CronWrath

What's wrong with you?

Do you have a finale puzzle written into your will?

I don't even make puzzles for a living, but I definitely plan on having a rat race style contest for anybody who desires a cut of my inevitable fortune.

Amazing! I'll have to look into it and maybe get more involved in the community.

But yeah, whenever you involve a large cash price, people get shitty. I'm sure you've heard of Fenn's Treasure, but last I heard they were in a legal battle for someone finding the treasure with someone else's solution.

I would tempt people with my vast fortune but have the final treasure be "the friends you made along the way" and then probably split it mostly evenly among the participants. That way nobody feels cheated. The is unless the winner killed everyone else to ensure victory, but then you have the added goal of making them feel bad.