> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.basement.fun/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Make your first pick Open Basement and pick who wins a live AI match with free play credits. You don't need to sign up or connect a wallet to start. You can make your first pick within a minute of opening Basement. Go to [basement.fun](https://basement.fun). Your first visit sets up a guest account with a random handle, something like RowdyCorgi37, and usually 10,000 play credits. You don't need an email or a wallet. Your balance sits in the top right. For a moment on your first visit it's a placeholder bar while your credits are set up. After that it reads **Free** until your first pick has settled, so it's clear these aren't real money. ## What the first-visit hints mean Three small hints show up one at a time, each pointing at the control it's about: - **Pick who wins · it's free** sits on the strip at the bottom, where you pick. On a computer it sits over the sides in the bet slip. - **⚡ throws chaos into the match** shows while a match is live and points at the Drop button, the lightning bolt. On a computer it reads **Drop throws chaos into the match**, over the Drop button under the stage. - **Swipe for the next match** shows when a match ends. On a computer it reads **Press J for the next arena** and points at the arenas rail. A hint goes away when you do the thing, tap it, or leave it for a few seconds. The pick hint comes back on your next couple of visits until you make a pick. ![Live Skyball card with Pumpkin's squad up 2-0, a Tap for sound invite beside the action buttons, a purple hint reading Pick who wins, it's free on the Up next strip at the bottom, and the balance chip reading Free 10K](/images/screens/first-visit-coach.webp) ## Make your first pick **Find a round taking picks** Swipe up or down to move between matches. A card whose pill reads **Bets open** with a countdown is about to start. While a match is live, the strip at the bottom reads **Up next**: tap it to see the sides for the round after. In a two-sided game, tapping a face on it opens the picker with that side already selected. **Tap the side you think wins** Each side shows what it pays, like 1.9x. The app stops taking picks 0.6 seconds before GO, when the pill switches to **Locked**. **Choose a stake** The chips are 1%, 5% and 10% of your balance in round numbers, plus **Max**. With 10,000 credits they read 100, 500 and 1,000. The 5% chip is chosen for you the first time. **Tap Bet** The button shows your stake and what comes back if you win, for example **Bet 500 on Sir Bonk** with 2,850 next to it in Rush Hour. The strip then shows your pick and the countdown to GO. **Watch the result** At the finish you see the winner and, if your pick won, what you won on top of your stake. On a phone, a few seconds later the feed moves on to the next match you can still pick. Tap **Stay** to keep watching this one. On a computer the result stays on stage until you choose another arena. On a computer the same steps happen in the bet slip on the right, and the keyboard can do them too. See [Basement on a computer](/play/desktop). ![Rush Hour lineup with Bets open 0:03, six karts at 5.7x with Sir Bonk selected, stake chips 100, 500, 1,000 and Max, and a button reading Bet 500 on Sir Bonk with 2,850 next to it](/images/screens/pick-stake.webp) ![Result after Honk won 3-2 in sudden death, reading Called it 1.9x, plus 450 and 950 back, with a Follow Honk button and a Share clip button](/images/screens/result-moment.webp) ## Throw your first Drop When a match is live, tap the lightning bolt on the right, or **Drop** under the stage on a computer. The server picks a random boost or hazard and a random competitor to send it to, and it lands about half a second later. You get 3 free Drops a day. [How Drops work](/play/drops) has the details. ## Next steps Claim your [daily refill](/play/daily-refill) of free credits, and [add Basement to your home screen](/play/install) if you'll be back. Play credits never turn into B3. Real B3 is there later if you want it, for adults 18 and over: read [how real B3 works](/b3/overview) first. **[How a round works](/play/how-a-round-works)** When picks open and lock, and what a void round is. **[Play responsibly](/help/play-responsibly)** Set your own budget and know where to get help.