Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-29646689-20180822003111/@comment-29191679-20180825220401

Actually, there are a couple of ways to beat the defense.

If the universe is finite, then we're already done. The infinite amount of boxes would fail immediately, turning into a black hole that consumes the entire universe.

But letting the defense fail automatically isn't very fun, so let's assume that the universe is infinite. In order for the defense to be reasonable, we only need to change one more thing: TheWinner437 must be immortal, and can only be killed by the attacker, who is also immortal. The fact that the amount of boxes is infinite doesn't matter: The fact that the layers of boxes has no end means that the attacker would not be able to start outside the boxes, and so they must also be a finite distance away from TheWinner437. And no, the player cannot be a finite distance away from the end of the layers of boxes: There's always going to be another box encasing all the boxes you can think of.

The solution here seems quite simple: Keep digging. Even if you have only your bare hands, you will eventually reach TheWinner437. Keep in mind that you do not need to know where Winner is: Because this is an infinite amount of boxes and not an infinitely thick box, you will eventually run into an edge, and then a corner, which you can then use to locate Winner manually. Simple, right?

Not quite, unfortunately. There seems to be a 1/6 chance that you will end up digging an infinitely long hole leading away from Winner. The best way to counteract this is to dig in two opposite directions until you reach an edge. There's still room for mistakes, though: There's a 1/2 chance that you'll start digging the wrong way. Instead, you should follow the edge until you reach a corner. Only a corner gives you enough information to tell you where you need to go.

Once that's all done, you just need to follow the corner until you reach TheWinner437. Looks like the defense isn't so impenetrable after all.

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