Hype first, and the fud will follow.
Never prioritize building hype over the real thing, that is, shipping a product people wonโt regret spending time with.
Word of Advice for Projects: Weโve been here a couple cycles, and it doesnโt matter if itโs a๐ or ๐ป, itโs gotta be ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ.
๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ into thinking hype = conversion = loyalty. Trust that they will drop you & fud you & send you to 0๏ธโฃ in a heartbeat. But maybe youโre gone by then with your๐ฐfull. Hey, you do you.
We will continue to prioritize building a solid foundation and an ๐๐ช๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ game:
PARTY ICONS OPEN BETA PRE-SEASON servers open Monday, May 18. ๐พ
Seasonal Leaderboards, Bounty Hunts, and Diamond Rush events go live May 20.
Jump in anytime.
Every match is its own shot at winning.
EKKO Alpha gave us the proof:
AI Agents work.
Players trust them.
And when the upside is real, things get spicy fast.
Players trained Agents, adjusted loadouts, chose their risk, chased bigger multipliers, and trusted AI with higher-value decisions.
37% of all sessions became Diamond sessions, with Diamond players showing 3.6x higher engagement than Gold session players.
So now weโre taking that loop into Pre-Season: bigger, louder, and open to everyone.
Your Agent grinds.
You control the risk.
Every successful extraction can pay off. No endless grind required.
Markets move. Builders SHIP.
And yes, Party Icons is somehow still standing โ still funding seasonal play, still shipping new systems, and still giving players and communities a reason to PARTY.
Join our Discord to find out how to play, get updates, and investigate how weโre still alive โ
Pre-Season begins May 18.
Drop in when you want. Extract what you can. ๐
@PartyIconsOGX how indeed are we still alive and shipping in this market?! ๐งCome find out on Monday!
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Join official guilds for even more bonus!
๐พEKKO Alpha was a small test, but an important one.
We kept this sprint intentionally tight: 15 guilds, 5 days, because what we wanted to test wasnโt scale. It was something more fundamental:
Would players actually trust AI agents enough to risk real value on them?
The answer was YES.
And more than that, once players leaned in, they went deep.
37% of all sessions were high-stakes (Diamond sessions), and those players showed 3.6x higher engagement than Gold session players. Thatโs a strong signal for us: this isnโt just a novelty mechanic. Itโs a loop players are willing to commit to.
What surprised us even more was who leaned in.
We thought highly skilled players might resist the idea of AI playing for them. Instead, many of them embraced it. They trained agents, refined loadouts, and treated their AI as an extension of their own strategy.
You can see it in the behavior --
Mask Mode almost doubled daily playtime:
253 mins vs 124 mins for regular players.
AI sessions didnโt push players away --they pulled them in deeper.
And yes -- the upside was real, and it got spicy fast!
- 37.7x single-session payout multiplier
- 17,200 Diamonds extracted in one single extraction
- 165,940 Diamonds earned by the top Diamond player in 5 days
These arenโt just flashy stats -- they show players were willing to trust AI, invest time into training it, and risk real value because the reward on the other side felt worth chasing.
Thatโs what makes us so excited for what comes next: bringing the scale and energy of our CB3 X-League model together with AI-driven gameplay and a major prize pool. ๐๐
This was the first proof point. Now we refine. Open Beta is around the corner. If your guild wants in, join our Discord or hit up our team members tagged -- official partners will receive exclusive welcome packs. ๐
Finally, thank you to all our EKKO Alpha participants and the @ekko_engine team. See y'all soon! ๐ซฐ
Yes THIS. This is what we were thinking about when we were integrating with EKKO AI, that even cb3 legends like you (or especially legends like you) may be too busy to always play personally, but you can still have fun strategizing and save on time by delegating to your Agents.
marauder mode still avail for whenever queen wants the adrenaline rush again ๐ฉธ๐ฅ