Puzzle Hunt 11.0: Caught in The Net (October 6-7, 2007)
- Theme: Tron
- Participants: 71 teams, 830 players (14 teams finished)
- Hosted by: SCRuBBers (Troy Barnes, Josh Benaloh, Nat Dupree, Steve Dupree, Jessica Lambert, Matt Lyons, Dan Simon, Dave Thaler, Jay Thaler, Kaylene Thaler, Ian Tullis, Jeff Wallace, Roger Wolfson)
- Won by: The Usual Suspects
- Awards: Discs of Tron (illuminated flying discs)
- Memorable Events/Puzzles: Illuminated flying disks and puzzle spheres on the playfields in the dark. Balancing puzzles solves between conflicting goals -- keeping the MCP happy by solving his puzzles, while still working on solutions that would help the internet rebel forces and contribute to the Meta puzzle.
- Landmarks: Introduced an unlocking system that also tracked top 3 fastest solves per puzzle, based on unlock times. A web interface built in Microsoft Silverlight which provided an immersive experience appropriate for the Tron theme. First hunt in which all finishing teams wrote a program to solve the Meta.
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