Cicada 3301: An Internet Mystery
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[Chapters]
00:00 The First Puzzle
05:19 The Second Puzzle
07:42 The Third Puzzle
10:20 The End - Zábava
[Credits, References, and More]
www.lemmi.no/p/cicada-3301
Im da first
came back to rewatch after years, hello future
Whaaaaat
hello
hi
The winner gets the ability to capitalize numbers
this is an underrated comment
What the hell how do I have 99 likes?
@@gabem.8815 i dont even fricken know, but u deserve it
@@gabem.8815 bruh
there is a hidden secret character in this message, its hard to find but u20 thats the clue, ill wait, you find it out
The winner gets to know the location of Old Zealand
Edit: If you want to reply saying you know where Old Zealand is, don’t. None of y’all can agree because Old Zealand is apparently in the Netherlands, in Australia, in England, underwater, or non-existent. Stop
Zeeland in the Netherlands
Its in england i think
I found another one!!!
Old Zealand's in the Netherlands
I want Old York
Edit: STOP ANSWERING THIS, IT'S A JOKE
For 4chan users, 2:53 was harder than the Liber Primus puzzle, because they had to go outside.
could say the same for pof players
lets include some of the project sekai fandom.
🤪
@@maigoxxand enstars players
@@GANIMEDESINSANOAALFA that too 😭😭😭
For anyone wondering, as of July 25, 2023, the puzzle is still stuck on the deciphering of the Liber Primus texts. Not much, if any, progress has been made since this video. There is a dedicated subreddit called r/cicada that is dedicated to the project if you are interested in learning more :)
well said
@mathiasl9815 Those are unfamiliar to me. I must confess, I don't follow this as closely as I used to. I stumbled on this video and went down the rabbit hole once more, haha! I checked in on the reddit forums to see if anything new came up and didn't see anything relating to those coordinates. Sorry I couldn't be of more help!
@@QtheLaserDude ah no worries i just saw it for the first time yesterday and couldnt find anything myself either gets me thinking though lmao such a great edition to his videos
The coordinates in this video are for Lemmino’s own little puzzle iirc, not cicada related
Espero que este bien. Podría enviar el link para encontrar la información ? Por favor 🙏🏻
Dora surely ain't gonna figure this shit out
This comment is gold
😂😂😂😂
PEEPEE_ MASTER 😹
That's why you gotta call Steve in, make sure he has his handy dandy notebook.
🤣
This guy is calling me an idiot for 17 minutes and 53 seconds.
This video in a nutshell
LasagnaSquidd exactly
LasagnaSquidd how
@@kingtreedede7303 because the majority of those watching never even knew this was a thing that happened. Or have the skills to actually do anything.
Meh dudes just salty
5 years after watching this and I STILL desperately want to know what Cicada 3301 actually was (and this is still worth a re-watch!).
17:48 it was there all the time
@@xcutionerkeraI wonder if people have tried using that as a clue. There are some number things in the patron list that could mean something
@@xcutionerkera what was? Sorry for asking...
@@alvincarter8159 I was jk bro, that audio in the end xD
@@mip9272 I’m really not sure and I don’t do puzzles like this but I reversed it and slowed t down a bit and I couldn’t understand it that well but here’s what I got: *Only trust paths through (???) the end of the path your findings must go.*
youtube randomly recommending me this after 5 years
yep and just watched it it was great
same bro
It's great
Me after 5 years and 7 months
And STILL NO ANSWERS
Imagine reaching the final step and it says “you can now play as Luigi”
Cynical Player I’d kill myself lmfao
LOOL
Cynical Player waluigi then it will be good for smash players
worth it
L IS REAL
“Only for smart people”
Me: trying to balance the light switch in the middle
True intellect
at least im not alone doing that
Yeh im dum so i dont get it
Pure intelegence
Hey you're not alone
People who assumed this was a recruiting test for a secret organization just don't get how passionate puzzle people can be about puzzles.
facts
My toxic trait is thinking I could've solved this
“I could solve this in my sleep.” My dumbass brain says while hoping that I’ll somehow get on the internet and solve it while sleeping.
Lol
Me: Whats the password for the WIFI?
My friend: It’s on the back of the router
The back of the router:
So true
Lmao idk why but i can always remember the Wi-Fi password
Back of the router: ok now go to the roof and look inside the chimney. There you will find a manual with how to build a DIY acorn etchersketch. Then you will find the numbers within the acorn’s genetic code right next to every other prime number beside a 7 to its right. Then...
