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DefCon XI Pre-Hunt

One month before the Scavenger Hunt begins we post 10 Items for you to try and find and bring to defcon for extra points. All teams must bring any of these items to the Scavenger Hunt table in order to receive their points. The Pre-Hunt items for this year are as follows...

A Signed photograph of Michael Jackson when he was black
An Old School Optimus Prime Transformer action figure
A floppy disk for AOL 2.0
A Girl Scout Merit Badge for sewing
A Cap'n Crunch Whistle
Amazing Spiderman #300
A Raggedy Ann doll
An Unopened Box of Garbage Pail Kids (Any Series)
A Talking A.L.F. Doll
A Head Band that says "Frankie Says Relax" on it

The Lowdown

Welcome Back to the Defcon Svavenger Hunt Website. It's been a year and we're gearing up to once again catch Las Vegas with its pants down. The hunt will again be brought to you by the good folks of Utah, more specifically 2600SLC and Rootcompromise.org. We had so much fun last year we just knew we had to do it again.

The hunt works well when left undisturbed so we'll be sticking with the format that has worked in years past. For those of you that have competed in the hunt, you know what we mean. If you haven't yet had the pleasure of competeing, you'll figure things out relatively quickly. It's a Scavenger Hunt Defcon style.

What exactly does that mean? Well, you'll be looking for items that range from Boots Full of Pudding to Candles shaped like Penises, and you'll have a blast doing it. Items are not limited to the physical of course, you may complete tasks to gain points for your team as well. You'll be given an Item List first thing Friday morning with a rediculous amount of items and their corresponding point values. The team with the most points by Noon on Sunday, Wins. That's it.

Plans

Suggestions

This is the first year that we will be taking suggestions for possible hunt items. I know what you're thinking already. You and four of your friends will suggest a bunch of stuff you have and bring it to the con just in case we pick it. Well, we'll be changing the items slightly so that they reflect the types of items or tasks you'd like to see, while not taking the fun out of the hunt. Just go to the main page of the Hunt Site and click on "Suggestions".

Stats

The stats will be back this year but with less glitches we assure you. The stats will be projected onto the wall of the Vendor Area in an attempt to drive more fierce competition. When we put the stats up Sunday at Defcon 10 there were two teams far in the lead and a few straglers towards the bottom. We had someone walk by, notice the points it would take to get 3rd place, grab a list and go. He took 3rd and split the prizes amongst himself. So be watching the wall, it might be easy for you to place.

Teams

On the Main Page of the hunt website there is a link that says "Teams". This is where you can feature your team before you even get to defcon and let others know who they'll be competeing against. Send your team name and members Handles to grifter [at] defcon.org to get your team posted here. We encourage you to send photos of team members too. They will also be posted here.

Hunt Box

We will be collecting photos and video of items found and tasks completed for posterity. It'll be a nice way to remember the hunt, and you can laugh at all of the items from years past. Any time an item has the word "Proof" next to it means that the hunt staff will require a picture or video of the task or item being found or completed. You can also complete tasks in front of the Hunt Staff at the Scavenger Hunt table in the Vendor Area. This is also encouraged since it makes the vendor area a little more exciting and is a good time for the staff.

The Rules

Teams will consist of no more than 5 people. The team with the most points by Noon on Sunday wins the hunt.
Items must be brought to an official Scavenger Hunt Staff member. Members will be wearing authorized badges. The points will be logged at the Scavenger Hunt table.
Only one item will be counted per team, "Proof." in listing means videotape or photograph the action so that we know that you really did it, otherwise bring the actual item in question or talk to a Scavenger Hunt Staff member about where to do it? Where applicable, an audio recording may suffice.
2600SLC and Rootcompromise.org may publish any writing, video or photo brought to us, or taken by us. We would like copies of video footage and images for our archives.
Bonus Items are high value endeavors that can be obtained through special hand delivered notes upon completing a task. They could be puzzles or excursions? Staff can create bonus items and their designated point values as they see fit although they must be approved by either Grifter, Dedhed, or Kampf.
The first team to find a listed or bonus item will receive the value of the item plus 5 additional points.
Points may only be granted by a member of the Scavenger Hunt Staff. The Goons, while great guys/gals are not hunt staff and can not give you points for anything, at all, so forget it. Do Not attempt to ask any Goons for points. There are three Goons that are Hunt Staff. Grifter, Dedhed, and Kampf. If anyone other then these three individuals says they can get you points for the hunt for something, you are going to look pretty silly trying to convice the Hunt Staff to give said points to you.

Comments or Suggestions

If you have any comments, or any ideas to make the hunt better. You can get a hold of me at grifter [at] defcon.org.