[XFA] Tournament - XF2 6.0.0

Give your members something to play for. Your community creates and runs public or private tournaments in a few clicks, from a quick knockout cup to a season-long league, with brackets that look like the real thing. Registrations, matches, scores, winners, alerts and discussions are all handled for you, and your players can now climb a ranked Elo ladder too.

Perfect for gaming communities, sports forums, e-sports clubs and any community that loves a bit of competition.

What's new in 6.0.0​

• Elo rating system: give every player and team a skill rating that moves with their results. Group games into rating pools (for example one per game), tune how fast ratings move, and choose whether they update when a tournament ends or match by match. Ratings show on leaderboards, member profiles, participants lists and roster pages, plus a new "Top Elo" widget. It is optional and off by default, so existing sites are not affected.
• New "Any vs any" mode: free-for-all matches with several players at once, ideal for racing, battle royale or party games. Enter results by finishing place or by score, award points from a table or enter them by hand, and watch the standings build up live.
• Lighter and faster: the add-on no longer depends on jQuery. Brackets and round robin tables now run on plain modern JavaScript.
• Clearer results: the winner's name is now shown in bold in standings and brackets.

Features​

Tournament modes​

• Single elimination: one loss and you are out. Optional third place match.
• Single elimination with consolation bracket: a second chance for the early losers.
• Double elimination: the classic winners and losers brackets, with an optional third place match.
• Round robin: everybody plays everybody, with a live standings table.
• Round robin with 2-way matches: home and away legs for every pairing.
• King of the Hill: challengers take on the current king, and the throne changes hands as results come in.
• Any vs any: multi-player free-for-all matches with places, scores and a points table.
• Manual winner: the organizer simply names the winner.

Registration and participants​

• Three registration types: solo (by member), free input (by typed name) or team (by roster).
• Contestant limit: pick the maximum number of contestants. When the bracket is not full, byes are handled automatically.
• Public or private: private tournaments are invite-only.
• Usergroup restricted: limit registration to the usergroups you choose.
• Invite or add players: fast username autocomplete.
• Check-in: players confirm their participation before registration closes, so you only play with people who are really there.
• Classes: split one tournament into classes such as age groups or car types, each with its own bracket in its own tab.

Brackets and matches​

• Automatic bracket generation: when registration ends, or as soon as the tournament is full.
• Random or hand-picked matches: shuffle the draw with one click, or choose every match yourself.
• Reset matches: someone dropped out? Unvalidate the matches and start again.
• Easy score entry: double-click the score to type it in.
• Looks great everywhere: responsive brackets with colors driven by style properties, so they match your style.

Results players can trust​

• Score submission by players: participants submit their result and can attach a screenshot as proof.
• Automatic validation: when both sides submit the same result, it is validated for you.
• Moderator approval: optionally route submissions through an approval queue.

Leaderboards and ratings​

• Leaderboard page: top users and rosters of all time, this month and last month.
• Elo ladders: one ladder per rating pool, for players and for rosters.
• Winners counted automatically: wins are tracked for members, rosters and clubs.

Organize and discover​

• Nested categories: choose the allowed registration types, modes and thread creation per category.
• Powerful filters: by type, mode, username, open registration or free slots, and sort by last update, creation date, registration end or title.
• Tournament icons: members can upload an image (permission based), with a trophy icon as the default.
• Tabbed layout: tournament and bracket, rules, participants and discussion.
• My tournaments: a page for the ones you created and another for the ones you took part in.
• Discussion threads: created automatically per category, with posts for new tournaments, generated matches, resets and winners.
• Featured tournaments: highlight the best ones for your members.

Alerts and widgets​

• Smart alerts: invitations, additions, tournament start, match resets, score updates, new tournaments and opponent submissions. Members can switch them off.
• Latest tournaments: widget for the forum home and forum list.
• Featured tournaments: widget for the tournaments index and categories.
• Top winners: widgets for users and clubs.
• Top Elo: widget showing the best rated players.
• Round robin widget: show a round robin in full, rounds only or standings only.

Control for admins​

• Member permissions: view, register, create, create private, create usergroup restricted, send invite, add user, edit own, delete own, receive new tournament alerts.
• Moderator permissions: view all, edit any, delete any, feature, approve score submissions.
• XenForo integration: reactions, bookmarks, a built-in help page, user criteria for registering to or completing a tournament in a category, and NixFifty User Onboarding compatibility.

Teams with the Roster add-on​

Pair Tournament with our Roster add-on and your tournaments are no longer just between members: rosters compete against each other.

• Game per tournament: link tournaments to games, mandatory for teams.
• Team size limits: set the minimum and maximum number of players per team.
• Invite or add rosters: with smart roster autocomplete.
• Wins everywhere: club wins on the information page, roster wins in the rosters list and a participated tournaments tab in the club.
• Team ratings: an Elo ladder for rosters, also shown on each roster page.
• Captain alerts: roster captains are told when one of their rosters is invited or added.

Quick facts​

• Requires: the free [XFA] Core add-on. The Roster add-on is optional, for team tournaments.
• Install: install [XFA] Core first, then Tournament. Step by step instructions are in the readme.
• Elo ratings: optional and off by default. They apply to single and double elimination, round robin (1-way and 2-way) and Any vs any tournaments.
• Support: visit the support forum.

Ready to start your first cup?​

Install the add-on, create a category, and let your community compete.