The climb: the arcade runs the whole earned ladder, the tempo follows the territory, the court is yours

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/config.js

@@ -825,7 +825,9 @@ export const COURTS = [
 // baked in — the button's own name/sub render over a scrim, so the caption stays crisp.
 export const MODES = [
   { id: 'classic', name: 'CLASSIC TENNIS', sub: 'REAL TENNIS · BEST OF THREE SETS', art: 'mode_classic' },
-  { id: 'zombie',  name: 'ARCADE',         sub: 'ONE GAME PER OPPONENT · BLOOD ONLY', art: 'mode_arcade' },
+  // THE CLIMB (2026-08-29): the arcade is the survival marathon through the WHOLE earned ladder,
+  // bottom up — its length grows with the career; the cup stays the league fixture. See beats.
+  { id: 'zombie',  name: 'ARCADE',         sub: 'THE WHOLE CLUB, BOTTOM UP · BLOOD ONLY', art: 'mode_arcade' },
   // `tag` is the poster's corner chip (main.banner): the cup is THE WAY UP — winning your
   // league's tournament is the one route to promotion, and the picker should say so standing.
   { id: 'cup',     name: 'THE TOURNAMENT', sub: 'YOUR LEAGUE\'S ROUNDS · WIN IT TO RISE', art: 'mode_cup',
@@ -910,6 +912,9 @@ export const LEAGUES = [
   { id: 5, name: 'THE HONOURS BOARD',   court: 'members', band: [16, 18], color: '#e8b23a' },
 ];
 export const leagueOf = lg => LEAGUES[Math.min(LEAGUES.length, Math.max(1, lg | 0 || 1)) - 1];
+// which league a LADDER POSITION belongs to — THE CLIMB's tempo reads this (the world speeds up
+// as the run crosses each band border), and it is what makes the club read as five territories
+export const leagueOfRung = n => LEAGUES.find(l => n <= l.band[1]) || LEAGUES[LEAGUES.length - 1];
 
 // The tournament, PER LEAGUE. Same shape CUP_ROUNDS always had (name/band/need) — round one is a
 // single game so a run opens fast, and the drawn body's pool still scales with `need`