that seems very inspired by the SCP Foundation itself recently came out, Control by Remedy — if you enjoyed the site and play games at all, you should check it out!
Hey I've seen the trailer for that, I hadn't read enough SCP to recognize the inspiration though. Very interesting!