@marvingardens In the description (“before it is publicly announced”) does “it” refer to “the solution code”, “the fact that the puzzle is solved”, or something else?

@JimHays "it" refers to the object of the prior clause:

the answer to the million dollar MrBeast Salesforce whatever puzzle

@marvingardens Thanks! That was my read, but I wanted to confirm since there could potentially be a big lag between the two.

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/CDBiddulph/will-the-winner-of-mr-beasts-1m-sup

It may not be Eliza, but maybe someone else!

@Eliza there's no chance we win the million dollars lol but I'm down to collaborate on this tomorrow for a bit

@bens From what I can tell, the actual nature of solving this will require basically a combination of:

• Really good information gathering, organization, and filtering

• Understanding the overall shape of the puzzle, where you are, what you need to do next, etc.

• A fair stroke of luck to stay one step ahead of others

It looks like a huge amount of information is being compiled publicly or semi-publicly, so you have to assume someone has already compiled all of that and also has a bit of special sauce beyond that. This is the type of thing a team of 5-10 individuals who have worked on puzzle hunts in the past would be good at managing, especially with the lax rules about sharing solves.

You will see dozens of completely wrong or even plausible-but-wrong threads and need to identify just the one that is correct and not get bogged down on the others. You will need to fully grasp exactly what the goal is and not get stuck on side paths that are pointless wastes of time. It looks highly multimedial, expect to see almost every possible trick in the book. They didn't have infinite time to plan it (according to the in-puzzle lore at least), but they did use a team that has vast experiences with puzzles.

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That said, if you just want to enjoy solving some puzzles, it looks like a number of the individual sub-puzzles would be fun on their own!

@Eliza dyk? Jimmy's favorite board game is one of my favorites. Dune Imperium!

LOLOLOL. THAT WOULD REQUIRE TRYING IT

@Eliza I'm not really a big fan of this type of puzzle where you need to seek out social media and stuff. But among puzzle solving people I have absolutely no special sauce whatsoever. Other than just knowing a general idea of the shape of these things.

@Eliza Even then there's a little wiggle room where you could find out the answer from the public after it's solved but before the answer is announced. Room to make some mana