Comments on: The Geek Olympics: Now With DRAGONS! http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/ by Jane Austen Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:05:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: doombot » MIT Mystery Hunt 2009 http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-72671 doombot » MIT Mystery Hunt 2009 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:47:51 +0000 http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/#comment-72671 <p>[...] Airplane tail branding, and lists of fictional robots. Jason has referred to it as the Geek Olympics, an event that he says could only be made more geeky by changing the name to “MIT Mystery [...]</p> [...] Airplane tail branding, and lists of fictional robots. Jason has referred to it as the Geek Olympics, an event that he says could only be made more geeky by changing the name to “MIT Mystery [...]

]]> By: Jason http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-50268 Jason Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:11:51 +0000 http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/#comment-50268 <p>Oh yeah, I forgot to blog about that part. That was weird.</p> <p>I turned around and saw two people crouching at the window, peering at me, maybe a foot away from me. When they saw that I saw them, they jumped away and ran, flapping their arms as they went. So I shouted, "Spies! After them!" (or something to that effect), and a bunch of us ran after them.</p> <p>I'd like to say that the next thing that happened was very Lovecraftian, perhaps involving human sacrifice or at least a small orgy. Actually, though, they were walking by the time we reached them, and we were kind of out of breath from chasing them, so we invited them back to help us solve puzzles. I still have no idea if they really were who they said they were (students who were lost and unaffiliated with the Hunt), since their answer seemed to change a few times.</p> Oh yeah, I forgot to blog about that part. That was weird.

I turned around and saw two people crouching at the window, peering at me, maybe a foot away from me. When they saw that I saw them, they jumped away and ran, flapping their arms as they went. So I shouted, “Spies! After them!” (or something to that effect), and a bunch of us ran after them.

I’d like to say that the next thing that happened was very Lovecraftian, perhaps involving human sacrifice or at least a small orgy. Actually, though, they were walking by the time we reached them, and we were kind of out of breath from chasing them, so we invited them back to help us solve puzzles. I still have no idea if they really were who they said they were (students who were lost and unaffiliated with the Hunt), since their answer seemed to change a few times.

]]> By: Jordan http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-50266 Jordan Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:01:14 +0000 http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/#comment-50266 <p>(It came up right around the time we all evacuated the classroom to chase down those strangers)</p> (It came up right around the time we all evacuated the classroom to chase down those strangers)

]]> By: Jordan http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-50265 Jordan Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:00:24 +0000 http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/#comment-50265 <p>I remember Jason, Tony, and Michael all talking about it at the same time (maybe Dan too?). Not sure who said it first tho. I've gotta look up this lovecraft stuff so I know what you all area talking about.</p> I remember Jason, Tony, and Michael all talking about it at the same time (maybe Dan too?). Not sure who said it first tho. I’ve gotta look up this lovecraft stuff so I know what you all area talking about.

]]> By: Jason http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-50233 Jason Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:19:20 +0000 http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/#comment-50233 <p>@Michael: <i>Your</i> idea? Them's fightin' words. Or maybe I just remember it as my idea because <i>I can't stop thinking about it</i>.</p> <p>Either way, you deserve credit for the clever team name. We are indeed all about the love.</p> @Michael: Your idea? Them’s fightin’ words. Or maybe I just remember it as my idea because I can’t stop thinking about it.

Either way, you deserve credit for the clever team name. We are indeed all about the love.

]]> By: Jason http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-50232 Jason Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:08:55 +0000 http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/#comment-50232 <p>I must want V1@GRA more than I ever realized, then.</p> I must want V1@GRA more than I ever realized, then.

]]> By: Jordan http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-50230 Jordan Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:50:51 +0000 http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/#comment-50230 <p>The internet is a physical manifestation of the universe conspiring to bring you whatever your heart desires.</p> The internet is a physical manifestation of the universe conspiring to bring you whatever your heart desires.

]]> By: Michael http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-50192 Michael Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:29:49 +0000 http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/#comment-50192 <p>I notice that you've shamelessly stolen my idea for a Lovecraft hunt and claimed it as your own. This would really only be hilarious for a substitution cipher problem with Cthulhu style plain text.</p> I notice that you’ve shamelessly stolen my idea for a Lovecraft hunt and claimed it as your own. This would really only be hilarious for a substitution cipher problem with Cthulhu style plain text.

]]> By: Jason http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-50188 Jason Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:54:54 +0000 http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/#comment-50188 <p>Not a clue. Do people just type "Mystery Hunt" into Technorati every couple days or are there actually people reading this blog who didn't stumble here from Macuser?</p> Not a clue. Do people just type “Mystery Hunt” into Technorati every couple days or are there actually people reading this blog who didn’t stumble here from Macuser?

]]> By: zandperl http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/comment-page-1/#comment-50187 zandperl Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:48:35 +0000 http://doombot.com/2008/02/05/the-geek-olympics-now-with-dragons/#comment-50187 <p>You should email the team a link to this, if you haven't already. My photos are <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/zandperl/sets/72157603773419895/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p> <p>BTW, do you know how people are finding this post?</p> You should email the team a link to this, if you haven’t already. My photos are here.

BTW, do you know how people are finding this post?

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