I'm Sarah. I'm a graphic designer and occasional host here at Linus Media Group slash Creator Warehouse.
I'm reacting to my first video, which is Linus Cheats at Hide and Seek,
where we played Hide and Seek for a Channel Super Fun video.
So I started at Linus Media Group January 13th of 2020, right before the pandemic hit.
I started as a graphic designer and I'm still a graphic designer. I didn't know I was going to end up doing videos at all.
I then started watching, I guess, everybody else shooting videos and thought,
hey, if the opportunity ever arises, I'll give it a go.
And then right after my three months probation,
they asked if anybody wanted to participate in the Hide and Seek video and I said,
why not? So I did. I will say the funny part about this video is like,
I had started whatever three months prior and still didn't know the building very well
and then everybody else already had hiding spots kind of figured out and I was just running
around aimlessly trying to figure out where I was going to go. Here we go.
They say there's no such thing in life as free lunch. But here at Linus Media Group, we don't believe in that.
So we're going to be playing Extreme Hide and Seek in our 8,000 square foot head office
and the winner the- Throwback to when we had only one office.
Now we have three. Last one found is going to get free lunch for a month.
The most important rule is that every five minutes,
you are going to have to re-hide within the new boundaries.
Just like a Battle Royale game, we're going to be shrinking the hiding zone,
making it much more difficult. Okay, ready? Go!
Two meters! Oh God!
Yo, we have five minutes. This will be fine. Okay, okay. Hey, hey, what?
No, no, no, that's Riley's spot. That's my spot.
Pardon? We really need to do this again. Yes, I would love to do another Hide and Seek video.
We should do it in Labs because it's like way bigger than this building.
Although I don't know if there would be as many good hiding spots.
So much pressure! Can't imagine how many people we have. It's going to be a lot more difficult to find places.
Yeah, true! And also, yeah, way easier to find people.
We did so much prep. So this is my best hiding spot.
I'm having Nicholas help me get in. You'll never ever find me.
I'll be here. So these hiding spots are crazy.
Over here, I guess. I am going to see if I will fit in this box.
Oh, you have to do this point! I'd break. Yes!
1,800 Got Junk can make it disappear. Typical YouTube.
Oh, two ads. Two features consider you best.
I'm going to hide in the corner like this.
I'm going up there. Yeah, this is where James hid.
You guys took my spot! Colton, you took my other spot.
I don't think this is going to work. You can't see, but it's pretty high up.
It comes from the bottom of the game. It comes from the top. I'm just going to hide in the stairwell.
This is a terrible hiding spot.
Now you can do yourself.
I'm going in.
It's so cool to play hide and seek with a ton of creatives.
Because I feel like we really go out of our way to find a spot that's just like
impossible to find. Riley had a drill to take apart boards from the wall.
Like, who else would do that?
They had pre-gutted the arcade machine as a hiding spot for the next day.
Is that even fair? Probably not, but I guess they get credit for trying, right?
They're bad hiders. Oh my god, I can't even see you.
Are you ready? I'm ready.
Actually, this could be harder than I thought. You know, I wonder if I should get farther away from the entryway.
Just because if they're smart, they won't be that close to the door so they don't...
Wow, the building looks so different than it does now.
Get found right away. The thing is, once you're found the first time, you're completely out.
You're done. No one hiding in the sheets there? Boy, they are...
They are more hidden than I thought they would be.
Dennis, shut up. You're not helping.
No one-on-one, okay.
Dennis, you're not making it easier or better.
So I can just still quiet now?
I have three minutes, okay.
Dennis, shut up.
Are you guys just trolling me? Am I on to something here?
I don't think there's anybody actually hiding.
Wow, it looks so different.
Well, there's one.
The funny thing is where Ed hid was my initial hiding spot and then I was like,
screw it, I'll help him hide in the box and then I will try to figure out where else I'm gonna go.
He ended up getting found first, so maybe it's a good thing I didn't hide there.
You definitely stacked with your good karma. Yeah, exactly.
Linus was just on the other side of this door.
And he didn't see me. Ed, you're officially the worst.
This part was so scary because you can hear Linus and you can hear Dennis getting closer
and they were right there. I felt like the kids in that scene in Jurassic Park where the velociraptors are like chasing them around the kitchen.
That's exactly what it was like. I don't believe that there's anyone else.
Yeah, there's storage things here. I forgot about that. I was so incredibly close to being found.
Actually, we never used them. Three, two, one.
