Tournaments

• Tournaments
  • Active Tournaments
  • Create Tournament
  • Start Tournament
  • End Tournament
  • Edit Tournament
  • Reset Tournament
  • Delete Tournament
  • Clone Tournament
• Tournament Registration
  • Register Competitors
  • Register Competitors via Email
• Tournament Matches
  • Report Results
  • Confirm Results
• View Petitions
• Match Disputes
• Seed Tournament

Tournaments

Active Tournaments

This table displays all tournaments that currently exist. Each column in the table is described below:

Name

The title of the tournament displayed to users.

Status

The current state of the tournament. The values include:

• Players are allowed to sign up.
• Players can check in.
• Check-ins are already closed.
• The tournament has completed.

Signed-Up

The total number of players or teams that have registered for this tournament.

Checked-In

The total number of players or teams that have checked in for this tournament.

Edit

Click to start a tournament, to end a tournament, to edit a tournament, to reset a tournament, to copy a tournament, to register competitors, and to delete a tournament.

{info} Tournaments require at least 4 people to start. If you enabled check-ins, than there must be at least 4 people checked in for the tournament to start.

Create Tournament

Use this section to create a new tournament. There are a lot of options available to tweak. Each option is explained in more detail below:

General Tournament Info

Tournament Name

The name displayed to users for this tournament.

Game

The game associated with this tournament. This drop down is populated using the list of games you create in Games. A thumbnail will appear on user pages for this tournament corresponding to the selected game.

Bracket Size

Select a value to set the size of the tournament brackets.

Date and Time Settings

Start Date and Time

Select the start day and time a tournament will begin.

Match Settings

Competition

Select Singles for a player vs player head-to-head tournament, or select Teams for a team vs team head-to-head tournament. If you select Teams, you must also enter a team size in the Team Size field.

Team Size

The number of competitors per team when Teams is selected for Competition.

{info} This value is for display and not strictly enforced by default. If you want to force teams to build their roster before registering for this event, you should enable Enforce Team Minimum in Team Settings.

Rules

Rules

Rules are displayed on the tournament rules page and also to users before the register to an event. HTML is allowed.

Visibility

Set to visible for users to find the tournament, or set to hidden to hide the tournament.

Start Tournament

You may manually start a tournament at any time as long as there are at least 4 competitors registered (or 4 competitors checked in when check-ins are enabled). Once started, the brackets will appear, competitors will be notified via email, and matches may be reported.

If the selected tournament is set to manual seed, the Seed Tournament page will appear.

End Tournament

Clicking on the icon to end a tournament will set the statuts to finished regardless of any matches still in progress.

Edit Tournament

You may edit a tournament at any time; however, certain fields are disabled depending on several factors.

• If a tournament has no registered competitors, you may edit any field in the tournament.
• If a tournament has one or more registered competitors, you may edit any field except Competition and Team Size.
• If a tournament has already started, you may only edit the Name, Game, Rules, Score Reporting, and Visibility.

If you wish to edit a field that is disabled because a tournament has already started, then you must first reset the tournament. If you wish to edit the Competition type, then you must reset the tournament if it has already started and then also remove competitors.

Reset Tournament

A tournament that has started may be reset. This will erase all matches and bracket seeding.

Delete Tournament

You may delete a tournament that you no longer wish to have record of existing. Deleting a tournament also deletes corresponding match data. If you no longer want the tournament to appear on any pages, you should consider setting the visibility to hidden instead of deleting the tournament.

Clone Tournament

Use this link to clone the current tournament. A new tournament with an edited title and start date set to today with all other settings identical is created.

Tournament Registration

Register Competitors

You may manually register competitors for a players or teams tournament. For a players tournament, enter the Player name and click Register. For a teams tournament, enter the player name and select whether to use a new or existing team. If selecting to use a new team, enter the team tag and team name, and then click register. A new team will be created for the given player and that team is now registered for the tournament. If selecting to use an existing team, then select the teams available for the given player from the drop down and click register. The existing team for that player is now registered for the tournament.

Register Competitors via Email

You may register competitors for a players tournament by email address. Enter one email address per line and click the register button. Any user corresponding to the email addresses provided is registered for the tournament

Tournament Matches

Report Results

To report a result for a tournament, you should first select the tournament from the drop down provided.

Once a tournament has been selected, all of the matches for the selected tournament are listed. Choose the winner using the radio buttons provided and click Report.

If the selected tournament uses Double Elimination, those matches will appear under the Loser's Bracket section.

Confirm Results

Any result a user has reported and not yet confirmed appears in the Confirm Results table. To confirm a result, click the Confirm link. You may click the delete link to clear the reported match.

View Petitions

One of the options you may enable when creating a tournament is Requires Approval. Competitors who join a tournament with Requires Approval enabled must be approved by an administrator. This page is where those competitors appear. Click the icon to approve the competitor and add them to the tournament registration list, or click the icon to decline and remove the petition.

Match Disputes

Any tournament match result that has been disputed between competitors is listed here. You will see who reported the win, and given the option to select a winner.

Seed Tournament

When creating a tournament, there are three seeding methods to choose from. One of those methods, Manual, requires you to arrange competitors on the bracket before the tournament begins. When you start a tournament that must be manually seeded, the Seed Tournament screen appears.

There are two main sections on this page. The left is a preview of the brackets, and the right lists all of the competitors. For each match in Brackets, there are two drop downs with a list of competitors. Selecting a competitor in a drop down will automatically remove the competitor from any other match. In addition, the match drop down which just had your selection removed will turn red and display the text Please Select.

Competitors which have not yet been placed appear in the Competitors list on the right in red. Competitors which have been placed appear in green.

When you are finished seeding a tournament, click the Seed button and the tournament will begin.