The α-betical Order
The α-betical Order is a fully remote team that participates in the MIT Mystery Hunt and commonly fields smaller teams for other hunts as well.
History[edit | edit source]
The α-betical Order was formed in late 2020 to participate in the 2021 MIT Mystery Hunt under the name Is your king also your knight or is your king your king?, a reference to a moment from the last hunt some of the members had tried to solve. They continued using this method of picking a name based on a reference to the last hunt they did up until Teammate Hunt 2021. At that point, in an attempt to have a more unifying theme to their names, they used the name B Side Donks, an attempt to emulate the structure of "7th Beat Games," a reference to a video game company many of the members were in the community of. In their very next hunt, CMU Hunt Fall 2021, they used the name E-Mail Scams, establishing the naming scheme they still use today.
Naming Scheme[edit | edit source]
The team's naming scheme uses a two word phrase where the second word is a plural noun and the first word starts with a sounded out letter, which is separated from the rest of the word by a hyphen. For instance, their name for Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 was L-ectric Detectives, read as "Electric Detectives." Their general name, The α-betical Order, is thus read as "The Alphabetical Order."
Mystery Hunt Performances[edit | edit source]
| Date | Hunt | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-14 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2022 | 59 | as X-ile Helix |
| 2021-01-15 | MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 | 128 | as Is your king also your knight or is your king your king? |
Other Hunt Performances[edit | edit source]
| Date | Hunt | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-01 | Huntinality 3 | 42 | as Y-te Knights |
| 2023-12-01 | Huntinality 3 | 45 | as A-sop's Fables |
| 2023-07-28 | Shardhunt | 29 | as R-dent Librarians |
| 2023-06-02 | ABCDEFG | 23 | as α-Centauri Dispatch |
| 2023-05-06 | Microsoft Puzzlehunt 2023 | 36 | as U-niversity Students |
| 2022-10-08 | EC Puzzle Hunt 2022 | 40 | as C-nic Environments |
| 2022-08-26 | Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2022 | 37 | as A-Plus Students |
| 2022-06-18 | Huntinality 2022 | 92 | as M-ployer Benefits |
| 2022-04-15 | Quantum Online Puzzle Hunt | 46 | as Q-Bit Computers |
| 2021-12-18 | Puzzle Rojak 1 | 40 | as O-tak-otaks |
| 2021-12-04 | Silph Puzzle Hunt 2021 | 49 | as L-ectric Detectives (Team ⚡) |
| 2021-10-01 | Teammate Hunt 2021 | 31 | as B Side Donks |
| 2021-09-10 | QoDE Puzzle Hunt | 71 | as alaskapocalypse |
| 2021-07-23 | Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2020 | 145 | as ThE iNiTiAlS aRe ThE sAmE |
| 2021-05-08 | Paradox Puzzle Hunt 2021 | 62 | as that's not green, it's sand |
