A popular Telegram game called Hamster Kombat has made headlines after banning 2.3 million cheaters from its platform. In a bold move, the game’s development team has decided to distribute half of the earnings from these cheaters among “honest players” while burning the rest. This action comes just before the highly anticipated launch of the HMSTR token and airdrop on The Open Network (TON).
Hamster Kombat has amassed a staggering 300 million players who have been eagerly participating in the game in hopes of securing a portion of the upcoming airdrop. A recent tweet from the game revealed that 131 million players have qualified for the airdrop scheduled for September 26. However, a significant number of players, 2.3 million to be exact, have been identified as cheaters through the team’s analysis of user behavior.
The anonymous development team behind Hamster Kombat shared some shocking details about the banned cheaters. They mentioned that one individual managed to connect over 400 accounts to a single Binance address, while another user invited nearly 2,000 friends, all of whom were flagged by the game’s anti-cheat system.
🛡 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… pic.twitter.com/LaHrn3ow2K
— Hamster Kombat (@hamster_kombat) September 23, 2024
As a consequence of the ban, the team confiscated a total of 6.8 billion tokens from the cheaters, with half of them set to be distributed to legitimate players. The remaining tokens will be burned, reducing the overall supply. This move is expected to potentially increase the token’s value by creating scarcity in the market.
Based on pre-market trading data, the current price of HMSTR at $0.08 indicates that the game managed to prevent approximately $544 million worth of tokens from falling into the hands of cheaters. It is important to note that pre-market trading predictions are not always accurate.
Hamster Kombat expressed their zero-tolerance policy towards cheaters, highlighting how these individuals use automated software to gain an unfair advantage over regular players. The game’s priority is to protect the integrity of its community and ensure a fair playing field for all participants.
The upcoming HMSTR token launch and airdrop on Thursday will see 60% of the total token supply distributed, with an additional 15% reserved for the second season of Hamster Kombat. This distribution marks the final allocation of HMSTR tokens intended for the community, as stated in a recent announcement on Twitter.
Maintaining the excitement and engagement of players is a constant challenge for tap-to-earn games. Notcoin, a pioneering game in this genre, has reinvented itself by collaborating with other projects like Lost Dogs and Flappy Bird in a bid to establish itself as the “Netflix” of social games. Similarly, Catizen, a swipe-to-earn game, has devised a strategic tokenomics plan to support 19 seasons of airdrops.
Edited by Andrew Hayward