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Xai Chronicle · 2023

Events in Xai infrastructure and its ecosystem, organized by what changed.

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December 26 notice postponed the initial airdrop schedule

The soby account on Discord said the XAI airdrop would move to the following week while a specific date was being confirmed, and that the Node Snapshot had not been taken. It attributed the delay to significant health challenges faced by an important team member.

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Phishing remedy and initial Season 1 schedule were announced

XAI_GAMES said that, before the Sentry Key launch on 12/6 at 8 PM PST (12/7 at 04:00 UTC), a malicious actor forked the public repository and misled some customers about the genuine contract. The account said Xai Foundation and CryptIT had conducted a forensic analysis and offered complimentary Sentry Keys to affected users, with 30 days to claim while further claim details were to follow.

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XAI_GAMES said a phishing-response plan was being finalized

XAI_GAMES said it would do something for users affected by phishing attacks against the community and would provide more information after finalizing its plan. The account expected affected people to be satisfied with the response, but gave no eligibility test, remedy, amount or timetable.

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Sentry sale opened amid a phishing warning

At 4:00 AM UTC on December 7, the Discord account Diablo|Xai announced that the Sentry Node Sale had officially begun through a web browser, desktop software and a command-line interface. About an hour later, the account warned that a phishing operation was impersonating Xai and collecting ETH, and told users to verify the legitimate purchase channel and contract.

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Sale summary described a fair-launch format

The Discord account Diablo|Xai said the sale was on track for December 7 at 4:00 AM UTC as a fair launch with no private sale, whitelist or special treatment. It described an initial price of about $300 in Arbitrum ETH and said prices would rise as keys were sold. It also said Sentry operators would receive network rewards that could be staked or traded.

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Sentry sale announcement set a UTC opening time

XAI_GAMES announced that the Sentry Node Sale was planned for December 7 at 4:00 AM UTC. The notice named ETH on Arbitrum as the required asset, gave a starting price of $300 or roughly 0.15 ETH, and said node software did not need to be installed in advance. The UTC date was December 7 even where the corresponding local time fell on the previous evening.

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Sentry guidance separated transaction limits from KYC

The Discord account Diablo|Xai said transactions with 70 keys or more often reached the Arbitrum One gas limit, advised fewer than 70 keys and, for added safety, 50 or fewer, while stating there was no Sentry key limit per wallet. It said people outside the USA and not subject to OFAC sanctions should not encounter KYC issues; during KYC, documents had to be submitted, and Blockpass might seek updated documents when they were unclear. The message described documentation during KYC but did not specify whether KYC was needed at purchase.

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Sale timing and unreleased node software

A November 30 XAI_GAMES post gave the Sentry Node sale opening as December 7 at 4:00 AM UTC. The post described the sale as a fair launch with no private sale, whitelist, or special treatment.

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Member questions automated bulk buying in the Sentry sale

Community member leigh6185 questioned whether the planned Sentry sale would give individuals fair access. The member worried that groups seeking hundreds or thousands of keys could use bots and bulk transactions to buy ahead of others and quickly price smaller participants out.

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Sale participation clarification

An updated November 28 Discord notice said Turkey, China, and Hong Kong would be permitted to participate in the upcoming Xai Sentry Node sale beginning December 6. The clarification concerned that upcoming sale; it did not establish earlier eligibility or a general legal status for those locations.

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Sentry sale access and an Ice Darts preview

Soby told the Turkish community that the team was checking with legal advisers about including Turkey in the Sentry sale. In a separate announcement, XAI_GAMES ruled out a private sale and planned a public launch beginning December 6, with the cheapest tier starting at $300.

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Sentry testnet-to-mainnet plan

A Discord reply said a Sentry could be run on testnet first and moved to mainnet once mainnet was live. It described a migration plan dependent on a future mainnet, not a live mainnet or a completed migration.

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Reported testnet transaction activity

A Discord announcement reported that the Xai testnet had surpassed 60 million transactions and was consistently processing more than 3 million transactions per day, approximately 3 times Ethereum's daily transaction volume. The reported activity remained testnet activity.

