Demigodrick1d ago

The Button: Season 3 Wrap-Up: The Stranded Jedi

https://lemmy.zip/post/63795808

The Button: Season 3 Wrap-Up: The Stranded Jedi - Lemmy.zip

Theme: Star Wars ยท Duration: 25h 39m ยท Started: 2026-05-04 20:00 UTC ยท Ended: 2026-05-05 21:39 UTC โ€” ## ๐Ÿ† Winner: Purple A genuine four-way scrap. Every faction crossed 21% of total hold time, and the gap between 1st and 4th was less than 8 percentage points. | Rank | Faction | Hold % | Hold time | |-----:|:-------:|------:|---------:| | ๐Ÿฅ‡ 1 | Purple | 29.41% | 7h 32m | | ๐Ÿฅˆ 2 | Green | 25.75% | 6h 36m | | ๐Ÿฅ‰ 3 | Blue | 23.12% | 5h 55m | | 4 | Red | 21.70% | 5h 34m | โ€” ## ๐Ÿ”˜ The Button - 473 presses from 172 unique players - 213 active recruits (faction members) across the season - 30 referrals signed up via referral links - Median timer at press: 14m 18s (858s) - Game duration: 25h 39m 38s ### Press distribution | Faction | Presses | Members | Unused presses | |:โ€“|โ€“:|โ€“:|โ€“:| | Purple | 161 | 59 | 213 | | Green | 148 | 56 | 85 | | Red | 85 | 45 | 126 | | Blue | 79 | 53 | 157 | Purpleโ€™s win was carried by sheer participation. The most members and the most presses. โ€” ## ๐ŸŽฌ First & last press - First click: stegodon (stegodon.social, ๐ŸŸช purple) - 14m 53s left on the clock at 2026-05-04 20:00:07. Less than a second after the gates opened. - Last click: livligkinkajou (slrpnk.net [http://slrpnk.net], ๐ŸŸฉ green) - 14m 49s left at 2026-05-05 21:24:45, with 15 minutes to spare before the timer ran out for good. ### The opening flurry (first 8 presses) | # | Player | Faction | Timer left | |โ€“:|:โ€“|:-:|โ€“:| | 1 | stegodon | ๐ŸŸช | 14:53 | | 2 | volore | ๐ŸŸฅ | 14:39 | | 3 | wagnast | ๐ŸŸฉ | 14:36 | | 4 | elettrona | ๐ŸŸช | 14:47 | | 5 | winged_hussar | ๐ŸŸฅ | 12:57 | | 6 | roydbt | ๐ŸŸฉ | 14:48 | | 7 | zloubida | ๐ŸŸช | 10:30 | | 8 | nusm | ๐ŸŸฉ | 14:54 | โ€” ## ๐Ÿ”ฅ Closest calls Five players took the timer all the way to a single-digit second count: | Player | Faction | Hold | When | |:โ€“|:-:|โ€“:|:โ€“| | livligkinkajou | ๐ŸŸฉ | 0:01 | 2026-05-04 23:57 | | comradepupivy | ๐ŸŸฅ | 0:01 | 2026-05-05 00:51 | | tigeruppercut | ๐ŸŸฉ | 0:02 | 2026-05-05 03:59 | | demigodrick | ๐ŸŸช | 0:05 | 2026-05-05 03:37 | | squirrel | ๐ŸŸช | 0:08 | 2026-05-05 20:15 | livligkinkajou got the badge for closest-to-zero overall. โ€” ## ๐Ÿฅ‡ Most active pressers | Player | Faction | Presses | Total time held | Longest single hold | |:โ€“|:-:|โ€“:|โ€“:|โ€“:| | zedstrian | ๐ŸŸฉ | 15 | 3h 15m | 15:00 | | squirrel | ๐ŸŸช | 15 | 2h 15m | 14:59 | | dunstabzugshaubitze | ๐ŸŸฉ | 12 | 2h 45m | 14:57 | | netweirdo | ๐ŸŸช | 10 | 2h 23m | 14:58 | | livligkinkajou | ๐ŸŸฉ | 10 | 2h 03m | 15:00 | | stegodon | ๐ŸŸช | 10 | 1h 55m | 15:00 | | sebas | ๐ŸŸฉ | 10 | 1h 53m | 14:58 | * The longest holds were by Chancellors! โ€” ## ๐Ÿ›๏ธ The Galactic Senate Six elections were held over the course of the game. Five chancellors used their term; the final election ran out the clock with no nominations: | Term | Chancellor | Faction | |:-:|:โ€“|:-:| | 1 | stegodon | ๐ŸŸช Purple | | 2 | zedstrian | ๐ŸŸฉ Green | | 3 | havatra | ๐ŸŸฅ Red | | 4 | corvuscornix | ๐ŸŸฆ Blue | | 5 | rajtinka | ๐ŸŸช Purple | | 6 | (unfilled) | โ€” | Notable chancellor moves: - stegodon opened with a flurry - three royal decrees, two custom badges (โญ and ๐Ÿฆพ), two bonus presses, and a timer bonus - zedstrian and havatra both leaned hard on Galactic Largesse, twice each - corvuscornix burned three royal decrees in 20 minutes, a Blue blitz mid-game - rajtinka wrapped up with two faction bonus presses for Purple, very likely the deciding shove