[Deptheads] Qualifying Events/Tournaments

[Strategicon Department Heads]

Only one small aspect of it but: Would it be possible to have an admin only
check box on the Entry/Approval page? That way there doesn't need to be an
additional event type listed and it's toggle-able only by the department
heads.

Brandon

On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 12:53 PM Strategicon Department Heads <
deptheads at strategicon.net> wrote:

> Message From: Tanya Aldrich  taldrich at strategicon.net
> Hi All,
>
> We seem to be getting a few of these tournaments. I’ve seen them in Board
> games, Miniatures, Party games, and maybe even Collectibles and RPGs. The
> challenge is sometimes identifying these events properly.
>
> Here’s the challenge, I need a term that covers these situations.
>
> 1. Qualifier events for a final Tournament
> 2. Multiple qualifying Tournament events that are not individually
> awarded, but produce winners in a final tally.
>
> Examples from Orccon 2019
> Commies! was 1.
> Power Grid World Tour and Kill Team Tournament were 2.
>
> Both require sign up and basic participation data for each listing, but no
> winners.
> The first has a final winner event. The second just needs a final winners
> sheet.
>
> I was thinking “Qualifying”. This is not a term that will be displayed in
> the event data for the players, but for properly identifying paperwork for
> Payouts and myself, since “Events” and “Tournaments” by default expect
> winners.
>
> Also, I will probably have to make this an admin only setting to ensure
> the word Qualifier gets listed in the title of type 1 events when the new
> formatting is enabled.
>
>
>
> Side note on paperwork for those running type 2 events with many slots. I
> have no problem with one sheet per day, provided all the scheduled times
> are listed in the time field on the sheet. If there is no space for all the
> times, consider a sheet for morning, afternoon, and evening as appropriate.
> Instead of checking off who was “In Game”, enter the time slot they were
> “in game”. If a person enters multiple slots, list them multiple times with
> a new time slot for each. I’ve mentioned this for constantly running demos
> too. The point is, we don’t need a piece of paper per event, as long as we
> get the information for each of the events. Some events with no winners and
> multiple sections are appropriate for this condensed paperwork. This is by
> no means a requirement, it’s just an option.
>
> Tanya
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