Let players suggest results
I’ve been working hard this weekend to let TDs relax a bit more during their tournaments. You can now let players suggest results for their own games!
It works like this:
- Players login to their Match Play account and claim their player (this’ll be done automatically for them on subsequent tournaments)
- Players now have a “suggest results” button below all their games. They click this to fill out who took 1st/2nd/3rd/4th and optionall add the game scores.
- You, the TD, will see these suggested results on the “Rounds” tab and you can approve the result if you like it or enter your own if you don’t.
- It’s even possible for scorekeepers to view and approve suggested results.
- This is a free feature available to everyone
Just think about the possibilities! When you’re playing a tournament you no longer have to hunt down the TD to get your results entered. Just fill it out on your phone and order another slice of pizza between rounds. (if you’re smart you’ll enable Slack or SMS notifications and your phone will tell you where to go next).
You’ll find the new configuration option near the bottom of the tournament details form, in the “scorekeeper” section
Best Game / Super Selfie Leagues
But wait! That’s not all! @timmychap had a brilliant idea: Why limit this to match play tournaments? You can also let players submit their own scores on Best Game tournaments. You, the TD, still has to approve the submitted scores of course.
I think this’ll be very useful if you are running a super selfie league. Let your players enter their own scores and now you only have to compare the photos to the scores already entered. Less typing, more pinball!
Match Play Live will even display pending scores so players can see what they need to shoot for even if the TD hasn’t had time to approve scores yet.
For Best Game tournaments players will enter scores on the arena page on Match Play Live and you’ll approve them on the “Scores” tab.