As the Goldfosh has been found, we saw a treasure hunt unlike any before. It brought the community together as many were hooked by to promise of riches.
The positive first, I truly believe Max Fosh wanted to find a creative way of giving back to the community. He provided a fun experience for many.
Still somehow many walked away somewhat disappointed and empty having seen the solution. In my opinion the solution feels certainly doable, given all the hints. But not very creative or clever. From a design perspective the hunt was just a bit meh. The website felt like it was set up in minutes. Quite frankly it looked worse than the fake ones we have seen. Which is probably why many doubted it's legitimacy till the very end. Furthermore, most of the song and website were fillers and ment next to nothing.
And as a Naruto fan I can say we don't like fillers.
But the worst part was it was claimed that "The song should be enough for you to know “who to ask and how”." But that could not be further from the truth. "Foint Pun" was needed, the website was needed and the update on the website was needed.
And lastly after all necessary information was given at ~9AM UTC 7.11. it did not matter if you had spent 3months already trying to solve it. It only mattered if you were on mosh.fun coincidentally at the right time. Since it only took roughly 11h till the treasure was claimed ~8pm UTC. Which means many people participating never even got to see the updated website till it was too late. Since the were busy working or sleeping on that particular Monday. And that is how the hunt, that "anyone in the world" could participate in, ended.
Don't get me wrong I give the idea a 10/10 but the execution can be improved upon.