A new game will start up this summer!
Nathan and I have been brainstorming a bit on how to make the game a) involve more people and b) involve those people for a longer period of time and with more enjoyment.
We’re going to change the game around a bit to center on the collection of cards or tokens worth varying numbers of points, but the locations will still be cryptically given as HaiClues(TM). There will likely be more clues over a longer time—we’re thinking the two months of July and August—with some of the lesser valued, “starter” cards at local businesses.
We would like to involve the local business community if for no other reason than $50 out of our pocket is not the most enticing of pay-offs for playing a game for a couple months. The players in games past did it mostly for the joy of playing and took the time to try hard. We know most people don’t have the time to devote to tracking down the clues as soon as they emerge, so we would like to make the game more enticing by offering more prizes and accomplishments—hence, local business involvement.
Now to the meat of this particular post: If you are associated with a local business and want to participate, please let us know by sending a direct message to @hsvsh on twitter or emailing us at admin@hsvsh.org And by “participate,” we mean display a card or small box of cards for patrons we will lead to your door, and hopefully offer a small reward or two for the prize pool.
Clues to cards placed at businesses will generally be easier to solve and will be the lowest point values, so if you’re a non-commercial purist, you can still play and compete by beating other players to the limited-number higher-point cards placed elsewhere. There will likely be achievements for certain collections (i.e. collecting all restaurant cards), so there will be multiple goals to reach apart from being the overall winner.
If you have any comments, we would like to hear them!
Team Kunavupants wins!
After the first couple weeks, Nathan and I thought it would be a runaway with for Team Kunavupants, but two critical misses in the third and fourth week opened the door for a comeback by the other teams. The top four teams finished like so:
- Team Kunavupants: 47 points
- Team BearsOfTheAir: 40 points
- Jacob Schreiber: 37 points
- Team Omegix: 35 points
We were wondering if the Kunavupants newlyweds have a life outside of work and this game, but hey – we’re really glad all of you guys were so into the game. We had fewer teams this time, but all of you were more fervent than Game 1, by far. Somewhere in here is a good match of accessibility for a low barrier-to-entry and enticement for thoroughly enjoying the game and learning more about our city. If you have any questions about the items from this game, they’re listed in order on the Google map. Also all entries along with answers are posted in our picture section.
Nathan, others and I have been talking, drinking, talking some more, eating late night snacks, drinking and talking some more about the possible game play of the next game. We might move more toward a clue-leads-to-the-next-clue type of game, probably with the aid of the winners of this game, Team Kunavupants. They’ve expressed interest in helping run the next game with us….which, frankly, give the rest of Huntsville a chance at winning. We have a lot of ideas, and we’ll kick them around enough to bruise them and see which ones hold up. If you have any ideas about the type of game, scoring, rules, etc., please send Nathan or me a message through the entry@hsvsh.org address outlining your idea.
Game 2 is over!
OK, that’s it – Game 2 is now over as of 5:00 pm! We’ll update the map, tally the scores, and post the results soon…
Clues for Game 2, Week 4
I guess last week was pretty easy — most of you got all of the clues right off! I think this week might be slightly more challenging. This is the 4th week, you know, so we’re in the home stretch. Couple of historically significant objects/places to find this week….
Please send comments along with your picture, especially if the object to be found looks somehow generic. If at all possible, make sure the picture contains just the object specified with enough of its environment to be recognizable.
The first couple of weeks’ clues are on the google map (above or link to the right for full version), and we’ll get last week’s up as soon as possible.
Like last week, there are 5 objects to find: 4 from the HaiClues below, and a 5th “reverse” hunt item pictured. Send your entries before next Monday at 5 pm , when the next set of clues will be announced.
1: 1 point
Behind picket fence
Beneath these centuries last
It took a village
2: 2 points
Center of burger love
Used to be here, no longer
New home: Ironic.
3: 3 points
Motley pale town floats
Misnomer, or just wishful?
These floats have high hopes
4: 4 points
Too few words in stone
A place to sit, remember
Unwilling workers
5: 3 points
Take a wider field-of-view picture of this item — catch some identifying objects or locations:
Game 2, Week 4, Clue 5
Clues for Game 2, Week 3
Looks like we stumped a few of you this week — keep in mind the clues were as precise as we know how to make them, and nearly every word has relevance. It’s kind of like a logic puzzle — the right answer has to match all the available evidence.
Please send comments along with your picture, especially if the object to be found looks somehow generic. If at all possible, make sure the picture contains just the object specified with enough of its environment to be recognizable.
We’ll get the first couple of weeks’ answers up on the map soon – check the front page of the site or the Google map itself.
Like last week, there are 5 objects to find: 4 from the HaiClues below, and a 5th “reverse” hunt item pictured. Send your entries before next Monday at 5 pm , when the next set of clues will be announced.
1: 1 point
A gift near others
Silent now, but remembers
A few foggy fjords
2: 2 points
Film and food are split
Traffic joins them under this,
A hump most useless
3: 3 points
To read, socialize
Gone now, but not forgotten
The Nun burned brightly
(1 extra point each for other locations, past and present)
4: 4 points
He was watching you
Week one, you eager beavers
That ain’t no reindeer
5: 3 points
Take a wider field-of-view picture of this item — catch some identifying objects or locations:
Game 2, Week 3, Clue 5
Clues for Game 2, Week 2
Well, well! We had some rather industrious scavengers out there—that or the clues were too easy, hmm? Well, we hope this week was as fun as the last. We guarantee you haven’t seen some of these objects….
We especially appreciate it when you are in the pictures you send — just tell us if you have some aversion to ending up on our photos page, and we’ll pixelate you.
If you are only now learning of the game, join in please! This is the second of four weeks, and with the scoring system we’re using this game, you aren’t out of the running yet!
Like last week, there are 5 objects to find: 4 from the HaiClues below, and a 5th “reverse” hunt item pictured. Send your entries before next Monday at 5 pm , when the next set of clues will be announced.
1: 1 point
Seven arches wide
A rainbow of salvation
Ready to beat eggs
2: 2 points
Two presidents split
A place of remembrance
Hides in space between
3: 3 points
Right-of-ways join, part
History learned, forgotten
These are old men’s toys
4: 4 points
A shuttle, perched high
Not the one that comes to mind.
This one is branded
5: 3 points
Take a wider field-of-view picture of this item — catch some identifying objects or locations:
Reverse Hunt Picture for Game 2, Week 2, Object 5
Clues for Game 2, Week 1
Welcome to our second game! We hope you enjoy yourselves and learn some interesting facts about what’s hiding around our fair city. Remember, there are 5 objects to find: 4 from the HaiClues below, and a 5th “reverse” hunt item pictured. Send your entries before next Monday at 5 pm , when the next set of clues will be announced.
1: 1 point
Traffic encircled,
This used to be a fountain
In a Mall long gone
2: 2 points
Swingsets and headstones
Life’s beginnings and endings
So close together
(Extra point for recognizable nighttime picture)
3: 3 points
For the park children
At the central headwater
A sad cat is crouched
4: 4 points
Once a proud tree stood
Now a proud bear stands upright
Residential art.
5: 3 points
Take a wider field-of-view picture of this item — catch some identifying objects or locations:
Reverse Hunt Picture for Game 2, Week 1, Object 5
Watch This Space – The game begins tomorrow
The game begins tomorrow, Monday August 2nd, at 5:00 pm. The clues will be posted at that time.
Rules Page Updated
The rules have been updated for the second game, beginning August 2, 2010. Just hit this link, or click the “Rules” link at the upper left!