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Pre-PuzzleBang Puzzle

Welcome to PuzzleBang 2024! When you see text in this color and font, it's what we call "flavor text" and generally provides story to the puzzle. It is not needed to solve the puzzle.

Text in this color is relevant to solving the puzzle. Here's the pdf version of the poster that should be up around campus.

PuzzleBang 2024

September 16 to 21

Hosted by ACM R|P Reflections | Projections

  1. Clear the board
  2. Read the cleared letters
  3. Solve for the *
  4. Name the game!

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Submit your answer at
puzzlebang.com/poster

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Hints and Updates

Puzzles Solved By

  1. Team hell116 @ 2024-09-03 04:17:08
  2. Team :jigsaw: :boom: @ 2024-09-03 12:51:23
  3. Team Pawn Stars @ 2024-09-03 14:14:00
  4. Team H Γ Ω @ 2024-09-04 08:59:34
  5. Team Castle of Glass @ 2024-09-04 15:56:13
  6. Team Potato @ 2024-09-06 01:11:11
  7. Team Chrken @ 2024-09-06 13:11:27
  8. Team Clueless @ 2024-09-06 21:24:40
  9. Team ._. @ 2024-09-07 19:57:55
  10. Team Cheatahs @ 2024-09-09 09:02:15
  11. Team Bogos @ 2024-09-11 16:43:13
  12. Team jambouree @ 2024-09-12 10:58:29
  13. Team kingfisher @ 2024-09-12 12:17:57
  14. Team Cult of Idiotic Avians @ 2024-09-12 17:20:20
  15. Team gb @ 2024-09-12 19:42:58
  16. Team test again @ 2024-09-14 00:52:14
  17. Team Snarky Team Name @ 2024-09-14 13:21:34
  18. Team Pink VW @ 2024-09-14 15:16:40
  19. Team 6 Keys @ 2024-09-14 22:10:05
  20. Team Group Name @ 2024-09-15 14:03:22
  21. Team ; @ 2024-09-15 16:18:10
  22. Team Mathemagi-💥 @ 2024-09-15 16:59:55
  23. Team shrekislove @ 2024-09-15 17:52:36
  24. Team V. M. Varga @ 2024-09-15 19:30:53
  25. Team meow @ 2024-09-15 19:31:12
  26. Team madduckmelon @ 2024-09-15 22:36:08
  27. Team Lemmomommmmon @ 2024-09-15 22:41:00
  28. Team ChickenWings @ 2024-09-15 23:07:08
  29. Team InvalidD @ 2024-09-16 00:31:11
  30. Team Stumped and Furious (1) @ 2024-09-16 02:15:54
  31. Team Mathemagicians Answering Teasers Effectively @ 2024-09-16 03:18:29
  32. Team Geezer Gals @ 2024-09-16 08:54:19
  33. Team eeby GEEBy @ 2024-09-16 10:00:15
  34. Team PuzzleNoobs @ 2024-09-16 10:17:10
  35. Team Saluter’s Saltations @ 2024-09-16 10:42:28
  36. Team Conpuzzled @ 2024-09-16 10:54:03
  37. Team Les Gaulois @ 2024-09-16 11:00:26
  38. Team Ultimate Brownies @ 2024-09-16 11:13:27
  39. Team SIGBalls @ 2024-09-16 11:46:44
  40. Team chr(sum(range(ord(min(str(all(repr(max)))))))) @ 2024-09-16 13:51:17
  41. Team team1 @ 2024-09-16 16:18:48
  42. Team Lil Stoop @ 2024-09-16 17:34:57
  43. Team prime barca @ 2024-09-16 18:05:47
  44. Team Good @ 2024-09-16 18:08:29
  45. Team freaks @ 2024-09-16 19:04:56
  46. Team AuTane @ 2024-09-16 19:05:47
  47. Team sirmomsalot @ 2024-09-16 19:30:26
  48. Team sigpwny @ 2024-09-16 19:58:05
  49. Team Ooglets @ 2024-09-16 20:45:25
  50. Team Far far away @ 2024-09-16 21:24:19
  51. Team Team @ 2024-09-16 23:12:47
  52. Team poke mango @ 2024-09-16 23:14:59
  53. Team poopy @ 2024-09-17 12:05:59
  54. Team Puzl @ 2024-09-17 15:33:16
  55. Team Plugh @ 2024-09-17 17:55:03
  56. Team SnarkyV1 @ 2024-09-17 18:13:12
  57. Team SeptaCube @ 2024-09-17 21:48:44
  58. Team Maxwell Rose @ 2024-09-17 21:56:24
  59. Team \0 @ 2024-09-17 23:16:02
  60. Team cocvgwt @ 2024-09-18 06:05:33
  61. Team Team Team @ 2024-09-18 08:16:54
  62. Team παω @ 2024-09-18 10:28:33
  63. Team Munches @ 2024-09-18 12:03:15
  64. Team PepperJacked @ 2024-09-18 14:32:09
  65. Team ' @ 2024-09-18 14:36:41
  66. Team Orphan Engineering @ 2024-09-18 15:23:24
  67. Team Ad Astra @ 2024-09-18 18:51:50
  68. Team Sara @ 2024-09-18 20:55:59
  69. Team lyndhurst legacy @ 2024-09-18 21:35:24
  70. Team The25Venters @ 2024-09-19 00:06:48
  71. Team 1 @ 2024-09-19 11:00:36
  72. Team blockbuster @ 2024-09-19 14:14:33
  73. Team Blutarsky @ 2024-09-19 16:28:13
  74. Team fottr @ 2024-09-20 14:07:58
Note: This list is manually updated, so if you don't show up immediately, please don't worry.