MIT Puzzle Hunt
The MIT Puzzle Hunt was so much fun, even though I was new and not very well versed in different kinds of puzzles. I helped solve a few and felt like I contributed in some small way to the team, and I liked everyone a lot. The organisers did a terrific job with keeping people engaged and challenged. This year's theme was Inception, and each round was a 'level' with beautiful animations, usually involving someone who was asleep and in need of waking up through puzzle solutions.
While doing a literature/history crossword puzzle for the Dreamtime level:
"Caeser doesn't fit. Take out Caeser."
"I think people have already taken out Caeser."
*laughter*
"...too soon?"
*more laughter*
All of us were pretty punchy on Sunday with no sleep, but thank goodness for that couch outside the closed up Christian Student studies center. Was it in a creepy dim hallway? Yes. But that meant it was abandoned, dark, and out of the way, perfect for grabbing a quick nap. That was the most satisfying 40 minutes of my life, even more satisfying then when the hunt finally closed, and I went home to sleep in my own bed. However, this morning we finally got the meta puzzle that had been bugging us through the end of the hunt, so I think we got some closure, however late. We'll be meeting throughout the year to work on the remaining puzzles, which should be lots of fun. In every positive way, this was one of the longest weekends in recent memory, and I had a blast.
While doing a literature/history crossword puzzle for the Dreamtime level:
"Caeser doesn't fit. Take out Caeser."
"I think people have already taken out Caeser."
*laughter*
"...too soon?"
*more laughter*
All of us were pretty punchy on Sunday with no sleep, but thank goodness for that couch outside the closed up Christian Student studies center. Was it in a creepy dim hallway? Yes. But that meant it was abandoned, dark, and out of the way, perfect for grabbing a quick nap. That was the most satisfying 40 minutes of my life, even more satisfying then when the hunt finally closed, and I went home to sleep in my own bed. However, this morning we finally got the meta puzzle that had been bugging us through the end of the hunt, so I think we got some closure, however late. We'll be meeting throughout the year to work on the remaining puzzles, which should be lots of fun. In every positive way, this was one of the longest weekends in recent memory, and I had a blast.