Divisions & seasons
Climb the ranks.
Bronze is where everyone starts; Gold is the live ceiling today. Between them is a two-month season that resets every time, and a climb that follows you, not a team.
The climb
One player. One direction: up.
You sit in one division at a time. Win, capture and defend across a season, finish near the top, and you move up. Your rank, division, courts and streak follow you, not a fixed team, so every match you play is building your record.
Gold is the top of the live game right now. Platinum is the earned summit: not entered, not bought, switching on down the line for the players who prove they belong.
How points work
The bigger the scalp, the more it pays.
Every match banks ranking points and XP. Beating a player who holds a stack of courts, or who's riding a long streak, is worth more, and so is defending your own turf. Mixed matches pay extra, and away wins add a nomad bonus.
Separately, every game, set and win earns XP that levels you up, across all divisions, all year round.
Divisions & seasons
Climb the ranks.
You sit in one division at a time. A season runs two months; finish near the top and you move up, near the bottom and you drop. Gold is the live ceiling for now.
Platinum
ComingThe summit. Earned, never entered, and switching on down the line.
Gold
LiveThe top of the live game, where the city's best collide.
Silver
LiveThe grind. Consistency starts to separate the players.
Bronze
LiveWhere everyone starts. Win, capture, earn your way up.
Promotion and relegation scale with league size. Points reset each season.
Categories
Three competitions in one.
You play in a category, and each one runs as its own competition: separate divisions, separate holders, separate ladders. A single court can be held by different players at once, one per category.
Men's
Two male players. Open, competitive, the classic bracket.
Women's
Two female players, competing on their own ladder for their own courts.
Mixed
One man, one woman. Its own competition, and every Mixed match pays a points bonus.
Not here to grind? Just play.
Alongside the ranked ladder there's the Open division: ungated, no skill matching, no promotion pressure, open to everyone. Turn up, get matched, and play for the fun of it. Trade up to a ranked division whenever you're ready.
Season structure
A fresh race every two months.
Two-month seasons
Points build across a two-calendar-month season. There's no single knockout night; consistency is what carries you up the table, then everything resets to zero.
Promote or relegate
Finish near the top and you move up a division; near the bottom and you drop. Promotion scales with league size: tiny leagues hold, bigger ones move two teams each way.
Prove you belong
When a division gets crowded, new players face an initiation: win the match, take a set, or earn a nod from the opponents. It keeps the ladder honest as it fills up.
Think you're the best? Prove it.
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