diff --git a/app/features/scanner/components/EventTypeIcon.tsx b/app/features/scanner/components/EventTypeIcon.tsx
index 27bf04a3b..4ed4845b6 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/components/EventTypeIcon.tsx
+++ b/app/features/scanner/components/EventTypeIcon.tsx
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ export function EventTypeIcon({
 	size?: number;
 }) {
 	const Icon = EVENT_TYPE_ICONS[type] ?? CircleHelp;
-	return <Icon size={size} aria-hidden />;
+	return <Icon size={size} aria-hidden className="event-type-icon" />;
 }
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/components/LivePage.tsx b/app/features/scanner/components/LivePage.tsx
index eb07d2367..077245aeb 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/components/LivePage.tsx
+++ b/app/features/scanner/components/LivePage.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
 	updateEventsSend,
 } from "../store/events";
 import { AnalyzerClient } from "../worker/client";
+import { withoutRepeatEvents } from "./dedupe-events";
 import { EventCard } from "./EventCard";
 import { EventsSummary } from "./EventsSummary";
 import { downloadEventsCsv } from "./events-csv";
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@ export function LivePage({
 											: undefined
 									}
 								>
-									{built.sources.map((e) => (
+									{withoutRepeatEvents(built.sources).map((e) => (
 										<EventCard
 											key={e.id}
 											type={e.type}
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/components/VodPage.tsx b/app/features/scanner/components/VodPage.tsx
index 7694d1e68..607350d71 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/components/VodPage.tsx
+++ b/app/features/scanner/components/VodPage.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
 	type VodSummary,
 } from "../store/vods";
 import { AnalyzerPool, defaultPoolSize } from "../worker/pool";
+import { withoutRepeatEvents } from "./dedupe-events";
 import { EventCard, type GetFrame } from "./EventCard";
 import { EventsSummary } from "./EventsSummary";
 import { downloadEventsCsv } from "./events-csv";
@@ -588,7 +589,7 @@ export function VodPage({
 								ingestable={ingestable}
 								send={ingestable ? bulkSend : undefined}
 							>
-								{built.sources.map((e, i) => {
+								{withoutRepeatEvents(built.sources).map((e, i) => {
 									const vodMatch = vodMatchByEvent.get(e);
 									return (
 										<EventCard
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/components/dedupe-events.ts b/app/features/scanner/components/dedupe-events.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f968d93a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/features/scanner/components/dedupe-events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/**
+ * Display-side cleanup for a match card's source event list: a long map-open
+ * can fragment into several minimap events (the timeline's merge window
+ * tracks a drifting `t`, and VoD results arrive out of order), so a minimap
+ * that shows nothing new versus the previous one is pure noise. Names are
+ * ignored in the comparison — OCR wobbles on them while the actual content
+ * (stage, weapons, ability reads) is unchanged. Stored events are untouched;
+ * this only filters what gets rendered.
+ */
+
+import { isDeepEqual, omit } from "remeda";
+import {
+	MINIMAP_EVENT_TYPE,
+	type MinimapData,
+} from "../core/detectors/minimap/index";
+
+export function withoutRepeatEvents<T extends { type: string; data: unknown }>(
+	events: readonly T[],
+): T[] {
+	const result: T[] = [];
+	let previousMinimap: MinimapData | null = null;
+	for (const event of events) {
+		if (event.type === MINIMAP_EVENT_TYPE) {
+			const data = event.data as MinimapData;
+			const repeat =
+				previousMinimap !== null &&
+				isDeepEqual(comparable(previousMinimap), comparable(data));
+			previousMinimap = data;
+			if (repeat) continue;
+		}
+		result.push(event);
+	}
+	return result;
+}
+
+function comparable(data: MinimapData) {
+	return {
+		...data,
+		teammates: data.teammates.map((player) => omit(player, ["name"])),
+		enemies: data.enemies.map((player) => omit(player, ["name"])),
+	};
+}
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/components/styles.css b/app/features/scanner/components/styles.css
index 6c6cc33fd..d6ed275fc 100644
--- a/app/features/scanner/components/styles.css
+++ b/app/features/scanner/components/styles.css
@@ -179,6 +179,25 @@ app/styles/vars.css (the emberz copies of those tokens were dropped).
 	font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
 	margin-bottom: 8px;
 	align-items: center;
+
+	/* timestamp leads the row */
+	& > span:first-child {
+		color: var(--color-text);
+		font-weight: var(--weight-bold);
+	}
+
+	/* event-type chip: neutral like the match chips, the icon carries the accent */
+	& .status.detected {
+		gap: 5px;
+		padding: 2px 10px;
+		color: var(--color-text);
+		border-color: var(--color-border);
+		background: var(--color-bg);
+
+		& .event-type-icon {
+			color: var(--color-text-accent);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 .scanner-app .card img.thumb {
@@ -248,10 +267,13 @@ app/styles/vars.css (the emberz copies of those tokens were dropped).
 	font-weight: var(--weight-body);
 }
 