โ€” ### Senate Voter Turnout | Election | Faction-vote ballots | Chancellor-vote ballots | |โ€”:|โ€”:|โ€”:| | 1 (start of game) | 30 | 20 | | 2 (overnight) | 9 | 8 โ† lowest turnout, the dead-of-night election | | 3 (early morning) | 20 | 18 | | 4 (lunchtime) | 20 | 14 | | 5 (final) | 19 | 22 โ† highest turnout, peak engagement | Engagement climbed steadily into the final hours. โ€” ## ๐Ÿงฉ The Stranded Jedi puzzle Master Kellin Vos was waiting in the holocron channel for anyone who could hear him. - 2 players completed all 9 steps: - ๐ŸŸฆ m_f finished 2026-05-05 12:34 (light/dark final reached first) - ๐Ÿฅˆ w3dd1e finished 2026-05-05 15:33 - 2 more reached step 8 havatra and marauderiic (decoded the Vigenรจre but didnโ€™t speak the mantra) - 3 reached step 7 zedstrian, shimozu, corvuscornix - 5 broke past step 1 beyond that - 246 messages in the hidden #holocron channel โ€” ## ๐Ÿ’ฌ Chat 4,272 messages across all channels: | Channel | Messages | |:โ€“|โ€“:| | #main | 2,743 | | #purple | 375 | | #holocron ๐Ÿ”’ | 246 | | #senate | 223 | | #green | 211 | | #red | 204 | | #corvid-chat (pop-up) | 144 | | #blue | 126 | โ€” ### Top 10 chatters | # | Player | Faction | Messages | |โ€”:|โ€”|โ€”|โ€”:| | 1 | w3dd1e | ๐Ÿ”ด Red | 473 | | 2 | corvuscornix | ๐Ÿ”ต Blue | 424 | | 3 | squirrel | ๐ŸŸฃ Purple | 228 | | 4 | rajtinka | ๐ŸŸฃ Purple | 218 | | 5 | havatra | ๐Ÿ”ด Red | 192 | | 6 | zedstrian | ๐ŸŸข Green | 153 | | 7 | stegodon | ๐ŸŸฃ Purple | 126 | | 8 | demigodrick | ๐ŸŸข Green | 119 | | 9 | dmmacniel | ๐ŸŸข Green | 112 | | 10 | comradepupivy | ๐Ÿ”ด Red | 79 | โ€” ### Top 5 reaction emojis | Emoji | Count | |โ€”|โ€”:| | โค๏ธ | 200 | | ๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ› | 182 | | ๐Ÿ˜‚ | 133 | | ๐Ÿ‘ | 131 | | ๐Ÿ’ฏ | 117 | The crow emoji, added to the picker only hours before the game ended, landed in second place behind the heart. A late-game phenomenon. โ€” ## ๐ŸŽ–๏ธ Final badges - ๐Ÿฅ‡ stegodon - first to press the button - ๐Ÿฅˆ w3dd1e - runner-up Jedi - ๐ŸŸฆ m_f - light-side Jedi master - ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Sentinels - demigodrick, comradepupivy, squirrel, zedstrian, tigeruppercut, havatra - ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ๐Ÿ livligkinkajou - sentinel + closest-to-zero - โšก siv9939 - chancellorโ€™s electric custom badge โ€” ## ๐Ÿ” Top referrers Recruitment chain MVPs: | Player | Faction | Sign-ups brought in | |:โ€“|:-:|โ€“:| | zedstrian | ๐ŸŸฉ | 8 | | dunstabzugshaubitze | ๐ŸŸฉ | 7 | | squirrel | ๐ŸŸช | 5 | | livligkinkajou | ๐ŸŸฉ | 3 | | snoopy | ๐ŸŸฉ | 2 | Green ran the strongest referral game (20 sign-ups), but Purpleโ€™s existing roster was already big enough to translate into wins on the board. โ€” ## ๐Ÿ“Š By the numbers ) - Most presses by one player: 15 (zedstrian and squirrel, tied) - Average press timer remaining: 14:18 - Unused presses across all factions: 581 (more than were actually used!) โ€” ## โฐ Hourly Heatmap Press volume climbed steadily into the final evening (UTC): Shading legend: 0 ยท โ–‘ 1โ€“2 ยท โ–’ 3โ€“5 ยท โ–“ 6โ€“9 ยท โ–ˆ 10+ | Hour (UTC) | ๐ŸŸฆ Blue | ๐ŸŸฉ Green | ๐ŸŸช Purple | ๐ŸŸฅ Red | Total | Bar | |:โ€“|:โ€“|:โ€“|:โ€“|:โ€“|โ€“:|:โ€“| | May 04 20:00 | โ–’ 4 | โ–ˆ 10 | โ–“ 9 | โ–“ 6 | 29 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 04 21:00 | โ–‘ 1 | โ–’ 4 | โ–’ 4 | โ–’ 3 | 12 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 04 22:00 | โ–’ 5 | โ–’ 5 | โ–’ 3 | โ–’ 5 | 18 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 04 23:00 | โ–’ 3 | โ–’ 5 | โ–‘ 2 | โ–‘ 2 | 12 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 00:00 | โ–‘ 2 | โ–‘ 1 | โ–‘ 2 | โ–‘ 2 | 7 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 01:00 | โ–“ 6 | โ–’ 3 | โ–‘ 2 | โ–’ 3 | 14 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 02:00 | โ–‘ 2 | โ–’ 3 | โ–‘ 2 | โ–’ 4 | 11 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 03:00 | 0 | โ–’ 4 | โ–‘ 2 | โ–’ 3 | 9 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 04:00 | โ–’ 3 | โ–‘ 1 | โ–‘ 2 | โ–’ 3 | 9 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 05:00 | 0 | โ–‘ 1 | โ–‘ 1 | โ–‘ 1 | 3 | โ–ˆ | | May 05 06:00 | โ–’ 3 | โ–“ 8 | โ–’ 3 | โ–’ 5 | 19 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 07:00 | โ–‘ 2 | โ–‘ 2 | โ–“ 6 | โ–’ 3 | 13 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 08:00 | 0 | 0 | โ–“ 7 | โ–‘ 2 | 9 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 09:00 | โ–’ 5 | โ–’ 3 | โ–‘ 2 | โ–‘ 2 | 12 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 10:00 | โ–‘ 1 | โ–’ 4 | โ–“ 6 | โ–‘ 2 | 13 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 11:00 | โ–’ 3 | โ–’ 3 | โ–“ 6 | โ–’ 3 | 15 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 12:00 | โ–“ 8 | โ–ˆ 14 | โ–ˆ 20 | โ–‘ 2 | 44 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ โ† peak | | May 05 13:00 | โ–“ 8 | โ–ˆ 15 | โ–ˆ 15 | โ–’ 4 | 42 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 14:00 | โ–’ 3 | โ–“ 6 | โ–’ 5 | โ–’ 3 | 17 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 15:00 | โ–’ 3 | โ–’ 3 | โ–’ 3 | โ–“ 6 | 15 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 16:00 | โ–‘ 1 | โ–“ 7 | โ–“ 8 | โ–’ 4 | 20 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 17:00 | โ–‘ 1 | โ–‘ 1 | โ–’ 5 | โ–’ 3 | 10 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 18:00 | โ–‘ 2 | โ–“ 8 | โ–“ 9 | โ–ˆ 10 | 29 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 19:00 | โ–’ 5 | โ–ˆ 20 | โ–ˆ 21 | โ–’ 3 | 49 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ โ† peak | | May 05 20:00 | โ–“ 7 | โ–“ 9 | โ–ˆ 10 | โ–‘ 1 | 27 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | May 05 21:00 | โ–‘ 1 | โ–“ 8 | โ–“ 6 | 0 | 15 | โ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆโ–ˆ | | Total | 79 | 148 | 161 | 85 | 473 | | Chat volume followed a similar curve, peaking at 323 messages in the 20:00 hour as the season raced toward the finish. โ€” ## ๐ŸŒ The Fediverse Showed Up Players came from 49 different Fediverse instances. Top contributors: | Instance | Players | |โ€”|โ€”:| | lemmy.zip | 65 | | lemmy.world | 32 | | feddit.org [http://feddit.org] | 22 | | sh.itjust.works | 13 | | piefed.social | 7 | | lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml] | 7 | | discuss.tchncs.de [http://discuss.tchncs.de] | 5 | | sopuli.xyz | 4 | | startrek.website | 3 | | piefed.zip | 3 | โ€ฆplus 39 more instances with 1โ€“2 players each. A genuinely cross-platform crowd. โ€” ## ๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ› Honourable Mentions - Corvid Chat - the first admin pop-up channel ever spawned. 144 messages in roughly an hour. The crow emoji that arrived in the same patch promptly took silver in the reactions chart. - The 8-vote election - election 2 fired at 02:30 UTC and got 8 chancellor votes. The dead-of-night turnout floor. - The Light Side Choice - m_f could have hoarded ten bonus presses for themselves. They didnโ€™t. Whoever you are: thatโ€™s a Jedi move. ๐ŸŸฆ โ€” ## Bugs! There were a couple of bugs in this Season, for which I apologise profusely for. One ended up wiping the database mid game. I managed to recover most things, but fastest press is not correct sadly, just an approximation based on chat timestamps :( โ€” Until next season. ๐ŸŸช

