Fees & Payouts

• Do friendly ($0) matches pay fees?

  No escrow, no pot, no platform fee. They’re practice/social and require a paid subscription when friendlies are enabled.

• How is pot calculated ?

  totalPot = wager × 2 where wager is already the total escrowed stake (including Bo3/Bo5 multiplier). fee = totalPot × feePercent/100 winnerPayout = totalPot − fee

• Is the fee the same as a cancellation/no-show penalty?

  No. Match service fee applies on completed/settled results. Cancellation/no-show/rage-quit use the penalty engine percentages (separate three-way splits).

• What happens on a draw?

  Each player gets roughly wager − fee/2 back (fee still taken from the pot, split). Skill rating does not change on draws.

• What is platform fee?

  production intended fee is 10% of tge total pot(both players’ stakes). Stored on the match at create time so it doesn’t change mid-match.

• Whose subscription sets the fee?

  The challenge creator’s subscription tier at create time. Opponent’s plan does not change that match’s fee %.

• Worked example — Bo3 stakes.

  Per-game stake $10 → each escrows $30 → pot $60. Free: fee $9 → winner $51. Gold 7.5%: fee $4.50 → winner $55.50.

• Worked example — Free player, $10 Bo1.

  Each stakes $10 → pot $20 → fee 15% = $3 → winner receives $17.

• Worked example — Gold (50% fee discount), $10 Bo1.

  Effective fee = 7.5% → fee $1.50 → winner $18.50.

• Worked example — Silver (25% fee discount), $10 Bo1.

  Effective fee = 15% × (1 − 0.25) = 11.25% → fee $2.25 → winner $17.75.