+/* lighter than a solid slab: translucent fill + hairline so the boxes read
+   as grouping, not chrome */
 .scanner-app .team {
 	border-radius: var(--radius-field);
-	padding: 8px;
-	background: var(--color-bg);
+	padding: 8px 10px;
+	background: color-mix(in oklab, var(--color-bg) 45%, transparent);
+	border: 1px solid color-mix(in oklab, var(--color-border) 55%, transparent);
 	min-width: 0;
 	overflow-x: auto;
 }
@@ -301,7 +323,8 @@ app/styles/vars.css (the emberz copies of those tokens were dropped).
 	font-size: var(--font-2xs);
 	font-weight: var(--weight-bold);
 	text-transform: uppercase;
-	letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+	letter-spacing: 0.06em;
+	color: var(--color-text-high);
 }
 
 .scanner-app .team.win h3 {
@@ -332,12 +355,14 @@ app/styles/vars.css (the emberz copies of those tokens were dropped).
 	width: auto;
 }
 
+/* round black pucks, same language as the match header weapon row */
 .scanner-app img.weapon-icon {
 	width: 28px;
 	height: 28px;
 	vertical-align: middle;
 	background: #000;
-	border-radius: 4px;
+	border-radius: var(--radius-full);
+	padding: var(--s-0-5);
 }
 
 .scanner-app .minimap-player img.weapon-icon {
@@ -647,8 +672,10 @@ app/styles/vars.css (the emberz copies of those tokens were dropped).
 	}
 
 	& img.weapon-icon {
-		width: 22px;
-		height: 22px;
+		width: 32px;
+		height: 32px;
+		border-radius: 100%;
+		padding: var(--s-0-5);
 
 		&.pov {
 			outline: 2px solid var(--color-text-accent);
diff --git a/app/features/scanner/tests/dedupe-events.test.ts b/app/features/scanner/tests/dedupe-events.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f82faa37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/features/scanner/tests/dedupe-events.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import type { MainWeaponId, StageId } from "~/modules/in-game-lists/types";
+import { withoutRepeatEvents } from "../components/dedupe-events";
+import type { DeathData } from "../core/detectors/death/index";
+import type {
+	MinimapData,
+	MinimapEnemy,
+	MinimapTeammate,
+} from "../core/detectors/minimap/index";
+import { SPECTATOR_SLOTS } from "../core/detectors/minimap/rois";
+import type { DetectedEvent } from "../core/detectors/types";
+import type { ScannerAbility } from "../scanner-types";
+import test from "./node-test-compat";
+
+const ALPHA: MainWeaponId[] = [40, 1001, 2010, 3030];
+const BRAVO: MainWeaponId[] = [50, 210, 4010, 8000];
+
+function teammate(
+	weaponId: MainWeaponId | null,
+	i: number,
+	{
+		name = null as string | null,
+		abilities = [] as (ScannerAbility | null)[],
+	} = {},
+): MinimapTeammate {
+	return { slot: SPECTATOR_SLOTS[i]!, name, weaponId, abilities };
+}
+
+function enemy(
+	weaponId: MainWeaponId | null,
+	{ name = null as string | null } = {},
+): MinimapEnemy {
+	return { name, weaponId, abilities: [] };
+}
+
+function minimap(
+	t: number,
+	{
+		stage = 0 as StageId | null,
+		teammates = ALPHA.map((id, i) => teammate(id, i)),
+		enemies = BRAVO.map((id) => enemy(id)),
+	} = {},
+): DetectedEvent {
+	const data: MinimapData = { stage, spectator: true, teammates, enemies };
+	return { type: "Minimap", t, confidence: 0.8, data };
+}
+
+function death(t: number): DetectedEvent {
+	const data: DeathData = {
+		weaponId: null,
+		weaponType: "MAIN",
+		abilities: [],
+		name: null,
+	};
+	return { type: "Death", t, confidence: 0.9, data };
+}
+
+test("collapses a repeated minimap into the first occurrence", () => {
+	const kept = withoutRepeatEvents([minimap(70), minimap(73), minimap(76)]);
+	assert.equal(kept.length, 1);
+	assert.equal(kept[0]!.t, 70);
+});
+
+test("a name-only difference is still a repeat (OCR wobble)", () => {
+	const kept = withoutRepeatEvents([
+		minimap(70, { enemies: BRAVO.map((id) => enemy(id, { name: "クレー" })) }),
+		minimap(73, { enemies: BRAVO.map((id) => enemy(id, { name: "グレー" })) }),
+	]);
+	assert.equal(kept.length, 1);
+});
+
+test("a changed ability read keeps both minimaps", () => {
+	const kept = withoutRepeatEvents([
+		minimap(70),
+		minimap(73, {
+			teammates: ALPHA.map((id, i) =>
+				teammate(id, i, { abilities: i === 0 ? ["ISM"] : [] }),
+			),
+		}),
+	]);
+	assert.equal(kept.length, 2);
+});
+
+test("dedupes across interleaved events of other types, dropping none of them", () => {
+	const kept = withoutRepeatEvents([minimap(70), death(72), minimap(74)]);
+	assert.deepEqual(
+		kept.map((e) => e.type),
+		["Minimap", "Death"],
+	);
+});