Training pays a quarter, and the level bar wears its endpoints

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

src/beats.js

@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ export function startMatch(cup = false, draw = null, train = 0) {
     G.seen.train = true;
     showModal({ title: 'THE TRAINING COURT', color: UI.hot,
       body: ['ONE BODY, ONE GAME AT A TIME',
-             'FELL IT — OR BLEED OUT — AND IT COMES BACK', 'NOTHING IS BANKED HERE'] });
+             'FELL IT — OR BLEED OUT — AND IT COMES BACK', 'NO RUN IS BANKED — REPS PAY QUARTER XP'] });
   } else if (cup && !G.seen.cup) {
     G.seen.cup = true;
     showModal({ title: 'THE TOURNAMENT', color: UI.hot,

src/main.js

@@ -526,6 +526,8 @@ function buildCard() {
   el.style.color = lg.color;
   document.getElementById('cdLevel').textContent =
     'LEVEL ' + pr.level + ' OF ' + profile.LEVEL_CAP;
+  document.getElementById('cdFrom').textContent = pr.level;
+  document.getElementById('cdTo').textContent = pr.need ? pr.level + 1 : 'MAX';
   // both bars sweep from empty to their mark (the 0.7s eased transition in the CSS)
   for (const [id, w] of [['cdFill', Math.round(pr.frac * 100)],
                          ['cdCareerFill', Math.min(100, Math.round(profile.prof.xp / profile.xpFor(profile.LEVEL_CAP) * 100))]]) {
@@ -635,7 +637,7 @@ function summary() {
     `<span>${name} · ${t.name.replace(' SINGLES', '')} · ${c.name}${cupMode
       ? ' · LEAGUE ' + lg.id : ''}</span>`
     // training banks nothing, so there is no mark to beat and the footer must not invent one
-    + `<span>${m.id === 'train' ? 'NOTHING AT STAKE — JUST REPS'
+    + `<span>${m.id === 'train' ? 'NO RUN, NO DEATH — REPS PAY ¼ XP'
         : best ? best + unit + ' TO BEAT' : 'FIRST RUN'}</span>`;
 }
 
@@ -652,6 +654,8 @@ function refreshSplash() {
   document.getElementById('plBadge').src = `assets/badge_l${lg.id}.png?v=${SPRV}`;
   document.getElementById('plName').textContent = stats.savedName() || 'YOUR PLAYER';
   document.getElementById('plLv').textContent = 'LEVEL ' + pr.level + ' · LEAGUE ' + lg.id;
+  document.getElementById('plFrom').textContent = pr.level;
+  document.getElementById('plTo').textContent = pr.need ? pr.level + 1 : 'MAX';
   document.getElementById('plFill').style.width = Math.round(pr.frac * 100) + '%';
   document.getElementById('plGoal').textContent = profile.prof.ch
     ? 'CHAMPION OF THE DEAD CLUB — DEFEND THE NAME'

src/profile.js

@@ -72,11 +72,15 @@ export function beginRunXp() { runXp = 0; runFrom = levelAt(prof.xp); }
 export const runDelta = () => ({ xp: runXp, from: runFrom, to: levelAt(prof.xp) });
 
 // ONE guard for every no-stakes mode, in the shared function — a call site cannot forget it.
-const muted = () => G.drill || G.bench || G.testMode || (G.match && G.match.train);
+// The training court left this list 2026-08-29 (Oliver: zero pay made it feel pointless in a
+// meta game): it pays A QUARTER now — reps count, the real court stays strictly 4x better, and
+// the no-permadeath grind can never be the optimal one.
+const muted = () => G.drill || G.bench || G.testMode;
 
 export function award(kind, n = 1) {
   if (muted()) return 0;
-  const amt = (XP[kind] || 0) * n;
+  let amt = (XP[kind] || 0) * n;
+  if (G.match && G.match.train) amt = Math.round(amt / 4);
   if (!amt) return 0;
   const before = levelAt(prof.xp);
   prof.xp += amt; runXp += amt;