Timely escape in time this time.
So I mentioned how we tried out the original room escape a couple of months ago. I scheduled another meet up with the same crew to try out volume two of the mysterious room series, but this time we were unable to get two of the original participants. Instead, we replaced two of the girls Growly's wedding with one of the groomsmen from Growly's wedding.
As with last time, we had dinner at One of A Kind Pasta & Grill and funny enough, people arrived at the restaurant in the same order as last time! We nearly did not escape the restaurant in time this time as our party did not all arrive until half an hour past the reservation time, we didn't order until 45 minutes after, and our mains took around an hour to arrive after ordering. So even after factoring in a two hour dinner, we were left with fifteen minutes to eat and rush down to the site. Fortunately this time I double checked the location of the room and it was only a five minute walk from the restaurant. Our vanguards arrived just in time, and delayed the group enough for everyone to arrive.
This time there were only seven of us, and our group was rounded out by a trio of guys who had never done this type of thing before. Our experience from the last room escape made a huge difference, as we were able to organize a lot better, and work through the puzzles in a much more timely manner. We hit issues here and there, but instead of stopping us in our tracks like last time, we were able to bypass or overcome those road blocks to keep pressing on to the end.
In the end, with forty-eight seconds to go, team 472 made it out of the room: the 38th team to do so. Our escape increased the success rate to 8%.
To celebrate, some of us went out for tea and dessert afterward at Starbucks. We would probably have gone somewhere else more fancy, but none of us had a car, and it was so late that nothing else was open except for the bars.
We were told by one of the employees that they were working on a volume three, which should be ready for the summer. Time for a rubber match! *rubs hands*
As with last time, we had dinner at One of A Kind Pasta & Grill and funny enough, people arrived at the restaurant in the same order as last time! We nearly did not escape the restaurant in time this time as our party did not all arrive until half an hour past the reservation time, we didn't order until 45 minutes after, and our mains took around an hour to arrive after ordering. So even after factoring in a two hour dinner, we were left with fifteen minutes to eat and rush down to the site. Fortunately this time I double checked the location of the room and it was only a five minute walk from the restaurant. Our vanguards arrived just in time, and delayed the group enough for everyone to arrive.
This time there were only seven of us, and our group was rounded out by a trio of guys who had never done this type of thing before. Our experience from the last room escape made a huge difference, as we were able to organize a lot better, and work through the puzzles in a much more timely manner. We hit issues here and there, but instead of stopping us in our tracks like last time, we were able to bypass or overcome those road blocks to keep pressing on to the end.
In the end, with forty-eight seconds to go, team 472 made it out of the room: the 38th team to do so. Our escape increased the success rate to 8%.
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| Team 472 was the 38th team to escape from the Time Travel Lab. |
We were told by one of the employees that they were working on a volume three, which should be ready for the summer. Time for a rubber match! *rubs hands*
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