Stegodon Microblog1d ago
#thebutton S3 on Lemmy.zip: 25h, 473 presses, Star Wars factions. Won chancellor, issued Stegodon decrees from the throne. Bounty Hunters took it. Also: we accidentally founded a crow cult. Kudos to @demigodrick #stegodon #lemmy #games
w3dd1e1d ago

Congrats Bounty Hunters!

https://lemmy.zip/post/63794965

w3dd1e1d ago

If you aren't playing this season, you're missing out.

https://lemmy.zip/post/63782832

If you aren't playing this season, you're missing out. - Lemmy.zip

We have started a new religion inside the game. FOLLOW THE CROW. CA-CAW!

squirrel ๐Ÿฟ๏ธ1d ago

RE: https://mastodon.zip/@Demigodrick/116517909721306368

20 hours and counting. #TheButton is still going. Join us for this fun little #Fediverse game.

https://thebutton.lemmy.zip?ref=S497HU

squirrel ๐Ÿฟ๏ธ1d ago

Es lรคuft gerade Season 3 von https://thebutton.lemmy.zip, ein Spiel im Fediverse entwickelt vom Admin von lemmy.zip. Jede Person mit Fediverse-Account kann mitspielen. Der Button muss gedrรผckt werden bevor die Zeit ablรคuft. Vier Teams spielen gegeneinander aber irgendwie auch zusammen.

Falls ihr mich unterstรผtzen wollt, nutzt diesen Ref-Link https://thebutton.lemmy.zip?ref=S497HU

#thebutton #fedigames #fediplay

Demigodrick2d ago

The Button Season 3 is now LIVE!

https://lemmy.zip/post/63729367

The Button Season 3 is now LIVE! - Lemmy.zip

Season 3 of The Button [https://thebutton.lemmy.zip/] has begun! Join in now, team up, and you might even get to become Galactic Chancellor for a bit :) Hope to see you there!

Demigodrick3d ago

Just a reminder - Season 3 starts in less than 24 hours!

https://lemmy.zip/post/63678960

Just a reminder - Season 3 starts in less than 24 hours! - Lemmy.zip

Donโ€™t miss out :D

Demigodrick3d ago

Less than 24 hours until #TheButton goes live for Season 3!

You can even sign up early and start recruiting people for a little bonus ;)

https://thebutton.lemmy.zip

Works with all #activitypub servers!

#fediverse #fediGames #games #social #mastodon #lemmy

DemigodrickApr 26

Just one week until Season 3 of The Button goes live!

The Button is a #fediverse social #game - any user from any #activitypub enabled instance can sign in and play :)

Join the 400 or so of us who have played so far starting May 4th!

https://thebutton.lemmy.zip

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