Having those many players enter a game at once comes with some concerns.ĭonaldson was especially interested in “making sure someone couldn’t just duct tape their hand to the phone,” he told The Verge at the time. The app was prepared to hold “millions of concurrent players,” with more than 1 million players within the first hour. Prior to the game’s launch, Donaldson spoke to The Verge about expectations both his team and MSCHF had for the game. Donaldson gave his mom $100,000, bought a house for his best friend, opened pop-up shops where visitors could buy expensive electronics for cheap, and bought car shoppers a vehicle of their choice after taking over a dealership, practically giving away every car. His channel skyrocketed under the new format. Over the last three years, Donaldson has filmed videos about making large donations or presenting challenges that land friends and strangers new houses and cars. “I think the beauty of the game is that we don’t really have control”ĭonaldson has made a name for himself on YouTube for similar type of videos. Two players took their fingers off the app on July 2nd for $5,000 each, according to Donaldson’s tweets, and another two players took their fingers off today for $10,000 each. Over the last day, Donaldson started offering some of the remaining players thousands of dollars to take their finger off the app.
The Verge has reached out to MSCHF and Donaldson for more information.
“Glad a robot didn’t win,” Donaldson tweeted.ĭonaldson also said that a lot of people were pretending to have won, but that his team “confirmed the actual winners thru the backend and they have all been contacted.” At least one person on a live stream who claimed to have been in the final group said they had not received a call from Donaldson. Donaldson then tweeted that he was able to get two “of the $20,000 winners in a phone call.” A follow up tweet from Donaldson confirmed “all four winners have been contacted and will get their money.” “Dear the four remaining contestants with your finger still on the app, I’m ending it here.”Ī couple of the players said they tweeted at Donaldson asking about next steps because they were left confused. Another member of the final four had his game disconnected. One player argued on a livestream that Donaldson’s tweet could be a trick if three of the final four players removed their fingers, the last person standing could still stand to win $25,000. CONGRATULATIONS!”ĭespite Donaldson’s calls for players to “go to sleep,” a couple contestants kept going. “Three days is insane! You ALL win and will ALL receive $20,000. “Dear the four remaining contestants with your finger still on the app, I’m ending it here,” Donaldson tweeted. The game kicked off at 3PM ET on June 30th, and ran until Donaldson called an end to the madness on Twitter at 1:15PM ET today. The rules were simple: be the last person to take your finger off a phone screen, and win $25,000. The result? Four winners, each walking away with $20,000 in hand.ĭonaldson’s “Finger on the App” was a one-time game designed in partnership with internet collective MSCHF. After watching contestants keep their fingers attached to a phone screen for more than 70 hours, YouTube creator Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson called an early end to a massive competition originally designed with one winner and a $25,000 prize in mind.
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