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Post by Virginia R Hall on Sept 16, 2020 18:09:44 GMT -5
I went for it. I'm afraid it's going to be more horror-gore than I'm really comfortable with, but I wanna see what's in the box. Oddly enough, stupidstupiddan, someone posted a Instagram screenshot in the Slack group and one of their suggested connections was you. Small world! LOL. My ticket is for Oct 15 @ 6pm, if anyone wants to seance with me.
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Post by minamurray on Sept 16, 2020 19:35:33 GMT -5
I just can't justify the price, alas. Plus my fear that it will not be to my taste (too torture-horror). Thank you, Virginia R Hall , for taking the risk!
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Post by stupidstupiddan on Sept 16, 2020 20:00:35 GMT -5
I went for it. I'm afraid it's going to be more horror-gore than I'm really comfortable with, but I wanna see what's in the box. Oddly enough, stupidstupiddan , someone posted a Instagram screenshot in the Slack group and one of their suggested connections was you. Small world! LOL. My ticket is for Oct 15 @ 6pm, if anyone wants to seance with me. There are no coincidences in magic and witchcraft. I expect a full report on the 16th.
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Post by distantsmoke on Sept 17, 2020 4:53:46 GMT -5
I went for it. I'm afraid it's going to be more horror-gore than I'm really comfortable with, but I wanna see what's in the box. Oddly enough, stupidstupiddan , someone posted a Instagram screenshot in the Slack group and one of their suggested connections was you. Small world! LOL. My ticket is for Oct 15 @ 6pm, if anyone wants to seance with me. There are no coincidences in magic and witchcraft. I expect a full report on the 16th. Ditto! (Said as nicely as possible with puppy dog eyes) And thanks from me as well for taking the risk! 😄
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Post by AMH on Sept 18, 2020 19:19:50 GMT -5
I had to withdraw from ODD also. I had a lot of fun with the community and the puzzles -- I liked calling the phone numbers and the live "chats". I enjoyed participating with The discussions in the SLACK community. The biggest problem for me is that everything was pacific time. If I wanted to participate I was up all night. The lack of sleep got to me. I diddnt want to invest in the ticket/box and then have to choose to participate live or play catch up the next day. I did not think the price was out of line . MPC Weeping book , Buried puppet , or Demon jar are similar price points and ODD was delivering plenty of entertainment and story. Im sure their box and internet experience would also. I guess I will look for another experience this Halloween season.
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Post by distantsmoke on Oct 21, 2020 10:49:24 GMT -5
So, is anyone going to tell us what was in the box?
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Post by minamurray on Oct 22, 2020 14:45:59 GMT -5
I heard some vague, not-so-great reviews elsewhere.
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Post by mkarrett on Oct 26, 2020 10:29:16 GMT -5
This will contain spoilers so if you don't want to be spoiled, then don't read. (and please, keep this here) My thoughts:
I honestly thought this was going to be a spooky guided seance like it said so on the fucking website.
It wasn't.
Without going into the actual story (it's so poorly put together that I can't actually articulate to you all what actually happened) it's basically the old formula that Darren Bousman uses time and time again: "cult vs cult resistance". It's becoming almost predictable and boring.
The box is basically an escape room in a box but it's actually not fun.
I was PISSED I paid this much money for the experience. The interface used for this experience is troublesome because they cram 24 people into a time slot. Yes, you can move around in different breakout rooms but there's not that many to choose from. Try to imagine doing a virtual escape room with 23 other people and about half of them have no idea HOW TO MUTE THEMSELVES and everytime someone speaks it cuts everyone off, actors included.
This whole thing was a fucking nightmare AND stacked with technical misfires (that have been corrected). Instead of getting a refund the people who got screwed with technical mishaps get "the opportunity" to go through it AGAIN, no box, for free, and help the newbies. Many people are eagerly jumping on the free opportunity but I'm passing. There's no way I'm subjecting myself through 90 minutes of talking over another just to help people get through the box element.
In short, the experience is nothing like it really promises on the website. It's not remotely scary. I WANTED TO BE SCARED GOD DAMNIT IT'S HALLOWEEN SEASON. I felt duped. To make things worse, the amount of ass-kissing on the Slack about "how wonderful it was" makes me think I'm absolutely crazy.
What makes me sad is that I can tell there was a lot of work put into this thing. I won't discount that element. It just doesn't make up for the poor execution.
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Post by Geodus on Oct 26, 2020 16:27:19 GMT -5
This will contain spoilers so if you don't want to be spoiled, then don't read. (and please, keep this here) Thanks - that's really good to know and makes it sound like I wouldn't enjoy it very much. I already have to deal with people who don't mute themselves in work meetings when they should, but at least I'm getting paid for that!
I also dislike doing escape rooms with random people even when it's just two or three. I can't imagine twenty four.
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Post by stupidstupiddan on Oct 27, 2020 8:41:47 GMT -5
Whew. It sounds like I dodged that bullet. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by AMH on Oct 27, 2020 23:21:42 GMT -5
i really appreciate your report, mkarrett. it sounds like the before the box story/puzzles were better than the box/show part.
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Post by Virginia R Hall on Oct 29, 2020 0:11:57 GMT -5
I just got done with my seance. We're not supposed to talk about it, I guess, so short review is: I didn't enjoy it and feel like I wasted an evening. I co-sign pretty much all of what mkarrett said. My experience was so chaotic, I couldn't even really tell you what happened.
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Post by distantsmoke on Oct 29, 2020 13:11:08 GMT -5
I just got done with my seance. We're not supposed to talk about it, I guess, so short review is: I didn't enjoy it and feel like I wasted an evening. I co-sign pretty much all of what mkarrett said. My experience was so chaotic, I couldn't even really tell you what happened. Thank you! It’s too bad it didn’t go over well. But I know I and others here really appreciate that you spent the time and money to find out what it was like. Thank you!
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