We will be reserving a portion of the NFTs for our future players who are late to the party. The rest will be up for grabs

Sorry op, I don't know if I'm a noob in this matter, what do you mean by "reserving a portion of the NFTs for our future players"
Sorry, maybe later my interpretation will be different from what you want to emphasize here.
Because what's playing in my mind is that you will pay NFTs to the players who will be qualified in accordance with the criteria you are looking for,
is that what you mean?
We are early players and we will benefit from the NFT, Evo will lock some portion of the NFT which cannot be claimed now for future players. That is what I understood by the statement. But don't take my words as the final stand, let's wait for the Evo rep to clarify the statement.