Idols & the L.A.M.P.
On the Matter of Idols
Section titled “On the Matter of Idols”On 23 August 2026 a citizen named Ilias filed a petition. It asked that each fan may name one player as their Idol, and hear when that player scores, assists, fights, goes to the Sixth, or changes. It asked for the news by RSS or by H.O.R.N., and, in passing, for a small Looney bonus.
It passed its two hundred and fiftieth Seal with more than a billion Looneys behind it. Le Council did not argue with it, and enacted it on 17 October 2026, two days before Season 04.
Raising an Idol
Section titled “Raising an Idol”Every player’s page carries one control: Make them your Idol.
- One Idol per citizen. Not a roster. Not a shortlist.
- Seven days. Once raised, an Idol holds you for a week before you may change.
- Apostate. Setting one Idol down for another earns the Apostate badge. Le Council does not award it as a compliment.
- Retirement releases you. An Idol who leaves the ice may be replaced at once, without the wait and without the badge.
Your Idol’s face sits in the header beside your team’s crest, and on your profile beside your team’s name. Each player’s page says how many citizens hold them, and keeps their Dispatches: every goal, assist, fight, trip to the Sixth, modifier, and injury, as it aired.
RSS, as asked. Every player’s Dispatches have a feed of their own, linked from the player’s page. You do not need to enroll to read it.
The L.A.M.P.
Section titled “The L.A.M.P.”The Horn sounds when something happens. The Lamp lights when it happens to you.
The Lamp sits in the header and lights when something reaches you:
| Source | What lights it |
|---|---|
| Your bets | One line when B.U.T. settles your card, and your season-long and playoff wagers when they are decided. |
| Your team | Final scores, who joins, who leaves, and who is hurt. Your rivals’ final scores too. Not every goal. |
| Your Idol | Everything the petition asked for, and the injury it did not think to ask about. |
| Your affairs | Petitions you filed, stamped, or funded as they pass, are enacted, or lapse. Badges as they are granted. Looneys that moved without you: dividends, gifts, refunds, and assessments. |
| Le Council | Its notices as they are published, and the bulletins it addresses to you. |
Open it, and it goes dark until the next thing.
The Lamp relays what has aired, never what has been simulated. It learns of tomorrow’s games no sooner than you do. Where H.O.R.N. keeps the Signal, the Lamp keeps it too, unless you hold a stake in the silence.
On your devices
Section titled “On your devices”In L.A.M.P. Settings, light the lamp on the device in front of you. Le Council relays to it as things air: your bets, your team’s finals, your Idol’s moments, and Le Council’s own notices. Each can be switched off on its own.
- Quiet hours. Hockay airs around the clock, and your team will one day play at 03:00 your time. Inside your quiet hours nothing reaches the device; it waits on the lamp instead.
- iPhone and iPad. Add Hockay to your Home Screen first. Apple delivers only to the app on the Home Screen, not to a browser tab.
Or once a day
Section titled “Or once a day”Choose the daily digest, and everything the Lamp caught arrives by email once a day, at the time you choose. It does not write on a day with nothing to say.
The digest replaces two email topics Le Council listed and never sent, H.O.R.N. Dispatches and Betting Summary. Citizens who chose either were moved to the digest automatically.
What Le Council declines
Section titled “What Le Council declines”The Looney bonus. Le Council has taken it under consideration. Le Council does not pay for devotion. It reserves the right to begin.
Pronouns on the player page
Section titled “Pronouns on the player page”Since 18 October 2026, a player’s page shows their pronouns—he/him, she/her, or they/them—where it used to show a ♂ or ♀ symbol. The Almighty Ice does not care about gender, and the page no longer prints it.