@solana - @rektdrinks
While the market has been bleeding as f*ck over the last couple of months, the REKT team has been building relentlessly. Week after week, they’ve announced new partnerships, upcoming products, or collab drops.
Today they are dropping SOL Berry in collab with Solana… 👀
This is not the time to fumble your $REKT💎
@RektBrands
when prices are low...you're upset. you're probably angry...and generally you need someone to blame.
this is when project founders take the most beating, rightly or wrongly so, but emotions get the better of everyone.
i get my fair share of comments, and i generally understand them...like...no one wants to lose money and when u buy into a project u back a founder to make money for you...so if that doesn't go to plan u naturally blame the founder - simply just human reaction.
i can sit here and talk about bad market, things out of founders' control bla bla bla - but there's no point, coz deep down everyone knows that already, and it doesn't fix the human need to take one's anger out on a specific person.
one thing i would say though, is Rekt is not just a one-hit-wonder. we are now over 4 years since rektguy started, and in those last 4 years we've had our fair share of ups and downs, riding cycles and people flipping from thinking we are the best thing since sliced bread to a complete ball of nothingness and back again.
but the point i'm trying to make here is that i've personally never given up on Rekt. in the context of CT, i have enough self-awareness to understand that i am not the smartest or most talented person in the room, however, i've been through many market cycles...everything is a cycle, and the cycles will keep going until the end of time. the only question is how long each cycle is, and what the peaks and troughs are.
when you hit cycle lows, you will see a significant amount of projects die...founders walk away, communities perish...and those projects are slowly forgotten over time. incredibly, founders move on to create new projects, for new cycles, run things back and extract again - it never ceases to amaze me that they are able to serially do this without any repercussion and people simply forget.
ironically, when you actually show some loyalty to your project and community, you are more likely to get a bit of stick, because you are vocal/present/active - ie at the forefront of peoples' minds, so you may be putting in your best efforts but the market is the market, but such best efforts still make you a visible attack target.
and that's fine tbh...one thing that the last 4 years of doing this has taught me is that u gotta have a vision, and that vision has to be a multi-year vision, accounting for the fact that you will have multiple peaks and troughs within that time frame, it just is what it is.
i see many founders crash out in times like these because they simply cannot take the constant harassment by their communities (in some cases it's certainly warranted, in some cases it's not) - but again, i think if ur in this game, part of being a founder is understanding that ur gonna feel like a fkn hero when the times are great, and ur gonna get a lot of flack when times are bad - it shouldn't be something that mentally affects you in either direction - your only goal is to execute your vision without emotion (but with passion).
anyway i have rambled quite a bit here and sort of haven't touched on the chart below - this is the inverse euthanasia rollercoaster profile. i think it speaks for itself, but ill tell u this, in the last 4 years the Rekt ecosystem has had its peaks and it's had its troughs...and in its troughs i've experienced the same thing each time
"you're dead"
"crypto is dead"
"it's going to zero"
"it's never coming back"
"that was a dumb idea"
etc etc
and like i said earlier, this is where most people give up...but this is precisely where i see the greatest opportunity to build your profile, history and track record of not giving up, and thus building deep community trust over a longer period of time (the ingredients of what makes a brand successful).
each time we've crashed, we've patiently persevered...i don't give up and i'd rather ride into the flames of hell than be a pussy...and of course, each time we've rebounded we've reached new heights...not just in terms of price/mkt cap (which i know is what most people are focused on) but for the Rekt movement to become bigger and stronger.
we are back near that trough now, when things are tough, but i'm writing this to let you know that this is precisely where we keep going harder and precisely where we will add another badge to our blazer in the face of everyone else giving up.
you cannot control market cycles, but you can choose to feel the punches (i enjoy the challenge tbh) and simply keep going, coz that is what will will set the ceiling higher for the next time round.
$REKT
They were burned. Sacrificed. Gone from the collection forever...or so we thought.
Normies Survival: Return of The Dead
What is it? Top-down, Endless wave Shooter where you fight as your Normie against endless waves of enemies. Think Call of duty zombies.
The catch? All of the enemies are Normies that have been burned. They are back, and they want revenge.
