Hamster Kombat Game: Popular But Flooded With Criticism Social Pressure Tactics

Bittime - Hamster Kombat, a popular Telegram-based clicker game, has sparked controversy. His skyrocketing popularity was actually overshadowed by social pressure tactics that were considered excessive.

In a recent post, Andrew Hayward, Culture Editor and Hub Operations Lead at Decrypt, questioned the sustainability of this gaming model. He is worried that hundreds of millions of daily players, including himself, will feel bored.

Hayward believes that the appeal of Hamster Kombat may fade if players no longer have new friends to join.

Hamster Kombat Rated MLM

Similar to Telegram's previous viral crypto game, Notcoin, Hamster Kombat requires players to tap the screen to collect virtual coins. Uniquely, these coins can be invested in a fictitious crypto exchange managed by hamsters. Here, players are also encouraged to invite their friends to play.

Well, this scheme is what sparked controversy. Some people consider this practice to be similar to a multi-level marketing (MLM) scheme.

Hamster Kombat frequently introduces new exchange upgrade cards that promise higher earnings. Unfortunately, to unlock multiple cards, players must invite new friends to join via a referral link.

For players who have difficulty inviting new friends, they will certainly be left behind. In fact, the essence of this game is simple: "the numbers keep going up". This recruitment scheme actually puts players who cannot "add numbers" at a disadvantage.

Hayward highlights the limitations of gaming models that rely on high levels of user involvement.

"At some point, the hype will definitely die down. The developers may be pushing too hard to prevent that from happening before their token launch in July," he said.

Hamster Combat Fever in Iran

The Hamster Kombat game turns out to be very popular in Iran. Many local users are enthusiastically waiting for the token launch.

The game developer has just announced that the number of players has reached a fantastic figure: 200 million! This figure makes up a large portion of Telegram's currently reported 900 million users.

For comparison, on June 14, the number of players claimed had only reached 150 million.

Hamster Kombat plans to launch the token on The Open Network (TON) in July. This scheme is similar to Notcoin, a similar clicker game that launched earlier this year and attracted 35 million players before releasing NOT tokens on TON last May.

Interestingly, within a few weeks of launch, Notcoin's market capitalization reached a peak of above $2 billion.

Not only that, Telegram's "The Open Network" (TON) blockchain has consistently outperformed Ethereum in terms of the number of daily active addresses throughout this month. This may not be separated from Hamster Kombat fever.

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