In a quest to "make it BIG," TapSwap continues to toy with player expectations ahead of its token launch.

The founder of the Telegram-based mini-game, Naz Ventura, made a bold statement to the community on July 29, claiming that not only was the Token Generation Event (TGE) date never mentioned by the team before, but it hasn't yet been set.

"We discovered terrific ideas to develop TapSwap to its ultimate state without opting for such 'imitations.' We aim to make history, not a lame TGE fail," said Ventura.

On The Hamster's Tail

Following Notcoin and Hamster Kombat, TapSwap is the latest tap mini-game on Telegram that rewards users with points for tapping, completing tasks, and convincing new users to join the community.

Over 67 million unique users have played the game, of which more than 10 million access it daily.

The game first announced that the "Shares-to-Token exchange event," which the community assumed was the TGE, would happen on May 30. However, it was then adjourned to July 1. On that day, TapSwap informed the players that it would once again postpone the event to sometime in the third quarter of the year.

Since then, users have been eagerly waiting to know the definite date of the launch. But instead of an announcement, the recent post by TapSwap tried to explain why the TGE hasn't happened yet.

The explanation was the same that the team gave at the start of the month: the game was en route to being listed on tier 1 exchanges, the team wanted to avoid a failed TGE, and there was still work to be done.

Yesterday, Hamster Kombat posted on X indicating that their own Airdrop, which the team claims will be "the largest airdrop in the history of crypto," will be postponed.

Two days ago, the crypto exchange OKX announced that it would be listing pre-market futures for the HMSTR token, which has left the more than 300 million users of Hamster Kombat feeling bullish.

Enduring Popularity And Growing Criticism

Each day, TapSwap distributes special codes to users who complete missions, enabling them to accrue extra points. Many players, however, skip the game tasks and simply Google the codes of the day online.

The strategy does steal away advertising revenue from TapSwap, but it has also created an insane amount of buzz around it. This morning, the Telegram mini-game was trending on Google Searches as gamers rushed to get their cheat codes from the dozens of pages dedicated to publishing them every day.

While the game remains very popular, the constant delays in the token launch date have irritated many users. Posts about the launch of both TapSwap and Ventura received several angry comments. "It's very stupid," said one user.

"Everyone is tired of tapping," complained another.

"Stop mining and stop wasting people's time and data, you're heading for failure if you keep up with the pattern," a disgruntled user warned.