- Hamster Combat has driven millions of players off the platform.
- The club accused the players of violating several rules.
- Affected players did not take it lightly, criticizing the airdrop campaign alongside disgruntled “honest” players.
Hamster Combat, the viral Telegram-based clicker game that recently angered governments and law enforcement agencies around the world, is leaving frustrated players disappointed just days after its Season 1 airdrop campaign concluded.
Built on The Open Network (TON), Hamster Kombat offers engaging gameplay where users take on the role of a cryptocurrency exchange CEO, tapping “Hamster”, completing missions, and playing other mini-games within the bot to collect virtual coins.
The game has gained popularity thanks to its easy access via the Telegram messaging app and the promise of earning millions of coins that can then be cashed out in cryptocurrency, attracting a whopping 300 million players since its launch in March.
But as the big day of cashing out approaches, the hype around Hamster Combat seems to be dying down, in part because of the controversial airdrop allocation criteria that have resulted in millions of players being kicked off the platform.
Hamster Combat Banned 2.3 Million Players
Just a day after users reported receiving their HMSTR token allocations, Hamster Kombat announced that it had banned 2.3 million players for cheating during the game’s Season 1 airdrop campaign. This number is roughly equivalent to the entire population of Rome, showing the scale of the crackdown.
Clicker Games said that they had detected cheating players after analyzing user behavior for several months before the TGE. During that time, they found several instances of cheating. In one case, a user linked over 400 accounts to a single Binance address, and another user invited over 2,000 friends, all of which were flagged by Hamster Kombat’s anti-cheat system.
“Cheaters don’t belong in our community. They automate their selling through software to get an advantage over regular players. We care about our players and market participants, especially long-term holders, and want to protect them.” Hamster Kombat wrote on X.
According to the announcement, Hamster Kombat stole 6.8 billion tokens from 2.3 million banned players, reminding new users that there is no free money in crypto. The game distributed half of these tokens to honest players and promised to burn the remaining 50%.
While this move to increase fairness is commendable, it has left users angry and confused. Even “honest” players have expressed frustration, questioning why they received fewer tokens than they expected.
Why Hamster Combat Players Are Angry
Various critics of X have expressed their disappointment with Hamster Kombat since it became clear that only 43% of its 300 million players were receiving HMSTR tokens. This included Web3 analyst Crypto Pioneer, who criticized the game’s reliance on detecting “key generation bots” as a key criterion for excluding cheating players.
The analyst claimed that banned users were “randomly” given a “Cheating is Bad” badge on their accounts, but were still able to play and were only banned after the season ended.
Another user claimed that the Hamster Kombat team discriminated against players who worked hard to improve their Points Per Hour (PHP) metric by allocating most of the airdrop to influencers and referrals.
Amidst the rising tensions, Hamster Kombat has launched an “Interlude Season” inviting players to collect diamonds, which will likely influence the next airdrop.
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