The Button: Season 3 Wrap-Up: The Stranded Jedi
**Theme:** Star Wars · **Duration:** 25h 39m · **Started:** 2026-05-04 20:00 UTC · **Ended:** 2026-05-05 21:39 UTC
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## 🏆 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 |
|-----:|:-------:|------:|---------:|
| 🥇 1 | Purple | **29.41%** | 7h 32m |
| 🥈 2 | Green | 25.75% | 6h 36m |
| 🥉 3 | Blue | 23.12% | 5h 55m |
| 4 | Red | 21.70% | 5h 34m |
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## 🔘 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 |
|:--|--:|--:|--:|
| Purple | 161 | 59 | 213 |
| Green | 148 | 56 | 85 |
| Red | 85 | 45 | 126 |
| Blue | 79 | 53 | 157 |
Purple's win was carried by sheer participation. The most members and the most presses.
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## 🎬 First & last press
- **First click:** **stegodon** (stegodon.social, 🟪 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, 🟩 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 |
|--:|:--|:-:|--:|
| 1 | stegodon | 🟪 | 14:53 |
| 2 | volore | 🟥 | 14:39 |
| 3 | wagnast | 🟩 | 14:36 |
| 4 | elettrona | 🟪 | 14:47 |
| 5 | winged_hussar | 🟥 | 12:57 |
| 6 | roydbt | 🟩 | 14:48 |
| 7 | zloubida | 🟪 | 10:30 |
| 8 | nusm | 🟩 | 14:54 |
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## 🔥 Closest calls
Five players took the timer all the way to a single-digit second count:
| Player | Faction | Hold | When |
|:--|:-:|--:|:--|
| livligkinkajou | 🟩 | **0:01** | 2026-05-04 23:57 |
| comradepupivy | 🟥 | **0:01** | 2026-05-05 00:51 |
| tigeruppercut | 🟩 | **0:02** | 2026-05-05 03:59 |
| demigodrick | 🟪 | **0:05** | 2026-05-05 03:37 |
| squirrel | 🟪 | **0:08** | 2026-05-05 20:15 |
`livligkinkajou` got the badge for closest-to-zero overall.
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## 🥇 Most active pressers
| Player | Faction | Presses | Total time held | Longest single hold |
|:--|:-:|--:|--:|--:|
| zedstrian | 🟩 | 15 | 3h 15m | 15:00 |
| squirrel | 🟪 | 15 | 2h 15m | 14:59 |
| dunstabzugshaubitze | 🟩 | 12 | 2h 45m | 14:57 |
| netweirdo | 🟪 | 10 | 2h 23m | 14:58 |
| livligkinkajou | 🟩 | 10 | 2h 03m | 15:00 |
| stegodon | 🟪 | 10 | 1h 55m | 15:00 |
| sebas | 🟩 | 10 | 1h 53m | 14:58 |
* The longest holds were by Chancellors!
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## 🏛️ 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 |
|:-:|:--|:-:|
| 1 | **stegodon** | 🟪 Purple |
| 2 | **zedstrian** | 🟩 Green |
| 3 | **havatra** | 🟥 Red |
| 4 | **corvuscornix** | 🟦 Blue |
| 5 | **rajtinka** | 🟪 Purple |
| 6 | *(unfilled)* | — |
Notable chancellor moves:
- **stegodon** opened with a flurry - three royal decrees, two custom badges (⭐ and 🦾), 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
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### Senate Voter Turnout
| Election | Faction-vote ballots | Chancellor-vote ballots |
|---:|---:|---:|
| 1 (start of game) | 30 | 20 |
| 2 (overnight) | 9 | **8** ← lowest turnout, the dead-of-night election |
| 3 (early morning) | 20 | 18 |
| 4 (lunchtime) | 20 | 14 |
| 5 (final) | 19 | **22** ← highest turnout, peak engagement |
Engagement climbed steadily into the final hours.
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## 🧩 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:**
- 🟦 **m_f** finished 2026-05-05 12:34 (light/dark final reached first)
- 🥈 **w3dd1e** finished 2026-05-05 15:33
- **2 more reached step 8** havatra and marauderiic (decoded the Vigenère but didn'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
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## 💬 Chat
**4,272 messages** across all channels:
| Channel | Messages |
|:--|--:|
| #main | 2,743 |
| #purple | 375 |
| #holocron 🔒 | 246 |
| #senate | 223 |
| #green | 211 |
| #red | 204 |
| #corvid-chat (pop-up) | 144 |
| #blue | 126 |
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### Top 10 chatters
| # | Player | Faction | Messages |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | w3dd1e | 🔴 Red | 473 |
| 2 | corvuscornix | 🔵 Blue | 424 |
| 3 | squirrel | 🟣 Purple | 228 |
| 4 | rajtinka | 🟣 Purple | 218 |
| 5 | havatra | 🔴 Red | 192 |
| 6 | zedstrian | 🟢 Green | 153 |
| 7 | stegodon | 🟣 Purple | 126 |
| 8 | demigodrick | 🟢 Green | 119 |
| 9 | dmmacniel | 🟢 Green | 112 |
| 10 | comradepupivy | 🔴 Red | 79 |
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### Top 5 reaction emojis
| Emoji | Count |
|---|---:|
| ❤️ | 200 |
| 🐦⬛ | 182 |
| 😂 | 133 |
| 👍 | 131 |
| 💯 | 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.
