And now... for the announcement that you've all been waiting for:
The NERDS Treasure Hunt and Photo Safari (THaPS) Bonus List!! <<< Click dat
You'll find that there is no shortage of interesting and diverse Vermont locations for you to visit on this Treasure Hunt, while you are gathering up points for the game.
68 unique locations in all, each with an assigned point value. And, there are also 10 different "combination bonus" opportunities for visiting a certain number of the locations in any particular category. With so many possible locations and combinations, there's well over a million different possible ways to attain the most points.
You get to choose what interests you.
You can download and print the full bonus list .pdf file for your strategery planning from the links on the above linked web-page or
click here.
Impotent Notes:
We have slightly modified a couple of the penalty rules for the hunt since the initial announcements were made, so be sure to read through the
Treasure Hunt page again whenever you get a chance. The main changes are:
We have changed the sealed drivers license requirement from a penalty for non-compliance to a
150 point bonus for bringing your license back to us still sealed.
We have also changed the End of Hunt timing from escalating time penalties to a
10% bonus for coming in early (before 5PM) and a
15% penalty for coming in late (after 5:30PM). The timing is still the same (relatively short) and the drop-dead time limit is still 6PM, after which you will be disqualified. :banned: There's a 25% difference between those coming in at 4:49 and those arriving at 5:31.
So plan your schedules wisely. 
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An important reminder for all participants is that the
8AM Pre-Hunt meeting is mandatory. It's there that you will finally get your very own Hunting mojo and we will seal your drivers license (assuming that you actually have one!). We will also hand you an amended copy of the entire bonus list describing what you need to obtain or photograph at each bonus location (that is the one thing that you are missing right now). So... If you miss that important meeting, you will be out of the hunt. Don't be late! Altitude sickness is no excuse!
On hunt day, you will be able to identify all of the Hunt Masters by their unique
Lime Green NERDS Tee Shirts. So, for example, when you return to the Commodores Inn parking lot at the end of the day, you'll be looking for those lime green shirts to stop the clock and check you in ASAP. We should also have some signs or banners up in the area that the time keepers are located.
Your Hunt Masters for the day will be:
Me (Fred W) and Joann (TMJ)
ionbeam (Alan) and Mrs 'beam (Helen)
Asphalt Junkie (Paul) and GinaMcD (Gina)
bluejag (John) and Mrs 'jag (Gail)
and last,
but far from least, webmaster FJRed (Ed) and Gidget (Grace)
The Hunt Masters met, beginning way back in the middle of winter, for the planning and creation of this one day debacle. And, to be honest, we were not really completely done with the planning until just yesterday.
You may notice that the bonus list is
incredibly well organized and easy to access, and that is primarily due to the superior organizational skills and web talents of one, FJRed. The man is a machine,. I tell ya!! So some very special thanks go out to FJRed, but also to the rest of the Hunt Master team for helping with organizing and bringing you this event. We all know that you all are going to have a hell of a good time.
One more bit of housekeeping:
In order to provide each hunter with their very own unique Mojo, we've had to estimate how many participants there will be on Hunt Day, a month from now. As of right now we are showing 19 people as saying they are interested on the
NERDS Guest List page. Using a highly scientific statistical algorithm (aka a WAG) we've determined that we will have to limit the hunt to the
first 25 people who've signed up for it.
So, if you have serious intentions about wanting to participate, and you haven't already made your intentions known, you'd better go back and
re-register with the "NERDS Treasure Hunt" box checked, ASAP. Likewise, if you initially registered and said that you did want to do the Treasure Hunt but are now having second thoughts, please go back and delete your prior selection in your registration to allow everyone that really wants to participate to be able to do so. If you need any help with any of this registration modification stuff, just PM one of the Hunt Masters and we'll get you straightened out.
Now... you have a full month to prepare your strategy, plot locations, and develop routes. Have fun, and see you all for the
NERDS THaPS 2012!!
