Game

Battles — Venues

What a DJ battle is worth, and who you play it against — draft.

Draft

The venue ladder is settled; what each rung is worth is not. See Open questions at the bottom.

What a venue is

Every DJ battle is played at a venue, and the venue is what qualifies the battle: who you can face, what it costs to enter, and how much it moves your career. The rules of a turn never change between venues — only the stakes do.

The ladder
01
Bedroom
Practice. Free, no queue, face anyone. Worth nothing toward a career — the place to try a track list before it matters.
02
House Party
The everyday battle. Open to anyone, always running, small career weight. Most battles a DJ plays are house parties.
03
Club
Competitive. Matched against DJs at a similar career rank, worth several house parties, and a loss costs something.
04
Festival
Exceptional. Runs only as a scheduled event rather than on demand, seeded from Club results, worth far more than anything below it, and the only venue that awards headline rewards.
Open questions
  • What is a venue actually worth — a flat multiplier on career progress, or its own reward table (cards, not just progress)?
  • Is a venue gated by career rank, by an entry cost, or by invitation from the venue below it?
  • Do Festivals run as brackets over several rounds, or as single battles that are simply worth more?
  • Does a venue constrain track list building (banned rarities, genre-locked nights), or is it stakes only?