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Tarochi testnet launch and Phase 1 NFTs

A Discord announcement said Paima Studios had deployed Tarochi, an onchain RPG, to the Xai Testnet. It said Tarochi achievements would count toward the Xai Odyssey campaign, subject to the stated Galxe wallet-delegation step for verification.

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Phase 2 leaderboard published with account lookup guidance

Xai published the Phase 2 leaderboard using the November 14 snapshot and scheduled its next update for the campaign's December 15 close. Support explained how participants could locate their entry using the first seven characters of a wallet address, or a Discord username linked through Zealy after completing at least one quest there. The top 15% were the stated target group for the Vanguard contributor tier.

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Odyssey snapshot threshold

A Discord update said a snapshot had been taken on November 14. It stated that reaching the top 15% and becoming Xai Vanguard at that snapshot required at least 1375 points.

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Paima outlined a burner-wallet linking feature

Paima announced a forthcoming feature, with Tarochi tagged in the post, that would let players begin with a burner wallet and connect a main wallet later. The proposed flow would carry progress across and leave the burner wallet available for non-financial actions.

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Reward conditions and KYC restrictions

A Discord explanation said operating a Sentry was open to anyone who downloaded, installed, and ran the software, but accruing rewards required at least one Sentry License Key. It said claiming accrued rewards required KYC confirming that the purchaser was not in the USA and was not subject to OFAC sanctions.

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Sentry Node sale terms announced

The XAI_GAMES account announced that Xai Nodes would go on sale beginning December 6. It said 50,000 nodes would ever exist, prices would start at $300 and rise with each tier, purchases would use ETH on Arbitrum, and nodes would receive $Xai rewards for securing the network.

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Final Form bridge described as future work

A Discord response described Final Form as due to be bridged from Solana to Xai when mainnet launched. The statement was a launch-dependent plan, not a report that the bridge or the game had been delivered in November 2023.

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Final Form preview introduced the Blizzard ability

The Xai community received a new Final Form ability preview focused on Blizzard. Diablo shared the card-battle game's clip while the testnet campaign was under way, adding a concrete gameplay preview to the network's campaign updates.

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Sentry software and reward key

A Discord response said anyone could operate a Sentry by downloading its software, while submitting claims and receiving rewards required purchasing a Sentry License Key. It described software access and reward eligibility as separate conditions.

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Vanguard minting incident

An updated Discord notice addressed error messages during Xai Vanguard NFT minting. It advised people to wait for the mint process to finish before refreshing or attempting the mint again.

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Snapshot-script issue remained under repair

A Xai admin responding to a missing Galxe verification report said the script had an issue, would eventually be updated and asked the participant to keep minting that day. A later reply said there was still a problem running the snapshot script and that it was being fixed.

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Sentry reward eligibility and operating conditions explained

In response to a question about trying a Sentry node for free, a Xai admin distinguished running the software from accruing rewards. The reply said anyone could download, install and run it, but accruing rewards required purchasing at least one Sentry License Key. Claiming accrued rewards required passing a KYC check confirming that the purchaser was not in the USA and was not subject to OFAC sanctions.

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Xai Creator Program applications opened

Xai announced its Creator Program and opened applications for creators interested in gaming, Arbitrum and Web3/Crypto. The announcement described Xai itself as designed to bring the next million users into web3 gaming.

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Sentry sale notice amended in November

The Sentry sale notice first posted on October 25 carries a November 10 edit date. In that revised version, Xai said tokenomics and sale information had been released and expected sales to begin on December 6, 2023 through xai.games. It set an initial price of approximately $300 in Arb ETH per key, rising as more keys were sold.

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Weekly testnet transactions exceeded 5.3 million

Xai reported 5,367,670 testnet transactions during the previous week. Its notice said that this represented half of the transactions recorded during the seven weeks since testnet launch, alongside an invitation to the Sentry node community channel.

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Phase 1 role claims opened with an account restriction

Phase 1 Discord roles became claimable through the Galxe campaign, Xai announced. The notice warned that participants could not change the connected Discord account after claiming a role, and attributed the absence of a claimable role to participation after Phase 1 had ended.

