From my email to my team.

[angledge]

Team Heliotrope,

Thank you so much - all of you - for taking part in Midnight Madness X. I'm not going to write up a long story about our adventures right now, because I'm too tired. But here are the summary results:

We finished the game at 2:08 PM, for a total game-playing time of 18 hours & 8 minutes. We finished 14th out of a field of 24 teams (I know from the messageboard that at least one team didn't finish). 7 of our original 12 players stuck it through all the way to the end - marasca, hotpantsgalore, katieledge, T*, J*, chaosvizier, & me.

LOWLIGHTS:
+ smashing the dongle during the interminable, interminable vigil on East 9th Street
+ being hassled by the homeless on Clinton Street
+ realizing at the Outback clue that we were in dead last place
+ watching our teammates passing around the bottle of Pepto Bismol at the Starbucks

HIGHLIGHTS:
+ getting THREE CLUES in THIRTEEN MINUTES after breakfast
+ whistling "Bridge Over River Kwai" while walking through Sara Roosevelt Park
+ watching chaosvizier's brain switch into hyperdrive to solve that ridiculous ribbon puzzle
+ cheering on the teams that were walking home while we were closing in on the finish line, & having Team Clear cheer us in as we walked down the steps of the auditorium.

We learned a lot, especially ideas for tactics (if ever a MM happens again). We also had a lot of fun (despite the filth).

Edit: chaosvizier wrote up a long description of our night (and day) here.

Comments

[richcsigs.livejournal.com]

Man, I bet this was fun! I'd love to take part if they do it again.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Our Tale Is Thusly Rendered.

Let me know what pics you have, and what parts I left out. I know I don't remember everything.

[evilfb.livejournal.com]

So I see you "Ledgerwooded" the dongle.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

She totally Ledgerwooded it. Shattered it like diningware at a Greek wedding.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

WAAAAAAAAH!

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for the visual on charosvizier's mental state. He always cracks me up, especially the hyperdrive version. :)

Heather

[branniejan.livejournal.com]

sounds FUN! this is the type of thing i would love to bring here to the small town! TO THE ROOFS!