Hunt writeups

My own writeup will be posted soon. In the meantime, here are some others:

First of all, especially if you weren't happy with the Hunt, you should read our leader's writeup. It might put things in perspective a little. This Hunt nearly did not happen, and I for one am astounded that it went as well as it did.

Members of Palindrome: Trip, Jeffurry, Squonk, /dev/joe (part 1 and part 2), dalryaug, Tinhorn, Debby, Hathor.

Members of the winning team: Thomas, Jenn, Spelvin, Tablesaw.

Solvers from other teams: someone from GroovyTron, Tahnan and 530nm330hz and Sax from II&F, someone from (I think) Death From Above, Wes (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5).

Newspaper articles: The Tech and Wicked Local.

Pictures: A confession from Just For The Halibut, Ennirol's Flickr photoset of the Bombers, Kat's photoset (if you only look at one of those, make it the one of Trip at the wrap-up in his Subservient Chicken head), Tinhorn's photoset, Debby's photoset.

And 530nm330hz's crossword hat deserves a paragraph of its own. I didn't get to see it in person, much to my chagrin, but it's utterly awesome, and its owner should keep a close eye on it if it ever enters my presence.

I'll update this list as I find more links. mystery_hunt may also provide further Huntish posts to peruse.

Hunt 2008: Mystery Mystery Hunt

( Puzzles )

( The Hunt itself )

( Shitty stuff that happened )

( Awesome stuff that happened )

Thank you so much to everyone involved! In particular, Eric deserves recognition for his astonishing feat of event organization. Fuldu, Zebraboy, and Trip, thank you so much for pushing on through when there wasn't a leader, and for the innumerable sacrifices you've made for the team. Debby and Sofiya, thank you for handling the computer stuff. Hathor, thank you for taking charge of all the theatrics and scripts, and also for dealing with suspect e-mails on top of everything else you were doing. Ucaoimhu, thank you for your puzzle-constructing prolificacy, and for coming up with and developing the theme. Katatak, thank you for being our MIT person and getting funding and room reservations and all that together. Everyone on Palindrome, thank you for the various contributions you've made to making this Hunt happen, despite its apparent determination to make all our lives difficult. And thank you to all the solvers for staying optimistic and having a good time despite all the reasons you had to bitch.

By the way, did anyone get a decent picture of me in the cop outfit? I meant to have someone take one so I could update my Puzzle Police icon, but it slipped my mind.