Recently, brothers, Pixels made another major adjustment. Many players panicked when they saw their scores drop, thinking the project was over. In fact, this change is not just a simple cut in rewards, but the project team is seriously addressing a long-standing problem: too many people in the early stages were only thinking about taking advantage, grabbing tokens and running away, leading to huge inflationary pressure, with selling pressure constantly weighing down prices. The white paper clearly states that in the early stages, users are more like 'extractors' rather than 'participants'.

Everyone is rushing for airdrops and rewards, playing a bit and then selling their tokens. The project team has spent a lot of tokens, but the ecosystem hasn't been nurtured, and all the money has flowed to the secondary market. If this path isn't interrupted, the project will eventually be played to death. Therefore, the focus of this adjustment by Pixels is to block this path of 'earning and running' and to encourage everyone to 'stay and continue playing'. How to change that? The core idea is to shift the incentive mechanism from 'immediate realization' to 'guiding the flow back to the ecosystem'. In simple terms, previously, when rewards were issued, everyone could sell them immediately. Now, rewards should be more suitable for continued use in the game, rather than directly crashing the market.

To give a straightforward example: If User A receives a reward and sells it all immediately, it's pure cost to the project and results in a loss. User B, on the other hand, spends this reward in the game, buying items, staking for mining, or continuing to participate in various gameplay. This money circulates within the system several times, enhancing ecosystem activity and retaining value. Naturally, the project prefers the latter type of user.

The new design mainly tackles two aspects:

1. The reward distribution has become more refined; it is no longer a one-size-fits-all approach. Those who play deeply and stay longer will receive more rewards. The project aims to distribute tokens to those who are genuinely willing to participate long-term rather than transient players who cash out in one go.

2. It makes it more difficult for some of the earnings to be directly realized, encouraging everyone to circulate within the ecosystem. For example, using rewards to upgrade land, participate in activities, or conduct in-game transactions will all be additionally incentivized. In simple terms, it shifts from 'encouraging to earn and leave' to 'encouraging to stay and keep playing.'

This is not simply a matter of optimizing the economic model; it is about restructuring the user base by gradually filtering out those who only want to make quick gains, leaving behind players who truly enjoy the game and are willing to co-build the ecosystem. The decreasing scores and fewer rewards you see are just superficial; the rules are changing. Rewards have not disappeared entirely; they have just started to 'screen users.' It favors those who are willing to keep value within Pixels rather than treating the project as an ATM. For us ordinary players, this is actually a good signal, indicating that the project team is not just slacking off but genuinely wants to turn Pixels into a sustainable gaming ecosystem rather than a short-term pump-and-dump project.

Of course, there will be growing pains during the adjustment period. In the short term, some players who are just looking to cash out will be unhappy, and activity levels and prices may fluctuate. However, in the long run, the ecosystem can only be healthily sustained by transforming users from 'extractors' to 'participants.' Otherwise, no matter how many rewards are given, it will only accelerate demise. This adjustment by Pixels can be considered a hardcore self-revolution. Whether it succeeds will depend on subsequent execution and player feedback, but at least the direction is correct. It no longer blindly distributes tokens but seeks ways to circulate money within the game more, allowing those who truly love playing to stay.

Brothers, you can observe for a short while; don't rush to all in or all out. Deciding how to play after clearly understanding the new rules is the most stable approach. If Pixels can truly navigate this 'retention path,' it might carve out a bloody path in the crypto gaming arena. #pixel @Pixels $PIXEL