Man, I was deep into X Empire back when it was still mining. Remember when everyone was grinding those daily riddles and rebuses to stack coins? The riddle of the day format was actually pretty fun - like that one about blockchain forks splitting into different chains, answer was 'Fork.' Kept people engaged while waiting for the October airdrop.

The whole thing had over 35 million players at its peak, which was wild. People were hunting for those top investment cards - AI, OnlyFans Models, Gold Mining Tools - trying to maximize their in-game wealth before the mining phase wrapped up on September 30th. I remember the NFT voucher trading was getting crazy too, with hundreds of thousands of requests for pre-market access.

The tokenomics looked solid on paper - 690 billion total X supply with 70% going to miners and community. No vesting periods or lockups, which was the whole appeal. The daily riddles and rebuses of the day kept the community active, and honestly, it was one of those Telegram games that actually felt like it had substance behind it. Worth checking out if you missed it back then.