Setec Astronomy
Setec Astronomy is a team that participates in the MIT Mystery Hunt. Formed in 1996 by then-graduate student Chris Morse, Setec Astronomy is one of the longest running and successful MIT Mystery Hunt teams, having won the 1999, 2001, 2004, 2016, and 2018 MIT Mystery Hunts, therefore hosting the 2000, 2002, 2005, 2017, and 2019 hunts. The team size is about 60 people, and is still mostly composed of friends and friends-of-friends of Chris Morse.[1]
The name of the team comes from the 1992 film Sneakers, where a plot point is that "Setec Astronomy" is an anagram of "Too Many Secrets". After hosting three times in a short period of time, some team members publicly stated that they hoped not to win for many years (including a rumored "take a drink after every solve" policy which was not actually implemented but has become part of Hunt community lore). This led the team to temporarily take in past Mystery Hunt constructors who did not wish to write again, leading to the team getting a reputation of being the Mystery Hunt Retirement Home. This has also been parodied on at least one occasion, in the 2010 MIT Mystery Hunt. Setec Astronomy enlisted the help of some members of Immoral, Illegal & Fattening to help write the 2019 MIT Mystery Hunt.
Hunt performances[edit | edit source]
| Date | Hunt | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-14 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2022 | 10 | |
| 2021-01-15 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 | 12 | |
| 2020-01-17 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2020 | 7 | as setec |
| 2019-01-18 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2019 | Host | |
| 2018-01-12 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2018 | 1 | |
| 2017-01-13 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2017 | Host | |
| 2016-01-15 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2016 | 1 | |
| 2015-01-16 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2015 | 6 | |
| 2014-01-10 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2014 | 9 | |
| 2013-01-11 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2013 | 10 | as Setec |
| 2012-01-13 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2012 | 7 | |
| 2011-01-14 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2011 | 8 |
