chore(label): update kata winner label weight#1644
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What this does
Kata moved from scheduled rounds + winner-take-all to a continuous king-of-the-hill, where the reward is shared across the last 4 kings instead of only the current one.
The reward split
Emission now spreads across a rolling window of the last 4 kings:
kata:winner:*kata:king2:*kata:king3:*kata:king4:*kata:defeat:*kata:*pending,review,executing,invalid,losing,hold,stale)kata-bot applies these labels automatically on every promotion: the new king gets
kata:winner, the previous three shift down toking2 / king3 / king4, and whoever falls past rank 4 becomeskata:defeatand stops earning.Why
Before, a king lost almost all of its reward the moment it was dethroned. Under continuous mode the crown changes hands more often, so that punished fast iteration. Sharing emission across the last 4 kings means a strong contributor keeps earning for a few reigns after being replaced — the incentive is to keep shipping better agents, not to camp on the crown.