Events
2013 MIT Mystery Hunt
The 2013 MIT Mystery Hunt started on Friday, Jan. 17 and ended on Monday afternoon. The 2012 winners and this year's planners, Manic Sages, designed a puzzle where teams where recruited to help with a heist to obtain the Mystery Hunt coin, which the company — named Enigma Valley — had locked away.
- Anticipation — Hunters from all over the world fly in to participate in Mystery Hunt. Many are former MIT students, but some are also pulled in by friends over the years.
I feel like if my body had _any_ idea about what it's about to be put through at #MysteryHunt, it would have let me sleep an extra hour.
Palindrome's nametags. #mysteryhunt http://pic.twitter.com/Qxp16dAJ (via Eric Berlin @ericberlinct )
Boston bound! As per usual Megabus power outlet isn't working, so powering down. #mysteryhunt
Taking vacation days from organizing specimens in order to solve puzzles till my brains melt. #MIT #MysteryHunt Need to rethink "vacation"
This is going to be my 10th #MysteryHunt, but I'm still watching Codex's orientation. ustream.tv/recorded/28590… #JustCantGetEnough
Up early to catch a flight to Boston to play in my first MIT Mystery Hunt. Hoping for an upgrade. That's a long flight. #tallworldproblemsThe Kickoff
This year's kickoff was the first year to be held in Rockwell Cage. In previous years, the kickoff was held in Lobby 7.- MIT Mystery Hunt kicks off with fake protest. Damn liberals! instagr.am/p/UofxNatLX2/
The goal of this year's hunt is to prepare a heist to get the coin back from fake insurance company Enigma Valley. #MysteryHuntThe Hunt begins... almost...
The hunt was scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. However, because of technical difficulties, the start was delayed to 2 p.m."We have the software in a state where it will successfully function but there is a problem with call-ins to certain puzzles. As a result, we could run Hunt in its current state but we would have to do a great deal of live work to mark certain puzzles as solved, and that would introduce a possibility of error that would be frustrating to all involved. If we're unable to solve this issue by 2pm, we plan to open Hunt anyway with the current software and to send special instructions for calling in certain answers as appropriate."
#mysteryhunt delayed because of a last-minute bug. #thiswouldnothappenifyouhadQA
Ok, 28 more minutes. Apparently, the #mysteryhunt is not as easy to start as some teams make it look. ;)- The hunt began at 2, but there were still some technical glitches."A fix last night caused a new bug that appeared roughly two hours ago. Most puzzles work correctly. However, some puzzles are for the entire round and are called in from the main round page. There seems to be a problem with those puzzles called in from the main round page: they correctly enter our call queue, and we will call you to tell you that you are correct, but marking it correct in our call queue does not always mark it as solved in the system. Hence, although we may tell you that your answer is correct, it may not properly unlock future puzzles nor show you any messages you should receive."
The start of the MIT Mystery Hunt is here! mit.edu/~puzzle/ http://pic.twitter.com/gL7Cmyh2
I've only had 1/2 a Dr Pepper thus far during the Mystery Hunt. No time to drink, only time to puzzle. #ididntchoosethepuzzlelifeitchoseme
- Merva HansenNice way to share hunt experience via tweeters!2013-01-25T15:43:30.342Z
