EXTREME Hide & Seek (Hunting my Employees 2024)

[@randomman2301]

Also. Police would have a blast in case someone reported your place for a contraband. "Why is this thing have a secret hatch?" "Oh you know. Annual hide and seek with my employer"

[@capvux]

They would have a field day wit all the holes routes and secrets, herc labs would be literal teaching site for agents😂

[@brendanrobertson5966]

next year arrange the police dog squad to start an exercise with 30 minutes to go

[@stevengavra]

Just hope the police understand 😅

[@Aabergm]

@@stevengavra Any decent K9 unit would love to play, it's just if they can spare the time.

[@Realone2345]

better than having a tunnel in your synagogue!

[@Someone-d4s5u]

“Ian’s gonna take his pants off and come under the tarp with me” 15:59 😂

[@SuprSBG]

LOL ikr

[@douganater]

Doesn't beat 17:01 "Your Silence is consent"

[@ReviewyCA]

Most creative for me was the kayak - right in plain sight, but soooo hard to check!

[@jongeorg]

Looking forward to next year and wondering if someone can figure out how to be in the pond undetected...

[@go1to1finish15]

I wonder if somebody will build a submarine next year.

[@Osmotic]

Making the basket barely visible was such a good trick, too!

[@highonpcbs]

yes and taking up 20 minutes of BOTH seekers!

[@SleekFinds]

Agree

[@MattsAwesomeStuff]

Over the last 4 years, I have considered applying to Hacksmith Industries, just to sneak back in at night by the creek and hollow out an entire underground apartment, one backpack at a time, entirely for the purposes of winning the Hide and Seek contest, and then immediately quitting and abandoning any active projects after doing so.

[@Thetankracer]

You know, it would be 10 times funnier if you do it anyways right after telling them :D

[@slasher2595]

hacksmith hearted this. Do it

[@Shadow-l7b]

just disappear during the contest and don’t come back so you win every year

[@MattsAwesomeStuff]

​@@Shadow-l7b- The trick will be, how do I remain on payroll? James might not notice but Ian would sus it out.

[@FlashFear-tz7vf]

the kayak was definitely the most creative and original spot out of them

[@onecannot]

and he put his body on the line aswell lol

[@TheMakerFC]

I guess

[@connorhorman]

Second, though if there was another Kayak out there that would be even better.

[@qaserblade1785]

Agreed

[@Ulmaramlu]

Agreed.

[@famousamoso7]

I think next year James and Ian should get in on the hiding and work with local law enforcement to have them be the seekers. Have like 3 waves. First wave is 1hr long and just police using their own eyes/intuition, 2nd wave 30 minutes and they get use of any tools at their disposal, 3rd wave 30 minutes RELEASE THE HOUNDS!!!!! Open up the hiding area to ANYWHERE on the property (buildings, cars, trees, underground, pond, ect) This would allow for a fresh new take on the challenge since James and Ian are familiar with "known" spots everyone has the ability to re-use 1 of those spots and or be a little more creative hiding in trees or "under ground" or personal cars.

[@matthewboire6843]

I allways forget about this series but it’s allways incredible to watch it every year.

[@ethantalbot1811]

While I do believe that Bogdan's spot was the most creative (hiding in the wall adjacent to the fridge definitely works as psychological thermal camera deterrent) if i had a scuba suit, i would have hid UNDER the inflatable kayak after filling it with sandbags. If they had gone through all that effort to check inside the kayak only to find nothing, they'd've certainly given up on checking under it

[@bongmuon]

They would see air bubbles coming to the surface though.

[@linecraftman3907]

@@bongmuon well then you'd have to route a exhaling tube somewhere

[@cameronwebster6866]

@@bongmuon re-breather?

[@Killajake99]

Next year, it'll be 3 kayaks filled with sangbags. The guy will be in a gilly suit underwater with a snorkel fashioned from a reed.

[@YuriyZakk]

I honestly think that charles had the most creative hiding spot because he was trying to hide in plain site just by messing with your senses; sadly he didn't account for the thermal camera

[@isendall2185]

yes

[@JD-128]

I second this!