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Phase 1 results declared final

The Phase 1 leaderboard was declared final, based on the October 12 snapshot at 10am PT. Xai said no points or ranks would be changed and warned that current balances were different from snapshot-time points. Discord role claims were planned for later that week and commemorative NFTs for November.

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Galxe claim window and Sentry monitoring plans

Updated Galxe task credentials opened a claim window of less than 23 hours, according to Xai's notice. The subsequent points snapshot was to be combined with Zealy and on-chain-only points before a leaderboard was released in the following days. Discord role claims were to follow that release, with the first contributor NFT awards planned for November.

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Galxe incident and the next Odyssey stage

Xai warned that Galxe had been compromised and told participants to avoid the service and approve no transactions. A later notice said direct Vanguard PFP minting could continue: wallets that minted each day's PFP would enter the snapshot, with points claimable once Galxe was back online and safe to use.

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Leaderboard snapshot scope expanded

The next leaderboard snapshot was scheduled for October 6 and would include addresses that interacted with the testnet without registering in Galxe or Zealy. Xai's reminder said the inclusion remained subject to limitations in an earlier announcement.

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Vanguard mint queue overhauled

Heavy demand had caused errors and delays on the Vanguard mint page, according to a Xai announcement. The development team said it had overhauled the page's queueing system and expected the web infrastructure to handle approximately 1000 times as many requests.

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Unregistered on-chain quest activity policy updated

An administrator said wallets engaging in official testnet quest activity would also be counted even without Galxe or Zealy registration. For those wallets, leaderboard points would update once a week and only total points, rather than completed tasks, would be visible.

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Stage 5 announced with testnet learning emphasis

An administrator announced Xai Odyssey Stage 5 and framed it around learning about Arbitrum, Offchain Labs, and Xai through Xai Testnet stress testing. The announcement presented a new opportunity to earn points, without establishing a later campaign endpoint.

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Stage 4 focused on pursuing Vanguard status

XAI announced Stage 4, describing its Ultimate Challenge as the pursuit of Vanguard status. The announcement framed the stage around trying to attain that status; it did not promise an allotment or membership.

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Two-week Odyssey extension announced

An administrator announced an additional 2-week extension to the Xai Odyssey campaign. The notice said Vanguard mints would continue through the campaign and reiterated that a missed mint could not later be recovered.

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Wallet, snapshot, and mint conditions restated

An administrator said participants needed the same wallet on Galxe and Zealy for points to be combined. Galxe task completion did not immediately grant points: a daily snapshot was followed by a later claim, and the spreadsheet leaderboard was not final.

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Web3 Warriors freeze fixes reported

An administrator said reports of a perpetual Please Wait state while minting a battle token and freezes during item crafting had been fixed. The notice asked affected players to close and restart the game to update.

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Web3 Warriors v1.1.4 update notes published

The Web3 Warriors v1.1.4 notes added a Please Wait indication while Battle Tokens were minted at the end of a fight. They also fixed a boss cooldown that began too early and an end-screen condition in which a player could die after waiting too long.

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Galxe snapshot update issue reported

An administrator reported that Galxe snapshot updates were failing with HTTP 422 while wallet task-completion lists were being updated. The notice said tasks could continue and points could be claimed later while support was contacted.

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Quest limits lifted during access incident

Soby said quest time limits would be removed temporarily because Cloudflare was blocking some people. A later administrator notice said the team had worked with Offchain Labs and Thirdweb, believed the issues were fixed, and would continue monitoring.

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Chinese-language introduction to Xai Odyssey

A Chinese-language community post introduced Xai Odyssey and described its aim as helping next-generation web3 games support real economies and open trade. It said potentially billions of traditional players could own and trade valuable in-game items without crypto wallets.

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Xai Odyssey education campaign and live discussion

Xai launched Odyssey as an education campaign around its gaming network, with daily and weekly quests available through Zealy and Galxe. The project described Xai as co-developed with Offchain Labs using Arbitrum technology and said billions of traditional gamers could own and trade in-game items without crypto wallets.

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Future validator development and reward plan

A project post said Xai was working on validators to enhance the blockchain's security and decentralization. It described a future plan for Xai tokens to reward validator nodes for validating transactions.

