• Hamster Kombat banned 2.3 million cheaters and confiscated 6.8 billion tokens to protect honest players.
• Only 43% of 300 million players are eligible for the airdrop after Hamster Kombat’s anti-cheat crackdown.

Hamster Kombat, a popular crypto gaming platform, recently made headlines for removing over 2.3 million accounts for cheating right before its upcoming HMSTR token airdrop. This decisive measure was taken following the discovery of several cheating tactics by the platform’s anti-cheat technology.

Seizing Tokens and Detecting Cheating Tactics on Hamster Kombat 

As a result, Hamster Kombat seized a staggering 6.8 billion tokens from bogus accounts. In an effort to restore justice and balance in its ecosystem, the network declared that 50% of the confiscated tokens would be burnt, with the remaining 50% being dispersed among honest participants.

Investigations into the cheating methods turned up astonishing examples, like users connecting over 400 identities to a single Binance wallet, while others solicited nearly 2,000 phony friends to scam the system.

Hamster Kombat detected such behavior by closely monitoring trends such as concurrent logins and repeating actions at specified screen places, which were reported as suspicious and indicative of automated cheating techniques.

This crackdown had a significant impact, decreasing the number of eligible players for the Season 1 airdrop to just 131 million out of the platform’s total 300 million users—implying that just about 43% of players are now qualified.

Many users were frustrated by the sudden change in eligibility, especially because the anti-cheat rule was implemented at the last minute, disqualifying many who thought they had previously met the airdrop standards.

As we previously reported, this airdrop has been long awaited and is scheduled to take place tomorrow, September 26, 2024. Previously, given the team’s track record, the numerous delays have left players and community members distrustful and unclear whether to believe the stated date.