[@chazfreakshow]

I agree with this one

[@sweaty_b.o.i.1983]

Agreed

[@Theloudestquietkid]

I third this

[@ultimate_pleb]

The Thermal camera is OP they should make it so the camera is only charged to 15% so james can't use it literally everywhere Or every time he uses it 5 minutes gets taken off the timer

[@improvedalpaca3294]

Or let the hiders use more technology like cameras and tracking.

[@ultimate_pleb]

@improvedalpaca3294 that would effectively turn the game into tag with extra steps not hide and seek with extra steps since everyone would just run away as soon as the seeker gets close since they both have terminal cameras now Since it's near impossible to hide a person's thermal signature atleast while having the ability to stay mobile i think my original idea was better But thank you for your feedback 👍

[@improvedalpaca3294]

@@ultimate_pleb Very good argument. The seekers are at a natural disadvantage but I agree that the thermal feels OP. Maybe it should only come out in the last 30 minutes.

[@Mohamed_ahmed27]

The heat pad had so much potential tho

[@julesdeblauwe]

yea! imagine you put the heater in the spot next to you, and then cool off the spot you are in!

[@justthinkingoutloud2538]

3:55 Someone should've just put on that Iron Man suit and just held perfectly still when he came by

[@divijdutta9260]

Bro that's John Wick's suit

[@ethannorton564]

Thermal would get you

[@AusSkiller]

Kayak for most creative, also the commitment to hiding under risk of getting hit by grappling hook was impressive.

[@seraphwithatank6535]

Agreed

[@IberianCraftsman]

Agreed

[@joedoe7572]

I wish he would have moved when they went to get the grappling hook

[@aSipOfHemlocktea]

It's not impressive it's stupid one of these years someone is going to get hurt for not a lot of money sue the hacksmith and make a lot of money because some of these people are literally putting their lives in danger when it's not

[@aSipOfHemlocktea]

Worth that much

[@HelenMaffin]

Absolutely the creative award goes to the guy in the storage boxes that he hollowed out to sit in. I know he was caught quite quick but in terms of looking so natural and not just being inside a wall cavity I think it's miles better! ☑️

[@jimbobur]

Watching Ian climb up that shelving and peer into stuff, I would be terrified to have him hunting me.

[@bryanjohnson8608]

Ikr 😂😅

[@scottspropertyservices6877]

It’s like gravity doesn’t affect him

[@bigfoothunter8080]

He the real life version of those blue freaks from avatar

[@shenzixirgs8152]

4:51

[@SinForTheSaint]

16:23 you can see him peek out how did they not see that

[@Wandervenn]

That was most definitely the wind. The tarp came up so high that we would have seen an arm

[@Lets_Get_Creating]

I love how Ian just scales the shelves without touching the floor haha

[@breadO0]

deffo a climber

[@Darknight_84930]

10:18 lmao, that angle sure looks like a cartoon scene 😆

[@HVM4N]

why is roofs are allowed in both not allowed and allowed at 1:28 lol

[@patricklang7162]

Weird that they did that, but they both say “roofs are allowed”

[@HVM4N]

@@patricklang7162 pretty sure its just a mess up but I just found it weird lol

[@tylerprime6741]

They just really wanted to iron home that roofs are fair game

[@Rogue_Night21]

Might have been on purpose, because they also said hiding on top of buildings is allowed. I don't think they would say it three times on accident.

[@EmmettVolkert]

You are allowed to be on-top of the roof, but now in it

[@andrewmatteson8993]

Parkour 4:54 Parkour Parkour

[@moveon1830]

Spiderman

[@berlinmotv1979]

I would even hide from my boss/supervisors for free! Challenge Accepted!

[@maddox0110]

I get payed for that, even better. I'm only seen as the problem is to heavy/big to tackle alone.

[@TectonicTechnomancer]

My boss teached me how to hide from the directors.

[@mimmikyute]

the subtle "did you check princess' doghouse?" before the reveal of Princess was pretty A+ for someone who had no idea what breed of dog she is.

[@kameronlightheart4402]

Hollowed out storage bins was most creative for sure

[@GriziDaWiz]

charles is probably the most creative for me, because everyone else did try and hide. He tried to just blend in and disappear. The thermal camera was sad to see when they got to him. I wanted to see it in proper action at least once.

[@jarekcrossley8966]

As a scuba diver 2 hours underwater is not a big deal I would have got the thickest wetsuit I could and buried myself in the mud of the pond.

