The Drop: how your rating gets paid
What is the Drop?
Most skilled traders never see a cent for being good. The Drop is how Sivex Play changes that: your rating is the number that gets paid.
Every two weeks a cash pool is split among the top of the Sivex Play Rating. It is not a one-off jackpot tied to a single tournament — it is a standing reward on the rating you build over time. Climb the board, keep playing, and the top of the Rating earns on a schedule.
How do I qualify?
Hold a Sivex Pass and play 10 ranked matches within the two-week window. That is the whole gate.
Ranked matches include scheduled cash tournaments and ranked custom matches. Rating alone does not qualify you — you have to show up and play. That keeps the top of the board honest: a high-rated trader can’t sit on a number and collect; they have to keep putting it on the line.
With continuous tournaments running all day and ranked custom matches counting too, 10 matches in two weeks is roughly five days a week — a steady daily-play habit, enough to prove you’re active, not so much that it’s a grind.
Who gets paid, and how much?
The top 1% of the qualified field — always at least 3 winners — share the pool, weighted toward the top but smoothly.
The number of winners scales with the field:
| A small field | 3 winners (the minimum, always) |
|---|---|
| ~500 qualified | the top 5 |
| ~10,000 qualified | the top 100 |
Payouts are banded: the top band earns the most, lower bands share smaller equal amounts. It is top-heavy — #1 is prestige — but never winner-take-all, and the last paid place earns a small amount, so just missing the cut costs you almost nothing.
Does the pool grow?
The pool only goes one direction: up.
It starts at its launch figure and grows as the community grows — more traders, more tournaments, bigger Drops. We commit to the direction, not to a number or a date.
How does the Drop connect to the Community Pool?
A small, fixed Community Cut from every Drop feeds the Community Pool — the reward for everyone outside the very top.
The headline pool figure stays the advertised number; the winners feed the engine that pays the rest of the community. The Drop rewards the top of the Sivex Rating; the Community Pool rewards the players climbing it.
Common questions
- What is the Drop?
- A cash pool split every two weeks among the top of the Sivex Rating. It is the reward attached to your rating: climb the leaderboard, play your games, and the top of the board gets paid.
- How do I qualify for a Drop?
- Hold a Sivex Pass and play 10 ranked matches within the two-week window. Rating alone is not enough — even the #1 player has to show up and play to appear on the board and be paid.
- How many people get paid?
- The top 1% of the qualified field, with a minimum of 3 winners every Drop. So a small field still pays three players; a large field pays more — at 10,000 qualified, the top 100.
- Is the Drop gambling?
- No. There is no wager on the Drop and no chance element — you are ranked by your skill rating, and the top of the ranking is paid. It is a recurring skill prize, the same way a league pays its standings.
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