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{{see also|Bravo Awards}}
The '''Bravo Awards''' were a discord based award ceremony for puzzlehunts in 2021. The ceremony was conducted by Junkmail on 13th January 2022. The ceremony was intended to be a celebration of all things Puzzlehunt.


The '''1st Bravo Awards''', then called just '''Bravo Awards''' were a Discord-based award ceremony. They were intended to celebrate all things puzzlehunt related in 2021.
All puzzles, hunts and creations released between [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021]] (inclusive) and before [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2022]] were eligible for the awards. There was a nomination process by which anyone could submit nominees, followed by a open-to-all voting process for all finalists. Each category usually had between 5 to 10 finalists and some "Honorable Mentions" who did not make the cut.

All puzzles, hunts and creations released between [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021]] (inclusive) and before [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2022]] were eligible for submission, and the ceremony was conducted by Junkmail on 13 January 2022 with an open-to-all voting process for finalists.


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
Winners in each category are listed first and highlighted with boldface text. Remaining nominees (including some honorable mentions) are given in alphabetical order.

{| class="none" style="width:75%"
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Hunt of the Year
|-
|
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021]]'''
** '''[[Teammate Hunt 2021|Teammate Hunt 2021 (Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum)]] - Runner Up'''
** ''[[Huntinality 2021|Huntinality 2021 (Huntinality)]]''
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020|Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020 (20/20 Vision)]]''
** ''[[Puzzle Potluck 4]]''
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021]]''
** Honorable mentions:
*** ''[[QoDE Puzzle Hunt]]''
*** ''[[UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021|UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Art Heist)]]''

|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Short Hunt of the Year
|-
|
* '''[[Puzzle Potluck 4]]'''
** ''[[Huntinality 2021|Huntinality 2021 (Huntinality)]]''
** ''[[Hunt20 2.1 Puzzle Hunt]]''
** ''[[Paradox Puzzle Hunt]]''
** ''[[UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021| UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Art Heist)]]''
** Honorable mentions:
*** ''[[CMU Hunt Spring 2021|CMU Puzzle Hunt Spring 2021 (Pirate Hunt)]]''
*** ''[[Inexact Puzzle Hunt 2021]]''
*** ''[[Puzzle Rojak]]''

|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Presentation
|-
|
* '''[[Teammate Hunt 2021|Teammate Hunt 2021 (Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum)]]'''
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021]]''
** ''[[Puzzle Potluck 4]]''
** Honorable mentions:
*** ''[[Huntinality 2021|Huntinality 2021 (Huntinality)]]''
*** ''[[UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021| UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021 (Art Heist)]]''

|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Most Innovative Structure
|-
|
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Infinite Corridor|Infinite Corridor (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'''
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/⊥IW.giga|⊥IW.giga (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Microscope|Microscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]''
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Periscope|Periscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]''
** ''[[Puzzle Potluck 4]]''
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021|Teammate Hunt 2021 (Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum)]]''

|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Direction
|-
|
* '''[[Teammate Hunt 2021|Teammate Hunt 2021 (Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum)]]'''
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021]]''
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021]]''
** ''[[Puzzle Potluck 4]]''
** Honorable mentions:
*** ''[[Huntinality 2021|Huntinality 2021 (Huntinality)]]''
*** ''[[QoDE Puzzle Hunt]]''

|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Metapuzzle
|-
|
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Infinite Corridor|Infinite Corridor (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Jon Schneider</small>
** ''[[Puzzle Potluck 4/Bulletin Board|Bulletin Board (Puzzle Potluck 4)]]'' <small> - Curtis Liu, Darren Yin & Rajeev Nayak</small>
** ''[[QoDE Puzzle Hunt/Firefly & Mr. Freeze|Firefly & Mr. Freeze (QoDE Puzzle Hunt)]]'' <small> - Scott Handelman & Jonah Ostroff (ft. Adam Maresca)</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Hall of Mirrors|Hall of Mirrors (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jacqui Fashimpaur, Liam Thomas & Samuel Yeom</small>
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Periscope|Periscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Lewis Chen, Jon Schneider & Anderson Wang</small>
** Honorable mentions:
*** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Getting Going|Getting Going (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51</small>
*** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Microscope|Microscope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Rahul Sridhar, Lewis Chen, Colin Lu & Anderson Wang</small>
*** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Random Hall|Random Hall (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Colin Lu, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Robert Tunney & Anderson Wang</small>
*** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Telescope|Telescope (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Jon Schneider with additional contributions by Brian Chen, Colin Lu, Rahul Sridhar & Anderson Wang</small>
*** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Tunnels|Tunnels (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Anderson Wang, Charles Tam, Curtis Chou, Jon Schneider & Lewis Chen</small>

|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Feeder Puzzle
|-
|
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Circular Reasoning|Circular Reasoning (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Anderson Wang, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen & Robert Tunney</small>
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Lewis Chen & Anderson Wang</small>
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/The Meta Meta Meta ... Puzzle|The Meta Meta Meta ... Puzzle (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Yannick Yao</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Nutraumatic|Nutraumatic (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jakob Weisblat & Rahul Sridhar</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Re-Actions|Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51 & Deusovi</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Time of Your Life|Time of Your Life (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jacqui Fashimpaur</small>
** Honorable mentions:
*** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000116|1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000116 (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Lewis Chen</small>

