Welcome to an easy introduction to The Hub Crawl!
(written and illustrated by Kirk kirkjerk Israel)
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The Hub Crawl is about taking photos of things, running around Boston, solving puzzles, and having fun!
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You should form a 4 person team to play the Hub Crawl. Everyone on the team should be physically able and ready to move across several of Boston's neighborhoods in 3 hours...
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You should have a cellphone! And maybe some water. And maybe some sunblock, too. And your team needs at least one digital camera - even a cellphone camera will do!
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At the day of the event, you and all the other Hub Crawlers will assemble HERE at the rally point. Check-in and meet some of the other teams!
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You need to pick a single Team Captain.
Your Team Captain will meet with the other captains and the Hub Crawl Ninja Staff to get your official packet.
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In your packet will be a list of things to photograph, divided into various neighborhoods in Boston.
(You have to take a photograph of the thing in the neighborhood it's listed under!)
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There are two kinds of photo-captures that make up the bulk of the game: standard (worth 100 points) and challenge (which are harder to find and worth 200)
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but wait... you get MORE POINTS the more team members you have in the photo! 25 points person, in fact.
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So how do you do that? Popular strategies are: the MySpace pose! |
Ask a friendly street vendor or a passerby (who's not a crook!)
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have a tripod with you and use your camera's auto-timer
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Have a camera or camera phone where you can see the photo as you take it and jam all those heads in there!
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Now, the list has a lot of items. If you're really fast, MAYBE you can keep all 4 of your teammates together and go for the full member bonus!
Or MAYBE you should split up, and try to cover more ground!
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But remember-- the Hub Crawl is no ordinary photohunt. There are also PUZZLES!
Besides the two kinds of photo-captures, there's also the TOKEN photo-capture.
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Solving each puzzle reveals the location of a "token", a sticker or piece of paper that has been set up somewhere in the neighborhood its listed under.
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Tokens are worth a lot when you photo-capture them -- 300 points!
(If you think a token is really and truly missing, please contact the hunt staff immedediately)
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Plus each token has a hint - a piece of another, bigger puzzle.
Capture all the tokens and it will spell out the details of a Final Capture! The Final Capture could be the location of another token or instructions on how to get a secret photo-capture.
Whatever it may be, it is worth 500 points!
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So should you sit and solve the puzzles ahead of time, or just start moving and try to solve puzzles as you go?
That's for your team to decide!
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If you get confused, feel free to have your captain flag down a ninja staff member or call them or ask via twitter. -- Hints to puzzles are cheap (25 points) and clarifications on both puzzles and rules are always free.
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But remember, you don't have a lot of time... you have to hustle back and be back to the rally point at the end of the 3 hours -- Don't be late!
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Back at the rally point, your photo captures will be verified. So plan on sticking around after. Verification might be a bit of a social event...
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Remember, the Hub Crawl Ninjas are the final authority! Once all the judging is done winners will be announced and there
may even be a post-Crawl event of some kind...
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That's the basics! Please check the real instruction and the event website for more details... and have fun!
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