REA Hivemind Reviewer Joel Smileypeacefun created this video, ESCAPE ROOMS: 10 Common Mistakes And Misconceptions. In it he explores and acts out 10 different ways that newbies tend to misunderstand the escape room medium.
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:30 No. 1: Mr. Know-it-all
- 03:25 No. 2: Kids in Escape Rooms
- 06:06 No. 3: Not listening to the gamemaster…
- 08:32 No. 4: Being way too intense!
- 10:25 No. 5: Communication is key
- 11:52 No. 6: Giving up without actually trying
- 13:23 No. 7: Cheating?
- 15:04 No. 8: Know how to operate the most common locks
- 17:37 No. 9: Chaotic people
- 18:54 No. 10: Playing the same Escape Room twice in a row
- 20:40 Outro
Give it a watch. He did a great job:
Yes those are Joel’s Guinness World Records. They are for domino chain reactions… something that I’d never have the patience for.


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