How the score works
The card answers one question: how early is your earliest verified public Mad Lads signal? The date decides the score. The score decides the tier. Nothing else moves it.
What counts as a signal
Your earliest public X post matching "madlads" or "mad lads" (retweets excluded), found by scanning the public archive from February 1, 2023 forward. Older evidence uses the exact public status URL and manual review. Any admin-approved status URL lands on the identical score as an API-found post — manual verification is an alternate route to the same evidence, never a bonus.
The bands
Scores interpolate by day inside each window, so an earlier signal always ranks at or above a later one. February 1 through April 23 has its own daily band, so earlier pre-mint proof earns a higher number. Without a verified signal, no origin card can be published. If the search finds no match, submit exact public proof for review.
| Verified earliest signal | Score band | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 1–Apr 23, 2023 (pre-mint) | 12,000–10,000 | Tier V + Pre-Mint Witness |
| Before Feb 1, 2023 (manual proof) | 12,000 cap | Tier V + Pre-Mint Witness |
| Apr 24–30, 2023 (mint week) | 9,999–8,500 | Tier V Madness Legend |
| May 2023 | 8,499–5,500 | Tier IV Bloodline Vanguard |
| Jun–Dec 2023 | 5,499–3,000 | Tier III Mint War Marine |
| 2024 | 2,999–1,000 | Tier II WAO Signal |
| 2025 and later | 999–250 | Tier I Mad Lads Witness |
Rank windows: Tier I 0-999 · Tier II 1,000-2,999 · Tier III 3,000-5,499 · Tier IV 5,500-8,499 · Tier V 8,500+
What never moves the score
Holding a Mad Lad, engagement counts, follower counts, and manual review. Engagement is stored separately as Signal Impact with its snapshot date, while manual review only changes the evidence source and badge. Neither touches your tier.
Forged means forged
Forging reserves your card ID and freezes the artifact — score, tier, artwork, and badges — under the methodology version printed on the record. New evidence after forging stays in the proof ledger; it never silently rewrites Genesis. Any future revision must be explicitly issued as a separate governed edition.
Known limits & disputes
Deleted posts, protected accounts, and posts from other handles won't surface. If the public search missed your older post, submit the exact status URL for manual review from your claim page. Every verification — scan, manual decision, and forge — is recorded in an append-only proof ledger.
What we store lives in the privacy page.