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'''Teams''', as they appear in [[puzzle hunts]], are groups of solvers working together to complete a hunt. Below is a list of teams that are known to either be active, or that have been active in the past.
'''Teams''', as they appear in [[puzzle hunts]], are groups of solvers working together to complete a hunt. Below is a '''list of teams''' that are known to either be active, or that have been active in the past.


Some teams have achieved notoriety within the puzzling community from writing one or more major hunts, by performing well in hunt leader-boards, by representing a specific university or location, or by having a unique gimmick. However, there is no notability requirement for teams to be listed here.
Some teams have achieved notoriety within the puzzling community from writing one or more major hunts, by performing well in hunt leader-boards, by representing a specific university or location, or by having a unique gimmick. However, there is no notability requirement for teams to be listed here.


Since team sizes for [[MIT Mystery Hunt]] are typically an order of magnitude larger than those for any other recurring hunt, large Mystery Hunt teams often divide into subteams for other hunts. Subteams and naming conventions for subteams should be listed in the "notes" column where relevant.
Since team sizes for [[MIT Mystery Hunt]] are typically an order of magnitude larger than those for any other recurring hunt, large Mystery Hunt teams often divide into subteams for other hunts. Subteams and naming conventions for subteams should be listed in the "notes" column where relevant.


== Active teams ==
== Active teams ==
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! Team Name !! Year of Formation !! Notes
! Team Name !! Year of Formation !! Notes
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| [[17th Shard]] || 2019||
|[[17th Shard]] || 2019 ||
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| [[3 emoji]] || ||
| [[Ange Management]] || 2018||Result of a split from Palindrome
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| [[Blob Wizards]] || ||
| [[☃︎]] || ||
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| [[Cardinality]] || ||
| [[Amateur Hour]] || ||
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| [[Central Services]] || ||
| [[Ange Management]] || 2018 || Result of a split from Palindrome
|-
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| [[BAH Interlopers]] || ||
| [[Codex]] || ||Team changes name to various different Codices
|-
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| [[Black Dynamite]] || ||
| [[Death & Mayhem]] || 2013 (in current form) ||Result of a merger of [[Death From Above]] and [[Project Electric Mayhem]]
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| [[Duck Soup]] || ||
| [[Blob Wizards]]
|data-sort-value=2019.5 | late 2019 - early 2020
||
|-
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| [[Eggplant Parms]] || ||
| [[Cardinality]] || 2020 (for MITMH) ||
|-
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| [[Central Services]] || 2008 || For smaller hunts, makes splinter teams with anagram names like "Scenic Travelers"
| [[Frumious Bandersnatch]] || ||
|-
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| [[Codex]] || 2002-2003? || Team changes name to various different Codices
| [[✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈]] || 2011 ||Airplanes are pronounced "Whoooosh" and "Nyeoooow", respectively
|-
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| [[Ghostbloods]] || ||
| [[Control Group]] || ||
|-
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| [[Halibut That Bass]] || ||
| [[DAVID ZENG + friends]] || ||
|-
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| [[Death and Mayhem]] || 2013 (in current form) || Result of a merger of [[Death From Above]] and [[Project Electric Mayhem]]
| [[Have you Tried]] || ||
|-
|-
| [[Herrings]] || ||
| [[Donner Party]] || ||
|-
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| [[Hunches in Bunches]] || 2015 ||Split-off from Random Hall team
| [[Duck Soup]] || 2008 ||
|-
|-
| [[Killer Chicken Bones]] || ||
| [[Eggplant Parms]] || 2018 ||
|-
|-
| [[ET Phone in Answer]] || 2014 ||
| [[Left Out]] || 2005 ||Team mostly from USA's Pacific "Left" coast
|-
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| [[Llama]] || ||
| [[Frumious Bandersnatch]] || 2007 ||
|-
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| [[✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈]] || 2011 || Airplanes are pronounced "Whoooosh" and "Nyeoooow", respectively
