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In April 2021 several Stone "Artifacts" were released for sale in NFT form, with the proceeds to be donated to designated charities. In 2022 some of the original Stone creators reunited to create a 25th
Anniversary puzzle which was released to "The Unknown" in "The Stone Monument" at Scarecrow's
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developed by web company Abject
Modernity Internet Creations Inc. in 1995. The mystery game was created in 1996 but launched as a consumer product in 1997. People had to buy a physical stone containing the login credentials to the website, which was unheard of at the time. In 1999,
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Following the Redux, a set of eight final puzzles (including the last ever Stone puzzle "Essence") was released as a mini-tournament known as "Outside the
Immediate". This mini-tournament was won by the Stone players "Ultraspx", "morgana", "irisbb", "enobarbus" and "BlindSide".
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Tournament, the tournament puzzles were opened to all the remaining Stone players as the Final Six Redux, featuring slightly different answers for some of the puzzles. The Redux was won by the Stone players "BlindSide" and "morgana".
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Stonekeeper. The tournament was won August 11, 2007 by the Stone players "Gary_" and "cinnabar." The solution to the Enigma was discovered August 22, 2007 by Stone player "grissy".
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Monument (now hosted at
Scarecrow's Field), although no user data was preserved so users must re-solve the puzzles of the Immediate. Stoners can still get nudges through the Scarecrow's Field forums.
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