24: The BANG was a Bay Area Night Game, held on Saturday, July 18, 2009 from 10 AM to 6 PM in downtown San Jose.
BANG 24 was won by The Burninators, who turned in their completed answer sheet at 1:59 PM. The top 10 teams were:
| Team | Adjusted Time (hours:minutes)
| |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Burninators | 3:49 |
| 2 | Burnin' ηs | 4:43 |
| 3 | Judean People's Front | 5:05 |
| 4 | coed astronomy | 5:25 |
| 5 | Golden Golems | 6:10 |
| 6 | Blood & Booze | 6:18 |
| 7 | Continental Breakfast | 6:36 |
| 8 | The Smoking GNU | 6:50 |
| 9 | Longshots | 7:08 |
| 10 | Team Rocket | 7:22 |
Complete results can be found in this PDF or this Excel spreadsheet.
At Discovery Meadow, teams received the following materials, in addition to the first puzzle:
Location: Discovery Meadow - Sector U16
Puzzle: Terror is not a Game
Solution · Story
Location: Outside Adobe Building - Sector P16
Puzzle: Drop It! (including Rubik's cube in PDF form)
Solution · Story
Location: McEnery Park - Sector P12
Puzzle: Signal Noise (used aspects of environment in these photos: 1 2 3 4 5 6)
Solution · Story
Location: Erik's Delicafé - Sector F18
Puzzle: Cross Words
Solution · Story
Location: Gene Pool / Braided Paths - Sector F6
Puzzle: Global Terror (used aspects of environment in this map)
Solution · Story
Location: Arena Green Playground - Sector K5
Puzzle: Facial Recognition (including card retrieved from top of pole in playground)
Solution · Story
Location: San Pedro Parking Garage - Sector F16
Puzzle: License to Kill
Solution · Story
Location: Cesar Chavez Plaza - Sector M21
Puzzle: Disorientation
Solution · Story
Location: Outside San Jose Repertory Theatre - Sector K26
Puzzle: Six Card Stud (including names of playing cards, grouped by backs)
Solution · Story
Location: MLK Library - Sector F29
Puzzle: Search for Answers (CHLOE gave teams this sheet if they asked for it)
Solution · Story
Location: City Hall - Sector B27
Puzzles: Mission · Technology · Effort · Responsibility · Strength
Solutions: Mission · Technology · Effort · Responsibility · Strength (to be done)
Location: City Hall - Sector B27 (again)
Puzzles: Total Recall (second page was printed on a transparency)
Solution
If you have any photos or commentary to share, feel free to add a link to the BANG 24 wiki page.
