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Ladies and Gentlemen! Boys and Girls! Script Kiddies and Scenewhores!
Announcing the Defcon 10 Scavenger Hunt!! Hosted by the Hektik crew and
2600 Salt Lake City.
I have finally got the Scavenger Hunt Website up and running, you can
check it out at http://www.scavengerhunt.org
I will make a copy of this thread under Defcon Chat fo any comments or
suggestions.
For now I will paste the details from the main page, where it says "Above"
in a few places, well, you'll just have to imaging you're on the site.
—The Lowdown—
This year the hunt will be hosted by 2600 Salt Lake City and the Hektik
crew. Pinguino will be unable to attend Defcon, so Flippersmack searched
the globe far and wide looking for a suitable replacement to take the
reins. After a tireless search they realized that a suitable replacement
wasn't possible, so they turned everything over to us.
After much thought and planning we have come to the realization that we
may actually be able to pull this off. We're going to try and follow the
same structure of the previous scavenger hunts, and also try not to alter
the rules to any large extent. We figure that people who have enjoyed the
hunt in the past would appreciate this, and I hope we were right in
assuming so. Anyway, lets get down to the details.
—Pre-Hunt—
We have some time until Defcon and we have a little game for you to play.
Over the next few weeks we will post a link to an item on this or other
sites throughout the internet. The item will be posted pretty much at
random, but count on a new one every few days or so. These are items that
our staff came up with that we thought would be a little hard to find in
just three days in Las Vegas. We expect you to bring them with you to
Defcon. When you arrive, present your pre-hunt items at the scavenger hunt
table and you'll get 20 points for each successful find.
Don't worry I'll post a link to the site that has the link on it here.
First you have to find the link, then you have to find the item. This is
a fun game.
—Planning—
Okay, I'll share a few ideas with you. This is what we have planned for
the hunt.
Above you can see a link that says "stats", this is key. Throughout the
hunt we will be constantly updating this page. We want people to know
what teams are playing and what their current point level is. I'm hoping
this will make things a little more competitive. I know that there were
people walking around last year that were sure they were going to win, but
when all was said and done they didn't even place in the top three. If you
know you're 50 points away from first place, you're probably going to try
and get those last 50 points before the day is up. At least that's the
theory. Oh, by the way, we'll be keeping a hard copy record of all the
points, so if you were thinking of going CTF on the site, you'd be wasting
your time.
The Hunt Box. While there is no link to it now, after the hunt we are
hoping this page will be packed with good stuff. Whenever we have an
item or task that is marked with "Proof." it means we need picture or
video evidence of completing the task or receiving an item. We'll be
setting up a box equipped with a video capture card and we're also hoping
to grab all the images people take while hunting for items. This will all
be added here after the hunt so people can see all the things that people
did, or teams can relive their experiences.
Speaking of teams. Above you can see a link called "teams". We will be
accepting pre-registration for the hunt, so if you want to come up with
a team name and submit pictures of your team ahead of time, we'll post it
there. I think this will be good so that people can see who they're
competing against before they even get to Vegas. This should prompt Nancy
Kerrigan style attacks, which is always good..
—The Rules—
1. Teams will consist of no more than 5 people. The team with the most
points by noon on Sunday wins the hunt.
2. Items must be brought to an official Scavenger Hunt Crew member.
Members will be wearing authorized badges. The points will be logged at
the Scavenger Hunt table.
3. Only one item will be counted per team, "Proof." in listing means
videotape or photograph the action so that we know that you really did it,
otherwise bring the actual item in question or talk to a crew member about
where to do it? Where applicable, an audio recording may suffice.
4. 2600SLC and the Hektik crew may publish any writing, video or photo
brought to us, or taken by us. We would like copies of video footage and
images for our archives.
5. Bonus Items are high value endeavors that can be obtained through
special hand delivered notes upon completing a task. They could be
puzzles or excursions? Not all items will have bonus items. However,
each item will have the same Tier 2 item tied to it, this way it's fair.
6. The first team to find a listed or bonus item will receive the value of
the item plus 5 additional points.
—Comments or Suggestions—
If you have any comments, or any ideas to make the hunt better. You can
get a hold of me at grifter@staticdischarge.org or grifter@2600slc.org.
