tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post991181191009622484..comments2023-06-08T09:30:27.976-04:00Comments on I'm Still Alive (as of the last post): Starting Small, the Puzzle Community, and Puzzle Events I've Never Been Totabstophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13761166685551109196noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-1117494033251386702012-06-28T04:55:19.221-04:002012-06-28T04:55:19.221-04:00Hey Neville,
My name is Jonathon and I'm cur...Hey Neville,<br /> My name is Jonathon and I'm currently overseas on a Peace Corps assignment but I call Kentucky home and went to U of L for undergrad and graduate school. I'd be extremely interested in any kind of puzzle event in Kentucky! I wont be home until Dec. of 2012 but after that, I'd be game for anything.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08529962933838703047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-38955179359700689872012-06-03T13:04:27.241-04:002012-06-03T13:04:27.241-04:00I started to put together a sort of online puzzle ...I started to put together a sort of online puzzle extravaganza aimed at beginners. You might ask: Why an online thingy instead of a live event with welcoming, friendly people?<br /><br />In an area that doesn't already have a puzzle community, it might not be so easy to muster up a lot of potential-puzzlehunters for a one-time event. You might only sign up a couple of teams. If they have a lahoskenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12011437847555356710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-20285259790790786622012-05-29T23:20:47.190-04:002012-05-29T23:20:47.190-04:00The "whole is greater than the sum of its par...The "whole is greater than the sum of its parts" aspect is something I keep forgetting as well.<br /><br />DASH was in there for most of the time; I appear to have started to move it somewhere and then didn't paste it back in. (That was the point of the blog post I was responding to!) The length is right, but the difficulty apparently needed some work, as I understand it.<br /><brtabstophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13761166685551109196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-39436508065544739682012-05-29T22:33:37.183-04:002012-05-29T22:33:37.183-04:00"Are beginners' events a good thing?"..."Are beginners' events a good thing?" I'd say yes. I first learned of the MIT Mystery Hunt back in maybe 2007 - my undergrad advisor mentioned it to me. I played along after the fact like you until this year, when I played remotely for the first time. I knew exactly two of my teammates (both crossworders) and had a blast. I surprised myself by being able to solve or contribute Nevillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11217196005119951384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37263695.post-43130399037811327402012-05-29T22:14:04.390-04:002012-05-29T22:14:04.390-04:00Note: the BLG thing may be "understatement&qu...Note: the BLG thing may be "understatement".<br /><br />Also, if this did somehow happen at ACPT, it would be better to be Saturday night to truly be an "open" event (although technically people can pay for Friday only and not do the regular tournament, I have no idea how often that actually happens).tabstophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13761166685551109196noreply@blogger.com