And then there's the first-come-first-served thing, I suspect there's a whitelist. My own account can almost always grab it, I just click through the pre-check, and there's never any face recognition. I've used my classmate's and my sister's accounts to try and grab it for a while, but the IP is unstable, face recognition every time, and I haven't successfully grabbed it once.

Let's talk about the recent understanding of alpha. My guess is that the project is falling behind. A is now only placing limit orders, and the project side is not receiving transaction fees. There aren't many projects interested in joining, or the project side finds it unprofitable. Those who say the possibility of joining in two phases is small mainly refer to the fact that there are at least 60,000 people above 250. Even if each person puts in 50u, that's 3 million u, not counting the second phase. Unless there are spot offerings, no project side is willing to spend that much money.

As for coping strategies, downgrade the tier. For example, if you can place an order for 8k every day, if you manage to grab one, you can upgrade the tier. This way, you can avoid getting counter-traded and ensure that your score doesn't drop too quickly.