Rules, Results & Strategy
RULES:
The treasure hunt rules are designed to make this a fair and fun experience for everyone involved. Taking unfair advantage diminishes this for other players, and for me as the hunt organizer. If you want to submit your score sheet and compete, your team must certify that you faithfully complied with the following rules, which will be strictly enforced. Due to complaints about cheating, significant sanctions will be imposed upon any team in violation.
You must travel by foot. You cannot use cars, taxis, buses, bicycles, or any other wheeled transport.
Your team cannot split up. This means that your entire team must
be at the same clue site at the same time, and must stay within sight and
earshot of one another (generally, within twenty to forty feet). 
Half of
your team cannot be around a corner, or down the block, and one or two members
cannot sprint ahead of the others. You cannot communicate with teammates
using cell phones unless you have become unintentionally separated. This
also means that you cannot arrange to have someone at another location doing
research for you.
You can use resources which exist independently of the treasure hunt, such as libraries, bookstores, and the internet, but you cannot arrange ahead of time to have someone provide information to your team, because they would be functioning as a team memberwho was not physically present. Ifsomeone on your team becomes separated, has to leave early or to stop for health or personal reasons, they can rejoin you later, but they cannot participate in the hunt by searching for clues while they are separated from the rest of your team.
You cannot get a head start on other teams. This
means that you cannot view the clues, or leave the starting site (Justin
Herman Plaza) before Jayson Wechter announces from the stage that the hunt
has begun. This will be sometime after 4:30.
Your entire team must be present when you turn in your score sheet. The only exception is if someone leaves early.
You cannot move, destroy, or interfere with the adhesive letters. Violators will have their fingers confiscated.
You cannot guess or fill in something on the answer sheet without having
visited the site. The point is to solve the clue and find the tokens,
or the information. You must actually to go the site to receive credit for
having solved the clue.
RESULTS:
A handout with the clue locations will be distributed at the conclusion of the hunt. Jayson Wechter will explain the clues and announce the winners. The clues and their solutions will also be posted on the website (www.sftreasurehunt.com) after the hunt. Team scores will be posted on the website as soon as possible.
STRATEGY:
Winning teams often solve some of the clues, and plot an effective route before setting out, taking geography and the parade route into consideration. Each team should have a Coordinator -- a responsible person who will complete the score-sheet, and insure that team members don't become lost or get eaten by dragons.
