Puzzle Hunt topic

[mobius]

I'll be around to take a look and offer any random insight I might have. I've seen the Star Wars movies but I doubt that will help any if it's about Star Wars anyway. On the other hand I like astronomy.

[mobius]

I'm posting this so I can access it easily from my phone while at work

forum: http://thesuicidalrodents.proboards.com/

puzzle site: http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/ub/sums/puzzlehunt/2015/main

[Clam]

MUMS puzzle hunt starts May 9th. I'm preparing* by doing lots of crosswords!


*I'm really just doing these to kill time during my lunch break. But preparing for puzzlehunt sounds far more noble :]

[chaos_defrost]

MUMS puzzle hunt starts May 9th. I'm preparing* by doing lots of crosswords!


*I'm really just doing these to kill time during my lunch break. But preparing for puzzlehunt sounds far more noble :]

Board and team set up:

http://thesuicidalrodents.proboards.com/

See instructions for how to sign up as a team member on the board. Not required.
If you are new to LF and want to join in, let me know via PM here or on the SR board and I'll add you to the group of people who can view the individual hunts' boards.
EDIT: I just noticed I'm going to be on a business trip during most of the days puzzles are released. Man having a real job sucks, or it would, if the alternative wasn't far worse

[geoo]

CISRA puzzle hunt is back...in a way: http://www.mezzacotta.net/puzzle/

Date: October 10th, 2016.

[chaos_defrost]

Set up team - board is still at http://thesuicidalrodents.proboards.com/

If you are someone who has never played these and would like to try, set up an account on that board and PM me your name here - I will have to apply the appropriate permissions to let you see the boards here before you can start.

[chaos_defrost]

http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/ub/sums/puzzlehunt/2016/main - Puzzle tiiiiiiiiiiiim *snap*

Will set up board shortly. I am off work all this week so I will actually have time to puzzle for once

[ccexplore]

Interesting, so apparently they kept pushing back the date due to conflicts, until basically it can't be pushed back any further without still staying within year 2016.   I was wondering about the somewhat unusual timing with the holidays and all (although I suppose it's not a bad thing since some people may also have more free time as well, for example I.S. evidently).

I haven't participated in these things much recently and not sure that will change this time around, but best of luck to those who will!

[geoo]

The MIT puzzle hunt is remote this year for obvious reasons, happening Jan 15-18: https://www.mit.edu/~puzzle/nexthunt.html
It's quite large scale (wrt the amount of puzzles), see the quote from the FAQ:

You may register teams of any size. Similar to recent Hunts, we believe teams with many more than 75 people may have less fun. Mystery Hunt has a very large scope, but we're working to make it an amazing experience for both small and large teams.

Anyone interested regardless?

[Simon]

I'd be up for a couple of the MIT 2021 puzzles.

I'd suggest IRC and Mumble to collaborate; I'll give details to all participants. There is also ye olde forume of our Suicidal Rodents that we haven't used since 2015 in case we get more participants.

The hunt runs from Friday Jan 15 through Monday Jan 18. My main problem is availability, I have a full-time job, a household, and other projects, I can't guarantee that I'll bring all 4 evenings to the table. But I should make ~2 at least.

On their registration page, I would disallow that we receive unattached hunters. 🐹 🐿️

-- Simon

[geoo]

I'd propose to use the Suicidal Rodents forum to keep things organized and allow collaboration across timezones, with IRC for quick pings and mumble for discussions whenever they come up.

I agree about not receiving unattached hunters.

[Ramon]

What sort of 'puzzles' does this whole thing entail, and is it ok to join you even if there's no guarantee I can contribute to anything?

[Simon]

They're mystery puzzles without instructions. They solve to a word that isn't logically deducible, but once you have it, you feel that it is probably correct. A ton of lateral thinking is needed.

Example: The puzzle shows a maze on six squares. You had to realize that the squares would form a cube, and the maze's squares would thus connect in different ways than on paper.

Example: The entire puzzle consists of a sequence of single-suit mahjong hands that each were one tile away from winning. The solution was, for each hand { determine the waits, sum their numbers, convert the number into letter of the alphabet } and read the letters in sequence.

-- Simon

[mobius]

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[Dullstar]

I'd be willing to give it a try, but there's a decent chance I might not be of much help.