Teammate Hunt 2021
| Teammate Hunt 2021 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Running Team | teammate |
| No. of Registered Teams | 497 |
| Winning Team | banALITY AND CIRcuses (Cardinality) |
| No. of Rounds | 2 |
| No. of Puzzles (Feeders and Metas) | 48 |
| Timeframe and Location | |
| Location | Online |
| Start Time | 2021-10-01 23:00 UTC |
| Finishing Time (Winning Team) | 2021-10-03 1:13:39 UTC |
| Official End Time | 2021-10-11 4:00 UTC |
| Links | |
| Hunt Link | Link |
| Wrapup Link | Link |
| Teammate Hunt Chronology | |
Teammate Hunt 2021, titled Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum, was the second iteration of the Teammate Hunt, run by teammate, which ran in early October, 2021. The hunt has a carnival theme, with teams following Matt and Emma by solving various puzzles themed around carnival attractions.
However, once the first pair of metas was solved, Matt & Emma each found themselves in another dimension, where any mention of the existence of the other twin was lost. At this point, solvers could switch between two different versions of the site ("Matt" and "Emma"). Any mention of the other twin on the site (both in text and in pictures) disappeared. Here, a signature element of the hunt came into play: Click to revealSome of the puzzles were each entangled with another puzzle from the other dimension. That is, each puzzle in an entangled pair required information or interaction from the other puzzle in order to solve it.
Plot[edit | edit source]
The story was conveyed mostly visually through art on the story page and the individual puzzle pages. A traveling carnival has arrived in town, and Matt and Emma were enjoying the carnival attractions, when they were eventually invited by the Magician to each enter a box to take part in a magic act (Magical and Entanglement metas).
Once they exited the boxes, however, they found themselves in a dark dimension, and were told that their twin sibling does not exist. Each of them solved puzzles in their own dimension, sometimes Click to revealworking together to solve cross-dimensional pairs of entangled puzzles, and tried to find the Magician. Once both of them fought the Magician in their respective dimensions (The Mystical Plaza and The Sword Swallowers metas), and solved the finale Hall of Mirrors, Matt and Emma returned to their home dimension and finally reunited.
Structure[edit | edit source]
Matt & Emma's Carnival Conundrum was divided into two main rounds. The second round was further divided into the Matt and Emma sub-rounds ("dimensions").
| Round Title | Number of Feeder Puzzles | Number of Metapuzzles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Act I | 9 | 2 | |
| Act II | Matt | 17 | 3 (one in each sub-round, and one unifying finale) |
| Emma | 17 | ||
List of Puzzles[edit | edit source]
Act I[edit | edit source]
- Itinerary
- Par Re-Sing
- Radio Noise
- Guessing Game
- Nonodropmasyu
- Objection!
- Tunnel of Lust
- Photobooth
- The Shooting Gallery
- Magical (Meta)
- Entanglement (Meta)
Act II (Matt side)[edit | edit source]
- Solving Pumpkin Patch with NO Given Pumpkins?!
- Suspicious Partner
- 🔗
- Beep Arcade
- Marquee Fonts
- Karaoke Machine
- Oxford Fiesta
- Symbolic Table
- Ring Toss
- Global Gift Shop
- Whirring of the Wheels
- Hexes and Spells
- Remember to Hydrate!
- Light Show
- Quick Response
- Contortionist's Act
- Pin the Tail
- The Mystical Plaza (Meta)
Act II (Emma side)[edit | edit source]
- All That's Left To Do Is Extract
- Menagerial Problems
- The Bazaar
- Souvenir Photos
- Time of Your Life
- DC Meet and Greet
- Pendulum Ride
- Unhealthy
- Plagiarism
- The Directory
- Mystery Manor
- Fun Testing softWare
- Monster Bash
- Tumbled Tower
- Human Pyramid
- Meta-Eval Times
- Single Elimination
- The Sword Swallowers (Meta)
Finale[edit | edit source]
- Hall of Mirrors (Meta)
Accolades[edit | edit source]
| Award | Date of Ceremony | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bravo Awards | January 13, 2022 | Best Presentation | Won |
| Bravo Awards | January 13, 2022 | Best Direction | Won |
| Bravo Awards | January 13, 2022 | Hunt of the Year | Runner-Up |
| Bravo Awards | January 13, 2022 | Most Innovative Structure | Nominated |
Leaderboard[edit | edit source]
| Rank | Team | Solves | Finish Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | banALITY AND CIRcuses | 48 | 2021-10-03 1:13:39 AM |
| 2 | ᢇ MONGOLIAN LETTER BALLOON ANIMAL | 48 | 2021-10-03 5:23:26 AM |
| 3 | 🦁🦁🦁 Galactic LionTAMErs 🦁🦁🦁 | 48 | 2021-10-03 6:08:59 AM |
| 4 | have you ATEMpted an egregious misspelling in order to fit a theme? | 42 | 2021-10-03 5:25:38 PM |
| 5 | ฒ THAI CHARACTER TAMED LION | 43 | 2021-10-03 9:52:38 PM |
| 6 | Carnivality | 48 | 2021-10-04 1:05:41 AM |
| 7 | The C@r@line Syzygy | 48 | 2021-10-04 1:55:01 AM |
| 8 | The Other Team | 42 | 2021-10-04 2:25:30 AM |
| 9 | Haringhappen 🎏 | 48 | 2021-10-04 5:55:13 AM |
| 10 | Legend of Polka Episode 25 #ポルカの伝説 | 48 | 2021-10-04 6:55:40 AM |
| 11 | 圀 CJK UNIFIED ESCAPE ARTIST | 48 | 2021-10-04 7:28:53 AM |
| 12 | 🎉 Partynality 🥳 | 42 | 2021-10-04 2:50:15 PM |
| 13 | Eggplant Parms | 43 | 2021-10-04 6:05:09 PM |
| 14 | Clown Entourage of /r/PictureGame | 48 | 2021-10-04 7:33:55 PM |
| 15 | It's Futileon! | 41 | 2021-10-05 12:59:16 AM |
| 16 | KaBaL | 44 | 2021-10-05 2:45:22 AM |
| 17 | Plugh Jackman is... The Greatest Plughman | 48 | 2021-10-05 5:19:03 AM |
| 18 | 17th Ring Toss Try's the Charm | 48 | 2021-10-05 6:23:02 AM |
| 19 | team_underscore | 46 | 2021-10-05 1:39:23 PM |
| 20 | pluru | 48 | 2021-10-05 3:24:47 PM |
| 21 | Send In the Qlowns | 48 | 2021-10-05 11:45:31 PM |
| 22 | Scott's Puzzly Festival | 45 | 2021-10-06 1:20:09 AM |
| 23 | Needlessly Eating Sword-swallowers | 48 | 2021-10-06 3:44:46 AM |
| 24 | Team Runpeng | 48 | 2021-10-06 4:19:25 AM |
| 25 | Send In The Llamas | 48 | 2021-10-06 4:33:13 AM |
| 26 | barbara kingsolver | 46 | 2021-10-06 5:15:14 AM |
| 27 | Pusheen Appreciation Society | 46 | 2021-10-06 7:28:05 AM |
| 28 | Duck Soup | 48 | 2021-10-06 8:55:27 AM |
| 29 | The Blob Wizards | 48 | 2021-10-06 10:08:27 PM |
| 30 | The Mystery Machine | 48 | 2021-10-07 1:29:03 AM |