Announcing the Defcon 10 Scavenger Hunt!! Hosted by the Hektik crew and
2600 Salt Lake City.
I have finally got the Scavenger Hunt Website up and running, you can
check it out at http://www.scavengerhunt.org
I will make a copy of this thread under Defcon Chat fo any comments or
suggestions.
For now I will paste the details from the main page, where it says "Above"
in a few places, well, you'll just have to imaging you're on the site.
—The Lowdown—
This year the hunt will be hosted by 2600 Salt Lake City and the Hektik
crew. Pinguino will be unable to attend Defcon, so Flippersmack searched
the globe far and wide looking for a suitable replacement to take the
reins. After a tireless search they realized that a suitable replacement
wasn't possible, so they turned everything over to us.
After much thought and planning we have come to the realization that we
may actually be able to pull this off. We're going to try and follow the
same structure of the previous scavenger hunts, and also try not to alter
the rules to any large extent. We figure that people who have enjoyed the
hunt in the past would appreciate this, and I hope we were right in
assuming so. Anyway, lets get down to the details.
—Pre-Hunt—
We have some time until Defcon and we have a little game for you to play.
Over the next few weeks we will post a link to an item on this or other
sites throughout the internet. The item will be posted pretty much at
random, but count on a new one every few days or so. These are items that
our staff came up with that we thought would be a little hard to find in
just three days in Las Vegas. We expect you to bring them with you to
Defcon. When you arrive, present your pre-hunt items at the scavenger hunt
table and you'll get 20 points for each successful find.
Don't worry I'll post a link to the site that has the link on it here.
First you have to find the link, then you have to find the item. This is
a fun game.
—Planning—
Okay, I'll share a few ideas with you. This is what we have planned for
the hunt.
Above you can see a link that says "stats", this is key. Throughout the
hunt we will be constantly updating this page. We want people to know
what teams are playing and what their current point level is. I'm hoping
this will make things a little more competitive. I know that there were
people walking around last year that were sure they were going to win, but
when all was said and done they didn't even place in the top three. If you
know you're 50 points away from first place, you're probably going to try
and get those last 50 points before the day is up. At least that's the
theory. Oh, by the way, we'll be keeping a hard copy record of all the
points, so if you were thinking of going CTF on the site, you'd be wasting
your time.
The Hunt Box. While there is no link to it now, after the hunt we are
hoping this page will be packed with good stuff. Whenever we have an
item or task that is marked with "Proof." it means we need picture or
video evidence of completing the task or receiving an item. We'll be
setting up a box equipped with a video capture card and we're also hoping
to grab all the images people take while hunting for items. This will all
be added here after the hunt so people can see all the things that people
did, or teams can relive their experiences.
Speaking of teams. Above you can see a link called "teams". We will be
accepting pre-registration for the hunt, so if you want to come up with
a team name and submit pictures of your team ahead of time, we'll post it
there. I think this will be good so that people can see who they're
competing against before they even get to Vegas. This should prompt Nancy
Kerrigan style attacks, which is always good..
—The Rules—
1. Teams will consist of no more than 5 people. The team with the most
points by noon on Sunday wins the hunt.
2. Items must be brought to an official Scavenger Hunt Crew member.
Members will be wearing authorized badges. The points will be logged at
the Scavenger Hunt table.
3. Only one item will be counted per team, "Proof." in listing means
videotape or photograph the action so that we know that you really did it,
otherwise bring the actual item in question or talk to a crew member about
where to do it? Where applicable, an audio recording may suffice.
4. 2600SLC and the Hektik crew may publish any writing, video or photo
brought to us, or taken by us. We would like copies of video footage and
images for our archives.
5. Bonus Items are high value endeavors that can be obtained through
special hand delivered notes upon completing a task. They could be
puzzles or excursions? Not all items will have bonus items. However,
each item will have the same Tier 2 item tied to it, this way it's fair.
6. The first team to find a listed or bonus item will receive the value of
the item plus 5 additional points.
—Comments or Suggestions—
If you have any comments, or any ideas to make the hunt better. You can
get a hold of me at grifter@staticdischarge.org or grifter@2600slc.org.