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Viking Extras
Here we have additional random event info and outtakes. Enjoy!
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    The Burninators 11:54:08
(do they have a time machine?!?)
    The League of Extraordinary Puzzlemen 12:00:37
Liboncatipu 12:00:48    
Grier Family Picnic 12:00:56    
    CRANEA 12:01:06
They Came Out of the Trees, Man 12:01:38    
Ragnarokstars 12:02:14 Clan With No Name 12:02:14
Briny Deep 12:02:23 Gøldên Gølèms 12:02:23
    Team Longshots 12:02:49
    Continental Breakfast 12:02:57
    5 Blind Boys 12:03:00
    Reckless Endangerment 12:03:11
    Team Maize 12:03:12
    Get on a Burning Raft 12:03:18
SMRT 12:03:35 Hookd on Fonix 12:03:35
    The Smoking GNU 12:03:37
SharkBait 12:04:09    
    The Blue Carbuncle 12:04:17
    Consumer Recreation Services 12:04:18
    Everybody Loves Nutella 12:04:30
Thoroughbreds of Sin 12:04:32    
    coed astronomy 12:04:46
Plagued by Indecision 12:04:51    
    Forks on Fire 12:05:31
    The Maraudin' 'Eds 12:05:46
    destroy monaco! 12:06:02
Too Close To The Sun 12:06:25    
    Beta Bots 12:07:11
McGigis 12:07:20    
    Tvelve Metchsteek 12:07:45
    Blood & Booze 12:08:25
EmporalFor 12:08:30    
    Team Wallace & Gromit 12:10:23
Clan Not Appearing In This Event 12:10:58    
    Smurfs 12:11:02
Walliferingus 12:19:02    
S-words 12:21:02    
Midori No Kaiju 12:22:10    
Clandestine 12:23:04    
The Cat is #1!! 12:24:23    
Clearly Ambiguous 12:25:17    
Seven of Diamonds 12:26:15    
Pineapple Coconut 12:32:09    
Boxfort Brigands 12:49:19    
Okee Dokee 12:54:25    
Much Tensor 1:00:32    
Dork Bots 1:01:45    
SNAP and BANG By The Numbers
36,168 Number of stitches to sew together two sails
5400 Number of dots of glitter glue applied to SNAP crowns
4015 Number of hand-colored Scepter gems
1980 Number of hand-cut Royal Jewels photos
1650 Number of Lego blocks used to build Castle Walls
1430 Number of pennies and nickels painstakingly sorted by year
936 Number of washers affixed to Royal Jewels at BANG so they won't blow away in the wind.
566 Number of messages posted to our SNAP VI Simulcast Google group
532 Number of automated web requests to www.ikea.com to make sure Ask a Viking products still existed after the FAQ went live
330 Number of laser-etched Rune Sticks (660 if you count both sides)
245 Number of bottles of water consumed at BANG
106 Number of files uploaded to our SNAP VI Simulcast Google group
68 Number of beta testers
54 Number of clans
54 Number of clans that made it to the treasure room
39 Number of clans that pillaged the Wizard's chest
31 Number of staff and volunteers
3 Number of products we were using that IKEA removed from their website just 3 days before the FAQ went live (including a particularly clean E-shape) - ack!
2 Number of official Viking interjections we came up with ("Ahoy!" and "Skal!", to be specific. We decided "Yaarrr" was too piratey.)
Nonograms Rorschach Test - What Do You See?
An earlier version of the nonograms puzzle required teams to name the images that they saw in the nonograms. We reworked this step to use Scandinavian countries instead because we found the original images weren't consistently identifiable.

For example, what do you see in the image below?

Viking Nonogram

Enter your guess to see how it compares to what other people think or click here to view other responses if you don't have a clue.

