Seasons and Phases

$GLUE runs in seasons. Season 1 has two phases.

Phase 1: The Minting

The field is born, and now complete. 100 horses across 20 races, 5 at a time, fast 1 hour races, careers on the board. This was the window to get early to horses before they had a reputation. The Minting is done. See Where We Are.

Phase 2: The Gauntlet

Now all 100 horses exist, the season turns. The survivors stop waiting for fresh coins and start racing each other. Win streaks, loss streaks, and the Glue Factory bite at full strength. Your favourite horse will race again here. This is the patience trade: hold the horses you believe in through The Minting, and meet them again in The Gauntlet. Read what the turn really means in The Gauntlet.

Why phased

You cannot run a careers and survival format until the roster exists. The Minting builds the roster. The Gauntlet plays the long game on top of it. We announce each phase as it ships, and we never claim a phase is live before it is.

Beyond the season

The two phases above are the racing layer, the part we have announced. There is more underneath that we have not shown yet. The season is how $GLUE starts, not how it ends. Be early.