Puzzle Hunt topic

Clam · May 05, 2014, 11:25:11 AM

http://www.lemmingsforums.com/index.php?topic=670.msg19790#msg19790">Quote from: geoo on 2014-04-05 05:00:12

New MUMS puzzle hunt will be from May 5th to May 9th: http://puzzlehunt.mums.org.au/" class="bbc_link" target="_blank">http://puzzlehunt.mums.org.au/

Is now underway! If the forum seems quiet for the next little while, this is why

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Clam · May 13, 2014, 10:13:41 AM

sosolved mucheverything veryincludingthemeta. http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~mums/puzzlehunt/2014/puzzles/5.2_wow_suchpuzzle.pdf" class="bbc_link" target="_blank">wow

Thanks to Sekti and Javra for joining in and munching some of the hardest puzzles.

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geoo · May 13, 2014, 11:22:32 PM

There's a pretty entertaining article about the puzzle hunt organization here: http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~mums/puzzlehunt/2014/Behind_the_Puzzles.pdf" class="bbc_link" target="_blank">http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~mums/puzzlehunt/2014/Behind_the_Puzzles.pdf

Interesting to read about the original version of the doge puzzle...

ccexplore · May 14, 2014, 02:07:38 AM

Quote from: http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~mums/puzzlehunt/2014/Behind_the_Puzzles.pdf

The first puzzle hunt in 2004 was coordinated by (the now infamous) Julian Assange of Wikileaks who was vicepresident of MUMS at the time.

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Clam · October 22, 2014, 07:08:34 AM

http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/ub/sums/puzzlehunt/2014/main" class="bbc_link" target="_blank">ΣUMS Puzzle Hunt starts Monday 27th.

chaos_defrost · October 26, 2014, 07:19:48 PM

Puzzle Hunt starts in 6 hours. http://thesuicidalrodents.proboards.com/" class="bbc_link" target="_blank">Link to team forums[/url[

If you're new and want to join in, go ahead! You will have to PM me the name you registered on the forums with, since I have to manually grant permissions to view the forums.

Clam · April 08, 2015, 08:08:29 AM

MUMS 2015 starts May 4th.

Hunt puzzles, you will...

geoo · May 03, 2015, 11:03:21 AM

*SNOP* puzzle time!

...in 15 hours.

Has anybody registered our team yet? You can probably find out here: thesuicidalrodents.proboards.com

607 · May 03, 2015, 02:41:40 PM

Could anyone tell me what this is? I see lots of posts and links I don't understand.

NaOH · May 03, 2015, 06:50:49 PM

Quote from: geoo on May 03, 2015, 11:03:21 AM
*SNOP* puzzle time!

...in 15 hours.

I'll probably be asleep...

NaOH · May 04, 2015, 02:09:00 AM

Quote from: 607 on May 03, 2015, 02:41:40 PM
Could anyone tell me what this is? I see lots of posts and links I don't understand.

It's a competition, LF enters a team every year. The puzzles come in sets of four or so, one set released each day for a week. The object is to find the answer to the puzzle (in the form of a word or short phrase, IIRC), and submit the answers before the day is over.

The puzzles are quite cryptic -- they typically don't give any obvious indication as to how to attain an answer from it. Last year, one of the puzzles was just a piece of sheet music -- guessing how the answer is encoded in the sheet music is part of the challenge.

mobius · May 07, 2015, 09:16:35 PM

Quote from: NaOH on May 04, 2015, 02:09:00 AM
Quote from: 607 on May 03, 2015, 02:41:40 PM
Could anyone tell me what this is? I see lots of posts and links I don't understand.

The puzzles are quite cryptic

that is a serious understatement. I would say the puzzles are of at least "savagely hard" difficulty.

chaos_defrost · October 29, 2015, 05:02:47 AM

ΣUMS Puzzle Hunt starts in like 4 days, there was some weird short notice from the "confirmation" e-mail to the start of the contest.

Clam · October 30, 2015, 08:20:00 AM

I see starfields and planets... not another Star Wars hunt I hope!

geoo · October 31, 2015, 09:57:18 PM

Has anyone signed us up already?
I've notified my non Lemmings forums friends.

Not sure if I'll have a lot of time or motivation to put in a lot of effort this time though.