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Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: jujubeangumdrops on May 29, 2007, 03:41:48 PM
 did anyone see the four people standing in the corners in the marriott elevators? also, did anyone take pictures of them?

XD
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: darkknightcecil on May 29, 2007, 04:03:38 PM
describe them more please
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: Lactose on May 29, 2007, 04:09:52 PM
they were 4 girls, youngish, probably about 14.
they stood one in each corner of the elevator facing the walls with their heads down and didnt say anything to anyone. i think one might have been wearing a pink wig.
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: jujubeangumdrops on May 29, 2007, 04:23:32 PM
did they ever move?
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: darkknightcecil on May 29, 2007, 04:26:38 PM
o_o
dunno
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: Lactose on May 29, 2007, 05:18:27 PM
i only saw them in there once and i was going up and down the elevators all weekend. they moved, eventually. =P
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: Mordyan on May 29, 2007, 07:23:21 PM
I saw them once. I didn't get a picture though. It was quite funny. The other people in the elevator were getting creeped out by them. I made a comment to the effect that should be worried and get off as soon as possible, or some such. I giggled when I got off the elevator.
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: madmanlotar on May 29, 2007, 07:39:59 PM
I like the pics, very creepy.
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: Dreyfuss on May 29, 2007, 08:02:26 PM
Hahaha, I saw them, and saw one of the creeped out people get off the elevator with them in it.  I thought they had a fight or something.
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: Yami on May 29, 2007, 08:11:19 PM
I was with my boyfriend in the elevator at the 23rd floor, we were the last to get off, and we were in there all the way up. It was really creepy, we thought they would move when we got off so we looked backed, but they were still standing in that position o.o;;
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: Ekac on May 29, 2007, 08:24:07 PM
I can see the Elevator Ninjas having an eternal battle to the depths of Hell with these four mysterious characters. :O
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: jujubeangumdrops on May 29, 2007, 09:42:29 PM
i heard that they started to move when ppl were in the elevators. something about knocking on the walls and saying random words.
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: lifey on May 29, 2007, 09:55:57 PM
JENGA! Those people were freaking AWESOME. I met them in person outside of the Elevator. It's was really entertaining because they are hella cool people. That sentence didn't make any sense.. but that's ok. :nods:
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: K&K4ever on May 29, 2007, 10:55:13 PM
Quote from: Lactosethey were 4 girls, youngish, probably about 14.
they stood one in each corner of the elevator facing the walls with their heads down and didnt say anything to anyone. i think one might have been wearing a pink wig.

:shock: OK, that's creepy :shock:
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: chanocular on May 30, 2007, 12:32:29 AM
I stayed at the Marriott and don't remember anything like that. :?

what day was this on? any one have pics cause i am curious :shock:
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Post by: evilmonkeh on May 30, 2007, 07:37:16 AM
haha, i was wondering when someone would post this. I'm one of the corner people :P

I had no idea that we actually freaked people out.. o_O
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: macmouse on May 30, 2007, 08:15:37 AM
If you didn't realize it, that is a *classic* psychology experiment/mind game. Seriously, in my intro to psych class they showed a video of a few people in a elevator  doing something similar to what you guys were doing (4 people staring at the same corner), and they observed that eventually people started to follow suit and stare at the walls because they felt social pressure to (even though there was nothing to look at).

So, because you were all looking at different corners, it wasn't clear which way people were supposed to look and therefore became uncomfortable.
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: evilmonkeh on May 30, 2007, 11:21:10 AM
really?? i never knew that, we kinda just decided to do that to waste time and see what people would do or say.... speaking of which... my ass got grabbed alot o_o;
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: Dreyfuss on May 30, 2007, 11:35:37 AM
Now I regret not riding with you guys :roll:
Title: Re: :]
Post by: irobbedamelonstore on May 30, 2007, 01:03:05 PM
Quote from: evilmonkehhaha, i was wondering when someone would post this. I'm one of the corner people :P

I had no idea that we actually freaked people out.. o_O


lol yeah. i was wondering the same thing. i loved standing in that elevator wierding ppl out. XD
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: K&K4ever on May 30, 2007, 03:08:08 PM
I wasn't there when you guys were there but I roomed in the Meriot,  :? what day was this. :?:
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: evilmonkeh on May 30, 2007, 03:14:47 PM
Quote from: DreyfussNow I regret not riding with you guys :roll:


you should of :] maybe next year if we're all there.
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: K&K4ever on May 30, 2007, 03:16:41 PM
please do
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: evilmonkeh on May 30, 2007, 03:17:17 PM
Quote from: K&K4everI wasn't there when you guys were there but I roomed in the Meriot,  :? what day was this. :?:

The first time we did it was on saturday twice around noon and then around 4 i think. Then we did it once on sunday for a while around 1 or 2.
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: evilmonkeh on May 30, 2007, 03:19:39 PM
Quote from: madmanlotarI like the pics, very creepy.

:o you saw pics? where are they?
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: K&K4ever on May 30, 2007, 03:26:19 PM
 :o I wana see :o
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: chanocular on May 30, 2007, 03:26:49 PM
I wanna see too :o
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: TheRees on May 30, 2007, 04:25:07 PM
Haha, wow, I didn't expect this. My friend just told me there was a topic made today about us, and I wouldn't have checked if she didn't tell me. I was one of the corner people (aka, the "crazy one" on Saturday and the "pink haired one" on Sunday). Hehehe, I loved you guys, a lot of interesting stuff happened though in those elevators..
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: TheRees on May 31, 2007, 03:58:16 PM
Someone I met at the con just sent me the pictures that she took of us on Saturday in the elevators.


(https://forums.fanime.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv88%2FFlyMollo%2Fjordancorner.jpg&hash=415563637fdc27306fd55f9f194f3b0435efd520)
(https://forums.fanime.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv88%2FFlyMollo%2Fdaniellecorner.jpg&hash=c9f2a7a7209448d85345d6947183c7507674eb58)
(https://forums.fanime.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv88%2FFlyMollo%2Fcaitlyncorner.jpg&hash=4c646b6b988dbb48392b0749c8314b39610fc959)
(https://forums.fanime.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv88%2FFlyMollo%2Fariacorner.jpg&hash=0ab6a80cdfbd2873f07c99f1ca8009e5f95bb330)

If anyone else has any that would be awesome, especially considering all the people that took pics with us. Holy crap did our feet hurt after a while.
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: K&K4ever on May 31, 2007, 04:38:56 PM
OK, I'm creeped :!:
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: evilmonkeh on May 31, 2007, 06:54:39 PM
hahah wow... i'm totally saving those pictures :] fun times guys... we need to do it again xD
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: K&K4ever on May 31, 2007, 07:29:04 PM
how long did you guys stay like that?
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: evilmonkeh on May 31, 2007, 07:32:26 PM
Quote from: K&K4everhow long did you guys stay like that?

ont saturday we were on for an hour or two... we would also change places when no one was on the elevator :P
Title: the corner people at the marriott hotel
Post by: madmanlotar on June 14, 2007, 02:29:02 PM
Quote from: macmouseIf you didn't realize it, that is a *classic* psychology experiment/mind game. Seriously, in my intro to psych class they showed a video of a few people in a elevator  doing something similar to what you guys were doing (4 people staring at the same corner), and they observed that eventually people started to follow suit and stare at the walls because they felt social pressure to (even though there was nothing to look at).

So, because you were all looking at different corners, it wasn't clear which way people were supposed to look and therefore became uncomfortable.

I really doubt that was there intention.  I do know the study you are referring to but this obviously was not it.  If you look at the pictures, you know they were just there to creep people out.