Inspired By Squid Game, 1415 Students Play Red Light, Green Light Game For Guinness World Record

Over 1415 Students on the University of California Irvine (UC Irvine) participated within the largest recreation of crimson mild, inexperienced mild and broke the Guinness World Record. The college students performed the South Korean childhood traditional on Wednesday in Aldrich Park. The common kids’s recreation is usually referred to as Statues and there are variations of the sport all through totally different areas of the world.

The recreation Red Light, Green Light has develop into a worldwide sensation following its common debut within the South Korean drama Squid Game, which is streaming on Netflix. From memes to references in popular culture, the sudden resurgence of the sport is unmissable. Now, UCI has organised the Red Light, Green Light competitors as a part of its Welcome Week custom and damaged a Guinness World Record of most college students enjoying the sport collectively, which speaks volumes concerning the recreation’s recognition.

A Guinness adjudicator current on the occasion verified that the UCI broke the earlier report which was set by 1203 members at Oregon’s Willamette University in 2015.

🚦💙💛🐜🍽 Anteaters have achieved it once more! With a crowd of 1,415 UCI has damaged the Guinness World Records title for largest recreation of Red Light/Green Light. #UCIWelcomepic.twitter.com/PYwKgp8i5O

— UC Irvine (@UCIrvine) September 21, 2022

“I feel [red light,green light] made a extremely huge resurgence due to “Squid Game,” I’m not going to lie,” Semaan advised LA times. “Lots of us, after we have been youngsters, used to play that recreation as properly. So within the spirit of getting one thing that everybody would form of know the way to play, we selected crimson mild/inexperienced mild … It’s actually rewarding to see how many individuals turned out to point out their college spirit.”

“I do know it is slightly cringey, and UCI is not notably identified for its college spirit, however I feel this yr is absolutely totally different. I see lots of people this yr who’re actually prepared to only let go of that conception of ‘Oh, I’m too cool for this’ and simply actually have enjoyable and play the sport,” Semaan added.

Semaan organized the occasion with Connie Nguyen, vice chairman of scholar providers, {and professional} employees, the main publication reported.