Organizer guide

Everything below requires the organizer password.

1
Sign in as organizer
Click Organizer sign in in the top-right and sign in with Google. Anything that changes a tournament — creating it, adding players, generating the schedule, entering scores — requires being signed in, and each tournament is owned by the account that created it. Spectators don't need to sign in to watch.
2
Create a tournament
From the tournaments list, choose New tournament. Give it a name and pick a format: rotating doubles, fixed doubles, mixed doubles, or singles. Set the number of courts, the game target (e.g. 11), and win-by margin. Leave rounds blank to let the generator pick a fair number.
3
Add players or teams
On the tournament page, add entrants before generating. Most formats take individual players — use Add many at once to paste one name per line. Mixed doubles needs at least two men and two women. Fixed doubles takes pre-set teams of two. You can remove an entrant any time before the schedule is generated.
4
Generate the schedule
Press Generate schedule. The engine builds balanced rounds across your courts and lists any byes per round. You can re-generate freely until the first score is entered — after that the schedule locks so results stay consistent.
5
Enter scores live
Type each side's score into the boxes on a match and tap away — it saves automatically. The winner is highlighted, standings recompute instantly, and ties are rejected. Spectators watching the same tournament see updates within a few seconds.
6
Run a playoff
Once some round-robin games are scored, the Playoff panel appears. Choose a bracket size (top 2, 4, or 8) and start it — entrants are seeded from the standings. Score bracket matches the same way; winners advance automatically and the champion is crowned after the final. Reset clears the bracket back to the round robin.
7
Debug panel & deleting
The amber Debug card at the bottom is organizer-only. It shows raw IDs, join/spectator codes, entrant counts, and the full data payload (with copy-to-clipboard) — handy when something looks off. Its danger zone also lets you permanently delete the tournament.