Pro choice
Ok, I’m going to sound like a broken record here. We need to push for hunt organisers to disclose the hunt format before the event so that we can make informed choice.
I heard in the Yasmin contraceptive hunt out of the 116 total points, only 44 points were from the usual treasure hunt questions. The rest came from games and activities, including one involving a blow job. Here’s a participant’s take on the event. Now, there is nothing wrong with that. In fact, I can understand the need for some of these events to achieve the organiser’s commercial objectives of educating, informing and promoting an issue and their product. And if you are going to part with your money to purchase their product, you would be fully informed of what is it you are buying. Why shouldn’t that be the same with our treasure hunt?
I can only think of these few reasons why the organiser and/or the clerk of course can’t or choose not to disclose their hunt format.
1. They don’t even know what format the hunt is going to be, upon the announcement and releasing the entry form. More often than not, I believe this is the case.
2. And if they do have the all the details, they may not want to announce them for fear that certain group may stay away.
3. Perhaps they feel that not knowing will add to the excitement.
4. They feel that some teams may have an advantage knowing the details.
Treasure hunt has come a long way from a fun based event for a small, self indulging group of friends. Today, these events are very much a public event and organisers are collecting entry fee from public. It is high time that fee paying hunters know what we are buying. We don’t need all the details, just enough information for us to decide.
As for the hunt results, the winner is Tan Eng Siang and partner.
KNizam said:
yep really agrre with u here. we need more info to make judgement. sometimes the hunt doesn’t suit us.
glad that we have this cyberworld to express our concerns regd treasure hunting in malaysia.
sAM said:
I think the hunt was fun and well organised.
But the choosing of winners by the paper game at the end was unfair. 2 couples were not winners, cause their partners left at tat time. Plus it was not stated in the rules. they should have used the Tie-breakers as stated…..
Liza said:
I participated in the hunt because it’s a couple hunt which in anyways still suit me and my partner. However, we were disappointed with the presentation part and the mistakes obviously done by the CoC.
lanrambai said:
First time entering an open hunt. Quite surprised with the level of difficulty on the “normal” hunt questions. Turns out, a few questions missing out critical words.
About the not so normal hunt questions…. I don’t think I will enter the hunt if I knew the format. If u are lucky enough on that blow job thing… hit the flower and u’ll get more points than normal hunt questions in the whole level 2 of Berjaya Times Square!
And I just can’t accept the suck and blow paper game. What’s the point of having tie breakers if the speed of sucking a paper from ur partner’s mouth determine who wins the hunt?
axa87 said:
haiiya.. michael.. again, my blog going to be a popular one.. heheh.. but this time, i play clean game.. your ‘once upon a time entry’ (if u still remember) make me realize that i should be an original hunter..even i still “setahun jagung”..thanks a lot…
i agree with u regarding this Yasmin hunt.. we just knew the format once we got the first assignment… quite dissapointed.. me and my hubby can’t shoot the flower using that sumpit. hehehe….