Here's how it works:
Enter your Normie's token ID and it becomes your playable character — Your face. Your traits. Your fight. Personalized game dialogue for each Normie.
Then the waves start.
Burned Normies — real ones, pulled live from the API flood the map trying to kill you. ~1,947 of them exist. You will recognise faces. As the waves go on, you will see more and more Enemies at one time.
👉 Waves increase in difficulty. Kill the enemies, loot their pixels and then use the pixels in the shop to buy new weapons. You can also upgrade your weapons and your health.
👉 Map starts as the Normie 40x40 Grid, gradually shrinking over time. Obstacles (black pixels) are placed randomly on the grid at the beginning of each Wave.
👉Once every Five waves you will encounter a boss. They are faster, angrier, and can move through obstacles. Defeat the boss and finish the round to be rewarded with a choice from Different Perks (power-ups) Increased damage, increased health, Increase player speed, etc.
👉Survive. Think you got what it takes to hit the leaderboard?
A few things worth knowing:
🌐 Fully browser-based — no download, no wallet connection required to play.
📱 Works well on both mobile and desktop
Play here : https://t.co/llJa0yN5Xt
How long can you survive? @normiesART
Abnormies update: Surprise! Every Phase II minter as of block ~25232430 just received 10 free Abnormies (4,310 total airdropped to 431 wallets) as a gift. Just over 500 mints remaining till Phase III.
NORMIES: THE BULLISH RESET BEFORE THE NEXT LEG UP
A lot of people have been sending me DMs asking about the #Normies price correction.
So instead of answering one by one, I decided to write this post.
Let’s talk about it.
We went from an ATH around 0.64 ETH back to around 0.48 ETH.
That is roughly a 25% correction.
And honestly?
This is not bearish.
This is healthy. Necessary. Bullish 🔥.
People need to stop thinking that a project going ATH after ATH with no pullback is always a good thing. It is not.
I have been in #crypto since 2017 and in #tradfi since 2008, and one thing I can tell you with confidence:
Parabolic moves without structure usually do not end well.
Strong markets need corrections.
Strong assets need consolidation.
Strong communities need moments where conviction gets tested.
That is exactly what is happening now.
Look at the early price action of Pudgy Penguins, BAYC, and CryptoPunks.
They all had painful pullbacks in their early stages.
20%, 30% and evenq 50% corrections.
And yet, those corrections were not the end.
They were part of the structure that allowed the real move to happen later.
That is why I am not worried about @normiesART here.
Actually, I am excited.
Because while the price corrects, the fundamentals are only getting stronger.
@serc1n and @YigitDuman are delivering like animals.
The community is getting louder, smarter, and more creative every week.
The agentic layer is becoming more real.
The Arena narrative is getting stronger.
The burn mechanics are creating real scarcity.
And Normies is slowly becoming one of the most interesting NFT projects heading into the next cycle.
Now add the timing.
This correction is happening right before NFC Lisbon.
That matters.
Because the people going to NFC are not random tourists. Many of them know how to identify early opportunities.
And imagine discovering Normies at NFC after a clean correction from ATH…
Not at peak euphoria.
Not after a straight vertical candle.
But after a healthy reset.
That is exactly how new holders like to enter.
Now add one more thing:
The Zombie race.
When new people arrive and start understanding Normies, they will also see holders burning 50, 100, maybe 150 Normies to compete for Zombies.
That is not normal #NFT behavior.
That is conviction.
That is scarcity.
That is game theory.
That is community obsession.
And that can quickly trigger the next wave of hype.
So no, I do not see this correction as a problem.
I see it as the market building a stronger base before the next chapter.
Everything is lining up beautifully:
👉 Price💲structure.
👉 NFC Lisbon 🇵🇹 .
👉 Zombie 🧟♂️ race.
👉 Burn 🔥pressure.
👉 Agentic 🤖 NFTs.
👉 Arena ⚔️.
👉 Community 🤝.
👉 Execution ⚙️⛓️.
Normies is not just moving.
Normies is being built.
And the best projects are not the ones that never correct.
They are the ones that correct, survive, consolidate, and come back stronger.
This is how long-term winners are formed.
We keep NORM’N ▪️▪️▪️