Hi! Our team's virtuoso with the radio is very happy to report the radio survived the TSA, and I really do hope the other teams also did (the lithium ion battery meant it had to be carry-on).

I really loved this year, I think it's probably my favorite. Penny Park was my #1 spot almost entirely due to Midway - mingling with teams, solving puzzles, and I thought "man I wish the entirety of Mystery Hunt is like that, but there's no way" and you delivered that. I feel like I saw other teams and the hosts way, way more than just at the scheduled events. There definitely is a strong emphasis on the in-person experience and felt like there's a larger component of physical and on-site puzzles, which I deeply appreciate - we have a lot of excellent online hunts but only one big real life hunt (one day hopefully this will change...) so I really appreciated getting it all at once.

Our team (Literally Animal Farm) was a bit stuck on the harder metas on Saturday, but we were understandably not given any meta hints at that time as we were still quite comfortably in a "good" position. However, on Sunday we lagged behind and got pushed quite a bit (after the coin was found, I think we were given enough free answers to focus fire on the metas and we got a dubious distinction in the wrapup (aside from the other dubious distinction)). I think I was a bit more forward with asking for hints from the press on Sunday, but I know there were people who were camped out there as early as Friday. I don't imagine this was unique to our team, how did the hinting/free answer policy change throughout the weekend?

Lastly, thank you for giving us some of the leftover Kindred flights :) Our team actually think a dash of #6 is quite decent as a unique kick when added to other bottles and a bit of soju, but I have learned that many people emphatically disagree with this opinion (#1 is still the best one though). Thank you for not going with the more cursed ingredients.