Developers get a share of the score
Season 3 began with a change to who earned MetaL. On 14 May 2026, the organizer opened a preparation stage for developers, saying promoters’ existing audiences had given them a head start in earlier seasons.
When SUGARDADDY started on 18 May, eligible new Protected Bots split incoming MetaL: 80% to the developer and 20% to the promoter. Dev MetaL counted toward the main leaderboard. A promoter who had built the bot themselves kept the full 100%. The split was temporary for this season.
More places, more prizes
The race ran from 18 May to 18 June with an initial $500 pool. On 26 May, BB added $10 awards for places eleven through fifteen, taking the pool to $550.
The final total reached $570, with seventeen reward entries.
The finish takes another ten days
On 18 June, the organizer delayed prize payments for an additional review. On 24 June, they reported strong signs of artificial traffic and excluded the provisional leader. A 26 June update confirmed the disqualification.
An administrator was temporarily removed during the review, but the organizer explicitly said their involvement had not been established. The chat also had a participant calling themselves “BB Critic” and asking hard questions about who the system rewarded.
The discussion went beyond catching inflated scores: how could a penalty avoid hurting someone targeted with fake traffic by another person? The organizer asked the community before making the final decision.
28 June: the final awards
The closing post reported $570 in rewards, with anu*, kri* and mhd* heading the list. All seventeen rows appear below in published order. Matching prefixes do not establish that entries belong to the same account.
The organizer closed by promising improvements to the rules, checks and reward system before future seasons.
| Entry | MetaL | Reward |
|---|---|---|
| anu* | 4989 | $250 |
| kri* | 3195 | $120 |
| mhd* | 2804 | $60 |
| naa* | 1908 | $10 |
| ffw* | 1335 | $10 |
| pra* | 1190 | $10 |
| sya* | 1132 | $10 |
| fox* | 628 | $10 |
| ado* | 610 | $10 |
| upl* | 536 | $10 |
| son* | 497 | $10 |
| rej* | 453 | $10 |
| upl* | 350 | $10 |
| ptm* | 333 | $10 |
| abh* | 322 | $10 |
| viv* | 293 | $10 |
| son* | 282 | $10 |
An attack and a pause in the chat
During the May attack, BB added five $10 reward places. On 26 June, after the delayed results and heated arguments, the organizer temporarily made the chat read-only. The season even acquired a warning poster.
Five more prizes during the attack
During Season 3, an infrastructure attack came with an unexpected announcement: five more reward places.
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The chat takes a breather
A delayed season, a read-only chat and a pointed poster. Then, eventually, movie recommendations.
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