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The community had waited six weeks, chiefly wanting to know when rewards would arrive and what had to be done before claiming them. Tonight the official team published a long update. To the narrator, the update finally supplied the date the community had sought for six weeks, while placing preparatory work in participants' hands.
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The community had waited six weeks, chiefly wanting to know when rewards would arrive and what had to be done before claiming them. Meanwhile, Raijin was attracting players and several games had developments of their own. A-Zhen worked on integration and knew that turning an announcement into steps users could actually complete was difficult.
Tonight the official team published a long update. Raijin was live, with more than 40,000 games in its library and tournaments awarding prizes every day. The Xai Vanguard: Genesis $XAI airdrop would be distributed before June 30; the snapshot time would be announced later, and participants were told to prepare in advance. The Yaku round had ended, with further rewards planned for active players and holders. The game news came together: The Lost Glitches had received an Arbitrum grant; Planet X had launched its hoverboard; Tollan Universe had made a major update; and Open Colosseum had returned with matches offering real prizes. That same day, The Lost Glitches climbed to first place on Steam's upcoming releases chart. A different long post appeared on the forum from someone who had tried Raijin. The writer argued that the platform relied too heavily on livestream-style interaction and offered login methods designed almost entirely for conventional players, even though members of the older on-chain community were among its current users. New users were the future, the writer said, but old users were here now; both needed attention. The official account praised the post and invited further discussion. A-Zhen read it twice and said every point was right, but every point would also take people to address.
To the narrator, the update finally supplied the date the community had sought for six weeks, while placing preparatory work in participants' hands. The game's chart success and the forum's criticism of the user experience arrived on the same day, and A-Zhen could not attend to just one side. She planned to map the obstacles in integration and login. The snapshot time, what would count as adequate preparation, and who would address the forum's concerns still needed answers.