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Proposed Xai and Arbitrum One roles

A project post set out a proposed division of roles: Xai as an execution layer and backend for web3 games, and Arbitrum One as the liquidity layer for tradable assets issued in games deployed to Xai. It said the design would prioritize users and transactions over TVL and described interoperability as a better player experience.

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TGE review and desktop wallet limitation

The Xai Foundation was reviewing Token Generation Event (TGE) options through commercial and regulatory considerations. The plan was to be published through official channels after internal compliance clearance.

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Second Zealy campaign closed with claim instructions

The team announced that the second bi-weekly Zealy campaign had concluded with rank-based card rewards. Winners who had not already supplied a Solana wallet address were asked to provide it through a support ticket by the July 31 claim deadline. Previous winners did not need to submit it again: rewards would go to the address already provided unless they wanted to change it.

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PC and console focus outlined

A team representative said Ex Populus was focused on experiences for PCs and consoles, particularly large screens. A mobile version was described only as a possible future port through a third-party studio if the game became significantly popular.

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Ex Populus introduction and testnet timing update

XAI introduced Ex Populus as the developer behind the Final Form trading-card game and characterized it as the first game developer deploying to Xai. In a separate community reply, the team said there was no official testnet date, while expecting it before mainnet.

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Planned Reavers battle mechanic discussed

In community replies, the team said players would be able to battle without Reavers. It described them as optional temporary cards that would assist in battles: players could pay for better versions and keep them while they continued winning. Further battle details, including card-slot information, would be shared later.

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Hirelings renamed Reavers

The Final Form creative team renamed the card concept Hirelings to Reavers. The announcement said the new name was intended to integrate the cards more closely with the game's story and lore.

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Token economics review process described

The team said the economics of the XAI token were undergoing review for regulatory compliance. It said Xai Foundation would publish the details through Xai's official social accounts once they were cleared for public release.

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No Xai token reported

When asked for an XAI token contract address, a team representative replied that there was no Xai token yet.

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Second Zealy campaign started

The second bi-weekly Zealy campaign opened with quests and leaderboard rewards for the top 20 participants, with a July 24 end date. The planned card rewards were: 1st place, 1 Epic and 2 Rare cards; 2nd place, 2 Rare cards; 3rd place, 1 Rare card; 4th place, 3 Common cards; 5th place, 2 Common cards; and places 6-20, 1 Common card each.

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Regular audit intention stated

The XAI account said XAI would undergo regular audits. The announcement also stated that the underlying Arbitrum Nitro code base was continuously subject to a rigorous auditing process.

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Final Form card-buying guide shared

XAI shared a beginner guide for acquiring Final Form cards on Solana, covering wallet creation and a Magic Eden purchase. The post presented the guide as preparation for a planned bridge to ARB.

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First Zealy campaign concluded

The first bi-weekly Zealy campaign concluded with card prizes for the top 20 participants. Prizes were one Epic card plus two Rare cards for first place, two Rare cards for second, one Rare card for third, three Common cards for fourth and two Common cards for fifth. Each participant in places six through twenty was allocated one Common card.

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Incentivized testnet poll published

XAI asked its community whether it should run an incentivized testnet and directed people to vote in an X poll. The poll ultimately closed with 83.2% in favor and 16.8% opposed, from 149 votes.

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Final Form Open Beta expected in December

A reminder said the first bi-weekly Zealy campaign would end in 2 days. It also said Final Form remained in Early Access, that Open Beta was expected in December, and that then Chromos extraction would require battle wins and be available in smaller quantities.

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Rug Radio description of prospective Layer 3 features

A Discord post linked a Rug Radio segment about Xai. Rug Radio's accompanying text described prospective account abstraction, higher contract limits, and low transaction fees as features intended to support a fully on-chain experience for games such as Final Form.

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Prior card experience and token-status replies

A Final Form notice referred to an early card-pledging experience released on Solana in 2022. It described a planned full-game condition in which Chromos extraction would require battle wins and be available in smaller quantities; it also said Legendary card collectors would be eligible for the Vanguard League and exclusive rewards.

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Zealy campaign shortened to two weeks

The Zealy campaign was shortened from 6 weeks to 2 weeks so participants could receive card rewards earlier and begin pledging cards for Chromos. The updated notice displayed a campaign period from June 19 to July 3.

