is pleased to present
Mobtown Madness
Mobtown Madness
Mobtown Madness
Mobtown Madness
Mobtown Madness
a Puzzle-solving Race around Baltimore
to benefit Unchained Talent,
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Your participation or generous donations will make a big difference in the lives of talented but underserved young people, providing powerful student-driven performing arts for our youth in our dance, theatre and recording studio arts as well as powerful mentor relationships to help develop young people's character and capacity.
Thank you so much for your support and generosity! I'm glad you had a great time and I too cannot wait for the next one!!
Sincerely,
Chris
P.S. Click on the following links to see more pictures of the actual Mobtown Madness Race and the winning Teams.
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| Want to play next time? Keep an eye on your email for next year's race date! Forward this email to your friends who can ask to be added to the mailing list by emailing info@unchainedtalent.org.
Can't wait to see you in the Madness next year!
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| The Teams
How did they do?
1. Unconflicted Talent: 1 hr, 25 mins (minus 15 bonus for bowling strike!)
Lauren Abramson
Nel Andrews
Misty Fae
2. The Naughty Bows: 1 hr, 26 mins
Audra Agnelly
Thor Nelson Aaron Praeger Cathy Moore 3. Booze Clues: 1 hr, 43 mins
Anica Butler
Julie Scharper Amy Kozak Evan Siple 4. Unknown - It's a Coming: 1 hr, 35 mins (plus 10 minute penalty for a Hint)
Shannon Twenter
Lauren Silberman Beth Weirzbieniec Trisha VanWagner Sarah Wehner 5. Baltimorons: 1 hr, 51 mins (minus 5 minute bonus for a route mistake!)
Gus Sentementes
Amy Peterson
Chris Jones
Brian Pieragostini
Nicole Yeftich 6. B'More Smart: 1 hr, 53 mins
Laura Greenback
Julia Gumminger Mary Beth Griffin Dan Butler 7. Run of the Mill: 1 hr, 55 mins
(even though they lost an injured teammate on Clue 1!!)
David Mitchell
Stacy Downs
J-F Bibeau
Beverly Shannon
Courtney Weber 8. The City That Reads Maps: 2 hrs, 5 mins
Katie Lucot
Amanda Morris Aaron Jacobs Allison Jacobs Kaitlin McCormick 9. Pi: 2 hrs, 10 mins
Danielle Nekimken
Laurie Dickeson Gayle Mahn Alexander Mahn (the ".14") 10. The Readers - Greatest Team in America: 2 hrs, 7 minutes (plus 10 minute penalty for a Hint)
David Mack
Melissa Mack
Odette Ramos
Dee Harris
Robert Sherrod
 11. Grand Theft Auto: 2 hrs, 9 mins (plus 10 minute penalty for a Hint)
Christina Korphage Bracknell Mike Bracknell Mike Douglas Vi Do
Steven Gilmore 12. Old Roomies: 2 hrs, 20 mins
Stephen Emet
Marielle Emet Kymmy Gilchrist 13. Gorgos Go: 2 hrs, 31 mins
Earl Millett (and some combination of the following people...)
Greg Ealick Jessica Ealick
Kate Meyers Eric Benson Liz Alex Bernie Zanchettin 14. The Uprising II: 2 hrs, 32 mins (plus a 10 minute penalty for a Hint)
Sid Chaudhury
Monisha Cherayil
Monica Berrondo
Jingbo Huang
15. Lake Clifton Alumni Association: 3 hrs, 40 mins (minus approximately an hour since they had to drive to Belair to pick up family before they could even begin! What dedication to finish the race!!)
Richard McCoy
Tanya Knight
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| Sponsors Many thanks to our generous sponsors and accomodating sites! 2640 Collective
Austin Grill Baltimore Heritage Big Bad Wolf BBQ Café Hon ChileSwing Darker Than Blues Café The Dogwood Follow Your Dreams Records Greg Houston Illustration Joe Squared Kingrell Productions Sylvan Beach Foundation/Taharka Brothers Ice Cream Thai Restaurant Theatre Morgan Unchained Talent YOURS Store Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower
Jong Kak
Patterson Lanes
BMore Live
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| First Place: Unconflicted Talent
Communication and conflict resolution clinch a clear win 
YouTube Video detailing Unconflicted Talent's win!
