Gm I have been an @Azuki holder from mint day and supported the project publicly through thick and thin, high and lows. What I always appreciated was the energy and the conviction that the team cared about holders and that collecting was at the heart of the project, given the strong IP potential and the great depth of the collection thanks to the amazing talent of @steamboy33 Today, it pains me to say that the care for holders has evaporated and leadership has become tone deaf. The recurring reason given is priority is to TCG. But very basic stuff like maintaining a functioning sales bot on X is lacking which is shocking for such a collection. This is at a time where other collections led by BAYC have established OTC grail desks and are putting strong emphasis on collecting. This is also at a junction where the digital art space and pfp collections are coming together. But Azuki doesn’t seem to have any interest whatsoever in partaking in this. I am writing this on the same day I purchased one of the most iconic spirits (featuring in this post). I feel that calling this out publicly is the only way to get heard. Cheers

Interesting this is the first time it’s been mentioned. They still rocking strong?

BEAST Creative Lab Round 9 is LIVE 🔥🧫🔬with ONE WEEK left to enter 🚨‼️ Theme: BEAST Headquarters 🏠🏢🏫 Create your BEAST x Rider HQ. Show us where your Beasts and Riders live, build, plan, train, create, chill, and prepare for the next RIDE 🏄🏻‍♂️🌊🚀 (For the official Rules and how to enter check out the post below 👇) To keep things exciting, we’re updating this round with improvements, by adding a few more prizes and we’re turning this round into a community milestone reward system 👀🔥 The more valid entries we receive, the larger the NFT prize pool becomes. This is our way of rewarding participation, encouraging more creativity while giving back to the people who continue showing up for Beast Creative Lab. ** Disclaimer: Entries must pertain to the theme and be an actual entry. Bots, spam, low-effort submissions, and bad-faith entries will be discarded and not counted. ———— • Current Prize Pool currently includes: * 2 BitBeast NFTs * 2 SpaceRiders Board NFTs * A bunch of B*Points 🏄‍♂️🪐 • Milestones & Bonus Prizes: - As participation grows, so does the prize pool: • 30 entries = add another SpaceRiders Board • 50 entries = add a second extra SpaceRiders Board • 75 entries = add 1 SpaceRiders VOV and a third extra higher level blue 💙SpaceRiders Board • 100 entries = add a second SpaceRiders VOV and a third BitBeast to the prize pool! It’s up to the community how big the prize pool gets… ———— > Collaboration Improvements < • Contracts Approved Added 🛠️ - The new SpaceRiders and VOV contracts have officially been approved and added by our dev to the Beasthood tools website 🙌 @randomdh_eth This means SpaceRiders and VOV holders can now use the site to view BeastHood prompts and participate in voting across all BeastCreativeLab Trials. This helps expand access, bring more of the AKCB x Rider community into the Lab, and make it easier for everyone to create, vote, support entries, and get involved 🧪🔥 Now is your time to jump in, get creative, and bring good energy into the BEAST Creative Lab! ———— • Community Tools 🛠️🧰🛠️ - We have an awesome interactive AKCB community tools website for voting, prompts, and other games. Check it out 👀👇 beasthood.tools/lab beasthood.tools/prompts beasthood.tools If you can’t or don’t want to connect your main holding wallet to the website, you can place a BitBeast or a VOV in a separate wallet and vote/interact from there instead. ———— Powered by the AKCB community 🔥🚀 #AKCB 🦾 #BeastCreativeLab 🔬 @aKIDcalledBEAST #LetsRide 🏄🏻‍♂️ @SpaceRidesXYZ #SpaceRiders

Round 9: Beast Creative Lab Trials is LIVE 🧑‍🔬🧪🔬 (creative challenge spotlighting the best Beast-inspired artwork from the AKCB community and creators across Web3) Earn NFTs B*Points ⸻ Round 9 Theme: BEAST Headquarters 🏠🧪🔥 Every crew needs a base… This round is all about showing where your Beasts live, build, plan, create, regroup, and prepare for the next move. Create your BEAST HQ as a lab, clubhouse, command center, studio, bunker, hideout, spaceport, or home base that feels true to your Beast’s world. Build it like a real place your NFT crew would actually live, work, train, experiment, or create in. Make it feel alive. Make it feel personal. Make it in BEAST Mode! **BONUS Prizes: if you include any SpaceRiders characters in your content 🏄🏻‍♂️💫👀 ⸻ Prizes: 🥇 1st: BitBeast 7,000 B*Points 🥈 2nd: BitBeast 3,000 B*Points 🥉 3rd: 5,000 B*Points 4th–10th: 1,000 B*Points each **Bonus SpaceRiders Prizes 🏄🏻‍♂️🚀 The 3 highest voted BEAST x SpaceRiders HQ entries will each win a Rider Board. ——— BitBeasts provided by AJAY & Random: @acarch2 & @randomdh_eth B*Points are given out by Meme and the AKCB team 🙏🔥 @memexbby @Rafsby ⸻ Rules: • Create original Beast-themed artwork • Stay true to AKCB style character integrity • Your entry must clearly match the BEAST Headquarters theme • Post your entry on the timeline and include the required hashtags *quote post • Images & videos are both accepted as entries How to Enter: • Create: Bring your Beast to life using the round 9 theme • Post: Share your entry using hashtags: #AKCB & #BeastCreativeLab • Tag: @aKIDcalledBEAST • * Quote Post: Must quote this post to be entered * ⸻ Entry Window: Entry cutoff is Monday, June 15th at 6 PM EST ⏰‼️ Voting: The community has until Wednesday, June 17th at 12 PM EST to vote on their favorites 🗳️🔥 Voting website: beasthood.tools/lab Winners Next Theme: Winners will be announced in the June 17 AKCB community spaces along with the next Beast Creative Lab theme. ⸻ Powered by the AKCB community 🔥🚀 #AKCB 🦾 #BeastCreativeLab 🔬 @aKIDcalledBEAST