@@threes5031 lmaooo I'm ded
@Michael lmfao
Imagine getting to the end and it just says, “gottem”.
lmaoooooo
It would be funnier if someone just put the IP address and then they get the
👌
And they spent hundreds of dollars on flight tickets
The greatest prank the internet has ever known
1k like
imagine u just saw the poster one day and was like "that seems cool, i'll scan that" and you get recruited by a cybercult
I think one of the biggest mistakes Cicada made was to involve leg work-- once leg work is involved, you're not going find the people who solved the puzzle, instead you're just going to find the grunts who do the leg work. Sounds like they did find some people they want, but they'd probably find even more if they had cut out the leg work phase.
The other mistake is not doing a better job to keep the interest of their winning contestants-- to be fair, maybe they did find a few who actually stayed and were interested in their goals, but people would probably be more interested if they understand what the group is trying to do, and what they should prepare for... Sometimes people say yes, but then a few years later, the answer will no longer be yes. You can't really deal with people this way, like expecting them to still be in your pocket/aligned with you after years, when they aren't part of anything you did so far or are given no information for years.
Social intelligence is just so undervalued by these highly intelligent type sometimes-- Sometimes this elitism and exclusiveness just rubs me the wrong way. I get not wanting the riffraff, but cramming your group with the same type of people means it's unlikely to detect a mistake that would have been apparent to people with a different skill set.
(Assuming this really isn't just some sort of elaborate internet game. Honestly, as soon as leg work is involved, I thought it was just a game akin to the one from Gravity Falls-- which was really great and cool! But if it was an internet game, they probably could have done better than claiming to be people working on internet privacy/freedom of information, so I assume they are serious.)
However, I think putting contradictory things in the email was brilliant. Without giving a clear signal of what answer they are really looking for, people are more likely to just answer honestly, rather than trying to game the answer. Spiking your interview with trap questions is a good way to weed out types you want to avoid.
(Although maybe what they really believe is, only some information should be free. I mean, I don't believe ALL information should be free. The ones involving public interest, sure, but not the personal ones.)
I also think going to 4chan is a good idea, as people there probably value their anonymity (hence align with the privacy concerns), so it was probably right place. Again, the biggest mistake probably was involving leg work.
An example of a good trick question would be: "Are you willing to do ANYTHING we ask of you?"
People who say yes that are probably either (or all of these):
- People who are more interested in getting in than actually being sincere (i.e. they're going to say yes to make sure they get accepted, even if they don't mean it);
- People who are willing to follow blindly without thinking for themselves-- i.e. a follower, the type people the Cicada explicitly aren't looking for;
- People who think Cicada is some sort of shady group that _actually_ expects totally obedience.
People who say no would say are more likely to be honest/sincere, and have the courage to actually say no/face rejection. (Although it's also possible that it's just someone who's apathetic about being rejected.) That, or the person was smart enough to actually discern what kind of people you're looking for.
I just find it all a bit pretentious. Like it's a cool mysterious puzzle and all that but at the end of the day you're just a bunch of smarter than average people with too much time on their hands writing some code. (Assuming cicada is a highly motivated ideological group of very smart boys and girls). To me it feels like they also want to show off. Look at how cool and smart we are.
People of average intelligence just tend to overestimate how smart smart people are.
It's not like a video game where you have an intelligence stat and the more points you have in that stat, the smarter you are.
There is a practically infinite amount of knowledge and information out there in the world. Way too much for one person to learn, be familiar with, or to even have heard of.
Just because these people are good at programming and cryptography, doesn't mean that they have genius foresight into the what the 'world' 'needs' now or in the future. What do they know about politics, geopolitics, the legal system, human psychology, etc, etc. Just speculating here btw we don't know what their goals were if they had any.
What I'm trying to get at is that people see a very intricate puzzle and they assume there must be an secret international organization of geniuses behind it. Who understand an know much much more about the world then we mere mortals do.
And that's frickin bull.
The people I work with all have a PhD or post doc. Some of my friends are really smart and skilled. But every one of them is just a person. And they tend to think pretty simplistic and naive things about the things outside of their area of expertise.
Tldr: geniuses are bullshit. Cicada is just an bunch of nerds that are really good at programming or whatever. And have deluded themselves into thinking they are special.
@@JongeKroost You're not wrong in your broader point. Being "smart" doesn't make you omniscient, and like the person you're replying to was getting at, filling your team with too many similar individuals will create an intellectual bottleneck.
