I was the captain of Team Edsroom (team #4) for MN0PQ. We arrived in full spirits, brimming with piss & vinegar. My teammates were 433 (not a player yet), XelpasoX (ditto), and sxoidmal (he is indeed an SF0 player). Our Scrabble word earned us the 2nd place starting time, and we set to work.

Were I to detail the entire 5 hour experience, this would be far too long, so I'll give you the highlight reel:

• We arrived at an answer that added up to the number 26 three times, but only the last time was correct. This meant we went all the way to Caffetto (location #26) twice when it was completely in the wrong direction.
  




• We decided early on that we'd rather get to all of the puzzles and see them and have a crack at them than win the whole thing, so we were unashamed to take both hints and the answer. However, we only got the answer twice and we solved the last two puzzles with zero assistance. Woot!




• It started downpouring sheets of rain and penny-sized hail while we were running from Puzzle 2 to Puzzle 3. The rain lasted about an hour, then stopped just long enough for us to dry out before starting again. This rendered our paperwork damn near useless, because not even a messenger bag could keep the clipboard dry and we had no umbrellas.




• We solved the final puzzle first through reverse engineering!




• We were arguably the most obnoxious team, as was expected.




• We beat the Anom-nom-nomalies! Take that, Visi folken!

All in all, it was a fucking blast and I'd do it again in a heartbeat, even in the rain.

[[Voo]]

Edited to add: The puzzles were incredibly fucking hard and so clever that I actually clapped my hands in delight several times. I felt like Alice the entire time--running around my neighborhood following clues designed by devilish geniuses and feeling like I was down the rabbit hole--and it was amazing. Thank you, MN0.