Mystery Hunt is a yearly tradition at MIT, but this isn't an entry about Mystery Hunt. This is an entry about one of the tools our team has for Mystery Hunt. We rarely used it, but the sheer amount of information on this PDF is awesome!
If you even have a slight bit of geekiness, you'll freak out about this PDF. Seriously.
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Posted by: Ryan on August 2, 2009
Posted by: Josh on August 2, 2009
I hunt for DFA, we'll be working together in January.
Posted by: Snively on August 2, 2009
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Posted by: Bolstein on August 3, 2009
@Snively/anyone knows:
Are there any blogs specifically on Mystery Hunts?
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Posted by: Daniel Barkowitz on August 3, 2009
No, not all teams are MIT students. Most teams contain some MIT students, but some (such as Manic Sages) have members who don't go to MIT [yet...in many cases] while others have alumni or people who are even only loosely affiliated with MIT.
Also, getting involved in a team is really easy, even as a freshman. In fact, if you really want to, you can form a team with your friends. Although I think most people join teams with a group (living groups, student organizations, etc.) that they are a part of.
Posted by: shawn '11 on August 3, 2009
Don't be worried about whether or not you have "puzzle-solving ability". Mystery Hunt is purposely made so that you need a wide range of knowledge in order to solve all the puzzles - it's not all number sequences and wordplays. I distance-hunted (solved puzzles at home, away from MIT) this past January, and while I didn't know anything about number sequences and science/techy trivia, there were a few puzzles I was able to solve that no one else even had a clue about, simply because I had some expertise in audio mixing. There's really a niche in MysHunt for everyone; teams are willing to take on as much fresh talent as they can get (more people = more manpower = faster puzzle-solving!) Enjoy the Hunt next year =)
Posted by: Vivian '12 on August 4, 2009
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Posted by: Alex on August 4, 2009
That is hands down THE most impressive PDF I've ever seen. :D
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