I do want to push back a little on one thing though:
"There is a practically infinite amount of knowledge and information out there in the world."..... "Cicada is just an bunch of nerds that are really good at programming or whatever."
That first bit is undeniably true and the latter bit is very likely true too. Contextualizing the game under the latter point, it's easy to assume the creators overlooked the former point, and that the game is designed to only find individuals who are already good at the skills necessary to solve the puzzle. That's certainly possible, and if it turns out that they really only want to build a good encryption program then that probably IS all they're looking for. It's the most straightforward answer, after all. If all you're looking for is someone who is good at solving cryptographic puzzles, then sure, an elaborate cryptographic puzzle will find that, and yeah, being good at a small set of skills (even to an elite degree) does not equate to intelligence.
However, it's also possible that the game was designed to test the former point as much as anything else. The game tests cryptographic knowledge, sure, but that's learnable. Throw the puzzle out on the internet in broadly visited forums and make it mysterious, and you won't just attract people who are interested in cryptography but also people who are interested in solving obtuse problems. You will attract people who don't already possess the necessary skills to crack the code but who are curious and devoted enough in solving a mystery that they are willing to teach themselves. The obsessive drive to solve a problem, the self motivation to remedy your own deficiencies, and the cognitive ability to actually learn a new skill and apply it effectively. Those would all absolutely be much more valuable, broadly applicable skills that define true "genius".
Or it really is just a pretentious cryptography club. We'll never know.
@@anagoth9Es muy bueno el punto de aprender una nueva habilidad en base a simple curiosidad y autodinamico.
Pero a la persona que va dirigida tu respuesta y diciendo que "son un grupo de nerds" mínimo tendría que haber resuelto un acertijo de CICADA 3301.
Saludos
Say what you want about cicada 3301. They make good music.
facts
Yess
migod yesss
Mhm
yeah some songs give me undertale vibes lol
The winner of this puzzle gets the coordinates to Old Zealand
This is probably the most underrated one
it's in the Netherlands, bruh
new zealand was discovered by the Dutch and they have a province called Zeeland.
@@Scwarzkop r/woooosh
@@yosh_eg_69 that’s not a r/wooosh comment bruh
*heads to the Netherlands*
*_PUZZLE BYPASSED_*
One of the freakiest things is, that the first song sounds the same if played backwards
Do you know what it is?
@@TheRealAviationLover What what is?
@@JohnGigaGrenadeprobably meant "do you know what it sounds like in reverse?"
@@TheRealAviationLoverlook up lemmino music - cypher
the background track or the message from cicada?
As soon as there was that glitch as the transition my heart dropped. I was so entrapped in the video that I was got off guard and had no idea what was going on, not to mention all those letters and numbers on the screen didn't help😅
Teacher: The test isnt even confusing
The Test:
Tom Ryan underrated
So true
U REMINDED ME TO STUDY FLR MY MATH TEST TMR AHHHHH
@@devin3537 it was Friday when you commented this, you have school on friday?
People have school on Fridays... She posted it on Thursday and the text was on Friday like most texts
At the end there’s a small text saying: “The real prize was the friends we made along the way. Thanks for playing.”
This reminds me of club penguin :'(
Stardust crusaders tho 😔
@@adilkami balls
@@thejeromedisciples bruh
@@thejeromedisciplesThese 50 days were truly fun.
I always thought and had in mind that people related to the creator of the Bitcoin (Satoshi Nakamoto) were also creators of Cicada and some other projects.
exactly my thoughts
and vitalik solved this puzzle and later he got the idea of ether
You’re right
Cicada 3301: The Incredible Mystery of the Logo and Its Origins
FIND IT. @LEMMiNO is just the beginning ...
The winner gets to know Victoria's Secret
YEH why is it called dat anyway
@Lit but some are just named after ppl like Chanel or lvs... Or have meanings like Samsung which means 3 stars in Korean... And yeh Victoria's secret actually has a meaning.... Apple just doesn't..
Because they are really m e n.
@Lit Apple is called Apple because Steve Jobs tried Apple farming in India with his Indian friend, and when he went back, he named the company Apple to honor his friend and the experience that he got when he was at the lowest point in his life.
@Lit I just have a feeling it’s cause they took a bite of the apple and got smart I mean look at the picture of apple...
They’ll be back in 17 years, just like a cicada.