Most Abusive Comment Made by SNAP Staff
When Clan Not Appearing in this Event asked for a hint at the final location, Donna (accidentally, she claims) turned to Cyndy and asked if Clan not Appealing was due for their next hint. And they were standing right there. Ooops!
Most Thematic Spam Received by SNAP Staff
Viking Spam
Most Thematic Lolcat Spotted by SNAP Staff
Viking LOLcat
Thx to icanhascheezburger.com
What Went Into the Wizard's Lock?
We used this Arduino microcontroller (souce code here) to drive this push-button board. The microcontroller also turned a relay on and off to control the actual lock, which was this electromagnet.
If you want more info, send us mail and we'd be happy to chat.
SNAP as Told by Staff Text Messages
We used Upoc.com for SNAP staff communications
(Thx to the Seattle DASH staff for the pointer)

Sep 25 8:30PM
Fr: jeffphi
T-minus 12 hours 'til the Conquest. Skol!

Sep25 8:31PM
Fr: Chez2
Yaa!

Sep25 7:44AM
Fr: xarch
Skol!

Sep25 7:56AM
Fr: jeffphi
Sail is set up!

Sep25 8:15AM
Fr: Chez2
Ok.

Sep25 9:24AM
Fr: jeffphi
Who will help Charlie unfurl the sail?

Sep25 9:25AM
Fr: SteveP1
I can

Sep25 9:34AM
Fr: jeffphi
So, maybe hard start at 9:45?

Sep25 9:35AM
Fr: ElNombre
Sounds good.

Sep25 9:35AM
Fr: JayMcC2
Kk. But let's start hounding teams for sign in

Sep25 9:37AM
Fr: jeffwess
Teams left for checkin?

Sep25 9:38AM
Fr: JayMcC2
1. But last person just got here

Sep25 9:45AM
Fr: jeffphi
Sail unfurled, finallty!

Sep25 9:50AM
Fr: MHilsdale
Site 2 open.

Sep25 9:50AM
Fr: DerekBr
Team 1 away!

Sep25 10:00AM
Fr: MHilsdale
First team arrived at site 2 @ 9:58

Sep25 10:02AM
Fr: ElNombre
At Location at Swedish.

Sep25 10:08AM
Fr: MHilsdale
first team left site 2 at 10:08

Sep25 10:09AM
Fr: jeffwess
Table and chairs at viking bank.

Sep25 10:10AM
Fr: Sminthian
Bifrost opened

Sep25 10:12AM
Fr: jeffphi
Last team left sail at 10:12

Sep25 10:20AM
Fr: Sminthian
Team one headed to four

Sep25 10:22AM
Fr: MHilsdale
Last team arrive site 2 @ 10:19

Sep25 10:23AM
Fr: ElNombre
First team arrived at Hagar.

Sep25 10:25AM
Fr: DonnaWhitlock
Elevensies sez "these are good puzzles"

Sep25 10:31AM
Fr: Cyndydw
Bergen place set up

Sep25 10:37AM
Fr: xarch
Cake secured at cc. Sail secured at cc. Heading to Locks. -MVO

Sep25 10:38AM
Fr: jeffphi
I'm at the locks, parking spot 25

Sep25 10:38AM
Fr: SageKitamorn
Viking Bank set up and ready to lend.

Sep25 10:42AM
Fr: ElNombre
First team finishes Hagar.

Sep25 10:45AM
Fr: Cyndydw
First teams at Bergen place site 5

Sep25 10:58AM
Fr: xarch
Castle walls is onsite.

Sep25 11:06AM
Fr: jeffwess
First team out of bergen place

Sep25 11:07AM
Fr: Sminthian
Team one at marvin garden

Sep25 11:09AM
Fr: Chez2
On my way. For pictures.

Sep25 11:23AM
Fr: MHilsdale
Last team left site 2 @ 11:22.

Sep25 11:27AM
Fr: jeffwess
First team done with puzz 6

Sep25 11:29AM
Fr: Calrathan
First team at Viking bank

Sep25 11:33AM
Fr: JayMcC2
Lock entrance set up

Sep25 11:38AM
Fr: DonnaWhitlock
Last team leaving bifrost

Sep25 11:38AM
Fr: SageKitamorn
first team done with Viking Bank at 11:38

Sep25 11:43AM
Fr: ElNombre
Last team arrives at Hagar.

