Running the TourWELL, YOU HAVE YOUR TOURNEY SET!!! WAY TO GO!!!! Half Hour before the tourney is set to begin. Log in to Cases and open the Administer Tourney page. Once there, click on your tourney number (your name will be in second spot after number). On this page, it will tell you how many have registered for your tourney. Scroll down about half way and it will list all those who have registered. Be sure to refresh your page often as more members join the tourney. Now, go to Pogo and enter the room you are hosting in. Get on your Smiley Face!! Once in the room, start addying your game. Announce the time and tourney number in the room. You may do this at least 3 times before your start time. 5 Minutes before tourney is set to begin. Run Roll Call--call each player registered for the tourney in the lobby chat. After Roll, Run the Rules of the Game. Make sure you let them know if its Single Elimination, Regular Swiss or True Swiss. 0 Minutes before tourney is set to begin. Go back to Cases and Close Registration and Start Tournament. Get your pairings-you may want to write them down to make it easier. Go back to Pogo and announce pairs and tell players when to begin playing. After each round, get winners and record in Cases. Click on the winner of each pair. When all winners are recorded, advance to next round and repeat pairs until the game is finished. Be sure to confirm winners at the end of each round. If there are any mistakes, you can correct them right away. If a mistake is made, please contact Admin to fix after tourney is completed. During the Tourney Run the various Macros listed on the Macros Page. Be sure to space them out about 5 minutes or one per round of the tourney. Players will chat throughout the tourney, and you may chat with them. However, when it comes to posting wins, please ask chat to stop to make it easier to read. If a problem arises, handle it as best as you can. Take player or players to private chat if possible. Contact Admin or HTD if you need assist. Contact Admin after tourney to make aware of incident. End of Tourney When the tourney is completed and final winners are reported, it will ask you to update files. Click that and it will tell you who the final winner is. Announce this winner in the lobby. Then it will take you through a series of logging information-entry fees, ladder bux, matches and finally close. Click on them all and confirm or ok each step. When you get to the ladder bux screen, announce bux won in the lobby. After you close tourney, players will get their bux and you are ready for your next game!! CONGRATS ON COMPLETING YOUR TOURNEYS!! |
Please use these pages for training assistance. Any questions, please contact Admin and they will help. Applying for the Tournament Badge Getting Keytext/Rules Logging into Cases Checking the Calendar Game Variations Setting a Tour Running a Tour Running Macros Paper Tourneys Spreadsheet for Token Games |