那么,一切从哪里开始走下坡路呢?一个最初受到加密货币社区称赞的项目是如何因为错误的原因而开始流行的?这是最流行的点击赚钱加密游戏之一失去所有社会信用的故事。 9 月 20 日,这款基于 Telegram 的区块链游戏宣布第一季结束。据IntoTheBlock数据显示,截至9月27日,该游戏已在全球拥有超过3亿玩家的海量受众,网络内活跃地址达到159万。 为了纪念赛季结束,该平台在同一天下午 6 点(世界标准时间)拍摄了所有玩家的进度快照,为期待已久的 $HMSTR 代币空投奠定了基础。 Hamster Kombat 团队还宣布,其代币将于 2024 年 9 月至 10 月在Binance、Bybit、OKX、KuCoin、MEXC 和 Gate.io 等几家主要交易所上市。 👏啪啪啪,拍手,拍手👏仓鼠快打:过去的美好时光
首席执行官们,我们通知您快照已成功拍摄! 🫡🐹
📲 提醒:您仍有时间选择 AirDrop 提现方式,但时间仅限于 9 月 21 日上午 8 点(UTC)。
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The news about the airdrop and listings sparked a lot of excitement in the community. Analysts were optimistic $HMSTR would do well considering the project’s huge fanbase. Unfortunately, Hamster’s CEOs were in for a rude awakening.
The excitement surrounding Hamster Kombat quickly soured after its highly publicized token launch and airdrop. The rollout was marred by technical hiccups and accusations of fraud. The TON blockchain, already under strain from other high-profile token launches, faced additional pressure during the game’s airdrop, raising questions about its scalability.
Hamster Kombat’s highly anticipated $HMSTR token airdrop took place on September 26, 2024. Of the total supply of 100 billion tokens, 60% were allocated for this initial airdrop.
Over 300 million players participated in the game since its launch. Yet, the project revealed that only 131 million qualified for the distribution after anti-cheating measures disqualified 2.3 million accounts.
According to several sources, eligible users received 88.75% of their allocated tokens immediately, while the remaining 11.25% was locked and set to vest monthly over ten months after the token’s listing. This approach angered some participants who expected full distribution upfront.
✍️ HAMSTER MATH ✍️
— Hamster Kombat (@hamster_kombat) September 22, 2024
🔥 The results of Season 1 have been finalized:
🚀 Over 300 million people have joined Hamster Kombat since March 26, 2024, 131 million qualified for the airdrop on September 26th and around 2.3 million were banned as cheaters.
📤 30.6 million of qualified… pic.twitter.com/LH5eD3i8al
Dissatisfied players accused the developers of manipulating token allocations and operating unethically. On X, the crypto community created a hashtag meant to encourage users to boycott Hamster Kombat.
One user stated, “No one will be there who has not worked hard. All of these folks belong to your community. All of them can bring it down.”
Another user pointed out that Hamster Kombat had “bootlicked” YouTubers and influencers for referrals to get users to toil for keys in their games, only to give small rewards and wrongfully ban millions. They asked the community to unfollow influencers who supported the project, claiming YouTubers “misused the community.”
Since the airdrop mishap, the number of Hamster Kombat members on its Telegram channel has dropped at a shocking rate. IntoTheBlock data also shows that daily active address totals have gone down by more than 80%.
The team had announced that Hamster Kombat’s season 2 airdrop and game overhaul would happen in October. However, it has gone completely silent, and the date of the launch remains unknown.
The story of Hamster Kombat best defines a cautionary tale to developers. Its team, whom the community generally doesn’t know much about, seemingly leveraged investor enthusiasm to generate income through player engagement and promotional content on platforms like YouTube.
Hamster Kombat has cheated the community 📌 It's time to give them back.
— Crypto with Khan ( SFZ ) (@Cryptowithkhan) September 22, 2024
They have allocated a large portion of airdrops to bootlicking YouTubers and influencers for referrals.
They’ve implemented vesting without informing the community.
They’ve made people work like labour,… pic.twitter.com/Mw3UrDdHxl
Many in the community felt under-compensated and underappreciated for their efforts, with several users claiming they were wrongfully banned and excluded from the airdrop and referral rewards. This mismanagement has resulted in dwindling engagement; frustrated participants are losing trust in the project, and we can’t say their grievances are unjustified.
If there’s anything we’ve all learned in the last two years in crypto, evident in what happened to beleaguered crypto exchange FTX, it’s that you can only fool people for so long.
Without addressing these wrongdoings and breaking the silence over upcoming events, Hamster Kombat could collapse into oblivion before its planned season 2 rollout.
There have been rumblings of developers conniving with hackers to drain projects and share revenues. Perhaps, some Web3 developers are the scourge of the industry. What is undeniable is that Hamster Kombat has become a cautionary tale for any developer introducing a product to digital market investors.
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