Q. What exactly is the Rogue Hunt?
The Rogue Hunt is a quirky creative scavenger hunt for people all around the world who want to put more whimsy, creativity, and goodness into the world. Our main event is a week-long team-based hunt held every August. Other shorter hunts may be held throughout the year with varied formats and may be team or individual based.
Every hunt will contain a few items that must be found in the style of a traditional scavenger hunt, but there are many other items that must be built, baked, performed, written, programmed, painted, fund-raised for, crocheted, posted on social, designed, solved, and (sometimes) suffered through. The best way to get a feel for what kinds of items go on the List is to check out some of the lists from past hunts.
Q. When is the next hunt happening?
A. August 3 – 11, 2024! See August 2024 Hunt for more details.
Q. I’m excited for the hunt! When can I register?
A. Registration for the August 2024 hunt will be open from March 15 – April 30 and again from June 1 – July 20.
Q. What is The Starfish Foundation?
A. The Starfish Foundation is our nonprofit partner for the Rogue Hunt. Learn more about them and their role with Rogue here.
Q: Why does Rogue need a nonprofit partner?
A: Rogue isn’t an established nonprofit or business (yet) and therefore we cannot host our own registration. To ensure your safety (as well as our own) collecting personal information, collecting registration fees, and paying out winners has to be run by another entity. Plus, you get the benefit of knowing your money is in the hands of a legitimate nonprofit and not three admins who “promise” to be trustworthy on the internet.
Q. Who is Eugene?
A. Eugene is the Rogue Hunt’s fairy-goblin mascot. Members of the Rogue Treehouse voted to name him Eugene in Spring 2023. He loves mushrooms and spreading goodness like glitter. Also, he’s cute and his best friend’s name is Gronn’k.
Q. Where can I find the official Rules for the Rogue Hunt?
A. https://roguehunt.wordpress.com/about-us/rogue-hunt-rules/
The Hunt:
Q. What happens during the hunt?
A. A list will be made available with various items/tasks. Do your best, and have fun! Submit images, videos, and PDFs (as directed by each item). Make others smile.
Q. What do teams look like?
A. Teams will be made up of 4-6 people. At registration you will be asked to indicate your team type.
- Will your team be competitive?
- Will you focus on the social good items?
- Will your team be chill? or…
- Will your team just hang out and donate?
Whatever you choose it totally up to you!
If you don’t have teammates, no worries! We’ll connect you with them after registration closes.
Q. What will the list look like?
A. The list will have three columns: Item number, item description, and point value. You can take a look at past hunts in our Archive to see format. The list will also be made available as a PDF and in GoogleSheets (view only; you’ll need to copy or download).
Submitting Items / Item Requirements:
Q. How does my team submit items?
A. Your team should create a Google Folder and send it to RogueHuntOfficial@gmail.com. All items should then be uploaded to this folder during the hunt. A step-by-step guide can be found on YouTube.
Q. Submission requirements? Video length? Preferred file types?
A. Submit the type of file requested – PDF, Image, audio file, or music file. Failure to do so will result in point reduction.
For videos, length will be indicated in item description. Landscape or portrait are both fine. Preferred file type is .mp4.
For images, preferred file type is .jpg or .png. Unless the item asks for a collage, screenshot, or side-by-side, you should submit 1 original image for each task.
Q. Can we upload a caption file with our videos or does that count as two uploads for one submission?
A: Yes, 100%. You’re not required to do, but are encouraged to do so. We support accessibility in every way. Here’s a how to guide.
Q. Can I share items on social media?
A. Not during the hunt. This goes against the rules. (See Rule 9.)
Scoring / Judging / Winning / Points?
Q. Who wins?
A. There’s more than one way to win.
- Overall Winner: Awarded to the team that earns the most points.
- Altruist Prize: Awarded to the team that does the most ‘good’ (fundraising, acts of kindness, etc.)
- Item Specific Prizes: These will be identified when the list drops. Awarded to the individual(s) who best completes (a) specific item(s).
- Judges’ Choice Prize – The judges will award an additional prize at their own discretion to an individual or team that they feel deserves recognition
Q. How does judging / scoring work?
A. The items on the list will each have an assigned point value.
The judges will consist of Rogue Hunt admins* and someone from The Starfish Foundation. Scoring guidelines can be found here.
*Admins are prohibited from judging their own family members and any former teammates. If applicable, the relevant judge will abstain from judging the player’s contributions to the Rogue Hunt. The points and prizes will be awarded by the remaining judges. This situation will not affect the eligibility of the Rogue Participant, nor the total number of points given.
Money:
Q. How much does it cost to enter?
A. The week-long hunt in August cost $20 USD. There are scholarships available.
You will also have the option to donate a “ticket to play” to a scholar in Ecuador. Mini hunts or other events may have different pricing.
Q. Where does my money go?
A.
- 40% of all registration fees will go directly to our non-profit partner
- 20% of all registration fees will go to supporting Rogue (website fees, taxes, email servers, etc.)
- The remaining 40% of funds will go towards prizes!
This means the more registrations we have, the more money our non-profit partner receives, and the more we can contribute to prizes!
Q. What if I still have questions?!?!?!
A. First, we know you’re excited about Rogue if you’ve read this whole FAQ, but we need you to stop shouting. Second, if you have a question that cannot be answered on this site (that includes the Rules), please email RogueHuntOfficial@gmail.com.
The Rogue Hunt is not in any way affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to GISHWHES, LLC, Cotopaxi’s Questival, the University of Chicago’s Scav Hunt, or other similar scavenger hunts.
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