How do u know
@@amirandhawa5744 coincidence. I replied.
Your reply is 17 hours ago.
Hudson lmao
Ammy Randhawa because they act like a cicada
Plot twist: they will actually post again in 17 years
I remember coming across this as a teen back in 2012. Me and my cousin tried to figure it out thinking it was a game. Later to discover it was a huge conspiracy. My mind was blown
Plot Twist: This video is affiliated with Cicada, and it contains the 4th puzzle. 👀
Part of this is true, there isnt a 4th puzzle but this video did contain a puzzle made by LEMMiNO by pressing on this videos bio you can go to "Correction of 9:52 to 10:00" and the other one below it, and go to the text where it says "Puzzle: The puzzle I hid in this video has been solved." and click on solved, you'll see how he made his own puzzle but wasnt affiliated with Cicada
Everyone: Her clues are so obvious!
Her clues:
Gham lol 421st like
Iam the 666th like..
1k like yeet
She's hiding messages for you in 12 different countries
Gham THIS IS GENIUS
I love that it’s called cicada. A ton of noise cause by a small, insignificant insect
wow
Yep
Oh my god
You are a genius.
Perhaps that's exactly the whole point of the group's name.
I go back to this video like every 6 months. Lemmino, I love this video. Oh my god. Never stop making videos, you're phenomenal ❤
Bro this channel is so good, it gives me tingles up my spine every time :)
The winner receives tooth paste recommended by 10/10 dentists
Col.....wait nevermind
100% did not know there was another comment with the exact same joke
Colgate
Great Big Story's Cicada 3301 Episode 1
RedHexGaming and hand sanitizer that kills 100% of germs.
*The winners got a bag of lays potato chips that was full of chips instead of air*
I used to watch the backyardigans when I was 9
@@Presidentscout i think we all did
holy shit, there's actually chips in a bag of lays? damnnn
Wassup, Pablo
More like shabangs
cicadas arise after 17 years
maybe it will come again in like 2029
Hopefully it will
@@hellp2073 ah thank u! ^^
I like how the video is 17 mins and 53 seconds long.
I find it amazing how some people spend so much time on something to give others something fun to do
wait 14-17 years, that's how long cicadas take to hatch.
Cicadas are a strange bunch. Some have a yearly cycle. Some much longer. Typically from 2-17 years tho. It’s too much to type in a comment here. Just research them a bit. Pretty crazy how they work and how brood timing works.
I really fear that the "have patience" message was meant to be taken serious even after the years of silence, and the puzzle is ruined after the winners leaked their results.
Good point
This was all in 2014. So we’ll have to wait till 2028-2031. Godamnit
@@sanctificate6285 Han the robot says he’ll launch the singularity in 2029; he says that’s when robots will be able to get over.
conclusion: 3301 grew exponentially and eventually started their own company called NordVPN
Edit: (Thank you for the likes!!)
Initial release: 13 feb, 2012!
Imagine
Lmao hahahaha
.
@@ummruqayyah3104 why would you believe everthing your gov.says
one of my favorite videos of all time. amazing work!
I remember watching this when this vid first came out thinking how sick this was. Rewatching its still sick. Good editing and storytelling man
I swear the thumbnail made me feel like this was a horror internet story
Wtf me too
Lol same
It puts the lotion on its skin.
same
When he said the ennnwrensvsid
i have watched this video several times now. every once in a while i come back even though i know the content. its just so well made.
lemmino is just the best, most of his videos are rewatchable multiple times
I think the answer is really simple. It was in fact just a very ambitious group of friends. I've been in such groups, and for just one project they can do miracles. As soon as I saw the graph of the poster locations that's what I thought. It looks like 1-3 Americans, a single European, and a single korean could do it without any passports or long distance travel. Or as the video said, one rich guy could do it.
The end, though, is the same in every group. Something (often just a simple spat) starts to create tension... Tension breaks the magical feeling of "we're working for great things"... Once that kind of obsessive sensation is gone you just go back to whatever you really care about most. The group slowly fades, lots of plans to revive it are made, and a die-hard or two stays on board until the last... And then they go too. Happens with fan discords, happens with social media cults.
It's one reason actual conspiracies often fail. Keeping more than 2 people FULLY ENGAGED and FULLY PASSIONATE about a topic is incredibly hard to do for very popular and fun things... Now imagine doing it with hard work! Even if they're exactly the right people at the start (one in a million!) It's nearly impossible to be sure they will be after a year a two... Especially decades.
