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- From: "Gina Norman" <gina.norman AT nortelnetworks.com>
- To: "'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Cc: "Jeff Bacon \(E-mail 2\)" <bacon AT bluecg.com>
- Subject: [internetworkers] Fun -- need a team -- PUZZLES!
- Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 10:40:15 -0400
Title: Fun -- need a team -- PUZZLES!
Ok... Manbites Dog theater is sponsoring a "puzzlehunt" this coming Sunday afternoon, May 11. (Free Team Registration noon to 1 p.m. in Central Park, Durham. Puzzles/Performances run from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Final Puzzles announced at 3:15 p.m. Announcement of solutions and winners begin at 3:30 p.m.)
Here's a URL with more info: http://www.manbitesdogtheater.org/2/
In a nutshell, this sounds like the Great Tropic Hunt (in Miami) that I was rambling on about a few weeks ago (see msg. at bottom). The deal is that there are several big puzzles, most of which will require an "a-ha" moment to solve, tho there may be some standard issue puzzle bits, like anagrams or crosswords involved.
Here's info about last year's puzzle hunt: http://www.manbitesdogtheater.org/22/ Notice that all the questions lead you to a numeric answer... this is pretty common for this kind of thing.
Teams are allowed (and encouraged) and increase your chances of winning ... I'd *really* like to do this and am almost sure there are some other "puzzle people" in INW who'd make a good team. Anyone interested? (I have 2 FRS radios, which are very helpful in keeping in touch with team members... anyone else have those?)
Let me know! (funfunfun)
-Gina
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Did anyone else ever play the Tropic Hunt game in Miami? This is the year I played: http://www.vwtech.com/tropichunt/year_detail.asp?huntyear=1994 (with Stephen, unsurprisingly).
I'd also be *thoroughly* interested in a group trip to one of these to compete. It is the most fun -- imagine 10,000+ puzzle-ppl (the sort who subscribe to Games magazine and do the whole NYT crossword puzzle) in the same place at the same time doing much-larger-than-life puzzles. Geek heaven.
:)
- [internetworkers] Fun -- need a team -- PUZZLES!, Gina Norman, 05/05/2003
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