MRV3 was held on Saturday, August 27th under threat of Hurricane Irene. The game had been in question, but Irene turned North and spared us a direct hit. The teams' clue to the starting line was a picture of a high school senior. They were told to find his parking spot for instructions. The picture was my high school senior picture, the parking sport was my spot and the starting line was Viera High.
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The theme for game three was “Spies Like Us.” Whether that was actually a spy theme or a secret agent theme, I don’t think we every decided. But , nonetheless we threw a few curve balls at the teams right from the starting line. First thing we did was kidnap a team member and unknown to the most of the players until the end, we turned them into double agents. They worked behind the backs of their team to complete a task that was the exact opposite of the rules we told the teams. Then we set the teams loose in the order in which they finished the Registration Challenge.
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Clue One
It was a QR code for an address. But the code was different for every other group.
Clue Two
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Was a partially completed aerial view of the Drivers Ed course at VHS. This led them to the first of 6 challenges. One of which was a “ropes” challenge where the entire team had to cross a rope bridge built by our ROTC instructor.
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Clue Five
You've got someone following you, I’m pretty sure you've seen them too. I’m going to divert you to a secret location in hopes of them losing your trail… |
All of the bold words were road names that crossed the road they were on if they went South.
This led them to another challenge area. |
Final Clue
North south east west |
This led the kids almost back to the starting line, and the western twin (tunnel overpass, west of the school) finally got its turn in the game. The Cow Print team was hot on the trail of the finish line and was even spotted within a half mile (at the eastern twin) 20 minutes before the first team finished. Their 3-peat hopes were dashed to pieces. Teacher team (silver) finished first and Cow Print managed 3rd place after driving 8 miles out of the way.
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