I think they had a great idea for an ARG, used it as aediocre recruiting campaign (you're selecting for Internet ARG hobbyist when what you need is a fully fledged back end developer), and then realized that the truth of their plan ended with finding a super genius and profit. Then it turns out they got a bunch of 4chan nerds who just wanted more puzzles, and half of whom did it all for clout on 4chan.
The finalists get toothpaste that 10/10 dentists recommend
Hahaha imagine if that was true 😂
damn it should have done it-
Or -1
YES
or when Minecraft 2 released
Imagine getting to the end and getting rick rolled.
Cyprian Cole Talk about the most epic troll of all time.
@@octaviusroosevelt7355 yeah, spend years just to get rickrolled lmao
To be honest I wouldn't be mad
@@mrver3232 for the rickroll?
@@Vynoux yup, in my case at least, not so sure about others
One of my favourite internet mysteries ever. Always come back and watch this now and then.
This video is very important.
This video helped to really popularize long form essay type videos, and especially ones about paranormal or creepy topics.
“Yeah this band’s super underground, had to crack 15 ciphers to listen to their music”
Twenty Øne Pilots fans be like.
@@ohifonlyx33 if ANYONE thinks that garbage band is “underground,” then good god
@@sharibyaku it's a bit of a joke. Because yeah, they are a popular band. But their last couple albums have created a sort of allegorical dystopian ARG with easter eggs in the lyrics and a pretty deep lore regarding 9 bishops who rule over the Zoroastrian-inspired city of Dema, the captives they keep inside to practice the worship Vialism, and the banditos who must escape through Trench and band together on the Outside.
@@sharibyaku not under ground but music is subjective
@@sharibyaku Woah calm down I think their music is pretty chill, no need to go hating on something just beacuse you have nothing better to do.
imagine a 10 year old calling his mom but misses it by one digit and ends up calling the cicada number
could be.
“Mom is that you? MOM!?!?”
"Mom, can you buy some mcdonalds on the way home? Thanks hahaha "
lol underrated
I called the number but it didn't show the message. Maybe its because I used *67.
I've seen this at least 2 times already but I'll watch it again because it is such a good piece.
I could’ve swore the video was longer than 17 min
Everyone’s talking about how intelligent the puzzle’s solvers are but not how skilled the puzzle’s creators were.
Truth
True
While true they must’ve been intelligent, it’s surely much easier to create a maze than to walk through one
Yes that’s why there’s only 1 comment about it on this video
Ah yes and I would’ve been 7 when the puzzle was created
"Only for intelligent people"
Me: Opening the fridge slowly to see when the light turns on.
Lmao thats me 😂
Don't ever use the word smart around me
BIG BRAIN
Maximum IQ
Yo hacia mucho eso
Hasta que un buen día el bombillo no lo soporto más y se fundió unu
I come to this video every once in a year. And then try to explain to my uninterested friends and family about this elaborate puzzle. So well made and explained.
i come back to this video essay all the time dude i love this
*This could’ve been the greatest Rick Roll ever in the history of the universe*
lol
The Cat's Pajamas Oh if i were to do all the things and end up rick rolled i would have been just dead lmao
The great thing is...
It could still happen :)
It was.
If at the end cicada would just give them rick's link 😂
"You made it! Please complete a survey to claim your prize!"
Prize: $20 gift card
I would be mad
Yeeah hahaha
Then this 20$ will get connected to D.B. Cooper case.
a used 20 dollar gift card
Coincidence? I think not.
Hotel? Trivago.
this is still one of my favourite videos on youtube of all time
Lemino haha. Clever. Subscribed
Imagine the smartest rickroll at the end of the puzzle
😂😂😂
OML YESSS
@@aetherlumi9416 ikr
That's evil 🤣😭
😂😂 rip
The winner gets a microwave that heats the food not the bowl
Wanna hear something funny? That's what microwaves were intended to do.
@@spacez5963 But why the bottom is hot and the sides are cold?
@@TouhouFan do you want to burn your hands when you pick it up?
@@TouhouFan Exactly my point. Microwaves are shit.
What if you want a hot bowl stop alienating bowl-consumers
ngl i come back to this video all the time; i watched it the first time on a school chromebook and it's still my favorite youtube video ever. cicada 3301 is so impressive and the story is SO captivating. best video essay everrr :3
this video is so well made i love it
*The Finalists Get To Know Victoria’s Secret*
Hassan Zahid DAYUMMMMMM
Skskskksksksksskkskskskskskskskskskks i have no words....
