The much awaited Hamster Kombat TGE (airdrop) is about to happen and the days leading to it is not without controversies.
About 2.3 million players of the Hamster Kombat game have been banned and prevented from benefiting from the airdrop due to
cheating according to the game developers.
Official Explanation
According to the game developers on their official Telegram account @hamster-kombat, these staggering number of bans (flagged through their anti-cheat system) occurred through the following:- Operation of multiple accounts
- Employment of software to automate tasks
- Fraudulent engagement of unsuspecting clients as referrals
Let us take a look at what the Hamster Kombat official Telegram account said:
"PROTECTING THE HAMSTER
👿 We’ve banned over 2.3 million cheaters — enough to fill the entire city of Rome!
🏴☠️ Wondering how we caught them? Well, here’s an example: One person connected over 400 accounts to a single Binance address, while another invited almost 2,000 "friends," all of whom were flagged by our anti-cheat system.
🤖 We have been analyzing users’ behavior for months before the TGE. We have seen accounts that logged in at the same time each day and were tapping the same exact pixel.
📈 We have taken away 6.8 billion tokens from these cheaters. 50% have been distributed among honest players, another 50% will be burned.
🐹 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."
Backlash
Many of these banned players have resorted to social media to lambast the developers with accusations of lack of transparency, dishonesty and lack of accountability. Some are visibly aggrieved that even though they gave out their heart and all to play the game fairly, they were classified as cheaters and subsequently banned.One user on X, (name withheld), lamented:
"So after playing this game for over nine months with my own data and time, this is what I get by Hamster Kombat that I cheated my way to the 4m PPH and 92 Keys. What dishonesty? #boycothamsterkombat"
Another user opinned: "I'm eligible for the Airdrop but hamster combat, awarded me with a cheater stick, hamster is a scam, I'm not belong to all these categories of cheaters but still with a cheating stick."
Way Forward
Many players, especially those who were deemed legal and have been rewarded with airdrop tokens, are awaiting fervently the listing of the Hamster Kombat token on key cryptocurrency exchanges. As it goes, many have pledged to abandon the Hamster Kombat project in its Season 2 if the listing price goes below expectations.Till then, let us keep our fingers crossed.
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