Back to collectionTen Days Left, Five Teams on the Board
Riftstorm's challenge-tower speedrun board was still recruiting during the public test. XAI touched 0.177 intraday, its lowest level of the month. The prizes and remaining time were clear, but the obstacle was finding people willing to play together, not merely getting the existing teams to run faster.
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Riftstorm's challenge-tower speedrun board was still recruiting during the public test. The community had hoped the contest would bring more players together. In a weak market, a member welcoming newcomers ran into an awkward question: where would the teams come from?
XAI touched 0.177 intraday, its lowest level of the month. The break brought little visible panic; even discussion was sparse. The official account posted a ten-day countdown for the speedrun board and acknowledged that only five teams were on it so far. The format called for teams of three, with USD 300 for each of the top ten teams, making a USD 3,000 prize pool. Yet fewer than fifteen people had signed up.
The prizes and remaining time were clear, but the obstacle was finding people willing to play together, not merely getting the existing teams to run faster. The member planned to help solo players find teammates, then ask whether the rules or scheduling kept them away. No one knew whether the board would grow livelier before the countdown ended.