Many crypto projects struggle to survive after their airdrops, as users often cash out immediately.
Hamster Kombat seems to be facing a similar fate following its airdrop, which was far from flawless, let me say this.
Airdrop controversy, not the best way to build user loyalty
The game’s airdrop was met with huge backlash earlier this week, after developers of Hamster Kombat sent out messages to 2.3 million disqualified users in September, warning them to cheating is bad.
The studio wanted to protect the rewards of legitimate players ahead of the airdrop and the token launch on The Open Network, but both banned and eligible players are now accusing the Hamster Foundation, the creators of Hamster Kombat, of cheating them out of their rightful allocations.
Only 43% of users, or 131 million people who have played since the game launched, received the HMSTR airdrop.
Around 2.3 million users were banned for allegedly cheating, with many failing to meet the criteria.
The Hamster Kombat team claims to have 300 million players, making it one of the largest clicker games available.
Token lock, shady banning, and unfair allocation on the menu
A big issue came from a last-minute announcement stating that 11.25% of the 60 billion HMSTR tokens set aside for community members in Season 1 will be locked for 10 months, so users won’t be able to sell these tokens until the lock-up period ends.
Other complaints include small token allocations for regular players, the banning of some legitimate gamers, and influencers receiving larger airdrops than community members.
Following the announcement, frustrated users took to social media with hashtags like #BoycottHamster and #HamsterIsScammer.
The Hamster Foundation wanted to remove bots from their system to maximize rewards for real players.
Some experts think that implementing a lock-up period is likely the only way for the team to prevent bigger price drops at launch.
We don’t know if they were trying to create a token that people wanted to hold.
HMSTR token price, it will be the precious, or…?
Estimates says that when the HMSTR token is listed on Binance’s Launchpool, it may experience high volatility.
Early predictions place HMSTR’s price between $0.001 and $0.005 per token based on past Binance Launchpool listings and excitement surrounding its play-to-earn features.
But in this case, if someone holds 1,000 HMSTR tokens, their potential earnings could only amount to $1 to $5 after months of tapping their screens as they play their role as a fictional exchange CEO, the title given to players in Hamster Kombat.
If these issues aren’t resolved quickly and effectively, it could lead to the hall of fame of f*ckery further dissatisfaction among players and tanking the game’s reputation.
