Tournament Checklist

This is a general chronological checklist for running a tournament on Tabroom. It's not comprehensive, but it should help remind you of things you probably want to do at each stage of the tournament. For a more extensive explanation of each item, see the relevant section of the full manual. If you're not an experienced tabber, you should start with the Tournament Quick Start instead.

You might want to print off a copy of this checklist, and then check off each item as you complete it or decide it's not applicable to your tournament. Going roughly in the order presented here is recommended - it helps avoid problems if you configure judge groups before events, for example.

As Early As Possible

• Request a tournament on Tabroom.
  • Double check your dates, as many of the default deadlines are based off what you enter. Tweak any of the deadlines as you see fit.
  • List your tournament in the correct circuit so it shows up on the main calendar

Before Online Registration Opens

• Tournament Setup - go through each page of the Settings menu and decide if each available option applies to you.
• Settings - Tournament
  • Name & Info Tab - upload your Invitation document, and if applicable, Congress packet.
  • Settings Tab - Most tournaments should check "Require adult contact info to register," "Log registration changes," and "Publish list of registered schools."
  • Settings Tab - If not using online registration, check "Closed tournament; admin staff registers."
  • Settings Tab - If using Online On-Site Registration, enable it and set the deadlines
  • Access Tab - give access to any of your tournament staff who will be using the website, helping enter ballots, start rounds, etc.
  • Housing Tab - if your tournament offers housing, configure it here, and see the longer section of the manual on housing.
  • Messages Tab - if you need to set a special message for invoices, registration, or waitlist admission, set them here.

• Settings - Rules & Results
  • Decide if the built-in Tiebreak sets are sufficient, or if your league rules require setting up your own. Create them if necessary.
  • For each Tiebreak set you use, decide if you want to uncheck the box for "No shows/forfeits cannot break/advance
  • If you have speech events, decide if your speech tiebreaks will use "Truncate Ranks" and configure them on the Tiebreakers tab
  • If you give Sweepstakes awards, configure a rule set on the Sweepstakes tab.
  • If your tournament gives NDCA Points or TOC bids, configure them on the "Points & Bids" tab

• Settings - Judges