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Zealy campaign terms and a community exchange

The Zealy notice displayed a campaign running from June 19 to August 1. Its card rewards by leaderboard position at the end of the campaign were: rank 1, 1 Epic Card and 2 Rare Cards; rank 2, 2 Rare Cards; rank 3, 1 Rare Card; rank 4, 3 Common Cards; rank 5, 2 Common Cards; and ranks 6-20, 1 Common Card each.

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Xai Layer 3 announcement

A Discord notice said the server had been updated and that larger news was forthcoming. Later announcements introduced Xai as a Layer 3 blockchain leveraging Arbitrum technology, to be developed under direction from the Xai Foundation for game-developer needs.

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Final Form deck-building concept and planned card systems

A post shared concept art for a new deck-building scene. It described planned Final Form play as high-frequency deck building and auto-battles with Rogue-Lite mechanics, using limited-edition cards, Reaver cards, mutates and relics to build battle decks.

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Wallet support suggested Solflare as an alternative client

During wallet troubleshooting, Diablo suggested reinstalling the application or trying Solflare, which he preferred on mobile. He explained that an existing wallet could be used in another client and separately reminded users never to share their recovery phrase with anyone.

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Updated Final Form card-pledging sequence

A Final Form notice shared a new card-pledging sequence: players could pledge cards to extract Chromos and use it to evolve cards to higher rarity. It said that after Early Access, Open Beta was planned to provide substantially less Chromos from pledging, while battles with pledged cards would be required for the same amount.

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Chromos image post

A post shared an image presented as Chromos and described it as the substance needed to fuel card evolution.

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Chromos art topic and Crew3 XP reward

The second weekly art topic asked the community to redesign Chromos visually. The notice described Chromos as a game substance obtained by pledging cards, with daily output varying by card rarity and amount pledged, and used for card evolution.

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Mee6 reset and Discord reward ranges announced

An announcement introduced a new activity campaign and a decision to reset prior Mee6 experience points, with roles and perks at levels 5, 10, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100. It said members would receive a card for every 5 levels gained, based on their current range: Common at levels 0-25, Rare at 26-50, Epic at 51-75, and Legendary at 76-100.

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Crew3 card rewards reported sent

In a community announcement, the team reported that Common and Epic card rewards redeemed with Crew3 XP had been sent. It encouraged recipients to pledge their cards in the game to extract Chromos and directed members to quests for further Crew3 XP.

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Weekly Reavers art contest announced

A weekly art contest was announced with a first-week prompt about Reavers, a mercenary system described as planned for Final Form's full release. Participants were told they had the week to create and post hand-drawn or AI-generated art in the designated channel, under the announcement's condition that the artwork was "not copyrighted"; approved artwork was to receive 2500 Crew3 XP weekly.

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Crew3 XP reward redemption process announced

An announcement said Crew3 XP earned through quests could be exchanged for rewards by submitting a form and choosing a reward. It said points would be deducted after the reward had been sent, and warned that an attempted redemption with insufficient Crew3 XP would incur a point-deduction penalty.

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Crew3 quest changes announced

A community notice said changes had been made to some Crew3 quests and asked participants to check each quest's description before submitting. It described the changes as preparation for a future community update.

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Written questions opened for the January AMA

Ahead of the January 25 AMA with Joseph Ganetakos, Diablo invited community members to submit written questions. The option allowed people who did not want to speak on microphone to take part in the question session.

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AMA postponed to the following week

The community announced that the AMA would be postponed to the following week so material could be better prepared. It said questions about LAMO could still be submitted in the question channel.

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Townhall question channel and live stage notices

Ahead of the Discord Townhall, a notice announced a question channel and invited members to mark important questions. It said answers to questions in the channel were not guaranteed and recommended asking directly during the meeting. Shortly before the start, a notice said the XAI Stage was open; a subsequent notice said the Townhall was live.

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January 12 AMA time poll announced

A community announcement proposed an AMA on January 12, 2023 and asked participants to choose among five PST times: 9:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 3:00 PM, 6:00 PM, or 9:00 PM. It asked for votes by the following day.

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