After the first season of Hamster Kombat ended, many Russian players expressed their dissatisfaction. According to RTVI, Viktor Pershikov, an independent expert in combating financial crime in the crypto space, said that those who "wanted to get rich by playing Hamster Kombat" "found their expectations dashed." The media noted that many were disappointed to learn that "after playing the game for several months," their efforts "only received $5 to $15" in return.
However, Pershikov noted that further dissatisfaction broke out after the Hamster Kombat development team told approximately 2.3 million players that they would be excluded from the airdrop. The development team said that these players used "dishonest" means to "earn more tokens." It added that the game and its team "never promised to make anyone rich" and that when players eventually start trading their HMSTR tokens for fiat currency, the token price "will come under pressure." (Cryptonews)