I only found one. Let's go out. Please relocate.
What? He's no ceilings. See you later. David's hiding spot is genius, but I still don't really understand how he got in there.
No climbing's a rule? What? It's a stupid rule.
He's moved from there to here. Yeah, the same strategy.
It worked. He's gonna hide in this box.
Cole, what are you doing? What are you doing in there, Cole?
No, nope. Can't fit in there.
I don't have another option.
I love the team interactions in these videos because it is so true to exactly what life around the office is like.
Like everybody is just so, I don't know, so fun, so quirky.
Wait a minute.
I'm too fat to fit under the bed. Going under the props.
Is that Chase? No. It's just good.
I can't see it at all. Okay, cool. Linus is coming.
Go. Got a D.
Another ad. I love how confident Linus is, but in the end,
he ends up cheating anyways. Okay, okay. God damn it.
God Mark! Hello. Hello there.
Got Colton. Got Colton.
No, I'm not first to be found, right? Oh, is there another one here?
Oh, wow. No one under the bed.
Not too much time.
How do I know they're not cheating?
I'm not going to speak. There's no way. 40 seconds.
There's one. I thought my hiding spot was so good.
So good. I was like, there's no way anybody's going to find me in here. But I was also so stressed that people were judging me for like walking in and then just
making myself small enough to go under the kitchen sink.
I feel like it was like either Alex or Anthony sitting across.
And I was like, do I ask them for help? Because I was just so nervous, still getting to know people.
And then also crawling in underneath the kitchen sink in the writer's area.
But it didn't end up saving me.
That's where I was found. I'm nervous down.
It was a good spot. Just not good enough.
That's 10 seconds. 10 seconds. Three, two, one, dance.
Let's go out. Out. One of us is out.
I've never been so scared of Dennis's voice until this video.
Wait, what? Yeah, he came in here the last minute and Dennis knew I was in here.
And Dennis was like, what? Your office?
Got up. Oh my god.
I think I'm going to win, right? 1-0-3 only. Where's everyone?
You just were usually won. I think David's going to win. He's a wily guy.
Oh, 1-0-3. This is 1-0-3, right? No. Oh, s***.
How much time do I have? One minute. Dennis, how do I look?
It's good. Dennis was going to give me 10 minutes every round.
And I was like, five. Extreme hide and seek.
We got the hide part.
50% as good as other. Oh, no. We have a thermal camera.
This is where it all goes downhill. That look, that look that Linus gave the camera,
that is like the look of I'm going to win now.
You got it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I can't see you at all.
Yeah, I can't see you at all.
Okay, where's my heat signatures? This is not in the spirit of competition.
Here we go. There, Riley's calling him out.
And he didn't listen. Now we're going. What?
Wait, does it include this office? No, no, no, that's 1-0-2.
I see heat. I see you. Such a cheat.
Such a cheater. You knew you were playing with...
I see heat signature.
Yvonne's spot was so good. It was so good.
I really wish she didn't have the heat camera.
I think we'd need a redo just for that reason.
Where are they? I see heat signature.
Damn it, Linus. You got Terran! I can't believe he cheated.
You can't believe I cheated? Who have you been married to?
Now you have 10 seconds to find James. Five, four, three, two, one.
Linus, you're done. Where's James? Linus!
Linus, where are you?
Even with cheating tools, you can't find him. Even with cheating tools. Wow.
Linus. Wow.
It was the garbage bag. So literally being trash makes you the winner of hide and seek.
What's up? Even with the FLIR thermal camera... Good job, James.
Here's your winning trophy.
And of course, free lunch for a month. But in the spirit of fair competition,
all of the runners up from the last round will get free lunch for two weeks.
I was pretty confident I was going to win. I gave myself like a three out of four chance.
You know, some people think but just because I'm the most physically imposing person in the office,
that I can't fit into small spaces. But you know, like Colton,
like he thinks just because he's built like a bag of flour that he can get into smaller spaces than me.
But no, no, no, no. I'm the master.
That video is iconic on so many levels.
When you look back, as far as you seeing yourself back then,
what can you say has changed since then?
I think I have gained a bit more confidence on camera.
I've become a lot busier. I have a lot more design work to do,
which is kind of a shame because I do love being in videos. But yeah, at the end of the day,
design stuff is my main priority.
And when the occasion does arise and I do get the chance to do some videos,
I enjoy myself finally.
Ah, I don't want to look at myself. Oh my God, I was a horrible taving jaros, horrible.