You're laughing but he actually managed to raise $711, although fell short of the $6000 goal:

https://www.startjoin.com/coinquest

So now he's diversifying the effort, not sure if that's for two different computers or what:

https://www.startjoin.com/coinquestdark
https://www.cryptochange.org/campaign/41/help-fund-coin-quest-dark-stakes