Bookmarkable definitions for every gameplay + tokenomics term in ApeLeague. Anchor-linkable — share a specific term as /glossary#vote-featured.
A 60-minute play cycle: 30 minutes of picking, 30 minutes of live scoring. Top 3 finishers split the prize pool 60/30/10 in the chain's native asset. New round opens automatically when the previous one settles — rounds run 24/7.
The next round opens for picks the moment the current round's picks lock. So during the live phase of round N, you can already queue your 5 for round N+1. Eliminates the dead zone where the old "picks closed, wait" message used to leave users hanging.
More: /how-to-play#pre-queue
When a creator-submitted token hits 50 community votes within 24 hours, it auto-graduates to Featured for the next 24 hours — pinned to the top of /arena, the /pick grid, and the homepage. Marked with a green badge. Earned by the community, not paid for. Vote-Featured tokens always rank above Sponsored ones.
A creator can buy 24 hours of Featured placement directly via /shop → SUBMIT_FEATURED ($500), or 7 days of Sponsored treatment for their whole portfolio via Creator Pass ($150). Marked with a gold ⭐ badge so the placement source is honest. Disclosed as Sponsored everywhere it appears.
Disclosed NPC traders that enter rounds so the leaderboard isn't empty in early days. Marked 🤖 everywhere. They never collect SOL — when a House Ape lands top 3, their winnings auto-sponsor the next round's pool, redirecting the value back to players. Public roster at /about/house-apes.
More: /about/house-apes
Paid vote multipliers (BOOST_2X / 5X / 10X) can NEVER exceed 35% of any token's total weighted score. So organic votes always decide who Featured-graduates — paid boosts can amplify a real signal but can't manufacture one. Tested in lib/game/voting.test.ts.
Account age controls vote weight. Under-7-day accounts cap at 0.1×, 7-30 day at 0.5×, 30+ day veterans at 1.25×. Paid Stars boosts ≥5× soften the gate but never to veteran level — a brand-new burner with the max boost still scores half what a real veteran with the same boost gets. Tested.
50 community votes within 24 hours promotes a token to Vote-Featured for 24 hours. Per-token-per-day vote dedupe + identity multiplier keeps the threshold meaningful — you can't self-vote (creators are blocked from voting on their own tokens) or stack burners cheaply.
10% of every prize pool. Funds infrastructure, ingestion costs, and ongoing development. The remaining 90% splits 60/30/10 to top 3.
7-day subscription ($150 SOL only) that flags every approved token in your portfolio as Sponsored across /arena, /pick grid, and homepage. New tokens you submit + get approved during the window are auto-included. Per creator (covers your whole portfolio).
7-day subscription ($50) that auto-grants free SIXTH_PICK + free PICK_REROLL every round. Plus the ⭐ Elite badge on leaderboards. The per-round perks fire automatically when you open /pick — idempotent so re-opening doesn't multiply them.
Sponsorships are accepted on any of 9 chains (SOL, ETH, BSC, Polygon, Base, OP, Arbitrum, BTC, Tron). Each pool stays in its origin chain's native asset; the headline USD is locked at sponsorship time so the displayed value stays stable. Pools across chains stack into the same round leaderboard.
$3 pre-round purchase. If you finish bottom 10% AND your worst pick had negative drag, insurance refunds 50% of that drag as XP (5 XP per drag-percent-point). DM notification on settlement so you know it kicked in.
Telegram's in-app currency. Used for one-tap upgrade purchases under ~$143 (the per-invoice Stars cap). Larger items (Featured 24h, Instant approval, Creator Pass) are SOL-only — deliberate on-chain transactions.
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