diff --git a/polylan_submitter/src/Clock.vue b/polylan_submitter/src/Clock.vue
index c39faad..e8d8631 100644
--- a/polylan_submitter/src/Clock.vue
+++ b/polylan_submitter/src/Clock.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { computed } from "vue";
 import { useI18n } from "vue-i18n";
 import { useTitle } from "@vueuse/core";
 import { useClockSocket } from "@/composables/useClockSocket";
+import { useLiveBadge } from "@/composables/useLiveBadge";
 
 interface Props {
   eventPath: string;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ const {
   cooldownDurationSeconds,
   press,
 } = useClockSocket(props.eventPath);
+useLiveBadge("clock", connected);
 
 const remainingDisplay = computed(() => {
   const totalSeconds = Math.floor(remainingMs.value / 1000);
@@ -38,10 +40,6 @@ const onCooldown = computed(() => cooldownRemainingMs.value > 0);
 
 <template>
   <div class="flex-1 bg-base-200 flex flex-col items-center px-4 py-8 gap-8">
-    <span class="badge" :class="connected ? 'badge-success' : 'badge-error'">
-      {{ connected ? t("clock.connected") : t("clock.reconnecting") }}
-    </span>
-
     <div class="font-bold text-7xl tabular-nums">
       {{ remainingDisplay }}
     </div>
diff --git a/polylan_submitter/src/Place.vue b/polylan_submitter/src/Place.vue
index 431217d..de852e9 100644
--- a/polylan_submitter/src/Place.vue
+++ b/polylan_submitter/src/Place.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { computed, onMounted, ref, watch } from "vue";
 import { useI18n } from "vue-i18n";
 import { useTitle } from "@vueuse/core";
 import { usePlaceSocket } from "@/composables/usePlaceSocket";
+import { useLiveBadge } from "@/composables/useLiveBadge";
 import { PALETTE } from "@/palette";
 
 interface Props {
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ const {
   gridHeight,
   place,
 } = usePlaceSocket(props.eventPath, drawPixel);
+useLiveBadge("place", connected);
 
 const overlayWidth = computed(() => gridWidth.value * PX_PER_CELL);
 const overlayHeight = computed(() => gridHeight.value * PX_PER_CELL);
@@ -131,10 +133,6 @@ function handleClick(event: MouseEvent) {
 
 <template>
   <div class="flex-1 bg-base-200 flex flex-col items-center px-4 py-8 gap-6">
-    <span class="badge" :class="connected ? 'badge-success' : 'badge-error'">
-      {{ connected ? t("place.connected") : t("place.reconnecting") }}
-    </span>
-
     <div class="relative w-full max-w-[512px]" :style="{ aspectRatio: `${gridWidth} / ${gridHeight}` }">
       <canvas ref="pixelCanvasRef" :width="gridWidth" :height="gridHeight"
         class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full border border-base-300 rounded-box shadow-lg" :style="{
diff --git a/polylan_submitter/src/composables/useLiveBadge.ts b/polylan_submitter/src/composables/useLiveBadge.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34f9fbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polylan_submitter/src/composables/useLiveBadge.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { watch, type Ref } from "vue";
+import { usePageHeaderStore, type LiveKind } from "@/stores/pageHeader";
+
+// Shows the page's live (websocket) state as a badge mid-header, with a
+// popover explaining what it means on this page (liveStatus.<kind> strings).
+// Reset by the router on the next navigation.
+export const useLiveBadge = (kind: LiveKind, connected: Ref<boolean>) => {
+  const pageHeaderStore = usePageHeaderStore();
+  watch(connected, (value) => pageHeaderStore.setLive(value, kind), { immediate: true });
+};
diff --git a/polylan_submitter/src/composables/usePlaceSocket.ts b/polylan_submitter/src/composables/usePlaceSocket.ts
index e233c5b..3d3d3c3 100644
--- a/polylan_submitter/src/composables/usePlaceSocket.ts
+++ b/polylan_submitter/src/composables/usePlaceSocket.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { computed, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref } from 'vue'
+import { computed, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref, watch } from 'vue'
 import { useWebSocket } from '@vueuse/core'
 import { placeApiCanvas } from '@/api'
 
@@ -108,6 +108,15 @@ export function usePlaceSocket(eventPath: string, onPixel?: OnPixel, onResize?:
 
   const connected = computed(() => status.value === 'OPEN')
 
+  // Pixels placed while disconnected never reach us: catch up by reloading
+  // the whole canvas on every reconnect (the first load is done on mount).
+  let hasConnected = false
+  watch(connected, (isConnected) => {
+    if (!isConnected) return
+    if (hasConnected) loadCanvas()
+    hasConnected = true
+  })
+
   async function loadCanvas() {
     const response = await placeApiCanvas({ path: { event_path: eventPath } })
     if (!response.data) return
diff --git a/polylan_submitter/src/composables/useSubmissionsWebSocket.ts b/polylan_submitter/src/composables/useSubmissionsWebSocket.ts
index f4e2c65..dd8370b 100644
--- a/polylan_submitter/src/composables/useSubmissionsWebSocket.ts
+++ b/polylan_submitter/src/composables/useSubmissionsWebSocket.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { ref, computed, watch } from 'vue'
+import { ref, computed } from 'vue'
 import { useWebSocket } from '@vueuse/core'
-import { usePageHeaderStore } from '@/stores/pageHeader'
+import { useLiveBadge } from '@/composables/useLiveBadge'
 
 interface SubmissionUpdate {
   id: string
@@ -108,9 +108,7 @@ export function useSubmissionsWebSocket({ userSubmissions, onScopeUpdate }: Opti
     },
   })
 