[@Ithenna]

Yeah, but the exhaled air has got to go somewhere... it'd be a dead giveaway if they saw some random bubbles sporadically popping up in the same place.

[@JonHGeorg]

@@Ithenna That's why I was thinking some sort of diving bell...

[@tomeisner8381]

@@JonHGeorg might be easier (and safer) to use a closed circuit rebreather

[@wilfriedklaebe]

@@Ithenna bury an exhalation hose in the mud, leading to the shrubbery outside the pond

[@nicksurfs1]

​​@@JonHGeorgThat's the move, inflatable underwater "diving habitats" are available for purchase and would be perfect for this. Only drawbacks are I believe they take some time to set up and are expensive. Edit: and I think you have to breathe mixed gas which is more school and license. If one of them has a very cool diving friend they would be great!

[@shawnswc2539]

I think the batcave hiding space was really good. All he had to do was put the heat in the back cave

[@ben_insomnia]

Would love to get a full length video on the design process of the smith blade!

[@hacksmith]

It is in the works, I promise.

[@banactus]

@@hacksmith yippee

[@Nerd-13-r4r]

9:47 the robot literally found someone there in the top right corner 🎉😂

[@ColtonGiovannelli]

Literally searched the comments too find someone else who noticed 😂

[@Theloudestquietkid]

Im pretty sure that's ian

[@JacobStreamsTwitch]

Kayak was absolutely by far the most creative. Simple yet elegant to hop in a kayak "either they leave me alone or they gotta figure out how to get me" especially after committing to not moving while you tried to grapple them. Next year they gotta commit and float like 5 of them out there and hide in a false bottom, really make you work for it. Hiding in a "not locked but looks locked" shipping container i feel like should be disqualified, it was BS last year but now its BS AND unoriginal

[@2MeterLP]

Yeah that hiding spot was rules lawyering

[@Geldaran]

Better yet, float 3 or 4 with heat sources, then don't hide in any of them.

[@MaxRovensky]

17:06 yeah throwing a grappling hook at an inflatable kayak is rough 🫠

[@liliowen2132]

I think Tyler's one was creative. He hid himself and also hid the enterance to his hiding spot, so even if they found him with thermal they'd need to find the enterance to actually find him.

[@toonhub3216]

“I’d rather make this perfect, than capitalise on holiday sales” brings a tear to the eye to know there’s still business owners who think like this out there

[@adithr6846]

9:45 Was that a face down there?

[@hacksmith]

That was Ian

[@adithr6846]

@@hacksmith Ah, I see. Ian, that is

[@SpaceSoups]

@adithr6846 Ian just exists there, they're not part of the game.

[@adithr6846]

@@SpaceSoupsyea, I figured.

[@francoissmit1901]

Charles was the most creative, hiding in plain sight 12:27

[@janvasicek8843]

Riley is back??? Let´s goooo

[@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988]

my idea wouldve been for one person to get an observation drone above to see when james is coming and to wait in a heated drysuit next to the lake. and when he does go that way, to slowly slide into the lake with either a rebreather so that no bubbles ever go to the surface, or just with like a really long breathing tube that looks like some plant and then hope the pond is deep enough not to be seen and that james doesnt use heat vision outdoors. another option would be to forego the heated drysuit and instead opt for a wetsuit, but that'll be devilishly cold, so only someone with serious experience can pull that one off, though it would help hide them from the IR vision.

[@OldSkullSoldier]

No drone without wing can be in the air for that long.

[@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988]

@@OldSkullSoldier for an hour? alternatively, the person could also just use a squad of handsized, silent little quadcopters

[@OldSkullSoldier]

@@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988 DJI max time are between 20 and 45 minutes in theory (no wind, so real life even less). Adding more battery at some point doesn't help anymore, as battery weights. Only solution would be to e.g. and every 15-20 minutes for new battery. Oh, and drones are quite visible and you can hear them and each landing gives out your spot.

[@Will-501]

I think it was definitely Charles, he set up a whole distraction and hid inside it

[@aryansinha9806]

+1, i liked charles, if not for thermal vision, he wouldn't be caught

[@PlasmaChannel]

In the wall. Hahah that's epic. This was fun. Next time i'm joining.

[@girshrewsbury6232]

1:28 are the roofs allowed or not?

[@hacksmith]

Yes. Roof is allowed

[@R.K_Chalkboard]

You can be on them, not in them( like above ceiling tile or lights or anything).