|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Most Elegant Puzzle
|-
|
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Circular Reasoning|Circular Reasoning (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Anderson Wang, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen & Robert Tunney</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/The Bazaar|The Bazaar (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Herman Chau & Joanna Sands</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Clusters|Clusters (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Charles Tam & Robert Tunney</small>
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Lewis Chen & Anderson Wang</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/MacGregor House|MacGregor House (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Alan Huang, Colin Lu & Rahul Sridhar</small>
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/The Meta Meta Meta ... Puzzle|The Meta Meta Meta ... Puzzle (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Yannick Yao</small>
** ''[[QoDE Puzzle Hunt/Minor Differences|Minor Differences (QoDE Puzzle Hunt)]]'' <small> - Nick Mitchell</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Re-Actions|Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51 & Deusovi</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Symbolic Table|Symbolic Table (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Olga Vinogradova</small>

|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Nuovo Award for Puzzling Innovation
|-
|
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Infinite Corridor|Infinite Corridor (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Jon Schneider</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/All That's Left To Do Is Extract|All That's Left To Do Is Extract (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Ivan Wang, Alex Irpan & Rachel Wei</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Mystery Manor|Mystery Manor]] & [[Teammate Hunt 2021/Remember to Hydrate!|Remember to Hydrate! (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Ivan Wang, Rachel Wei, Christopher Reyes & Liam Thomas</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Nutraumatic|Nutraumatic (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jakob Weisblat & Rahul Sridhar</small>
** ''[[Huntinality 2021/Wah-Street Bets|Wah-Street Bets (Huntinality 2021)]]'' <small> - Benji Nguyen, Dan Simon & Ryan Liu</small>
** Honorable mentions:
*** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Bingo|Bingo (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jakob Weisblat, Joanna Sands & Rahul Sridhar</small>
*** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Lewis Chen & Anderson Wang</small>

|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Introductory Puzzle
|-
|
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Hey, Can You Give Me A Hand With This Puzzle?|Hey, Can You Give Me A Hand With This Puzzle? (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Colin Lu, Jakob Weisblat, Leon Zhou & Lillian McKinley</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/✏️✉️➡️3️⃣5️⃣1️⃣➖6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣➖6️⃣6️⃣5️⃣5️⃣|✏️✉️➡️3️⃣5️⃣1️⃣➖6️⃣6️⃣6️⃣➖6️⃣6️⃣5️⃣5️⃣ (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Anderson Wang, Ben Yang, Jakob Weisblat & Lewis Chen</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Don't Let Me Down|Don't Let Me Down (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Anderson Wang</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Exactly|Exactly (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Evan Chen, Curtis Chou, Linus Strese, Anderson Wang & Jakob Weisblat</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/If You Give...|If You Give... (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - mstang</small>
** ''[[QoDE Puzzle Hunt/Qatalog|Qatalog (QoDE Puzzle Hunt)]]'' <small> - Jonah Ostroff</small>

|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Funniest Puzzle
|-
|
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/MacGregor House|MacGregor House (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Alan Huang, Colin Lu & Rahul Sridhar</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Meta-Eval Times|Meta-Eval Times]] & [[Teammate Hunt 2021/Pin The Tail|Pin The Tail (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Andrew He, Katie Dunn, Catherine Wu & Patrick Xia</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/The Minimeta That Goes Wrong|The Minimeta That Goes Wrong (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Objection!|Objection! (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Alex Irpan & Ivan Wang</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/So You Think You Can Count|So You Think You Can Count (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Charles Tam</small>
** Honorable mentions:
*** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Six Feet Under|Six Feet Under (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51</small>
*** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Solving Pumpkin Patch with NO Given Pumpkins?!|Solving Pumpkin Patch with NO Given Pumpkins?!]] & [[Teammate Hunt 2021/Menagerial Problems|Menagerial Problems (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Brian Lee, Joanna Sands, Patrick Xia, Edgar Chen & Ivan Wang</small>

|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Twist on a Classic Style
|-
|
* '''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Dropcrypt|Dropcrypt (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]''' <small> - Colin Lu, Jon Schneider, Anderson Wang & Robert Tunney</small>
** ''[[Puzzle Rojak/Drop Tower|Drop Tower (Puzzle Rojak)]]'' <small> - Jonathan</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/One Size Fits All|One Size Fits All (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jon Schneider</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Overdone|Overdone (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Re-Actions|Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51 & Deusovi</small>
** Honorable mention:
*** ''[[Inexact Puzzle Hunt 2021/Haunted House|Haunted House (Inexact Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Zach</small>

|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Word Puzzle
|-
|
* '''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Circular Reasoning|Circular Reasoning (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Anderson Wang, Jakob Weisblat, Jon Schneider, Lewis Chen & Robert Tunney</small>
** ''[[Puzzle Potluck 4/Bulletin Board|Bulletin Board (Puzzle Potluck 4)]]'' <small> - Curtis Liu, Darren Yin & Rajeev Nayak</small>
** ''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Dropcrypt|Dropcrypt (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]'' <small> - Colin Lu, Jon Schneider, Anderson Wang & Robert Tunney</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/PClueRS|PClueRS (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Chris Jones</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Re-Actions|Re-Actions (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Level 51 & Deusovi</small>

