Invitation Note

Invitation Note is the first puzzle of Athena Puzzles Season 1. It was made by GyllieGyllie.

The first team to solve this puzzle was the Untitled Puzzle Team and it was solved by Orca.

Puzzle
Upon reaching this puzzle, each team would be presented with this image:

Hints
10 minutes - This looks a lot like a famous card game

20 minutes - All the vowels are already given

30 minutes - A is the lowest value, Z is the highest

40 minutes - Every arrow is a consonant so you know the exact length of the word

45 minutes - If the arrow is up, it means the consonant is higher in the alphabet than the previous character

If the team answered "poker" - You are not looking for the name of a game, but the same method as a game is used

If the team answered "interterritorial" - The solution is close in meaning, and the same in the starting bit

Solution
This puzzle was based on the famous card game Higher or Lower. Each arrow represented a consonant in the word, and the direction of the arrow indicated where in the alphabet the letter was compared to the letter that preceded it. Using trial and error or a wordfinder to fill in the blanks, you would come up with the answer: Intercontinental.

Solvers
Teams who solved the puzzle, in order: Untitled Puzzle Team (Orca), ßig ßrain ßoys (Kira), Airborne (Airborne), bewb (sen_), 0xff (ChiefChippy2), South Asian Boys (nayz), Capgenious (thesamwiser), Doge (Xx_Doge420_xX), Kushagra (Kushagra), The Cult of Gaze (Will o'The lord), The Elite (Genisis <3)