Genshin Impact goes alt 4 full and releases a complete new patch that has players on a storm with swords raised. The “Swing Your Sword 3 Million Times With Skirk 3 Million Times” challenge is in full swing, with a simple goal: The community as one sides with the challenge that spells out that absurdly large number for collective rewards. At least that’s some level of craziness that the Genshin Impact community has already started entering into.
Basically, players quote the official tweet using the hashtag #FightLikeSkirk and add their own battle cry. The more battle cries, the merrier and the faster the clock goes up. So if the community reaches the goal? Everyone refills on Primogems and gets Abyssal Bounty, Hero’s Wit, and maybe even 10 Intertwined Fates-the pair of key items needed to nab new characters.
Here’s a very weird thing: if people just go bonkers doing this, maybe an even HARDER one will just show up. Really now, Classic Genshin, can’t wait to know what’s next!
And now you get an idea about the reaction. The responses on the tweet are utter chaos: hype, despair, and meme-dom. Some players are flexing mad love for Skirk. Comments flow free, like “be my wife,” “I have to get her, I have to.” Others are still asking for their Primogems and yelling all-caps, “FOR THE PRIMOS!!!!” Then there was another one who lost their 50/50 on Jean and is too traumatized to even think about attempting the challenge.
Many have begun going into theories of Skirk’s lore: could she be related to Neuvillette; why does her story hurt so much? One did write up an entire essay on how Genshin’s characters feel real, only to nonchalantly reveal that they just lost their 50/50. Pain.
Plenty of haters will be there anyway. Another said sarcastically, “Wuwa would give this for free just for logging in,” which… okay, but let us have our fun. Meanwhile, another player literally begged for better artifact luck so their Skirk can actually #FightLikeSkirk instead of ending up like Qiqi.
The hype is already very much palpable, though. Can the community reach their 3 million swings? Most probably. Will the harder challenge be announced next? Most definitely. And players will be continuing to scream into the void about their gacha luck.
So, for now, if you are going to join in, be sure to quote the tweet, yell something dramatic, and start swinging-gift of the gods or anotha Qiqi… will be good fun either way!