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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 appleshore »

rotexo wrote: post #69
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…

You might be interested in the hide-and-seek variant Sardines. One person hides, with a group of seekers. Seekers that find the one who hides have to hide with them, until one seeker is left. There is nothing like the feeling of looking around, encountering fewer and fewer other seekers, until you are alone with the knowledge that you just lost.

Also seek-and-hide.

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

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Post by bduerst »

modernerd wrote: post #55

“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…

I was in Ikea this weekend to pick up a single item and the game was more "rat in a maze" than hide and seek.

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

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Post by gist »

urda wrote: post #97
gist wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> and stakes are raise: if you're found, you go to jail Go to jail? For what? What is the crime? I would say that at least in the US there would be no such thing for this type of activity. Can you imagine a prosecutor trying to make a case over this?

In some jurisdictions they can charge you with "disorderly conduct" [1]. It can be argued that 3k+ people playing a game of hide-and-seek in a public store like Ikea does meet the following criteria: - Makes noise that is unreasonable, considering the nature and purpose of the actor's conduct, location, time of day or night, and other factors that would govern the conduct of a reasonably prudent person under the circ…

Not going to happen and not with that many people. It would be a nightmare in court. They'd have to also show that the people involved were actually part of the game and not in some way just at the store for unrelated reasons. Possible but highly unlikely. Would have to have security tapes that were open and shut and actually use those. Also highly unlikely without the help of some high pressure interrogation and confession of the suspect. What can happen and what does happen are always different things. In theory you can get a ticket for going 56 in a 55mph zone. Generally not something to worry about. Not saying impossible and not saying police don't do that but the risk should not be overstated.

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

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Post by jon-wood »

droithomme wrote: post #73
rotexo wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might be interested in the hide-and-seek variant Sardines. One person hides, with a group of seekers. Seekers that find the one who hides have to hide with them, until one seeker is left. There is nothing like the feeling of looking around, encountering fewer and fewer other seekers, until you are alone with the knowledge that you just lost.

Oh yes, Sardines was great fun! Very popular among teens when I was that age.

Which definitely had nothing to do with the possibility of finding yourself squeezed into a confined space with the person you had a crush on. Definitely.

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

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Post by equalunique »

Towards the end of middle school, about one mile away, was a brand-new, two-story Barnes and Nobles. My friends and I - most of whom were waiting to be picked up in a couple hours by our still-working parents - would often go there to engage in relatively "large scale" hide-and-seek. It was a lot of fun. As it turned out, our future high school was even closer to the place. Shennanigans in the store became a daily thing, and we became the bane of that place's existience. The whole outside seating area became a camp site of sorts for teens waiting to go home. Police began to frequent the area, often nabbing underage cigarette smokers. For about one week, they had some kind of annoying sonic deterrent device installed that would only be audible to young people - complaints forced them to remove it. Years later and the plaza has full-time rent-a-cops to keep the droves of teens in check.

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

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Post by mitchdoogle »

This reminds me of the time my high school wrestling team had practice over winter break and we played hide and seek one day instead of practicing. There were about 30 of us (including coaches) and we had the whole school to ourselves. That was the best game of hide and seek.

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

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Post by DecoPerson »

gist wrote: post #95
skizm wrote: post #46

The game continues, but the Police are now the seekers and stakes are raise: if you're found, you go to jail.

> and stakes are raise: if you're found, you go to jail Go to jail? For what? What is the crime? I would say that at least in the US there would be no such thing for this type of activity. Can you imagine a prosecutor trying to make a case over this?

His comment was made in jest.

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

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Post by JohnFen »

gist wrote: post #95
skizm wrote: post #46

The game continues, but the Police are now the seekers and stakes are raise: if you're found, you go to jail.

> and stakes are raise: if you're found, you go to jail Go to jail? For what? What is the crime? I would say that at least in the US there would be no such thing for this type of activity. Can you imagine a prosecutor trying to make a case over this?

> What is the crime?

If you've been asked to leave, the crime would be trespassing.

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

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Post by scbrg »

throwaway5752 wrote: post #90
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…

A bunch of childish young adults inconvenience a bunch of shoppers and employees at a big box store and the police for no good reason.

"To have fun" is a good reason.

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

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Post by mmsimanga »

jon-wood wrote: post #104
droithomme wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh yes, Sardines was great fun! Very popular among teens when I was that age.

Which definitely had nothing to do with the possibility of finding yourself squeezed into a confined space with the person you had a crush on. Definitely.

Well done for finding the right phrasing. That was my first thought too but the phrase I had in mind wasn't politically correct so I didn't comment.
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