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Yuga Labs, the company behind the massively popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection, announced the winner of its “Dookey Dash” endless runner game challenge on Wednesday.
“Many have dashed, more have dookey’d, but one person arrived,” the Bored Ape Yacht Club account tweeted. “Congratulations to @Mongraal, the Key is yours!”
Many have dashed, more have dookey’d, but one person arrived. Congratulations to @Mongraal, the Key is yours! pic.twitter.com/FXNi2yrJIV
— Bored Ape Yacht Club (@BoredApeYC) February 15, 2023
Kyle “Mongraal” Jackson is an English esports player known for playing the battle royale game “Fortnite.” Last September, “Fortnite” creator Epic Games added the NFT-powered online creation game “Blankos Block Party” to the Epic Games Store, making the game the first Web3 title published on the popular PC gaming marketplace.
Over 25,000 players participated in the “Dookey Dash” challenge, open only to Bored Ape Yacht Club and Mutant Ape Yacht Club NFT holders. Members could mint exclusive “Sewer Pass” NFTs used as a power source in the race.
Ended 1st in dookeydash @BoredApeYC
This is the last 3+ mins from my rank 1 score 🤝 pic.twitter.com/opYuI4feaz
— Mongraal (@Mongraal) February 8, 2023
Secondary sales of the Sewer Pass NFTs topped 36,000 ETH, around $60 million, since they launched on January 18, when the makers of the Ethereum NFTs launched the game challenge with the promise that the highest-scoring gamer would receive a mysterious reward.
The challenge was plagued by claims of cheating and “boosters”—for-hire players being paid to play the game for the JPEG holder—pumping up their scores on the leaderboard.
Boosters charged between 0.25 ETH, around $420 at the time for a score of 250,000 or higher, and 2.5 ETH, around $4200 for a score of 700,000 or higher.
Others claimed the cheaters were using exploits that let them circumvent Yuga Labs’ anti-cheating measures.
We want Dookey Dash to be as fair as possible. As we've mentioned previously, we will not allow cheating. We’ve already noticed some #DookeyDash Sewer Passes associated with cheating. Those scores have now been removed from the leaderboard.
— Bored Ape Yacht Club (@BoredApeYC) February 8, 2023
“And a quick pat on the back to all of our players who played it fair and square,” Bored Ape Yacht Club wrote. “Only 2% of all scores were reset based on the score review process.”
A big thank you to our 25K+ players for going into the sewers. Because of all of you, the BAYC ecosystem grew 40%. Welcome to all of our new friends. We’re glad you’re here. https://t.co/q1caBQcXA2
— Bored Ape Yacht Club (@BoredApeYC) February 15, 2023
“Congrats, king!” wrote Satvik Sethi, former Mastercard product lead for NFTs, responding to Mongraal’s win. “Cannot be understated. Please take extra precautions with your wallet security now,” he said. “Don’t click any random links, verify every URL and type things in yourself, don’t do any OTC trades and swaps, and plenty of threads and spaces out there to learn more.”