Game of Splits

One seat a day. Take it from whoever holds it and post your message. The three who held it longest share the Purse.

Rules

Day: 00:00 to 24:00 UTC
First take of the day: 1 USDG
After a take at price P: The price jumps to 1.5 × P, then slides down to 1 USDG over an hour
Winners: Top 3 by seconds held get 75% / 20% / 5%
Message: Pick one of 16 lines, one of 8 colours
Pass: Pass needed

The price

With S = 1.5 × the last price and t = seconds since the last take, the price is

price(t) = 1 + (S − 1) × (3600 − t) / 3600 for the first hour, then 1.

Say someone takes at 10 USDG, so S = 15. After 20 minutes the price is 10.33. After 45 minutes it is 4.50. After an hour it is 1.00.

A short day

Time (UTC)	Event	Price	Holder after
00:05	A takes (first of the day)	1.00	A
00:35	B takes	1.25	B
00:40	C takes	1.80	C
02:00	A takes (over an hour later)	1.00	A
24:00	Day closes

A held the seat for 81,000 s, C for 4,800 s and B for 300 s. A gets 75%, C 20% and B 5% of a 3.03 USDG Purse (60% of the 5.05 spent).

Messages

You pick one of 16 lines when you take the Seat, and the board shows it while you hold it. If someone else paid for your take, the site shows “posted by” with the payer.

Details

You can’t take the seat from yourself.
One take per L2 block.
Paused time doesn’t count as time held.
Unpaid shares roll over to the next day that has takes.
If two players have the same time, the one who got there first keeps the higher place.
The current holder’s time counts once their turn ends.
Settling the day is permissionless. The keeper does it at 00:05 UTC.

Errors

Error	When	What to do
`NoPass`	The player has no Pass.	Lock a pass first.
`AlreadyHolder`	You already hold the seat.
`SameBlock`	Another take landed in this block.	Try again.
`PriceAboveMax`	The price is higher than your maxPrice.	Refresh and retry.
`MessageTooLong`	The message is over the limit.	Shorten it.
`BadColor`	Colour is not one of the 8.
`DayNotOver`	Settling a day that hasn’t ended.	Wait.
`AlreadySettled`	The day is already settled.