Tournament Management: Running a Live Event

Once your bracket is built, this is the screen you'll spend the night on. The Tournament Screen shows the live bracket plus three bottom panels - Standings, History, Stats - and the ⚙️ Settings modal lets you change just about anything without restarting.

Live Bracket View Instant vs. Scheduled Mid-Tournament Settings Complete Screen Placement Override
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A. Live Bracket View

The main view during a tournament - the bracket itself, plus three collapsible panels at the bottom: 📊 STANDINGS, 📜 HISTORY, and ⚡ STATS. Each panel updates in real time as matches complete.

👁️ Showing and hiding panels

  1. The bracket fills the top portion of the screen. The three panels sit below it.
  2. Tap the panel header (e.g., 📊 STANDINGS) to expand or collapse just that panel.
  3. Use the − and + buttons on each panel header to shrink or grow the panel's font size for projection screens.
  4. To hide a panel entirely, open ⚙️ Settings → Live View Panels and toggle Standings, Match History, or Player Stats off.
Tip: Watching the tournament from a TV? Increase font size with the panel + buttons and hide whichever panel isn't useful for spectators.
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B. Instant vs. Scheduled Tournaments

Every format picker opens the same Create or Schedule modal with two choices: start now, or set a date and let players pre-register through a public link.

▶️ Create Now

  1. Tap any format in ⚡ Quick Create.
  2. In the modal, tap ▶️ Create Now.
  3. Fill out Tournament Setup (Sport, Tier, Match Format).
  4. Add players in Step 2 and tap Start Tournament.

📅 Schedule for Later

  1. Tap a format, then 📅 Schedule for Later.
  2. Pick a Scheduled Date/Time and Registration Close Date.
  3. Enable Allow Pre-Registration to generate a public join link + QR code.
  4. Share the link. Players self-register until close.

Where to find scheduled tournaments later

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C. Mid-Tournament Settings

Almost every setup option stays editable while the tournament is running. Find the ⚙️ Settings button in the top-right of the Tournament Screen header.

⚙️ Open the Settings modal

  1. On the Tournament Screen, tap the ⚙️ Settings button (top-right).
  2. The modal opens with every editable section for that tournament's format.
  3. Make changes and tap the green Done button at the bottom.

What's editable mid-tournament

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D. Tournament Complete Screen

When the final match ends, the 🏆 TOURNAMENT COMPLETE modal opens automatically. It shows every player's final placement with their W-L record, points for/against, and point differential.

🏁 Closing out the event

  1. Review the placement list. Each row shows medal (🥇 🥈 🥉), player name, and stats (W–L · PF · PA · PD).
  2. Tap a player name to open their profile from the modal.
  3. (Optional) Tap ✏️ Edit Placements to override the auto-calculated order - see section E below.
  4. Tap ✓ Confirm Tournament (Lock Results) to finalize and lock the tournament to view-only.

Other buttons on the Complete screen

Tip: Locking results triggers any tournament-completion automations and rolls placements into player career stats. Edit placements before you lock - manual changes after locking require a director with elevated permissions.
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E. Manual Placement Override

When external tiebreakers (head-to-head, chip count, judges) decided the final order, you can override the auto-calculated placements before locking results.

↕️ Reorder placements

  1. On the Tournament Complete screen, tap ✏️ Edit Placements. The button label changes to ✓ Done.
  2. Each player row now shows ▲ and ▼ arrow buttons on the right.
  3. Tap ▲ or ▼ to move a row up or down (swaps positions with the adjacent row).
  4. A yellow banner appears: ⚠️ Manual placement override active - will be used when locking results.
  5. To revert to the auto-calculated order, tap Reset order.
  6. When you're satisfied, tap ✓ Done to exit edit mode.
  7. Tap ✓ Confirm Tournament (Lock Results) to save the manual order to every affected player's record.
Tip: The manual order applies to player career stats too - so a tiebreaker-decided 2nd place still counts as 2nd in their profile and on the leaderboard.

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