Game Summary:
Technically, this was not really a full-scale game, but it qualifies
in nature and spirit. This one was entirely on foot and in the city
of San Francisco, and we were only allowed a little over 6 hours to complete
the 17 clues. Each clue led us to a license plate whose numbers and
letters were recorded to prove we had been there. As it turned out,
we did quite well this time- not only did our team eat far more bagels
than any of the other team before we starting, but we were even convinced
we had won until the final results were announced at the party. The
problem was, one of the license plates we found was left over from a previous
year, and we wrote it down (incorrectly) as one of the solutions for this
year. Too bad, too, because we may have kept looking during the 30
minutes we had left over at the end and pulled out the victory. We
were happy with our marked improvement though, and we had a great time
in the process once again.
Team Members: Rich Bragg (captain), Chris Cheng, Robert
Cheng, Dave Fisher, Mike Holzbaur, Kate Saul, Nathan Whiteside
Start Time: Saturday, July 28, 11:00 AM
Finish Time: Saturday, July 28, 5:29:54 PM (6:29:54 hours
elapsed)
Score: 16.0 (max 17.5)
Clues: Solved 15 of 17 clues (one was the wrong
license plate - see above, the other was the bonus clue that we walked
right by at the finish line!)
Awards: Most Clues Solved First (4), 5th Place- Regular
Division
Result: 5th out of 41 teams, Regular Division