[@Blibers]

1:17 Ian. He was hiding in plain Sight!

[@noname_5160]

The vents is creative, holy

[@jameswest6232]

I honestly was surprised that one got found out so quick.

[@PirateBat]

5:07 its Spiderman 6:22 another Spiderman 23:55 the winners also that is all nice bike

[@theodoresarras7983]

Nice climbing from both! Especially Ian!

[@BobT36]

He's sooo agile. Swooped up there so naturally, like a monkey in a tree lol

[@SeanHodgins]

These are always great to watch!

[@Violianom]

Storage bins were cutout so he could stretch his legs. Simple, but creative. I love the Tetris idea haha

[@YourBestSpal]

0:00 👀 mayhaps

[@YourBestSpal]

00:00

[@vaex_darastrix2194]

Yea gota vote for the kayak - without that wasting so much time the other 2 could have been found

[@optical_ideas]

Every year fun to watch 😄 Anyone searching for the song at 4:30 , it is Nightcap - Fire (Instrumental Version)

[@artiumromanov9798]

Kayak is deffo the best spot: if only he had another kayak as a decoy lmaoo

[@Goodsoldiersfolloworders66]

Most creative spot i think was the boat. extremely good potential decoy!

[@tallguygreg]

The storage totes was the most creative! Freaking awesome!!

[@presidentzee5052]

just gotta find a way to vent the heat out more efficiently than a hole in the side

[@georgerichardson7505]

Charles had the most creative spot. It would have been next to impossible if there had been no thermal cameras. I thought it was interesting how he was trying to play with the seekers senses.

[@wilfriedklaebe]

Should mask the heat with dry ice and protect from the dry ice gassing out carbon dioxide with SCUBA gear.

[@Chad_Formers]

For real this is awesome 0:16

[@Yellowsam4145]

3:05 He's in the walls. HE'S IN THE GOD DAMN WALLS!!!

[@CM1_SonicAndOtherStuff]

YAY! ANOTHER HACKSMITH HIDE AND SEEK CHALLENGE! XD 1:27 So it's not allowed that roofs are allowed. That makes total sense. Congrats to tyler and bogden!

[@slurpyz.]

17:01 that’s what Diddy said

[@deathblade8107]

The meme chaos is great

[@DoctorVadarWho]

The next one James has to be hiding and the last two winners are the searches

[@shadowc2164]

Definitely most creative was the kayak

[@BulterMarkwad]

I can't believe it's been a year. The last hide and seek video feels like last month.

[@GarrettHoward22]

This video is always my favorite upload of the year. And the most creative spot has to be the kayak.

[@BADISkettu]

I think Dylan deserves the most creative award.

[@GamerQuail]

I think the kayak was the most creative one

Welcome back Riley

[@Matthewpro96]

Most creative for me was the kayak - right in plain sight, but soooo hard to check! Looking forward to next year and wondering if someone can figure out how to be in the pond undetected...

[@thatonepersonwhoexists-ie4io]

for next time a trick you guys should use is have 1 or 2 metal water bottle with frozen water inside, then go under a Mylar blanket with the it will nearly negate thermal cameras. (yes i thought of this my self so it might not work)

[@stachuanimations4077]

9:46 i think there is someone on the right

[@hacksmith]

That was Ian remote controlling the robot back out.

[@sunniproductions1951]

@@hacksmith that was so creepy

[@stachuanimations4077]

@@hacksmith make sens

[@snipinsnit_ttv]

Mike in the crates was easily the most creative lol

[@theboreditamar2108]

23:54 is that video from last year?

[@br534]

definitely the kayak! so much creativity from the entire team.

[@TheWanderer1000000]

The MOST creative hiding spot goes to the guy on the boat. He *KNEW* you would be too scared to swim in the lake and that you would be second guessing yourself if either he was in there or not. "There's goddamn concrete in the boat."

[@Squish_Squash]

People are saying the kayak spot was the most creative but I disagree, especially because the kayak caused immediate suspicion that led to Logan being caught. I think the most creative spot was Tyler's spot in a literal desk, wedged between two-by-fours

[@ArthurDuchet]

I miss the Fallout Power Armour 😮‍💨

[@hacksmith]

We are working on it. It is just a lot of work and takes a long time. There will be another power armor video this month.