Lauren Abramson, Nel Andrews and Misty Fae of Team "Unconflicted Talent" breezed in after solving all 9 clues in just 1 hour 25 minutes! Due to a focused and skilled throw down the duckpin bowling lane, they earned 15 minutes off their time, making them the definitive winners!
(This is the second year in a row that a three-person team took the title! Maybe bigger isn't always better!)
They also breezed through puzzles and clues leading them to the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, The Annie E. Casey Foundation near the Washington Monument, a Korean Restaurant, public art at MICA and on a private street at 21st and St. Paul and back home to The Austin Grill.
They did a magnificent job of solving the clues and returning back super fast (so fast that the organizers didn't expect them back so fast and were still out visiting sites when they returned!). It must have been their professional skills of good communication and ability to avoid team conflicts that allowed them to breeze through the race!
Team Unconflicted Talent earned:
-free entrance to the next Mobtown Madness
-free entrance to an Unchained Talent show
-Dinner for the team at The Dogwood in Hampden
-$45 gift certificate to Darker Than Blues Cafe on Greenmount
-and the much coveted original sketch of the team, courtesy of Greg Houston Illustration!
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~~~ORIGINAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE RACE BELOW~~~
Unchained Talent
the student-driven performing arts and mentoring program
Saturday August 23, 2008
Registration at 2 p.m., Race begins at 3 p.m.
(arrive early to fill out your waivers)
Followed by a light party to celebrate your success!!
The game works like this:
When the race begins, teams are given an initial clue to solve.
When the clue is solved, it will lead them to a location.
At that location they must find and solve another clue leading to another location. They will travel around Baltimore, deciphering new clues in various locations.
The game culminates in race-to-the-finish, followed by a celebration. The first team to reach the final destination with the shortest race time wins the game…
So here’s the deal:
Get you a team of 1-5 people to load in one car, sign up via email, send us your registration donation and you’re ready to join in the madness… We would recommend putting together your personal dream team: a group with a variety of skills and knowledge (a car full of New-to-Towners might be fun, but I bet you’ll get lost a lot) for your best chances to win!
The Objective:
Have a great time… oh, and be the team who takes the shortest amount of time to solve all the clues and return to home base with clues in hand.
Time commitment:
The route should take 3 hours+ (last time the range was from 3.5-5.25 hours) and then if you’re able, plan on hanging out afterwards to see how other teams did and for general camaraderie.
You are playing for:
All are playing for their own entertainment and to benefit Unchained Talent, the student-driven, performing arts and mentoring program!
First Place:
Fun
Free entrance next time
Bragging rights
Second Place
Fun
1/2 price entrance next time
Bragging rights
Third Place
Fun
Bragging rights
Plan on bringing:
-Phone book
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-Maryland/Baltimore trivia guide (unless one of your teammates is a MD/Balto trivia guide)
-Cell phone (maybe have a life line available if you get stuck)
-you are allowed to bring or use any resource you want
Details TBD:
Starting location: coming at ya soon!
The “Unchained Talent Advantage”: sign up then watch your email…
To register:
To register as a team, email us:
-your team name
-your team roster with an email address for each teammate
-cell phone contact #(s) for your team (please bring that/those phone(s) to the Madness)
Then mail or send your registration donation to Unchained Talent at 4026 Deepwood Road, 21218 or via PayPal.
-$50/car in advance (until Wednesday August 20th)
-$75/team “at
the door” (after 8/20/08)
~OR~
Register yourself as a “free agent”. Email us:
-email your name
-email your cell phone number (please bring that cell phone to the Madness)
-then mail or send your “free agent” suggested registration donation to Unchained Talent at 4026 Deepwood Road, Baltimore, MD 21218 or via PayPal.
-$15/free agent in advance (until Wednesday August 20th)
-$20/free agent “at the door” (after 8/20/08)
and we will match you up with a
team of free agents!
~OR~
If you can’t make it, but want
to sponsor a team who may not be able to afford it, send a donation via check
to Unchained Talent at 4026 Deepwood Road, Baltimore, MD 21218 or via PayPal. Thank you!
Questions:
443.386.4365
The Clues from
the first Mobtown Madness:
www.unchainedtalent.org/clues.pdf
Some Rules and suggestions you may want to check out before the race
www.unchainedtalent.org/Starting Instructions and Ground Rules draft.htm
Congrats to the winning teams from the first Mobtown
Madness:
www.unchainedtalent.org/FirstMadness.htm
Learn more about Unchained Talent: Back to Unchained Talent's home page