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The MIT mystery hunt is a weekend long puzzle solving competition run out of MIT in mid January. Teams compete to solve puzzles, meta-puzzles, and occasionally meta-meta-puzzles. Our team, Grand Unified Theory of Love, is relatively small (~30 people) and focused on having fun of solving puzzles for an entire weekend rather than the competition side of things.
Official MIT Mystery Hunt homepage
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What Do I need to Get Started?
Welcome aboard! The big part of the hunt is being there for the weekend on which it happens, but in order for things to go smoothly there is a decent amount of preparation and planning we must do as a team. This wiki is our place to plan and discuss things so please explore what we've put up here to keep yourself (and us!) in the loop. Tony 23:46, 5 December 2007 (EST)
Wiki Accounts and Finding your way around the wiki
To get an account: email Tony at tony@doombot.com with your full name and preferred email indicated. By default your user name will be your first name if that is available. You cannot view any of the pages of this wiki except this first page without an account.
Once you have a wiki account you will also have a user page (see list of user pages).
I have my account, what's next?
Please do the following:
- Edit or update your user page to include your contact information and something about you. (example user pages: User:Jeremy, User:Tony, User:Armenb, User:Andria etc.)
- To edit your page go to the page and click the edit tab in the menu bar at the top of the page. To learn about formatting wiki text you may wish to copy and paste the wiki code from other users' pages, you may also wish to check out Andria's Tutorial and guide to wiki editing.
- Add yourself to the 2009 Team Roster
- Place your photo on the Team Photos page
- Participating in person? Look through the supplies page and identify what you intend to bring and make additions to the list you as needed.
- Participating Remotely? Familiarize yourself with the remote info page.
- Check out other people's pages on the roster to get a feel for who our team is and to know who you'll be working with at the hunt.
Our team for 2008 is smaller than previous years so we will probably be less reliant on using a wiki, but it will still be an important place to jot down notes on in progress puzzles, keep our two remote groups organized, and prepare thing for the Mystery Hunt in terms of supplies and general planning. Getting your user page set up will serve as practice/refresher in basic wiki use.
Wikis are scary! Why would you make me do this? I am sad!
FACT: Wikis save lives! Sort of! Wikis can take a bit of getting used to, and the wiki software we use is unfortunately known for features and flexibility not ease of use. If you are stuck or frustrated let us know (tony@doombot.com) and we can help you find your way around and learn what you need to participate. Do let us know, we want everyone up to speed on the wiki so they can be in the loop and part of pre-hunt planning and discussions.
Email List
Everyone on the team should also get themselves on the email list. To do this, go to the Google Group page and follow directions. When it prompts you to enter your real name, please do so - we use our real names on this team, not screennames or handles or whatever you want to call it. After you submit the info, your membership will be "pending" until I (Andria) approve it. Once I do so you'll be able to read old messages to the list, and send your own.
Current Stuff
Shirt Designs - Post your ideas and give input on current ideas here.
Team Name Discussion 2008 - Result: Grand Unified Theory of Love (proposed by Michael)
Team Photos - place your photo for others to see!
Useful internal pages
Please explore the following pages.
- About the Hunt
- Tutorial - how wikis work
- Sandbox - so you can experiment using the wiki
- Directions - how to get to MIT
- Supplies - what are you bringing?
- Wiki users
- Sample puzzle-in-progress
- HTML to wiki translation guide
- IRC - Real-time team chat
- Puzzle Template
The following pages should perhaps be cleaned up and merged in some fashion? --Andria 22:55, 14 January 2007 (EST)