Hassan Zahid 🐐🐐
*spoiler alert* All the models are men, very unfortunate for you perverted ones 😬
Victoria already gave me her secret, and is was incredibly wonderful and lovely in a way no other man will ever know.
Imagine if this was somebody's college project and they overdid it?
Had to change it to stop more arguements
lol
Damn 😂
Someone actually did do this back in 2004. It was called Neurocam, a youtuber called Barely Sociable did a really good video on it if you wanna learn more.
PhoneStarter fucking love that you said “he” and not “they”
@@srv1332 please tell me you're joking
@11:55 There's another very strong contradiction I noticed - they want full anonymity and privacy for all humans, but yet also believe censorship is wrong and information should be free. These things cannot exist together unconditionally. This sounds like the type of hypocritical naive fairytale cause a young activist, looking for meaning, would write. At the first puzzle, I thought it's just a group of intelligent twentysomething coders who like cryptography and puzzles and see themselves as a think tank, fighting for their muddled beliefs. I think that's still right. The contradiction is so big, it should be obvious to them.
I realize that this was 5 years ago, it was crazy how 5 years ago you could made something that looked liked a movie. Good work!
I can’t imagine how scared the first person to the website was when they saw the countdown
Countdown to death
I would have closed out and yeeted my computer. Screw this.
or get hacked
I would have screamed and closed the website right then
f*** the prize
i would have punched through the computer
The winner gets hand sanitizer that kills 100% of germs
Underrated this is amazing
And the runner ups would get wings from Red Bull
Not 99.9999999% right?
Die covid 19 viruses, die!!! *(Evil laugh)*
😂😂
it's criminal how this one is so short haha
but i still love your work nonetheless
will be sitting down and enjoying some popcorn while i watch your newest video!!
Great video again!!
I think cicada is my dad, he pops up from nowhere with pointless shit and then vanishes for a number of years.
hahahaha
Way to connect the dots! A reasonable assessment lol
My dads extinct, he is no where to be seen.
Edgy
longcraig67 RIP
Maybe it’s called cicada because they disappear for a while and then come back
Its 10 years I believe
slimy human I heard it was 17-18 years
FrankieOfGad144k _ the fuck?
my brain exploded
@@zionofthetribeofLevi144k why are you talking bible?
IMO Cicada was NOT looking for a cybersec expert. Here is why: As a cybersec specialist, you wont be solving some puzzles which can be found in a picture - you will be investigating traces after your db leaked, making penetration test (depends on the team), or... discovering exploits in software which your company uses etc. These are things totally UNRELATED to the puzzles. These tasks didn't require any special knowledge of networks, operating systems, or programming - which are essential skills for cybersec specialists. Yes, of course, you can say - what about cryptography? Well... nothing. For 99% of average cybersec specialists, crypthography at the level of pure mathematics is almost totally irrelevant/useless. But, these puzzles required a lot of specific perceptivity, which most of us (including me) does not have. Thats what makes it interesting - from one side, the puzzles are not really related to normal cybersec, but from another - a lot of various "IT" puzzles were here. I highly doubt the fact that it was some kind of an secrect service... unless they were looking for Jack Ryan, when he finds out that bad guys speak via chat in some video game.
Im really curious if anywhere in the future they will reveal their identity. For me, the most possible scenario, is that they are indeed some independant group of people, which are really fighting for a freedom. But thats kind of an utopia. OR, i am wrong, and some goverment were indeed looking for some geniuses, to maybe hire them as a military IT experts? Who knows. Remember, that the basics of TOR were invented/described by Navy guys iirc, just like many other amazing tech/it solutions, which were created by some army specialists.
I remember being recommended this video more than a dozen times back in 2018 but never going through the effort of watching it, until now. I got recommended this again years later and somehow I remembered this video because of the unique thumbnail and Cicada 3301 (about which I had no idea cuz back then we didn't had such cheap internet). Good old days....
teacher: cmon guys, the homework isn’t that hard, I taught it just yesterday
*the homework:*
Why is this so relatable
Underrated
Bruh I aint been to school in like, 3 years but damn is that shit ratable. Had to teach myself math!!! Fuckn math teacher sat at the computer all day playing solitair
BRO YOUR SOOOOOO FUNNY AHAHAHAHAHAHSHSHSSKSKSKSKSSKSKSAJJAJAJAJASAHHADAHSASA
you cant complete it even 1 year
The amount of effort these soundcloud guitarists go through just so their music gets heard is unbelievable...