-  // Live badge in AppHeader (reset by the router on the next navigation)
-  const pageHeaderStore = usePageHeaderStore()
-  watch(isConnected, (connected) => pageHeaderStore.setLive(connected), { immediate: true })
+  useLiveBadge('submissions', isConnected)
 
   const handleSubmissionUpdate = (submission: SubmissionUpdate) => {
     const existingIndex = userSubmissions.value.findIndex((s: any) => s.id === submission.id)
diff --git a/polylan_submitter/src/layout/AppHeader.vue b/polylan_submitter/src/layout/AppHeader.vue
index f2670e5..0500ad5 100644
--- a/polylan_submitter/src/layout/AppHeader.vue
+++ b/polylan_submitter/src/layout/AppHeader.vue
@@ -8,10 +8,22 @@ import { usePageHeaderStore } from "@/stores/pageHeader";
 
 const route = useRoute();
 const router = useRouter();
-const { t } = useI18n();
+const { t, tm, rt } = useI18n();
 const userInfo = useUser();
 const pageHeaderStore = usePageHeaderStore();
-const { title: dynamicTitle, backRoute: dynamicBackRoute, live } = storeToRefs(pageHeaderStore);
+const { title: dynamicTitle, backRoute: dynamicBackRoute, live, liveKind } = storeToRefs(pageHeaderStore);
+
+// Popover text of the live badge, per page (liveStatus.<kind>.live/offline)
+const liveHelp = computed(() => {
+  if (!liveKind.value) return null;
+  const key = `liveStatus.${liveKind.value}.${live.value ? "live" : "offline"}`;
+  return {
+    title: t(`${key}.title`),
+    intro: t(`${key}.intro`),
+    points: (tm(`${key}.points`) as unknown[]).map((point) => rt(point as Parameters<typeof rt>[0])),
+    outro: t(`${key}.outro`),
+  };
+});
 