| [[Metaphysical Plant]] || 2006 ||Split-off from Random Hall team
|-
|-
| [[Mobius Strippers]] || ||
| [[Ghostbloods]] || 2021 ||
|-
|-
| [[NES]] || ||
| [[Grand Unified Theory of Love]] || ||
|-
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| [[Pluru]] || ||
| [[Halibut That Bass]] || 2008 ||
|-
|-
| [[Have you tried]] || 2018 ||
| [[Palindrome]] || 1995 ||Team changes name to various different palindromes
|-
|-
| [[Please Clap]] || ||
| [[Herrings]] || 2016 ||
|-
|-
| [[Hunches in Bunches]] || 2015 || Split-off from [[Random]] Hall team
| [[Plugh]] || ||
|-
|-
|[[Immoral, Illegal, and Fattening]] || 2004 || Split-off from [[ACME]], competed as "JMac's Birthday Party" for first year
| [[Pusheen Appreciation Society]] || ||
|-
|-
| [[Inert Oaken Heron]] || 2021 || Single person team
| [[Rage]] || 2014 ||Team changes name to various puns on the word "rage"
|-
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| [[Keep Puzzling]] || 2019 || Formed by a group of fans of ''Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes''
| [[r/PictureGame]] || ||
|-
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| [[Setec Astronomy]] || 1996 ||
| [[Killer Chicken Bones]] || 2009 ||
|-
|-
| [[Left Out]] || 2005 || Team mostly from USA's Pacific "Left" coast
| [[Setec Astronomy Total Landscaping]] || ||Team completely changes names for every MITMH; best known for writing the 2014 Mystery Hunt. "Setec Astronomy Total Landscaping" is their current name; they otherwise have no affiliation with Setec Astronomy.
|-
|-
| [[Les Gaulois]] || 2013 || French team (pronounced /lɛ ɡo.lwa/)
| [[Super Team Awesome]] || ||
|-
|-
| [[Synod]] || ||
| [[Libra Complexity]] || ||
|-
|-
| [[Literally Animal Farm]] || 2023 || Split off from [[Duck Soup]]
|[[Team Arithmancy]]
|2021
|Team which evolved from /r/Arithmancy, a Harry Potter puzzle subreddit
|-
|-
| [[Metaphysical Plant]] || 2003 or earlier || Original Random Hall team
| [[Team Eagle Time]] || ||
|-
|-
| [[MiaoMiaoMiao]] || 2020 || Mystical Illusion And Originality
| [[Team Puzzle Potluck Writing Squad]] || ||
|-
|-
| [[Mobius Strippers]] || ||
| [[Team To Be Named Later]] || 2018 ||Name has gradually grown longer over time; abbreviated as TTBNL
|-
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| [[Team VTubers]] || ||
| [[NES]] || 2019 ||
|-
|-
| [[Occam's Depilatory Gel]]
| [[Team_Underscore]] || ||
|1999
|Intermittently changed name over the years; aliases include: The Family Joules; Shirley! You're Choking Mr. Feynman!; Boson Buddies; The Large Hard-On Collider; Wobbly Hedghog Syndrome.
|-
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| [[Pluru]] || ||
| [[Teammate]] || 2018 (for MITMH) ||Often uses anagrams of TEAM in their team names
|-
|-
| [[Palindrome]] || 1995 || Team changes name to various different palindromes
| [[Test Solution Bees Ignore]] || 2019 (in current form) ||Result of merger of [[Test Solution Please Ignore]] and [[Aviation Laws]]
|-
|-
| [[Please Clap]] || ||
| [[The C@r@line Syzygy]] || 2019; 2021||Originally a two-person Mystery Hunt team in 2019; reformed as an open team for smaller hunts in 2021
|-
|-
| [[The Providence Transplantations]] || ||
| [[Plugh]] || 2006 ||
|-
|-
| [[Time Vultures]] || ||
| [[Pusheen Appreciation Society]] || 2015 or earlier ||
|-
|-
|[[QUWUbits]]
|[[Track: Coconut Pizza Hut]]
|2023
|Formed by members of UW Quizbowl. Often fields 1-3 smaller teams with "Coby Tran" in team name.
|-
| [[QuizzyDan]]
|2020
|2020
|Team formed from QuizzyDan's twitch streams. Often uses DAN as an acrostic in their team names.
|
|-
|-
| [[Rage]] || 2014 || Team changes name to various puns on the word "rage"
| [[⛎ UNICODE EQUIVALENCE]] || 2021 ||Often fields smaller teams named for misinterpretations of Unicode characters
|-
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| [[Random]] || 2010 || Newer Random Hall team, formed after [[Metaphysical Plant]]
| [[Up Late]] || ||
|-
| [[r/PictureGame]] || 2017 ||
|-
| [[Setec Astronomy]] || 1996 ||
|-
| [[Small Llama Malls]] || 2018 ||
|-
| [[Super Team Awesome]] || 2007 ||
|-
| [[Synod]] || ||
|-
| [[Team Eagle Time]] || 2013 ||
|-
| [[Team To Be Named Later]] || 2018 || Name has gradually grown longer over time; abbreviated as TTBNL
|-
| [[Team Copypasta]] || 2021 ||
|-
| [[Team_Underscore]] || ||
|-
| [[Team Unseen]] || ||
|-
| [[Teammate]] || 2015 (for online hunts), 2018 (for MITMH) || Often uses anagrams of TEAM in their team names
|-
| [[Test Solution Bees Ignore]] || 2019 (in current form) || Result of merger of [[Test Solution Please Ignore]] and [[Aviation Laws]]
|-
| [[The α-betical Order]] || 2020 ||
|-
| [[The C@r@line Syzygy]] || 2019; 2021 || Originally a two-person Mystery Hunt team in 2019; reformed as an open team for smaller hunts in 2021