Josh Polcyn Im dying!😂💀😂💀
Y'all follow me on twitter lol @JoshuaPearce00
Literally what I was thinking thw whole time.
@@pearcepolcyn5497 no one here cares about your twitter joshua
Ikr and they are sooooo underrated
"Please finish the puzzle to comfirm you are a human'
The winner gets to know who let the dogs out
According to Vsauce, it was the mesolithic southwestern Chinese.
Lmao
Underrated
Bruh
i spat when i saw this comment
I love how they didn't think through that people who just wanted to solve a puzzle might not want to web develop for them
I found this episode absolutely fascinating. How incredibly clever the creator's and cryptic puzzle solver's are. It just goes to show you how many rabbit holes there really are within the Interweb and how skilled you would need to be to find and navigate some of them🕷🌐🕷
Turns out cicada was trying to promote his SoundCloud the whole time
💀
Wait actually...
Nah I was joking about the guitar parts
*Worldcorp Enterprises noises intensify*
@@nightradiance7287 what if it's the same person?
imagine doing this and you live in a country without a cicada QR code
Ask him/them for travel money...
@@Quapadople hey secret group that i cannot communicate directly with, can I have hundreds of dollars to travel to and from one of your posters so I can have a chance at even seeing there? sure? thanks.
@@dylanwalker7674 sure whats your discord
arc lol
its ok i can fly my magic carpet
Amazing video. Very interesting. Cheers.
i watch this video like 2-3 times a year im OBSESSED with this and fun fact this video is what lead to my pursuit in cyber security where i am in college to do as we speak!
The winner of this puzzle will get a Toothbrush approved by 10/10 dentists.
meh
*toothpaste
not toothbrush
You gain a immortal cicada
YOU HAVE 666 LIKES OMG I HAVE TO RUIN IT
@@forgeskygaming3355 I WAS THE 669TH LIKE
This could honestly be the biggest Rick roll in all of history
Imagine completing the puzzle and they give you a link and get rickrolled
@@aaedo0667 plain ticket
Xander Aedo plain ticket
shut up epicfail8686
We're no strangers to looovee!
Imagine the brains and the collaboration the makers of cicada 3301 working together. That is massive respect.
I cannot get over the intro music. It's just so good and fitting
Teacher: the test isn’t that hard, you just need to study.
The test:
Hahahahahahahaha
Ha lol
The teacher very like to get burried🙂
@@fbiagent5623 what?
@@spookyminator44 burred haha 😁
The winner gets to know, whether D.B COOPER is alive or not.
Sheksladd Gamer nice
Sheksladd Gamer is this all run by D. B. Cooper?? Who knows
He ded.
Also the truth about the battle of Los Angeles in 1942, the Bermuda triangle and what really happened to Flight MH370.
@@tstwimo1944 according to my counting, since D. B. is in his 40s in the hijacking, he could be anywhere to 87-98 now.
The production quality is insane
This brings back good memories. Been hearing a lot about this puzzle when I was new to CZcams. Every single person in here was talking about it.
If this whole “being an internet cult” thing doesn’t work out for cicada, they should really look into music production.
I agree! The music hints sounded really pretty.
holy crap i haven't laughed this hard in a long time thank you
They should really invest their time on trap music immaright? Get xxxtentacioned bro
Banana Block he didnt even make trap music that was soundcloud rap lmao
Ew trap music
No one:
Math exam questions:
To be honest, an ARG like this would be a pretty kickass way to teach math and computer science. Y-know that site that exists to be hacked for education and fun? Like that. Hell, make it a video game.
Basically
@@TheGreatYukon That would be awesome
Teacher: *_TIMES UP_*
I’d laugh but it’s true 😂😭
i have watched this video probably 10 times now in the last 5 years, this fascinates me beyond belief..
it's crazy these people are just walking the streets with us, because those papers had to have been placed there and made sure to have stayed there and not ripped off by a stranger not doing the puzzle.
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The fact he made his own soundtrack for this makes this 75% better.
Facts 😂
U mean the music between arcs?
@@shrimp5303 did he really make it the music between the arcs? If no and you know the original i would appreciate if you tell me its name
@@mon__890 he has a seperate channel where he creates his music, it’s in his channel box
Its called "Cipher" by lemmino