Shocking Revelation.

[tablesaw]

Planning the Mystery Hunt is harder than solving the Mystery Hunt.

SunNYTX: 24:15.

Comments

[thedan.livejournal.com]

Ha ha!

Oh wait.

[ennienyc.livejournal.com]

I've never understood why planning the Hunt is the "prize." To me, that's huge incentive NOT to win.

[jcberk.livejournal.com]

It's an incentive not to win for some people, but I think a lot of us come up with puzzle ideas during or because of Hunt. Same goes for structural innovations. Once I have an idea, I want to show it off - and my most appreciative audience is other solvers.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Yeah, kind of like at Pennsic, where the kingdom that *loses* the war gets to keep Pittsburgh. :D

But it's true, for some people writing the puzzles is more fun than solving them. I'm not a terribly good solver, but I often have ideas for puzzles that would only work on the scale of the Mystery Hunt. And since I'm on Mayhem, I haven't yet had a chance to make these puzzles.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Is this where I'm supposed to register surprise or something?

[tinhorn2.livejournal.com]

It is often said than becoming partner in a law firm is like winning a pie-eating contest where the prize is more pie. I'll leave as an exercise to the reader whether that has any applicability here (or even makes sense in the first place).

[rford.livejournal.com]

And yet so much more fun.

[jcberk.livejournal.com]

Heh. Yes. But it also spreads out the fun over more time, and pulling off a good Hunt feels incredible.

[tmcay.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that it's hard but I'm also sure that it's nothing you can't handle -- and you will find the experience rewarding.

[lemurtanis.livejournal.com]

Yup.

[(Anonymous)]

In the good news, once test solving starts, it's like having a mini-hunt every weekend.

David Speyer (aka The Swedish Chef)