|-
| [[The Lexingtons]] || ||
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| [[The Mathemagicians]] || 2021 || Team previously known as Team Arithmancy, which evolved from /r/Arithmancy, a Harry Potter puzzle subreddit
|-
| [[Setec Astronomy Total Landscaping|The MIT Mystery Hunt ✅]]|| 1996 || Team completely changes names for every MITMH; best known for writing the 2014 Mystery Hunt. "The MIT Mystery Hunt ✅" was their name for MITMH 2023.
|-
| [[The Providence Transplantations]] || 2011 ||
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| [[The Puzzle Potluck Crew]] || 2016; 2018 ||
|-
| [[Time Vultures]] || 2011 ||
|-
| [[Track: Coconut Pizza Hut]] || 2020 ||
|-
| [[⛎ UNICODE EQUIVALENCE]] || 2021 || Often fields smaller teams named for misinterpretations of Unicode characters
|-
| [[Up Late]] || 2000 ||
|-
| [[(URGENT)|[URGENT]]] || 2019 ||
|-
| [[Vehemence]] || 2022 || team of ARG/unfiction enthusiasts
|-
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| [[Weird Lex and the Aladdin Chickenshackers]] || 2020 || Pandemic team from the Broken Buzzer and Liquid Kourage trivia communities
| [[Weird Lex and the Aladdin Chickenshackers]] || 2020 || Pandemic team from the Broken Buzzer and Liquid Kourage trivia communities
|-
|-
| [[weeklies.enigmatics.org]] || 2021 || Small team born from a discord community about online riddles
|[https://www.puzzles.wiki/wiki/Weeklies.enigmatics.org weeklies.enigmatics.org]
|2021
|Small team born from a discord community about online riddles
|-
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| [[Wafflehaüs]] || ||
| [[Wafflehaüs]] || 2004 ||
|}
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! Team Name !! Year of Formation !! Year of Disbanding !! Notes
! Team Name !! Year of Formation !! Year of Disbanding !! Notes
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| [[ACME]] || 1998 || 2003 || Split off from [[Palindrome (Team)|Palindrome]] under the name Iliaphay, renamed to ACME to run [[MIT Mystery Hunt 1999]]. Disbanded after running [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2003]]. Partially reformed in 2007 before rejoining [[Codex]].
| [[Aviation Laws]] || ??? || 2019 || Merged into [[Test Solution Bees Ignore]]
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| [[ACRONYM]] || 2003 || 2006 ||
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| [[ADPhi]] || 2010 || 2016 || Merged into [[Frumious Bandersnatch]]
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| [[Aviation Laws]] || 2017 || 2019 (MITMH only) || Merged with [[Test Solution Please Ignore]] to form [[Test Solution Bees Ignore]]
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| [[Beginner's Luck]] || 2009 || 2016 || Disbanded after writing [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2016]]; reformed as [[Team To Be Named Later]]
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| [[Death From Above]] || 2004 || 2013 || Merged with [[Project Electric Mayhem]] to form [[Death and Mayhem]]
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| [[Groovytron]] || 2008 || 2014 ||
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| [[Lake Effect Snow]] || 2005 || 2008 || Split into [[Just for the Halibut]] and [[Grand Unified Theory of Love]]
|-
|-
| [[Test Solution Please Ignore]] || ??? || 2019 || Merged into [[Test Solution Bees Ignore]]
| [[Manic Sages]] || 2004 || 2013 || Disbanded after writing [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2013]]; reformed as [[Rage]]
|-
|-
| [[Beginner's Luck]] || 2009 || 2016 || Disbanded after writing [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2016]]
| [[Project Electric Mayhem]] || 2003 || 2013 || Merged with [[Death From Above]] to form [[Death and Mayhem]]
|-
|-
| [[Manic Sages]] || 2004 || 2013 || Disbanded after writing [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2013]]
| [[Pturnips]] || 2003 || 2006 || Reformed as [[Central Services]]
|-
|-
| [[Death From Above]] || ??? || 2013 || Merged into [[Death and Mayhem]]
| [[Silly Hat Brigade]] || 2007 || 2011 || Merged into [[Up Late]]
|-
|-
| [[Project Electric Mayhem]] || ??? || 2013 || Merged into [[Death and Mayhem]]
| [[Test Solution Please Ignore]] || 2014 || 2019 || Merged with [[Aviation Laws]] to form [[Test Solution Bees Ignore]]
|-
|-
| [[The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb At Midnight]] || 2006 || 2009 || Disbanded after writing [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2009]]
| [[The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb At Midnight]] || 2006 || 2009 || Disbanded after writing [[MIT Mystery Hunt 2009]]

