Teams
D'oh! Boys
Players:
- Jessen "Puff Yu" Yu
- Justin "Mac Daddy" Deng
- Nathan "Puff Daddy Plaid" Oestrich
- Steve "Cheez Puff" Chappell
- Jeff "The Notorious J.E.F.F" Bergan
- Mike "Puff Daddy Grad" Springer
Place: 1st
Award: Best Clue Site Renaming out of Frustration
Team Advil
Players:
- John "Ganjaman" Owens (Captain)
- Alex "Bluntman" Aravanis
- Scott "Chronic" Pegg
- Jarrod "Crackhead" Chapman
- Greg "Life is a Controlled Substance" Yap
Place: 2nd
Award: Think Before You Act Award
Blackbird Pie
Players:
- Brad "El Capitan" Vaccaro (Captain)
- Reading "El Cockytan" Maley
- John "El Non Trabajo Muy Deportanicus Canditan" Ananny
- Brent "El Comeditan" Holman
- Linda "La Cohabitana" Holman
- Astro "El freakin' rookie what gets no nickname" Teller
Place: 3rd
Award: Who Needs BART Award
Devil's Dick
Players:
- Snitch (Captain)
- Matt "Old Man Foley" Olsen
- Dave "El Gusta Diablo" McGee
- Ben "BeezNutz" Wang
- Chris "Shanghai Kelly" Pfeiffer
- Alex "The Pimp" Jasso
- Blake "Mr. Tibbins" Tucker
- Ray "Rainman" Tseng
Place: 4th
Award: Most Innovative Way to Solve Final Matrix Puzzle
Mystic Fish
Players:
- Alexandra "Albacore" Dixon (Captain)
- Justin "Bluefin" Graham
- Sam "Snapper" Freund
- Han "Hammerhead" Chou
- Charlie "The Tuna" Graham
- Josh "Grouper" Cooper
Place: 5th
Awards: Cruelty to Animals Award, Living up to Team Name Award
Max Power
Players:
- Danny "the nuts" Yang (Captain)
- Doug "the LQ" Anderson
- Eugene "C27H46O" Davydov
- Eric "chairman" Mao
- Kevin "it's a semaphore" Leyton-brown
- David "the boner" Park
- Philippe "the asian" Golle
- Stephen "the fetish" Sorkin
- Vicky "the taz" Wong
Place: 6th
Award: Least Trust in Game Control
Know Nothings
Players:
- Red "Red" Byer (Captain)
- Stephanie "Sinner" Cinereski
- Deb "Deadly" Henigson
- Thai "Mother" Bui
- Courtney "Just Make One Up For Me" Angle
- Anh "Just DON'T call me Annie" Bui
- James "Wes" Irwin (aka "Westle", or "Wessly")
Place: 7th
Awards: Best Covert Move that Backfired, Fish Lovers Award
Red 5
Players:
- Jeff Stribling "Red Leader" (Captain)
- Tushar Moorti "The Third Red"
Place: 8th
Awards: Best Time per Capita, Best Confirmation#3
Smoking High Monks
Players:
- Ben "Shaggy" Levitt
- Erik "Wheels" Neuenschwander
- Mark "Crazy Legs" Pearson
- Eric "Rincewind" Albert
- Jed "Poo&Ass" Burgess
- Nicholas "Agbaar" Fang
Place: 9th
Awards: Premature Induction Award, Art Connoisseur Award
Joint Venture
Players:
- Chris "lankybutt" Nichols
- Jennifer "snugglekins" Balogh
- Dave "Daveo" O'Connor
- Preston "knife" Ching
- Russ "gnob" Nixon
Place: 10th
Award: Best Confirmation#4
The Herbs
Players:
- Alice "Sassafras" Zheng
- Hanna "Saffron" Pasula
- Vassilis "Cinnamon" Papavassiliou
- Sekhar "Cumin" Tatikond
- Serge "Parsely" Belongie
- Kevin "Paprika" Murphy
Place: 11th
Award: Worst Navigators
Puzzle Fighters
Players:
- Paul "AkumaX" Chou
- Ben "Ryu" Shieh
- Patrick "Ken" Lin
- Mason "Dan" Kong
- Ricky "Zangief" Ho
Place: 12th
Awards: Most Familiar Voice Award, Matrix Junkie Award
Evil Masterminds
Players:
- Will "The Thrill" Harvey
- Jason "Gargamel" McHugh
- Shannon "The Brain" Pierce
- Matty "Skeletor" Muramaki
- Mel "Leader" Guymon
- Brian "Cats" Singerman
Place: 13th
Award: Source for Best Quote of the Night
Blood and Bones
Players:
- Rich "Uncle Dick" Bragg (Captain)
- Robert "Silent Rob" Cheng
- Chris "K-Dawg" Cheng
- Scott "Blitzkrieg" Krueger
- Chris "MMM-Bop" Dyrby
- Sanmit "Optimus" Basu
- Mike "No Holzbarred" Holzbaur
Place: 14th
Awards: Best Confirmation#1, Best Use for Tub of Fish left at GC
RadiKS
Players:
- Chris "Hardcore" Dunphy (Captain)
- David "Shlhacker" Lindes
- Chris "Trask" Odhner
- Lance "Dr. Fearless" McVay
- Miles "Sideshow Bob" Elam
Place: 15th
Award: Persistence Award
Women in Red
Players:
- Lynn Fisher (Captain)
- Baq Hadiri
- Donna Murch
- Andrea Frome
- Deborah Moniot
The Women in Red were a fake team who, in the plot of The Game, were
machines masquerading as humans in order to follow the trail to Zion
and destroy it.