The 8th edition of BANG!, the Bay Area Night Game, was held on September 18th, 2004, in the Haight district of San Francisco. 26 teams turned out to participate, and each team solved 10 puzzles and found 10 locations on their way to the finish line.
There were two divisions available to teams: recreational and expert. The puzzles were very similar for the divisions, except that expert puzzles offered less in the way of instructions on how to proceed. Also, puzzle #7 was completely different for each division, though each did involve playing cards.
Teams began the night with a start game, which involved word associations. Two members from each team were given one word each, and the goal was for each person to find their matching word amongst the group of 52 start game participants. The matching process went much more quickly than expected, and the start game was over lickety-split in 2 minutes flat.
The start envelopes contained 4 puzzles. Teams were then given 2 puzzles at each of locations #4, #6, and #8. The solution to puzzle #10, our Uber-Puzzle involving 7 multi-colored 8's, took teams to the finish line at Martin Mack's on Haight Street. Hints were posted on telephone poles and in business windows throughout the course, usually at a distance of 3-4 blocks from where teams were working on puzzles.
Congratulations to recreational team "Everyone Loves Nutella" for winning Bang H8!. They, in conjunction with our expert division winners "The Burninators," will be hosting a future Bang! event, likely Bang #10. Next race: "Kittens, Kittens, Kittens" - winners of Bang #7 - will be hosting Bang #9 in Berkeley in October. Watch the Yahoo! group for the announcment.
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The Puzzles
Puzzle #1 - Cookie Monster! Puzzle #2 - Into The Night Puzzle #3 - Oh Domino! Rec - Expert Puzzle #4 - Toss the J Rec - Expert Puzzle #5 - Carport Cacophony Puzzle #6 - The First Letters Puzzle #7 - Cards - Expert Puzzle #8 - About Haight Street Puzzle #9 - Picture This Puzzle #10 - Uber-Puzzle Rec - Expert |
Other Supplies
Official Map Reference Sheet Answer Location Sheet Answer Sheet Start Game Puzzle #5 Sound File (mp3) --- coming soon --- Puzzle Solutions Puzzle #1 - Puzzle #2 Puzzle #3 - Puzzle #4 Puzzle #5 - Puzzle #6 Puzzle #7 - Puzzle #8 Puzzle #9 - Puzzle #10 |
Pictures
Dave at start Greg at location #4 Garage solvers Team on the move P7 for expert The Burninators More cards/chips Angry Monkeys at work
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Event Coordinators
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David Alyea - race director, puzzle designer, course layout Greg deBeer - head creative, puzzle designer, sound engineer Bonnie Carroll - registration, start game, production Jay Miller - start game, production, course management Brad Goodson - start game, finish line, event timing |
Rich Bragg - puzzle testing Lara Weinstein - puzzle testing Chris Chan - puzzle testing |
Recreational Division
| 1. | 9:59 | Everyone Loves Nutella |
| 2. | 10:06 | Look, Nerdlings |
| 3. | 10:30 | Warming Maylase |
| 4. | 10:50 | Man In Spandex |
| 5. | 10:55 | Kangaroo Kritters |
| 6. | 11:03 | Forks on Fire |
| 7. | 11:08 | Cold Burritos |
| 8. | 11:11 | Black Jelly Beanz |
| 9. | 11:31 | Groovy Ghoulies |
| 10. | 12:03 | Muhuhuhahaha |
| 11. | 12:24 | Team South Bay |
| 12. | DNF | --- |
Expert Division
| 1. | 10:10 | Burninators |
| 2. | 10:37 | JJ and the Jerks |
| 3. | 10:40 | Coed Astronomy |
| 4. | 11:05 | Weebles |
| 5. | 11:09 | Kittens, Kittens, Kittens |
| 6. | 11:10 | Statler |
| 7. | 11:24 | Angry Monkeys |
| 8. | 11:25 | Oberhashi |
| 9. | 11:36 | Blood & Bones |
| 10. | 11:42 | Waldorf |
| 11. | 11:56 | BAT |
| 12. | 12:00 | Team Fubstad |
| 13. | 12:30 | Fishstick Mess |
| 14. | DNF | --- |