Mystery Hunt 2008 is over.
This year I had to hunt from Berkeley due to thesis pressures by keeping in touch via AIM and Skype. Staying awake for a long time to work is much harder when nobody else is around to help keep the energy up. But sleeping 3 hours in your own bed is about four times as rejuvenating as sleeping 3 hours on a couch or floor.
Just one observation for now : infinitely ascending chains of cryptic crosswords with interchangeable clues are awesome. But try not to pay attention to them when they start talking to you.
January 22, 2008 at 11:41 am
But if you hadn’t listened to it, it wouldn’t have told you the answer, now would it have?
I wish I hadn’t had to sleep in the middle of that puzzle. Definitley one of those puzzles that just leaves you in awe of the constructor. But I really, really needed to sleep them.
January 23, 2008 at 11:30 am
I’m also sorry that I left you to go sleep. And that we screwed up the first level — I probably would have been able to stay up for the final solution if we hadn’t.