Plugh
Plugh is a team that participates in online hunts. The team was formed in 2006 to play the Sekkrets Puzzle Hunt, winning the hunt. Since then, the team has been very successful in online hunts in the late 2000's and early 2010's, especially in Australian hunts. The group is the core of the MIT Mystery Hunt team Team To Be Named Later.
History[edit | edit source]
The team was formed in 2006 to play the Sekkrets Puzzle Hunt.[1] The name plugh comes from the text adventure Colossal Cave Adventure, where it is a magic word, as a different magic word in the same game, "plover", is the surname of one of the founding members. A third magic word in the game, "xyzzy", has also been used as a separate subteam name at times. The pronunciation of "plugh" is uncertain, leading to subteam names often being of the form plugh (pronounced X), where X has been, at times, "plug", "pluff", "plough", and others.
Past hunt performances[edit | edit source]
| Date | Hunt | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-28 | Shardhunt | 15 | |
| 2023-06-02 | ABCDEFG | 14 | |
| 2023-05-06 | Microsoft Puzzlehunt 2023 | 9 | as Plughology 101 |
| 2023-02-10 | Grand Hunt | 10 | as Plughed in |
| 2022-08-26 | Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2022 | 25 | as Multiplugh Choice Questions Please |
| 2022-06-18 | Huntinality 2022 | 25 | |
| 2022-04-15 | Quantum Online Puzzle Hunt | 15 | |
| 2021-12-18 | Puzzle Rojak 1 | 17 | |
| 2021-12-04 | Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 | 9 | as Jigglyplugh (Team ❄️) |
| 2021-10-01 | Teammate Hunt 2021 | 17 | as Plugh Jackman is... The Greatest Plughman |
| 2021-09-10 | QoDE Puzzle Hunt | 11 | as Plugh in next week, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel |
| 2021-08-21 | Puzzle Potluck 4 | 22 | |
| 2021-07-23 | Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020 | 12 | as Plughrry |
| 2021-05-29 | Huntinality 2021 | 8 | as plugh (pronounced WAH) |
| 2021-01-02 | UMD Puzzle Hunt 2021 | 27 | as E Plughribus Unum |
| 2020-12-12 | CRUMS Puzzle Hunt 2020 | 8 | as Crums and Plughnishment |
| 2020-12-12 | CRUMS Puzzle Hunt 2020 | 26 | as Plugh and Crumpets |
| 2020-10-23 | Teammate Hunt 2020 | 26 | as All the Toms (pronounced plugh) |
| 2020-10-23 | Teammate Hunt 2020 | 27 | as Happy Birthday To Plugh |
| 2020-07-25 | Smogon Puzzle Hunt 2020 | 10 | as Hugh plugh |
| 2020-07-25 | Smogon Puzzle Hunt 2020 | 12 | as Hough plugh |
| 2019-08-07 | MUMS Puzzle Hunt 2019 | 13 | as plugh (pronounced ploug) |
| 2019-03-15 | Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2019 | 7 | as Plugh (pronounced Blue) |
| 2018-07-02 | SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2018 | 2 | as Plugh (pronounced pluff) |
| 2018-07-02 | SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2018 | 5 | as Plugh (pronounced ploog) |
| 2018-07-02 | SUMS Puzzle Hunt 2018 | 25 | as Plugh (pronounced plough) |
| 2018-03-16 | Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2018 | 4 | as Plugholate chip cookies |
