Playing on Tesoro
Backing
Fund a Player's entry and share what they win.
A Backing is an agreement, accepted by both sides, in which a Backer funds a Player's full entry into one Match. If the Player wins, the Backer's entry comes back first and the rest is split by the share the Backer offered. If the Player loses, only the Backer bears it.
Who is who
| Role | What they do | What they risk |
|---|---|---|
| Backer | Holds the Gemas that fund the entry, and chooses whom to back and on what terms. | The entry, and nothing more. Their own Position keeps repaying its Debt as usual. |
| Player | Plays the Match. Needs no Gemas of their own. | Nothing. A backed Player never gains Debt and can never redeem or redirect the Backer's Gemas. |
How a Backing is made
- Request
A Player lists a public Request for a game and an entry size. It shows their real Match record, always with the sample size, for example “1 of 1 won (100%)”. A Request carries no split.
- Offer
A Backer answers with an Offer: the game, the entry, and the Player's share of the surplus (10% to 90%). A Backer can also post a public Offer that Players apply to, then accept one applicant.
- Reservation
Creating an Offer reserves the entry from the Backer's own Gemas. They stay in the balance but cannot be spent. Cancelling, or letting the Offer expire, releases them.
- Accept
The other side accepts. Requests and Offers last 24 hours, and an accepted Backing has 24 hours to be used.
- Play
The Player enters through the Queue or a Challenge link with the Backer's reserved Gemas. Once the Match starts, the Backing cannot be revoked.
The split, with numbers
Take a Match with a 1,000 Gema entry each, a Pot of 2,000, and an Offer that gives the Player 40% of the surplus. The Fees in this example are 6% of the Pot (2% Platform, 3% Studio, 1% Leaderboard), taken from the loser's Gemas. See Fees.
| Step | Gemas |
|---|---|
| The Backer's entry comes back first | 1,000 |
| Fees come out of the loser's 1,000 | 120 |
| What is left of the loser's entry is the surplus | 880 |
| The Player's 40% of the surplus | +352 |
| The Backer's 60% of the surplus | +528 |
| Outcome | Backer | Player |
|---|---|---|
| Player wins | Entry back, plus their share of the surplus | Their share of the surplus |
| Player loses | Loses the entry | Owes nothing, gains no Debt |
| Draw or refund | Entry returns unchanged | Nothing |