• Gin tourneys can be hosted on the :00, :15, :30 and :45 minute time slots
• Any tourney type can be hosted at any time slot - although td's are asked to make the HOUR timeslots higher than 100 points
• If there is a 'special' tourney booked on the hour slot (ie: Team Cup, Rank Advancement etc) - please make the :45 slot tourney lower points
• If you wish to host any other type of game (dominoes, pool, etc) then do not book these on the hour slots

Location Line:

• When creating your tourney please place the room (Walrus Rock or WR), the points and the game
• If hosting a game other than gin - please specify what type of game and the room (ie: Dominoes - Sternum).  Backdoor links on main page have other game rooms that we can use - be advised that other leagues may use these rooms so be courteous and host from a table if necessary
• It is not necessary to complete the 'Rules Page' - but if you choose to these must match the rules on the location line

Number of Rounds:

• Single elimination - 8 rounds
• Double elimination - 6 rounds
• Regular Swiss - maximum number of rounds
• True Swiss - 3 rounds (if more players enter the tourney will self expand rounds to accommodate)

Minutes Between Rounds:

• always make minutes between rounds 20 minutes

Ladder Bux Fee:

• GIFF is a  big bux league so all tourneys must have a ladderbux fee of at least 50 bux
• Swiss & DE are always 100 bux entry fee

Hosting a Tourney:

• be prepared in the lobby to host your tourney approximately 15 minutes prior to start time
• advertise your tourney AFTER the previous tourney's td has spammed their rules & pairings
• keep lobby spams short and concise - only 1-2 lines
• start tourneys on time if possible - you may wait 5 minutes after tourney time in order to get a 4th player in
• if you do not have 4 players in to start tourney 5 minutes after tourney time - then explain in lobby to players - remove players from tourney on TD page and delete the tourney
• unless the tourney is a "Giff Team Cup" - any player can invite
• TD's make finals table and invite players
• Slow play: there is a 20 minute time limit on games played (unless it is a high point tag - then it can be extended to 30 minutes) - td should go to table, and at 20 minutes call the game - if slow player is obvious, the win can go to the faster player - if entire game is slow, td can determine winner by higher points.  This is the TD's decision.
• Missing/Frozen players:  place missing/frozen player on timer - 5 minutes for single elimination.  For Double Elimination and Swiss - player has 5 minute timer in 1st round -but then gets an additional 5 minute timer in their next round. TD's have final say on timers.
• if a player DQ's, the game is forfeited, not cancelled

Miscellaneous:

• If you are unable to run your scheduled tourney and are unable to get a HTD to cover for you, then you can delete the tourney up to 1 hour prior to the start time.  Do not move tourneys at last minute as sometimes a HTD will be covering the tourney that members are already registered for
• TD's are NEVER allowed to register someone for their tournament - password sharing is against Myleague Terms of Use.

Questions?

 Please contact gifftdm@yahoo.com