Villians spotted at Melbourne University!

April 10, 2011 10:42 PM

The annual Melbourne University Puzzle Hunt is back - and this time they need your help fending off villians with your puzzle-solving abilities. Anyone from anywhere in the world can compete in teams of 1 to 10 people (or you can see the puzzles for yourself and play at home).

It officially starts today (April 11) but anyone can register at any time. Puzzles are released at noon Melbourne time, with hints for the previous day's puzzles. If your team wins, you need someone from Melbourne in your team to pick up prizes.

posted by divabat (7 comments total)

It pleases me that the documents are set in TeX :)
posted by bullox at 2:34 AM on April 11, 2011

This is great, how did I not know of this? And it looks like you can look at the puzzles for previous years too, which means plenty of casual-time solving! Nice, much appreciated!

Anyone want to start a MeFi team? :)
posted by hincandenza at 2:41 AM on April 11, 2011

I can be your Melbourne-based prize collector :D
posted by Trivia Newton John at 3:05 AM on April 11, 2011

Pleased to see this on the blue! The team I was in a few years back was the first to solve the puzzle, but we couldn't find the treasure before the second placed team.
posted by Joe Chip at 5:09 AM on April 11, 2011

jacalata, I, and a Twitter friend are in a team; we can take up to 7 more people. If you don't mind being in a team called Creatrixes of Awesome MefiMail me your name and email address.
posted by divabat at 5:39 AM on April 11, 2011

The eyes/shapes in the Sterope puzzle -- are they from logos? I know I recognize the second to last one.
posted by Rock Steady at 9:20 AM on April 11, 2011

Nevermind, I've got that one. If you want to know, let me join your team!
posted by Rock Steady at 10:50 AM on April 11, 2011