I Won AdVenture Capitalists's Hardest Event, And Now Honest Players Hate Me

Last time on Musthave Tech I showed you how to win AdVenture Capitalist the...unorthodox way, to say the least. Check it out here.

Today I went to collect the rewards from my previous event I cheated on [a measly 8th place prize] and I realised Saturday Night Fever was on, and it ended in 3 days. I was grinning! The hardest event [and my vanilla experience confirmed this!] was on and I could break it to win it!

The Issue

Of course, since 4 days had passed, some sweaty person had reached 2.147 billion already. This posed a challenge since there was a chance he would draw with me. I had to find a way.

The Solution

I knew that in order to win this event, I had to beat the 2.147 billion sweat. So, I set about the standard practise of finding the right memory address for the point count. I set it as the 32-bit integer limit, and completed the task. Of course, the points looped back to negative 2 billion. Why wouldn't they?

That was until I realised something. The memory address's value was now over 2.147 billion. Perhaps this was because the game added points after I set the value and it got confused. This meant I had to set the value not as the 32-bit integer limit, but as enough for the game to add on points and MAKE it the 32-bit integer limit?

I tested it by selecting a simple task- equipping an item for 115 points. I used a search engine [Ecosia- you should use it too] to find:

2 147 483 647 - 115 = 2 147 483 532

I entered this value in, did the task and BOOM! The number was set to the 32-bit integer limit and I was now in 1st place.

Winning Never Felt So Good

I was happy. Content. I went to eat lunch. And I came back to write this article. I was happy that I had won AdCap's hardest event. So, I would like to present one more theory I have: What if I were dethroned?

How [I Think] AdCap Deals With Draws

I think AdCap deals with draws by placing the newest player with X points above the others. Meaning, I would have to find the address, and change it back to 0 and then to the 32-bit integer limit and I would shoot to 1st place again!

I'll test it someday, if I have to.

The point is, the leaderboards look like this:

1. 2.147 billion [me]

2. 2.147 billion [sweaty person]

3. 1 billion [other sweaty person]

4. like 100 000 [poor guy who wasted his in-game money only to get 4th]

I love it.