Sep25 11:44AM
Fr: SageKitamorn
"Battleships ready" says the preson at Battleships

Sep25 11:52AM
Fr: JayMcC2
First team arrived and left Locks entrance

Sep25 11:59AM
Fr: xarch
The siege has begun! The first team is assaulting Castle Walls! Site 8.

Sep25 12:16PM
Fr: xarch
The first team has left castle walls

Sep25 12:18PM
Fr: Chez2
Longships covered ?

Sep25 12:19PM
Fr: SageKitamorn
Jett says "first team at battleships"

Sep25 12:21PM
Fr: ElNombre
Last team completes Hagar.

Sep25 12:25PM
Fr: jeffwess
Last team arrived at site 5

Sep25 12:45PM
Fr: SteveP1
1st team leaves shield

Sep25 12:50PM
Fr: DonnaWhitlock
First team is at treasure chests

Sep25 1:00PM
Fr: jeffphi
Any Photographers free? Two teams at the treasure so far...

Sep25 1:01PM
Fr: Chez2
Chez2 helping @ bank.

Sep25 1:03PM
Fr: DonnaWhitlock
Michael's at treasure for photos so we're covered

Sep25 1:47PM
Fr: Cyndydw
Last team left Bergen place

Sep25 1:54PM
Fr: ElNombre
"The puzzles have been good"

Sep25 2:09PM
Fr: Cyndydw
Who has Sail puzzle time sheet, and where are you?

Sep25 2:12PM
Fr: xarch
Sail sheet may be in my car at cc. Not 100% sure though.

Sep25 2:13PM
Fr: jeffphi
Jay had it at one point...

Sep25 2:16PM
Fr: xarch
i recall jotting cc email on it when taking rail down but not he it got into car

Sep25 2:18PM
Fr: jeffphi
Jett has the sail times at battleships

Sep25 2:18PM
Fr: Cyndydw
Let u know when ready to pick up table at Viking Bank

Sep25 2:31PM
Fr: DonnaWhitlock
Briny deep moving in on rgb lock

Sep25 2:35PM
Fr: ElNombre
Last team finishes Norsopoly.

Sep25 2:36PM
Fr: jeffphi
Briny Deep wins!

Sep25 2:38PM
Fr: DerekBr
could i get someone to temp take over at locks entrance?

Sep25 2:39PM
Fr: Cyndydw
On my way

Sep25 2:58PM
Fr: Calrathan
Last leaving bank, 2:58 Need table pickup

Sep25 3:00PM
Fr: DonnaWhitlock
Cyndy is calling jeff w to come pick it up

Sep25 3:02PM
Fr: jeffwess
Longboat Redvan inbound to bank

Sep25 3:09PM
Fr: jeffphi
Third place team just finished

Sep25 3:14PM
Fr: jeffwess
tablesretrieved

Sep25 3:28PM
Fr: jeffwess
Fourth team done. They say "this has been seriously awesome"

Sep25 3:32PM
Fr: DerekBr
locks entrance closed

Sep25 3:33PM
Fr: ElNombre
Fifth team finishes.

Sep25 3:33PM
Fr: Cyndydw
Bring form to treasure chests

Sep25 4:40PM
Fr: xarch
Last team leaving castle walls.

Sep25 4:43PM
Fr: jeffwess
Olaf where r u?

Sep25 4:52PM
Fr: xarch
At chests.

Sep25 5:18PM
Fr: Cyndydw
We're into the center setting up

Sep25 5:28PM
Fr: Sminthian
Food delivered

Sep25 5:29PM
Fr: JayMcC2
Last team left shield

Sep25 5:39PM
Fr: xarch
There is some donated cake in the cc fridge.

Sep25 6:00PM
Fr: jeffwess
Vikings are plundering the cc. Food is available. 7 teams so far

Sep25 6:15PM
Fr: Cyndydw
Are sites closed and people on the way over to cc?

Sep25 6:15PM
Fr: xarch
Yes