League of tournaments (ex. weekly or bi-weekly bracket)
Create one event (Good for one full year): Ex. The Bar's Challenges, Legion's Championships, Sam's Tournaments
Create your Building and tables.
Each time you create a new bracket, you go to your same Event and create a new division.
Step 1: Create a division
Go to Menu > Manage > Division > Division:
- Click on the plus to add a division.
- Name your division with the date of the tournament,
- Choose a color,
- Choose Singles, (Team or Singles)
- Choose which field to use as Skill Level (Or race to), (Custom Value)
- Save.
Step 2: Insert your players
Go to Menu > Manage > Players/Teams > Players:
- Select the Division.
- Add names in the Search & Add Player box.
- Choose already existing players as much as possible, if you are not sure Add a new one.
- Repeat this process to add players.
- Insert their race to under a Custom Value column. (Same as the one you set under divisions.)
Step 3: Create you bracket
Go to Menu > Manage > Brackets/Round-Robin > Brackets:
- Click on the Plus to add a Bracket.
- Choose the Division you want to associate to the Bracket.
- Choose a Bracket Format: ex: Single Elimination 8, Double Elimination 8, Double Elimination 16, etc.
- Go to Public Visibility and Display Options: Insert Custom Value.
- Go to Score Input section: make sure you have scoresheet #625, Wins and Enter each game results checked.
- Save.
CHOICE: Shuffle the players into the bracket (Step 4A) OR Manually enter the names into the bracket (Step 4B).
Step 4 A: Go to Menu > Manage > Brackets/Round-Robin > Fill Up Brackets & RRB:
- Choose the Division you want Shuffle,
- Select a method to shuffle. (Random)
- Click on Try Shuffle.
- Click on Accept Results.
OR
Step 4 B: Menu > Go to Manage > Schedules/Charts > Charts:
- Choose the Division.
- Click on the player box. Start typing player's name,
- Repeat.
Step 5: Manually scheduling
Go to Menu > Manage > Schedules/Charts > Charts:
- Choose the Division.
- Click on the match box,
- Click on Options,
- Edit Schedule or surface: Add Surface, Date and Time, Save.
- Repeat.
Step 6: Making your bracket public
Go to Menu > Manage > Divisions > Divisions:
- Check the Is public check box. Save.
Go to Menu > Manage > Brackets/Round-Robin > Bracket:
- Check the Public Display check box. Save.
ALL SET! Repeat next week for your next bracket!!! :p
Interesting options to think about:
- Letting the system assign boards/tables (players receive notifications when board is assigned.)
- Letting the players be scorekeepers on the app and advance themselves on the bracket.
- Adding championship points to each bracket to give an incentive to keep coming back to play more brackets.