Seven verdicts from the test group

- opening CPU beatable in a game or two (softer cap, more whiffs, rubber band)
- modals are for calm courts only; live-court news is a card now
- the transition howto is gone: a ghost hand teaches the pull, the toss,
  the apex and the swing, each on the exact struggle it answers
- a shot barrel keeps your weapon and glows its slot instead
- switching weapons clicks, the live tile is unmistakable
- barrels come faster the deeper the run goes
- the umpire triple-tap cheat is deleted

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

main.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // Module map: config (tuning/constants) · state (mutable game state) · gameplay (logic/update)
 //             render (camera/drawing) · input (keys/touch) · audio (sfx/umpire) · panel (T tuning UI)
 
-import { TUNE, COURT, COURTS, TOURS, UMP_H, UMP_X, EATEN_RESTART } from './config.js';
+import { TUNE, COURTS, TOURS, EATEN_RESTART } from './config.js';
 import { P, O, ball, score, G, setupPoint, selectCourt, selectTour } from './state.js';
 import { update, restartRun, keyPressed, solveShot, inServeBox, inCourt, forceZombies, splatPoint, deliverTin, selectWeapon, grantWeapon, showModal, dismissModal, startDuel, resolveInterlude, flickTarget, startBossFight, endBossFight , toggleTestMode } from './gameplay.js';
 import { fitViewport, render, proj, RES, SPRV, LOAD } from './render.js';
@@ -268,9 +268,11 @@ const maybeRestart = () => {
 cv.addEventListener('pointerdown', maybeRestart);
 addEventListener('keydown', maybeRestart);
 
-// hidden shortcuts: three taps on the UMPIRE summons zombie mode early, three on the SCOREBOARD
-// opens test mode (a medium wave plus every barrel weapon — see gameplay.toggleTestMode)
-let umpTaps = [], boardTaps = [];
+// hidden shortcut: three taps on the SCOREBOARD opens test mode (a medium wave plus every barrel
+// weapon — see gameplay.toggleTestMode). The umpire triple-tap (skip to zombie mode) is REMOVED:
+// the testteam found it, and a cheat a player can trip by accident is a bug. T.forceZombies()
+// still exists for the console.
+let boardTaps = [];
 cv.addEventListener('pointerdown', e => {
   const r = cv.getBoundingClientRect();
   const x = (e.clientX - r.left) / r.width * (cv.width / RES);  // logical coords
@@ -286,14 +288,7 @@ cv.addEventListener('pointerdown', e => {
       // overlay on behind you
       toggleTestMode();
     } else G.logShow = !G.logShow;                // a single tap is still the miss-log overlay
-    return;
   }
-  const u = proj(UMP_X, 0, COURT.netZ);
-  if (Math.abs(x - u.x) > 16 || y > u.y + 6 || y < u.y - UMP_H * u.s - 8) return;
-  const now = performance.now();
-  umpTaps = umpTaps.filter(t => now - t < 1600);
-  umpTaps.push(now);
-  if (umpTaps.length >= 3) { umpTaps = []; forceZombies(); }
 });