 const title = computed(() => {
   if (dynamicTitle.value) return dynamicTitle.value;
@@ -47,28 +59,16 @@ const goBack = () => {
             <i class="mdi mdi-information-outline ml-1 opacity-70"></i>
           </div>
           <div tabindex="0" class="dropdown-content card card-sm bg-base-200 shadow-xl z-50 w-80 mt-2">
-            <div class="card-body">
-              <template v-if="live">
-                <h3 class="card-title text-base">
-                  <i class="mdi mdi-wifi text-success"></i>
-                  {{ t("liveStatus.liveTitle") }}
-                </h3>
-                <p>{{ t("liveStatus.liveIntro") }}</p>
-                <ul class="list-disc pl-5 space-y-1">
-                  <li>{{ t("liveStatus.liveSubmissions") }}</li>
-                  <li>{{ t("liveStatus.liveMatches") }}</li>
-                </ul>
-                <p class="text-base-content/70">{{ t("liveStatus.liveNoRefresh") }}</p>
-              </template>
-              <template v-else>
-                <h3 class="card-title text-base">
-                  <i class="mdi mdi-wifi-off text-warning"></i>
-                  {{ t("liveStatus.offlineTitle") }}
-                </h3>
-                <p>{{ t("liveStatus.offlineIntro") }}</p>
-                <p>{{ t("liveStatus.offlineReconnect") }}</p>
-                <p class="text-base-content/70">{{ t("liveStatus.offlineRefresh") }}</p>
-              </template>
+            <div v-if="liveHelp" class="card-body">
+              <h3 class="card-title text-base">
+                <i :class="['mdi', live ? 'mdi-wifi text-success' : 'mdi-wifi-off text-warning']"></i>
+                {{ liveHelp.title }}
+              </h3>
+              <p>{{ liveHelp.intro }}</p>
+              <ul v-if="liveHelp.points.length" class="list-disc pl-5 space-y-1">
+                <li v-for="point in liveHelp.points" :key="point">{{ point }}</li>
+              </ul>
+              <p class="text-base-content/70">{{ liveHelp.outro }}</p>
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/polylan_submitter/src/locales/en.json b/polylan_submitter/src/locales/en.json
index 1a4354b..df48785 100644
--- a/polylan_submitter/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/polylan_submitter/src/locales/en.json
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@
   "clock": {
     "pageTitle": "Beat the Clock",
     "header": "Beat the Clock",
-    "connected": "connected",
-    "reconnecting": "reconnecting…",
     "press": "PRESS",
     "nextPlayer": "▲ next player",
     "chasingYou": "▼ chasing you",
@@ -90,8 +88,6 @@
   "place": {
     "pageTitle": "Place",
     "header": "Place",
-    "connected": "connected",
-    "reconnecting": "reconnecting…",
     "showGrid": "Show grid",
     "hideGrid": "Hide grid"
   },
@@ -261,15 +257,66 @@
     "stopFailed": "Failed to stop the sync."
   },
   "liveStatus": {
-    "liveTitle": "You're connected live",
-    "liveIntro": "This page updates on its own, you don't need to refresh it:",
-    "liveSubmissions": "Your submissions update as they're processed (uploaded files, text read from your screenshots).",
-    "liveMatches": "When your match ends, you're sent back to the match list, and straight into your next match if you have only one.",
-    "liveNoRefresh": "Just keep this page open between matches.",
-    "offlineTitle": "Live connection lost",
-    "offlineIntro": "The page can't get updates right now, so it won't move you to your next match or show processing results on its own.",
-    "offlineReconnect": "It reconnects automatically, usually within a few seconds.",
-    "offlineRefresh": "Still offline after a while? Refresh the page. Anything you already submitted is saved."
+    "submissions": {
+      "live": {
+        "title": "You're connected live",
+        "intro": "This page updates on its own, you don't need to refresh it:",
+        "points": [
+          "Your submissions update as they're processed (uploaded files, text read from your screenshots).",
+          "When your match ends, you're sent back to the match list, and straight into your next match if you have only one."
+        ],
+        "outro": "Just keep this page open between matches."
+      },
+      "offline": {
+        "title": "Live connection lost",
+        "intro": "The page can't get updates right now:",
+        "points": [
+          "It won't move you to your next match on its own.",
+          "Processing results of your submissions won't show up by themselves."
+        ],
+        "outro": "It reconnects automatically, usually within a few seconds. Still offline after a while? Refresh the page, anything you already submitted is saved."
+      }
+    },
+    "clock": {
+      "live": {
+        "title": "You're connected live",
+        "intro": "Everything here is real time, shared with every player:",
+        "points": [
+          "The countdown is the same for everyone, and moves as soon as someone presses.",
+          "Your points and rank update right after each of your presses."
+        ],
+        "outro": "Presses go through this live connection, keep it green to play."
+      },
+      "offline": {
+        "title": "Live connection lost",
+        "intro": "You can't play right now:",
+        "points": [
+          "Your presses can't reach the server.",
+          "The countdown shown may be off, other players' presses aren't coming in."
+        ],
+        "outro": "It reconnects automatically within a second or so, and your stats are refreshed when it does. Still offline? Refresh the page."
+      }
+    },
+    "place": {
+      "live": {
+        "title": "You're connected live",
+        "intro": "The canvas is shared with every player, in real time:",
+        "points": [
+          "Pixels placed by others show up as soon as they're placed.",
+          "Your pixels go through this live connection, then the cooldown starts."
+        ],
+        "outro": "Just keep this page open, no refresh needed."
+      },
+      "offline": {
+        "title": "Live connection lost",
+        "intro": "You can't place pixels right now:",
+        "points": [
+          "Your clicks can't reach the server.",
+          "Pixels placed by others aren't coming in, the canvas may be out of date."
+        ],
+        "outro": "It reconnects automatically within a second or so, and reloads the whole canvas to catch up. Still offline? Refresh the page."
+      }
+    }
   },
   "errorPage": {
     "notFound": {
diff --git a/polylan_submitter/src/stores/pageHeader.ts b/polylan_submitter/src/stores/pageHeader.ts
index d1f7ddd..7f2127c 100644
--- a/polylan_submitter/src/stores/pageHeader.ts
+++ b/polylan_submitter/src/stores/pageHeader.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import { defineStore } from "pinia";
 import { ref } from "vue";
 import type { RouteLocationRaw } from "vue-router";
 
+// Which page's explanation the live badge popover shows (liveStatus.<kind>)
+export type LiveKind = "submissions" | "clock" | "place";
+
 // Lets a routed page hand AppHeader a title built from data only that page
 // has fetched (e.g. "Noita Submissions — Semifinal", assembled from an API
 // call keyed by the scopeId route param). Cleared on every navigation so a
@@ -14,6 +17,7 @@ export const usePageHeaderStore = defineStore("pageHeader", () => {
   // Live (websocket) connection state of the page, shown mid-header; null
   // when the page has no live connection (no badge at all).
   const live = ref<boolean | null>(null);
+  const liveKind = ref<LiveKind | null>(null);
 
   const setTitle = (value: string) => {
     title.value = value;
@@ -23,15 +27,17 @@ export const usePageHeaderStore = defineStore("pageHeader", () => {
     backRoute.value = value;
   };
 
-  const setLive = (value: boolean | null) => {
+  const setLive = (value: boolean, kind: LiveKind) => {
     live.value = value;
+    liveKind.value = kind;
   };
 
   const clear = () => {
     title.value = "";
     backRoute.value = null;
     live.value = null;
+    liveKind.value = null;
   };
 
-  return { title, backRoute, live, setTitle, setBackRoute, setLive, clear };
+  return { title, backRoute, live, liveKind, setTitle, setBackRoute, setLive, clear };
 });