Chasing Burdell is a week-long scavenger hunt, tracing the steps of George P. Burdell throughout campus and time as he explores art, history, and culture across Georgia Tech. Uncover old photos from the GT Archives and reconnect with public art installations on campus as you explore, and compete against other residents and communities to earn prizes for yourself and your residence hall!
The Scavenger Hunt is hosted on GooseChase and can be completed fully asynchronously and without interaction with other students, personnel, etc. if desired. That said, you can play with friends or roommates, too! The hunt is live now and will run through next Thursday, April 7 at 11:59pm. There are 6100 points total to earn in the hunt.
Set-Up, Gameplay, & Types of Challenges
To join the Scavenger Hunt, download GooseChase on your iOS or Android device. New to GooseChase? Review how to get started and use the app here. The game code is J5X1MX, and the name of the hunt is “Chasing Burdell.” While our Scavenger Hunt is designed for individual play and prizes (see below) will be distributed to individuals, you can still play with others if you’d like!
Each clue, or “mission” requires you to submit evidence of completion in one of three forms: picture/video, text, or GPS location. Each mission describes an activity for you to complete or a location to go find on campus, and varying amounts of points (as indicated on each mission) are automatically awarded when evidence is submitted. GPS location and text-based evidence is automatically screened for accuracy. Picture/video evidence is automatically awarded points upon submission but will be reviewed for accuracy by a game moderator within 12 hours. Inaccurate submissions will be rejected—and the points earned from the task deducted. Spam photo/video submissions, inappropriate submissions, and any sort of “point farming” (submitting pictures that are obviously illegitimate submissions to earn points quickly) will result in subsequently stricter point deductions.
You might not know what location each mission is describing right away, and that’s okay! Feel free to use the Internet to aid in your search—we pulled all of our clues from public information that is easily searchable on various GT websites.
NOTE: Our GooseChase Scavenger Hunt is limited to 1000 players total, so only the first 1000 people who join the game will be able to play.
Prizes
⭐ Reward 1: Free Soft Enamel Pin
Collect 700 points to receive a custom “Ramble Home” soft enamel pin! Stop by the RHA office in the Flag (Smithgall) Building during our published times (available in GooseChase) after you get 700 points to pick up your pin! Pins are available on a first-come, first-served basis; we have 750 pins total—250 in each color (green, purple, and orange).
👕 Reward 2: Free T-Shirt
Collect 2500 points to receive a wonderfully soft, 100% cotton short sleeve t-shirt! Stop by the RHA office in the Flag (Smithgall) Building during our published times (available in GooseChase) after you get 2500 points to pick up your shirt! Shirts are available on a first-come, first-served basis; we have 300 shirts total—55 S, 75 M, 80 L, 65 XL, 15 XXL, and 10 3XL.
🎟️ Reward 3: 4 Raffle Tickets
Participants that complete even more of the scavenger hunt and collect 4500 points will receive 4 digital raffle tickets to allocate across our 20 prize packages, each with an average value of $45!
- LED Strip Lights – 32.8ft total
- LEGO Architecture Skyline Collection – Singapore
- AmazonBasics Cotton Weighted Blanket – 15lbs, 48x72in
- Spikeball Game Set
- GT Tervis Cup
- Board Games: Codenames & Sushi Go Party!
- Roku Express Streaming Stick
- Squishmallow – 16″ Maui the Pineapple
- Fjallraven Classic Everyday Backpack – Gray
- Adult Coloring Book & 72-Piece Castle Art Colored Pencil Set
- Echo Dot (4th Gen)
- CONBOLA Desk Fan – Bladeless, 11.8″
- Squishmallow – Angie the Shibalnu 12″
- Jigsaw Puzzles: 2000 Piece “If Fish Could Walk” & 1000 Piece “Most Everyone is Mad” (Ravensburger)
- ENO, Eagles Nest Lightweight Camping Hammock
- Mini Projector – 1080p, Yellow
- HydroFlask – Wide Mouth, Yellow
- AmazonBasics 142-Piece Household Tool Kit
- LEGO Bonsai Tree
🐔 Reward 4: Community-Wide Chick-Fil-A Breakfast!
The residential community with the highest participation (calculated as the number of points earned, on average, per resident in the community—this allows for smaller, first-year communities to still be competitive against larger, upperclassmen communities since we’re adjusting based on residential population in each community) will be rewarded with a $2,000 catered breakfast from Chick-fil-A on Thursday, April 28 from 10am – 12pm! RHA will set up a tent outside the winning community and serve plenty of breakfast options, including chicken biscuits, sausage biscuits, buttered biscuits, parfait with granola, fruit cups, white and chocolate milk, orange juice, and coffee. The more points you earn for your community, the better!
The above leaderboard was last updated on April 6 at 11pm; it will be updated daily.
Questions or Concerns?
Any questions or concerns regarding the scavenger hunt can be directed to RHA’s Executive President, Bryan Gomez, at rha-president@housing.gatech.edu. Please email us for accommodation requests or if we can do anything to make you feel more comfortable throughout the event.
Secret Message
Looking to complete the first mission in the Scavenger Hunt? The secret message is “grow, lead, unite” (no quotes).