How to create a tournament

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Create a tournament

Any user can organize an event, invite participants, and run a tournament from start to finish. To create a tournament: Click the “ Create Tournament ” button found in the navigation menu, footer, or…

Updated 4 months ago by Gather

Type of tournament

When creating a tournament, you can select one of the following types of tournaments: Free for All - Free for All (FFA) is a tournament format that consists of an open group of players competing unti…

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Tournament settings

When creating or editing your tournament, you can select if the tournament is for single players or teams, and you can choose how many players or teams can participate in the tournament. . If there a…

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Paid tournament

For a paid tournament, you need to specify payment options: entry fee per person, total prize pool, number of prize winners, amount of prize per winner place. Once you published a tournament, you nee…

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Stream

To add a tournament stream link, go to the " Info" tab of the tournament and click " Edit " of the " Tournament Stream" field, enter a video link and click the " Save " button.

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Brackets

When running a single-elimination (SE) or double-elimination (DE) tournament, brackets are generated automatically. The players are added according to the order in which they are submitted to the tou…

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Inviting players

To invite players to the tournament, navigate to the “Invite Members” tab, enter email addresses separated by a comma, and click on the “Send Invitation” button. You may also copy the link by clickin…

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How to resolve the disputes

During the FFA tournaments, any player can start a dispute if they disagree with an opponent's report. The user can enter his score, link to a stream, add a screenshot, and submit a Dispute. The orga…

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How to customize the tournament page

When creating or editing a tournament: Upload a thumbnail to be displayed at the top of your tournament page. Upload a header image to be displayed in the tournament preview in the list of all tourna…

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How to edit a tournament

To edit the information about the tournament or change its settings, open the tournament page’s Settings. You can only edit an upcoming tournament.

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How to delete a tournament

To delete a tournament, the organizer or administrator of the tournament needs to open the Settings of tournament page and press “ Delete tournament ” at the lower right corner. You will not be able…

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Tournament admin permissions

The organizer or administrator of the tournament can edit information about the tournament, remove players or teams, manage brackets, edit scores/leaderboard.

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