mightyjor t1_j6sgu47 wrote on February 1, 2023 at 4:04 PM

Reply to comment by Westonard in Don’t play the ‘Can You Hide?’ game if it appears on your phone. by Theeaglestrikes

Yeah, I wasn’t sure about the teleportation. I think some more experimentation would be necessary, since you obviously wouldn’t want to be trapped in a place like a plane if it could get in there with you. The fact that you can track it on the phone location though means you should be able to know if it’s teleporting. I also would still want to look into how it interacts with the phone reception/Wi-Fi. It doesn’t seem like OP tested that from what I could see. That might be part of the trick since destroying the phone didn’t seem to help at least with hearing the creaker.

akarakitari t1_j6szqrl wrote on February 1, 2023 at 6:01 PM

Sounds to me like it can appear within x distance of wherever you are at the start of the game and has the ability to shift through objects, so I don't think it appearing on an airplane is out of the question.

Also, remember only the boyfriend was playing but it killed the girlfriend too. Which means it likely either considers everyone with the player to be playing too, or doesn't leave witnesses, but either way seems to not leave anyone alive if they find the hider. Lot of lives in jeopardy if it can get on the plane.

mightyjor t1_j6t128j wrote on February 1, 2023 at 6:09 PM

Although an airplane is fairly small, maybe a personal sized airplane could work? I doubt he’d be able to start the game within 10 feet of you, so maybe him teleporting to his X distance away while you’re in a personal plane could result in him just falling out of the sky. It also seems like people (so far) have been safe while in cars, so movement seems to be a better solution than just hiding or staying put.

akarakitari t1_j6t2grw wrote on February 1, 2023 at 6:18 PM

This is very true. I have a feeling though, considering this is a mobile game, that every day will become harder and harder. It will speed up a little more, move a little closer, and become more varied in it's timing as we have already seen.

Just like something like candy crush, they hook you with easy levels then turn on p2w mode, except this game, payment is dinner

Orange__Moon t1_j72i6ml wrote on February 3, 2023 at 4:36 PM

Maybe airplane mode would help? If it's using a real world device to find you then you couldn't be located by phone then. However I have a feeling it's not bound by real world physics unfortunately.

akarakitari t1_j72izym wrote on February 3, 2023 at 4:42 PM

It does seem that it's bound to those with cell phones, using them as a way to communicate.

Maybe dropping off the grid completely? But it would have to be done FAST and completely on the fly. Finish that days game, dump phone in trash, jet to a public PC, look up countries that have large areas where cell phones aren't the norm, then straight to airport and book a flight anywhere else that you can get to that country from.