Latest revision as of 05:56, 28 February 2024

Teams, as they appear in puzzle hunts, are groups of solvers working together to complete a hunt. Below is a list of teams that are known to either be active, or that have been active in the past.

Some teams have achieved notoriety within the puzzling community from writing one or more major hunts, by performing well in hunt leader-boards, by representing a specific university or location, or by having a unique gimmick. However, there is no notability requirement for teams to be listed here.

Since team sizes for MIT Mystery Hunt are typically an order of magnitude larger than those for any other recurring hunt, large Mystery Hunt teams often divide into subteams for other hunts. Subteams and naming conventions for subteams should be listed in the "notes" column where relevant.

Active teams[edit | edit source]

Team Name Year of Formation Notes
17th Shard 2019
3 emoji
☃︎
Amateur Hour
Ange Management 2018 Result of a split from Palindrome
BAH Interlopers
Black Dynamite
Blob Wizards late 2019 - early 2020
Cardinality 2020 (for MITMH)
Central Services 2008 For smaller hunts, makes splinter teams with anagram names like "Scenic Travelers"
Codex 2002-2003? Team changes name to various different Codices
Control Group
DAVID ZENG + friends
Death and Mayhem 2013 (in current form) Result of a merger of Death From Above and Project Electric Mayhem
Donner Party
Duck Soup 2008
Eggplant Parms 2018
ET Phone in Answer 2014
Frumious Bandersnatch 2007
✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ 2011 Airplanes are pronounced "Whoooosh" and "Nyeoooow", respectively
Ghostbloods 2021
Grand Unified Theory of Love
Halibut That Bass 2008
Have you tried 2018
Herrings 2016
Hunches in Bunches 2015 Split-off from Random Hall team
Immoral, Illegal, and Fattening 2004 Split-off from ACME, competed as "JMac's Birthday Party" for first year
Inert Oaken Heron 2021 Single person team
Keep Puzzling 2019 Formed by a group of fans of Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Killer Chicken Bones 2009
Left Out 2005 Team mostly from USA's Pacific "Left" coast
Les Gaulois 2013 French team (pronounced /lɛ ɡo.lwa/)
Libra Complexity
Literally Animal Farm 2023 Split off from Duck Soup
Metaphysical Plant 2003 or earlier Original Random Hall team
MiaoMiaoMiao 2020 Mystical Illusion And Originality
Mobius Strippers
NES 2019
Occam's Depilatory Gel 1999 Intermittently changed name over the years; aliases include: The Family Joules; Shirley! You're Choking Mr. Feynman!; Boson Buddies; The Large Hard-On Collider; Wobbly Hedghog Syndrome.
Pluru
Palindrome 1995 Team changes name to various different palindromes
Please Clap
Plugh 2006
Pusheen Appreciation Society 2015 or earlier
QUWUbits 2023 Formed by members of UW Quizbowl. Often fields 1-3 smaller teams with "Coby Tran" in team name.
QuizzyDan 2020 Team formed from QuizzyDan's twitch streams. Often uses DAN as an acrostic in their team names.
