Merge Pals

The rules the team published

Mirai Labs set out the airdrop in two Notion proposals. The second, which looks like the newer version, gives Lifetime Gold Earnings 60% of the weight and Total Lifetime Spent 20%. A separate 10% pool rewarded a "Daily TON Check-In". The first proposal described the check-in as carrying a small gas fee, which the team said was meant to put off bot farms. DappRadar summarises the result as higher rank, bigger airdrop.

Where it stands

We could not open the project's site or the Notion pages directly and relied on snippets. Third-party pages now list a Merge token with market data, which suggests the token was distributed, but we cannot confirm dates, amounts or eligibility from an official statement.

A fair way to read it

A weighting scheme that rewards spending as well as play is open about what it values, which is better than hidden criteria, but it also rewards people who spend money. That is worth bearing in mind with any game airdrop.

The weighting is the most informative part of this airdrop. With 60% on lifetime gold earned and 20% on lifetime spending, the system favours the players who put in the most time and money, so a casual player would have received a small share. That is a common design in game airdrops, and it explains why many players of such games feel under-rewarded.

It also means the spending component rewards people who bought in-game items, which makes the airdrop partly a sales incentive. Anyone considering a similar game should ask which kind of player the weighting is written to favour.