Thoughts, Reflections, Trash Talk

[LosT]

Ok, I'm creating this thread for a few reasons:

1. Use it to reflect on past mystery challenges
2. Use it to discuss or proclaim your intent to enter this year
3. Use it as a place to talk trash to the other teams (to at least TRY and keep the other threads clear of the trash talk, although this is not outright discouraged...)

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[Ellen]

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Out of curiosity, which team ended up solving "Scary Girl" and winning the ARTiGO? I gave the solution to the team I was helping (ish?) but the team leader has mysteriously vanished from the face of the earth. O_o

Also.. do you sleep? And if not.. are you a robot? And if so.. that's pretty hot.

-E

[mage2]

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Team AI is in yet again.
Ellen, as far as i know no one has answered the Scarry Girl but i may be out of the loop

[tkrabec]

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Team AI is in yet again.
Ellen, as far as i know no one has answered the Scarry Girl but i may be out of the loop

Ellen as it turns out I have Our team captains cellphone number, I will call him today. I did not get a return email from him, so I am hoping a phonecall wake him up. Thanks again for helping is last year. It was nice seeing you an Q at Shmoocon this year.

-- Tkrabec
smbminute.com

[DJ Jackalope]

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How much did the clues won at the EFF Summit help you in the Challenge? Wasn't it Grifter's team who pretty much got to make use of them or am I wrong at who won stuff in the auction?

[LosT]

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Ellen was the first to finish Scary Girl.

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[krux]

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Ellen was the first to finish Scary Girl.

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I have to say nicely done Ellen then.

Halibut is looking forward to this years challenge.

[LosT]

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With all the trash talking from years past, this thread is pretty slow by comparison.

I guess nothing will top Joe's trash talking that first year....hehehe the KingPin has a silver tongue when he needs it...

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[t0ttenkoph]

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I really enjoyed DC15's mystery box and the incorporation of crypto; unfortunately didn't have the time to get a team together, let alone do the pre-qualification round. But hopefully that will change this year...

[krux]

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I really enjoyed DC15's mystery box and the incorporation of crypto; unfortunately didn't have the time to get a team together, let alone do the pre-qualification round. But hopefully that will change this year...

I've been looking forward to this year's challenge... well since the end of last year's challenge.

[GbusCrizist]

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Ok, I'm creating this thread for a few reasons:

1. Use it to reflect on past mystery challenges
2. Use it to discuss or proclaim your intent to enter this year
3. Use it as a place to talk trash to the other teams (to at least TRY and keep the other threads clear of the trash talk, although this is not outright discouraged...)

1o57

Is this contest something that can be done by two people? or actually i guess just kinda give me the lodown on it, because this is my first year of defcon!

[valanx]

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Is this contest something that can be done by two people? or actually i guess just kinda give me the lodown on it, because this is my first year of defcon!

Maybe two people could do it, I know Voltage Spike went solo last year with plenty of passing volunteer help. I'd like to try this year, but I don't intend to do the whole ronin thing.

The challenge pretty much epitomizes hacking in every aspect, drives people insane, and is always one of the most interesting things happening outside of drunken hallway conversations on what everyone has been working on in the last year.

I would say that you could find a few details from search engines or forum archives to get an idea of what has been in the mix from previous events.

[LosT]

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Is this contest something that can be done by two people? or actually i guess just kinda give me the lodown on it, because this is my first year of defcon!

If you only knew what you were asking ;)

Read the FAQ-

Part of the challenge of this contest is that no details are given out prior to the contest starting. It literally is a 'mystery'- The FAQ lists skills that have proven to provide success in the past. Please note that it is not all encompassing -

The best way to find out about the contest is to ask someone who has competed, but if they see you as competition they might not be so forth coming with information- This embodies the hacker spirit, you literally have to hack your way into the game...

Good luck...

LosT

[flirzan]

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Is this contest something that can be done by two people? or actually i guess just kinda give me the lodown on it, because this is my first year of defcon!

I competed as part of a two-man team last year, and I think we did ok, although without seeing any kind of post-mortem, it's a little hard to judge. We got lots of help from random people who wandered by offering opinions and suggestions. LosT was also kind enough to loan us some equipment at one point when we thought we were really stuck. (It turned out we were stuck, but on something completely different than what we thought we were stuck on, go figure...)

I think we're up to a grand total of three people this year, so we should do three times better, right? I never was any good at math...

[GbusCrizist]

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I competed as part of a two-man team last year, and I think we did ok, although without seeing any kind of post-mortem, it's a little hard to judge. We got lots of help from random people who wandered by offering opinions and suggestions. LosT was also kind enough to loan us some equipment at one point when we thought we were really stuck. (It turned out we were stuck, but on something completely different than what we thought we were stuck on, go figure...)

I think we're up to a grand total of three people this year, so we should do three times better, right? I never was any good at math...

Thanks for the insight guys, I guess that just means that I have to drop the person im coming with for a team mate, after reading the FAQ again, that makes him kind of useless... does anyone have an extra opening on a team?