Hamster Kombat, the popular tap-to-earn game on Telegram, has just announced that players will not be able to claim the full amount of HMSTR tokens allocated upon release.
Frustration in the gaming community
According to the latest announcement from the developer, only 88.75% of the total tokens will be available for immediate claim. The remaining 11.25% will be locked and released gradually over a period of 10 months, expected to be completed by July 2025. This rule has caused frustration in the community, due to unexpected delays in the process of receiving tokens.
Hamster Kombat will issue a total of 60 billion HMSTR tokens from a supply of 100 billion. Additionally, 15 billion tokens will be reserved for Season 2, which is scheduled to launch after a several-week “Interlude season.”
Season 1 has been snapshotted, and this will be used to distribute tokens at the token generation event (TGE) taking place on September 26. This is also the first time the value of HMSTR is determined when it begins trading on The Open Network (TON).
Another controversial issue is Hamster Kombat’s anti-cheat measures. Of the 300 million players on Telegram, only 129 million are eligible for the airdrop. The game initially had 131 million users, but 2.3 million accounts were found to be cheating and were removed from the program.
Offending players are even banned and receive “Achievement Unlocked: Cheating is Bad” as a reminder to encourage fairness in the game.
Compared to recent airdrops like Catizen's, many Hamster Kombat players feel this distribution is unfair, especially for referral programs and additional key earning, which are only added later in the game.