[@doodles3114]

Hide and seek content is some of the best most giddy content in my day

[@andrewmoore0]

The kayak was the most creative spot!

[@justjimmy2024]

“I’d rather make a good product than capitalize on Christmas sales” and that’s why we love you

[@hussain7675]

kayak far most creative outside the top 2

[@ICallShotgun13]

LETS GO I LOVE THESE. Charles was by far the most creative spot.

[@TechniX_DynamiX]

the kayak was most creative

[@becksytchannel]

i have a spot suggestion: hide in the pond using an air holding scuba setup. the kind navy seals use, so then your air bubbles cant be spotted. what you could do is anchor a small floaty thing in the middle of the pond, so you can peak your head up under it and look around without being seen, while also saving your air for when you need it, then if the seekers show up you can just sink down to the bottom for a while, then after waiting a bit you could slowly come back up under the floaty thing to avoid being seen. no thermal vision or camera could spot you, and even if your were "found", just have enough air that you could sit down there for the entire 2 hours. the seekers wouldnt be able to reasonably check, as if you just painted all the parts black and turned all the lights off you would be nearly invisible. also i think the desk was the most creative spot. its so tight, and mounted down, so you would pass it off or dismiss it, and because he went through the other side of the wall, there is no clear entrance that is near the desk from the perspective of a floor plan.

[@the_ALchannel]

Wouldn't you freeze to death from sitting under cold December water for 2 hours not moving

[@becksytchannel]

@@the_ALchannel get a really good, really thick wetsuit. also, it has not gotten cold enough where this is filmed to have snow or ice, meaning the water is well above freezing, and if divers irl can go diving in winter and in the ocean, than its possible for a civilian to get good enough equipment to go diving in a freshwater, non frozen pond.

[@gustavow3690]

One rule could be that you need to hide without any external help, just like the guy who dropped the ladder, or the kayak guy.

[@plagueless9829]

19:00 brave to upload a clip like that to the internet

[@YoungWolffe]

Kayak was by far the most creative

[@peytoncarringer7764]

I think the kayak was the most creative

[@hextech2025]

Finally first ✨️ anyway love you guys I started watching your videos 8 years ago and now I'm about to go to college for robotics

[@samkerchner6251]

Allowed - roofs are allowed Not Allowed- roofs are allowed

[@EliMcDermott-r3n]

When is the next power armor going to come out fr

[@Harrisontheminorbandit]

OH I NEED IT PLEASE

[@hacksmith]

We are working on it. It is just a lot of work and takes a long time. There will be another power armor video this month.

[@Harrisontheminorbandit]

@ ok bet thanks. Wish yall luck

[@EliMcDermott-r3n]

Tks you guys are the best KZbinrs

[@michaelhoogendoorn3179]

Either Charles or Logan in the kayak had the most creative spots. Think I'd give it to Charles. Without thermal, he would not have been found, while hiding in plain sight.

[@DaVinciFry]

Kayak was the most creative for sure. Thank you Bambu Labs and HACKSMITH!! ❤️😄

[@Troopersiege]

Yo I have been a viewer for a long time and I think we should bring back the rainbow six siege series. That was so fun to watch and Blackbeard just got a rework giving him a new shield.

[@julius.2003]

Me understanding “Would you hide in a wall or burn yourself alive”: :O

[@tronicalli7587]

For a second i thought it was a corridor crew vid, lmao Forgot the hacksmiths did these 😂

[@kgpp2293]

That was crazy 😂 last two were nuts couldnt do that for that long

[@SonOfANewfie05]

Crazy thing, I met Ian when I used to work at a supermarket, I noticed him while I was on duty and got a picture with him, he's a super chill dude.

[@THKGTHKG]

Gotta go kayak for me on this one

[@electricwaster]

There is a ringing sound in the video around 8:15 edit: and 13:50

[@kop-gaming6413]

i like the kayak for most creative

[@Stanmanme]

Kayak is the most creative for sure

[@error2254]

Just got the notification after I made mozzarella sticks, my two favorite things at once. Cheese and hacksmith challenges. Also, i love them laughing at James and Ian's slow setting paranoia😭

[@LordsiVR]

You need to make the Light Canon from the Grinch 😂 watching it now and thought if anyone could do it, it’s HackSmith