|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Logic Puzzle
|-
|
* '''[[Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020/Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer (Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020)]]''' <small> - Lewis Chen, Anderson Wang</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/Chimera|Chimera (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - lovemathboy</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Fun With Sudoku|Fun With Sudoku (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Josh Alman & Mitchell Lee</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Ignorance|Ignorance (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jon Schneider, Brian Chen, Mitchell Lee & Xander Hughes</small>
** ''[[QoDE Puzzle Hunt/Poison Ivy|Poison Ivy (QoDE Puzzle Hunt)]]'' <small> - Scott Handelman, Jonah Ostroff & Adam Maresca</small>
** ''[[Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021/RED SUS|RED SUS (Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - lovemathboy & chaotic_iak</small>
** ''[[CMU Hunt Fall 2021/STOP DOING LOGIC PUZZLES|STOP DOING LOGIC PUZZLES (CMU Puzzle Hunt Fall 2021)]]'' <small> - Kevin Zhou/Kaz</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Symbolic Table|Symbolic Table (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]''<small> by Olga Vinogradova
</small>
|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Interactive Puzzle
|-
|
* '''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Mystery Manor|Mystery Manor]] & [[Teammate Hunt 2021/Remember to Hydrate!|Remember to Hydrate! (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]''' <small> - Ivan Wang, Rachel Wei, Christopher Reyes & Liam Thomas</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Beep Arcade|Beep Arcade (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Herman Chau & David Hashe</small>
** ''[[Teammate Hunt 2021/Meta-Eval Times|Meta-Eval Times]] & [[Teammate Hunt 2021/Pin The Tail|Pin The Tail (Teammate Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Andrew He, Katie Dunn, Catherine Wu & Patrick Xia</small>
** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/So You Think You Can Count|So You Think You Can Count (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Charles Tam</small>
** ''[[Huntinality 2021/Wah-Street Bets|Wah-Street Bets (Huntinality 2021)]]'' <small> - Benji Nguyen, Dan Simon & Ryan Liu</small>
** Honorable mention:
*** ''[[MIT Mystery Hunt 2021/Nutraumatic|Nutraumatic (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)]]'' <small> - Jakob Weisblat and Rahul Sridhar</small>

|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Best Non-Puzzle Contribution to the Community
|-
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* '''The Projection Device (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)'''
** ''Character Witness'' <small> - Level 51</small>
** ''Cypher House''
** ''Dropquote Solver'' <small> - CJ Quines</small>
** ''Google Sheets Puzzle Tricks'' <small> - Jonah Ostroff</small>
** ''Meta Data'' <small> - CJ Quines</small>
** ''Noq'' <small> - Michael Tang & Jenna H.</small>
** ''Puzzlehunt.net'' <small> - Betaveros</small>
** ''Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later'' <small> - CJ Quines</small>

|-
! style="background-color:#EEDD82" | Delayed Award for Making Puzzle Hunts Better
|-
|
* '''gph site''' (This was a non nominated special award)
|}

== External links ==
* [https://discord.gg/BxqJbRGKND Link] to the Discord server for the ceremony

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[[Category:Bravo Awards]]
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Latest revision as of 13:56, 14 February 2024

See also: Bravo Awards

The 1st Bravo Awards, then called just Bravo Awards were a Discord-based award ceremony. They were intended to celebrate all things puzzlehunt related in 2021.

All puzzles, hunts and creations released between MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 (inclusive) and before MIT Mystery Hunt 2022 were eligible for submission, and the ceremony was conducted by Junkmail on 13 January 2022 with an open-to-all voting process for finalists.

Awards[edit | edit source]

Winners in each category are listed first and highlighted with boldface text. Remaining nominees (including some honorable mentions) are given in alphabetical order.

Hunt of the Year
Short Hunt of the Year
Best Presentation
Most Innovative Structure
Best Direction
Best Metapuzzle
Best Feeder Puzzle
Most Elegant Puzzle
Nuovo Award for Puzzling Innovation
Best Introductory Puzzle
Funniest Puzzle
Best Twist on a Classic Style
Best Word Puzzle
Best Logic Puzzle

Best Interactive Puzzle
Best Non-Puzzle Contribution to the Community
  • The Projection Device (MIT Mystery Hunt 2021)
    • Character Witness - Level 51
    • Cypher House
    • Dropquote Solver - CJ Quines
    • Google Sheets Puzzle Tricks - Jonah Ostroff
    • Meta Data - CJ Quines
    • Noq - Michael Tang & Jenna H.
    • Puzzlehunt.net - Betaveros
    • Two hundred puzzles, fifty weeks later - CJ Quines
Delayed Award for Making Puzzle Hunts Better
  • gph site (This was a non nominated special award)

External links[edit | edit source]

  • Link to the Discord server for the ceremony
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