TORONTO - Rain hammered the pavement at Humber Polytechnic’s Lakeshore Campus on Saturday morning, soaking jerseys and splashing across a giant soccer pitch.
But the weather barely registered once the whistle blew and 254 players locked themselves into position for what became the world’s largest game of human foosball.
Before kickoff, Guinness World Records adjudicator Chloe McCarthy gathered participants near the sidelines with a warning: there was almost no margin for error.
“The minimum number of participants to get this record is 251,” she told the crowd. “We have 254 spots on that field. So, if just three or four people are disqualified, you will not get the record title.”
The custom-built arena — stretching 150 feet long and 68 feet wide — looked like a supersized version of the tabletop game, with rows of players gripping horizontal bars instead of plastic rods.