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## 🎖️ Final badges
- 🥇 **stegodon** - first to press the button
- 🥈 **w3dd1e** - runner-up Jedi
- 🟦 **m_f** - light-side Jedi master
- 🛡️ Sentinels - demigodrick, comradepupivy, squirrel, zedstrian, tigeruppercut, havatra
- 🛡️🏁 **livligkinkajou** - sentinel + closest-to-zero
- ⚡ **siv9939** - chancellor's electric custom badge
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## 🔝 Top referrers
Recruitment chain MVPs:
| Player | Faction | Sign-ups brought in |
|:--|:-:|--:|
| zedstrian | 🟩 | 8 |
| dunstabzugshaubitze | 🟩 | 7 |
| squirrel | 🟪 | 5 |
| livligkinkajou | 🟩 | 3 |
| snoopy | 🟩 | 2 |
Green ran the strongest referral game (20 sign-ups), but Purple's existing roster was already big enough to translate into wins on the board.
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## 📊 By the numbers
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- 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!)
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## ⏰ Hourly Heatmap
Press volume climbed steadily into the final evening (UTC):
Shading legend: ` ` 0 · `░` 1–2 · `▒` 3–5 · `▓` 6–9 · `█` 10+
| Hour (UTC) | 🟦 Blue | 🟩 Green | 🟪 Purple | 🟥 Red | Total | Bar |
|:--|:--|:--|:--|:--|--:|:--|
| May 04 20:00 | ▒ 4 | █ 10 | ▓ 9 | ▓ 6 | 29 | `███████████████` |
| May 04 21:00 | ░ 1 | ▒ 4 | ▒ 4 | ▒ 3 | 12 | `██████` |
| May 04 22:00 | ▒ 5 | ▒ 5 | ▒ 3 | ▒ 5 | 18 | `█████████` |
| May 04 23:00 | ▒ 3 | ▒ 5 | ░ 2 | ░ 2 | 12 | `██████` |
| May 05 00:00 | ░ 2 | ░ 1 | ░ 2 | ░ 2 | 7 | `███` |
| May 05 01:00 | ▓ 6 | ▒ 3 | ░ 2 | ▒ 3 | 14 | `███████` |
| May 05 02:00 | ░ 2 | ▒ 3 | ░ 2 | ▒ 4 | 11 | `█████` |
| May 05 03:00 | 0 | ▒ 4 | ░ 2 | ▒ 3 | 9 | `████` |
| May 05 04:00 | ▒ 3 | ░ 1 | ░ 2 | ▒ 3 | 9 | `████` |
| May 05 05:00 | 0 | ░ 1 | ░ 1 | ░ 1 | 3 | `█` |
| May 05 06:00 | ▒ 3 | ▓ 8 | ▒ 3 | ▒ 5 | 19 | `█████████` |
| May 05 07:00 | ░ 2 | ░ 2 | ▓ 6 | ▒ 3 | 13 | `██████` |
| May 05 08:00 | 0 | 0 | ▓ 7 | ░ 2 | 9 | `████` |
| May 05 09:00 | ▒ 5 | ▒ 3 | ░ 2 | ░ 2 | 12 | `██████` |
| May 05 10:00 | ░ 1 | ▒ 4 | ▓ 6 | ░ 2 | 13 | `██████` |
| May 05 11:00 | ▒ 3 | ▒ 3 | ▓ 6 | ▒ 3 | 15 | `███████` |
| May 05 12:00 | ▓ 8 | █ 14 | █ 20 | ░ 2 | **44** | `██████████████████████` ← peak |
| May 05 13:00 | ▓ 8 | █ 15 | █ 15 | ▒ 4 | 42 | `█████████████████████` |
| May 05 14:00 | ▒ 3 | ▓ 6 | ▒ 5 | ▒ 3 | 17 | `████████` |
| May 05 15:00 | ▒ 3 | ▒ 3 | ▒ 3 | ▓ 6 | 15 | `███████` |
| May 05 16:00 | ░ 1 | ▓ 7 | ▓ 8 | ▒ 4 | 20 | `██████████` |
| May 05 17:00 | ░ 1 | ░ 1 | ▒ 5 | ▒ 3 | 10 | `█████` |
| May 05 18:00 | ░ 2 | ▓ 8 | ▓ 9 | █ 10 | 29 | `██████████████` |
| May 05 19:00 | ▒ 5 | █ 20 | █ 21 | ▒ 3 | **49** | `████████████████████████` ← peak |
| May 05 20:00 | ▓ 7 | ▓ 9 | █ 10 | ░ 1 | 27 | `█████████████` |
| May 05 21:00 | ░ 1 | ▓ 8 | ▓ 6 | 0 | 15 | `███████` |
| **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.
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## 🌐 The Fediverse Showed Up
Players came from **49 different Fediverse instances**. Top contributors:
| Instance | Players |
|---|---:|
| lemmy.zip | 65 |
| lemmy.world | 32 |
| feddit.org | 22 |
| sh.itjust.works | 13 |
| piefed.social | 7 |
| lemmy.ml | 7 |
| discuss.tchncs.de | 5 |
| sopuli.xyz | 4 |
| startrek.website | 3 |
| piefed.zip | 3 |
…plus 39 more instances with 1–2 players each. A genuinely cross-platform crowd.
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## 🐦⬛ 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 didn't. Whoever you are: that's a Jedi move. 🟦
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## 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 :(
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*Until next season.* 🟪