Rage 2014 Team changes name to various puns on the word "rage"
Random 2010 Newer Random Hall team, formed after Metaphysical Plant
r/PictureGame 2017
Setec Astronomy 1996
Small Llama Malls 2018
Super Team Awesome 2007
Synod
Team Eagle Time 2013
Team To Be Named Later 2018 Name has gradually grown longer over time; abbreviated as TTBNL
Team Copypasta 2021
Team_Underscore
Team Unseen
Teammate 2015 (for online hunts), 2018 (for MITMH) Often uses anagrams of TEAM in their team names
Test Solution Bees Ignore 2019 (in current form) Result of merger of Test Solution Please Ignore and Aviation Laws
The α-betical Order 2020
The C@r@line Syzygy 2019; 2021 Originally a two-person Mystery Hunt team in 2019; reformed as an open team for smaller hunts in 2021
The Lexingtons
The Mathemagicians 2021 Team previously known as Team Arithmancy, which evolved from /r/Arithmancy, a Harry Potter puzzle subreddit
The MIT Mystery Hunt ✅ 1996 Team completely changes names for every MITMH; best known for writing the 2014 Mystery Hunt. "The MIT Mystery Hunt ✅" was their name for MITMH 2023.
The Providence Transplantations 2011
The Puzzle Potluck Crew 2016; 2018
Time Vultures 2011
Track: Coconut Pizza Hut 2020
⛎ UNICODE EQUIVALENCE 2021 Often fields smaller teams named for misinterpretations of Unicode characters
Up Late 2000
[URGENT] 2019
Vehemence 2022 team of ARG/unfiction enthusiasts
Weird Lex and the Aladdin Chickenshackers 2020 Pandemic team from the Broken Buzzer and Liquid Kourage trivia communities
weeklies.enigmatics.org 2021 Small team born from a discord community about online riddles
Wafflehaüs 2004

Defunct teams[edit | edit source]

Team Name Year of Formation Year of Disbanding Notes
ACME 1998 2003 Split off from Palindrome under the name Iliaphay, renamed to ACME to run MIT Mystery Hunt 1999. Disbanded after running MIT Mystery Hunt 2003. Partially reformed in 2007 before rejoining Codex.
ACRONYM 2003 2006
ADPhi 2010 2016 Merged into Frumious Bandersnatch
Aviation Laws 2017 2019 (MITMH only) Merged with Test Solution Please Ignore to form Test Solution Bees Ignore
Beginner's Luck 2009 2016 Disbanded after writing MIT Mystery Hunt 2016; reformed as Team To Be Named Later
Death From Above 2004 2013 Merged with Project Electric Mayhem to form Death and Mayhem
Groovytron 2008 2014
Lake Effect Snow 2005 2008 Split into Just for the Halibut and Grand Unified Theory of Love
Manic Sages 2004 2013 Disbanded after writing MIT Mystery Hunt 2013; reformed as Rage
Project Electric Mayhem 2003 2013 Merged with Death From Above to form Death and Mayhem
Pturnips 2003 2006 Reformed as Central Services
Silly Hat Brigade 2007 2011 Merged into Up Late
Test Solution Please Ignore 2014 2019 Merged with Aviation Laws to form Test Solution Bees Ignore
The Evil Midnight Bombers What Bomb At Midnight 2006 2009 Disbanded after writing MIT Mystery Hunt 2009
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