Author: Zen, PANew
Recently, the development team of "Ragnarok: Monster World" (ROMW) led by 0x& first launched a "multi-chain architecture" service on CROSS Protocol, announcing that the game progress and token system will be completely independent from Ronin, which immediately sparked outrage in the community, criticizing it as a "soft rug" move and expressing concerns about player rights and ecosystem prospects.
Just two days after the announcement, Sky Mavis co-founder and COO Aleksander Larsen publicly accused ROMW on X of "ignoring suggestions, secretly signing contracts with another chain, and seriously violating the cooperation agreement" on April 26, and declared the termination of professional cooperation with 0x&. This series of events pushed their previous deep cooperation into a trust crisis, slightly damaging the Ronin ecosystem while making ROMW's future even more uncertain.
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It is reported that in the previous season, players would receive end-of-season ranking rewards in the form of eZeny tokens, which could be exchanged for temporary utility $RUPI, tradable on the decentralized exchange of the Ronin network. Influenced by recent events, $RUPI's price plummeted, and Non-Fungible Token prices also dropped to their lowest point. As a result, players who invested time and money in the original game will essentially lose everything.
Regarding ROMW's shift to CROSS, players generally expressed anger and incomprehension, sarcastically calling CROSS a fake ecosystem full of robots. Some developers stated that ROMW's move was due to the need for continuous resource and funding support for game development, and that Ronin, which owns multiple top Web3 games and is permissionless, obviously cannot provide the support ROMW desires.
However, for ROMW, which has already exhausted its credibility and harmed player interests, the hope of rebuilding an active player community is slim.
