09-22-2014, 02:42 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Real Life Escape Games
Is this something that would interest you?
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/Real+...759/story.html
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You and your friends are trapped in a strange room with only your wits and clues hidden inside to solve the puzzles, codes and riddles that are the means to your escape.
And the clock is ticking.
That’s the concept behind the live-action gaming phenomenon that has swept across Japan, Taiwan, China and some cities in North America over the past year. And it has now landed in Edmonton.
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It would be an interesting the first couple of times, but I wonder if the luster will fade.
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09-22-2014, 03:14 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Mckenzie Towne
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Puzzles...codes.....riddles.....EDMONTON!
Sounds horrible.
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09-22-2014, 03:16 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I doubt Edmontonians would be any good at this, they can't even escape Edmonton.
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09-22-2014, 03:22 PM
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
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Calgary has something similar. I've never been but it sounds interesting. https://thelockedroom.ca/
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09-22-2014, 03:33 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The wagon's name is "Gaudreau"
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We did it this weekend. It was a lot of fun. We did the zombie themed one. It was pretty difficult. We didn't complete it. But we'll do it again in January when they switch to a pirate theme.
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09-22-2014, 03:35 PM
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Offered up a bag of cans for a custom user title
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Westside
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Sounds like fun to me, not as fun as airsoft, but fun.
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09-22-2014, 03:59 PM
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Norm!
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I don't know, wouldn't it be more fun if you didn't know you were part of the game and thought you were in real danger of dying, or getting raped by a gimp or something like that?
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09-22-2014, 04:00 PM
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First Line Centre
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I've done Escape the Mysterious Room and Escape the Time Machine in San Francisco. They were pretty awesome. Too bad you can only play them once since they tell you the answers at the end.
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09-22-2014, 04:03 PM
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Franchise Player
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This sounds cool. Except, I would do it without friends or anyone else. And then just stay in the room.
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09-22-2014, 04:04 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Okotoks
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Vancouver has had something like this for a few years. I heard of companies using it as a team building exercise.
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09-22-2014, 04:29 PM
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First Line Centre
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I tried Escape the Mysterious room's Toronto version, and a couple of others in Toronto... They are a blast. Escape the Mysterious Room has about a 2% success rate, and my group was so close to getting out... Easily would have had it with 10 more minutes. (You get 60).
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09-22-2014, 04:33 PM
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Not Taylor
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Calgary SW
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I don't know, wouldn't it be more fun if you didn't know you were part of the game and thought you were in real danger of dying, or getting raped by a gimp or something like that?
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They have that game at the Chicken on the Way basement.
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09-22-2014, 05:04 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Van City - Main St.
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I haven't been yet, but friends have said good things about the ones here in Vancouver (Richmond actually).
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09-22-2014, 07:14 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by cKy
Vancouver has had something like this for a few years. I heard of companies using it as a team building exercise.
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I think they are getting quite popular
there's been a few new ones opened this year in Richmond
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09-22-2014, 07:18 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: An all-inclusive.
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I'm not sure some of my co-workers could even get inside the mysterious room.
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09-22-2014, 07:22 PM
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First Line Centre
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That’s the concept behind the live-action gaming phenomenon that has swept across Japan, Taiwan, China and some cities in North America over the past year. And it has now landed in Edmonton.
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Escape from Edmonton? I think people have been doing that for years.
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09-22-2014, 07:32 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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I have been trying to get the social committee at my work to get us to go, but not many takers. It sounds interesting to me.
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09-22-2014, 07:54 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: In the now
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I did one in Zurich and we had a lot of fun (made it a competition against the team in the other room). Movie themed. First time my memorization of Ezekiel 25:17 from Pulp Fiction came in handy haha.
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09-23-2014, 10:18 AM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: AI
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Originally Posted by Teh_Bandwagoner
We did it this weekend. It was a lot of fun. We did the zombie themed one. It was pretty difficult. We didn't complete it. But we'll do it again in January when they switch to a pirate theme.
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My buddies and I did the medieval one a couple weeks ago and made it out. Going to attempt the Zombie one soon, have any tips?
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09-23-2014, 10:22 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The wagon's name is "Gaudreau"
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Originally Posted by Robotic
My buddies and I did the medieval one a couple weeks ago and made it out. Going to attempt the Zombie one soon, have any tips?
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All I'll say is if something seems out of place, it's probably deliberately so. And if it looks like a clue, it is one and think about where the clues are located.
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