ARENA rules

The short version of how ARENA works and what’s fair.

Who can play

You must be 18 or older to use ARENA.
One account per person. Don't share your account or use someone else's.

Battles for money

Everyone in a battle puts in the same amount. ARENA holds it until there's a result.
The winning side shares the pot after a 10% fee (7% with ARENA+). Your first money win has no fee.
After a match, the winner adds the result screenshot. ARENA's AI judge reads who won from it; when it clearly shows the result, it counts 30 minutes later unless the other side disputes it. A result reported without a clear screenshot gives the other side 48 hours to confirm or dispute, and goes to ARENA if nobody answers.
If nobody reports a result within 48 hours, the battle is cancelled and everyone gets their money back.
If you disagree, both sides get 12 hours to tell ARENA what happened and add a screenshot of the result screen. Keep a screenshot of every money match.
ARENA's AI judge may decide a disputed battle from both sides' stories and screenshots. Its decision is paid out 12 hours later unless an ARENA admin overrules it first.
In a game with a friend you don't agree on, either of you can send the result screenshot. ARENA's AI judge reads it; a clear answer counts an hour later unless the other player sends their own screenshot or an ARENA admin decides differently.
The AI judge is ChatGPT, from OpenAI: the screenshots and what you write about a disagreement are sent to it to decide.
If nobody answers a reported result in time, it stands only if the reporter added a screenshot of the result. Otherwise ARENA decides.
Reporting a result you know is false loses you the battle when ARENA checks the screenshots.

Tournaments

Players of Gold rank and up, or with ARENA+, can host tournaments.
A free tournament has no entry fee. A staked tournament has an entry fee, and the host puts the prize up from their wallet first.
ARENA keeps 25% of every entry fee. The host gets the rest once a winner is declared, not before.
If a tournament is cancelled, by the host, by ARENA, or because nobody finished it (3 days after its start time, or 14 days after it was made), every player gets their full entry fee back.

Buying and selling

Only sell accounts and items that are yours to sell.
ARENA keeps 8% of each sale (less with ARENA+).
Sellers must turn off 2-step verification on an account before listing it.
Normal order: the buyer has 1 hour to report that the login doesn't work. After that, or once the buyer confirms it works, the seller is paid and the sale is final, with no cover if the account is taken back later.
ARENA Secure: the buyer's money is held for 3 days while ARENA secures the account and the buyer checks it. If the seller takes it back in that time, the buyer gets the account price back from the seller's money, and the seller can no longer sell. After the 3 days the sale is final.

Adding and taking out money

Your ARENA balance is your TUP.GM balance. Money added or spent on either site changes it on both.
Money in a battle, a tournament prize or an ARENA Secure hold is held by ARENA until it's settled, then comes back to your balance.
ARENA works in whole dalasi. Winnings are rounded down to the dalasi, and ARENA keeps the bututs.
Cash-outs to Wave start at D50. The money is set aside when you ask and sent by hand, usually within a day.
Tokens are rewards for playing. They aren't money and can't be cashed out.