// FIRST POSTING
Getting Started
This is the shortest path from a fresh account to your first completed run. Five steps, in order.
1. Connect and Activate
Open the app and connect your wallet. Follow the activation flow the app presents. Your account state is always shown on screen, so if something is locked, the prompt in front of you is the source of truth for what to do next.
2. Start in the Academy
Before you battle, spend a few minutes in the Academy. It is four short briefings that teach the language of the game: what a peg is, what the redemption rate does, who the market participants are, and how the whole loop fits together. Working through it also advances your account and unlocks the rest of the app.
3. Take a Solo Run
Solo Practice is the safe room. Pick a difficulty, set a controller and a liquidity budget, and run it. Nothing here touches your competitive rating, so it is the right place to see the charts move and feel how your choices land.
4. Read the Review
When the run finishes, the review breaks down your score across four pillars and shows how your liquidity was used. Do not just look at the headline number. The pillars tell you the shape of the run and where your next adjustment should go. See Scoring for how to read it.
5. Enter a Ranked Battle
When the review makes sense to you, move to Ranked Battles. You either accept a challenge someone else posted or post your own. Both players lock private choices, the same conditions test you both, and the better result wins.
The Shape of a Session
The fastest way to improve is to adjust a single thing between runs and watch what it does. Change everything at once and you will not know what helped.
A Quick Word on the Controls
You will see these terms everywhere. Here is the plain version, with the full treatment in Controller Basics.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Kp | Immediate reaction to the current gap. Stronger means faster, but easier to overshoot. |
| Ki | Correction for pressure that builds over time. Helps with slow drift, can pile up if set high. |
| Rate bounds | Limits on how much authority the controller is allowed to use. |
| Liquidity budget | The reserves you commit to support the run. |
You do not need formulas to play well. You need to read the run and respond. Everything else is practice.