PB Manual

Event Info Page 8

  1. Print Next Available Matches Automatically – This feature will automatically print the next available matches for an event after match scores are entered. This should be turned on if you did not print all of the score sheets for this event in advance or for double or single elimination events where you are assigning games to the next available court.
  2. Print Next Available Round by Round – This feature controls the order of score sheet printout for round robin events. If it is set to “Yes”, score sheets will print out in round order. If it is set to “No”, score sheets will print out depending on the availability of players.
  3. Court Assignment Type – Select “Designated” to tell the simulator that you want to restrict events to a certain number of courts. Use “Next Available” to all the computer to create a schedule based on court availability.
  4. Auto Move Next Up When Score is Entered – If the tournament is using the “Next Up” feature for the waiting queue and court assignments, turn this on to automatically move the Next Up team onto the court once the previous match score is entered.
  5. Text Message for Court Assignment- Use this drop down menu to select the default location for text message instructions for players.
    Choices are:
  • Based On Ref Asn: Based on the match being assigned to a referee or a not.
  • To Court Always: Every court assignment text will send them to the assigned court.
  • To Score Table Always: Every court assignment text will send them to the score table.
  1. Text Message for Next Up Court Assignment- Use this drop down menu to select the default location for text message instructions for players.
    Choices are:
  • Basic Information: This is a text just informing them they will be next up on a specific court with no action needed.
  • To Court Always: Text telling them they are the next match on a court and to GO TO the court NOW.
  • To Score Table Always: Text telling them they are the next match on a court and to GO TO the score table NOW.
  1. Show this Event on Tourney Registration – This feature might be set to ‘No’ if this is an extra event after the tournament or it’s a private event at the tournament.
    An example would be having players pay an additional $5 at the tournament to participate in a 50/50 skins bracket after all other brackets were played on that day.
  2. Include in Reg. Cost – If you set up your tournament so that a specific number of events are included in the tournament registration cost, is this event one of them?
  3. Event Cost – If a player registers for more events than what are included in the tournament registration cost, what is the additional cost for this event? – OR –
    If this event is not included in the events covered by the tournament registration cost, what is the additional cost for this event?
  4. Is Money Event – Check Yes if this event will pay out money to the players.
  5. Is Required – If this event is required, then during player registration they will automatically be entered into this event without the need to select it. You should select this option if your tournament only has one event.
  6. Medals Awarded – This feature is usually set after the event is already been played. Display numbers for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rather than Gold, Silver, and Bronze.
    You may use this feature if you don’t finish an event and wish to manually award medals.
  7. Hide Players? – This feature will hide all the players in this event from the public. NOTE: This does NOT hide the totals for the bracket registration. It ONLY hides the player list.