There are a variety of ways to host a multiplayer tourney. You can host a 2x2 (each player plays single games), a 3x3 or a 4x4. In the 2x2, 3x3, and 4x4 tourneys the scores from each game are added together for each team and the team with the highest score is advanced each round. *PLEASE NOTE* Once a TD is Trained in Multis they can also host a Swiss Multi 2x2 or 3x3 or a DE Multi 2x2 or 3x3. If you wish to host something other than what is listed here please contact a Admin for special permission. You have to get permission to host a 5x5 PRIOR to making it from a TD Manager. When hosting a 4x4 you must have a doubles as one of your games. You can have two singles and one doubles, or both games played can be doubles. We also ask that at least one of the games in your multi has to be a skill game.

You may host a multiple tourney any time on the calendar EXCEPT between the hours of 8:00pm and 10:00pm. If a multiple tourney is held in a doubles time spot, 12am, 3am, 5am, 7am, 9am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm or 10pm, it must contain a doubles game. If there is a doubles in your Multi Tourney it must be hosted in a doubles time spot. When making your multiples please be courteous to the other td's and tourney's around it. We ask that multiple tourney's not be hosted in both the 8pm and 10pm doubles time spots. Ex. If there is a Multi at 8:00PM you can NOT make one at 10:00PM. As well multis are not to be Buddied. So please keep this in mind when making a multi as to your game types and What our members are used to playing at certain times.

We allow teams to have subs in 2x2s, 3x3s, 4x4s and tag team tourneys. You can ask the team that has an MIA player if another player on their team would like to sub. *PLEASE NOTE* - this player should not be in another tourney or league game as players are only allowed to play in 2 games at one time and considering they would be playing their part in the multi as well as subbing for one of their MIA team members that is their limit of allowable games. If the remaining players in the team do not wish to sub for their MIA or if they can't because they are already playing 2 then the td asks for a sub in the lobby. This also applies to 2x2 singles, where they sign up as a doubles team but the games are played as singles games. If you are hosting a 3x3 or 4x4 with a doubles game and both of the doubles players are MIA you are allowed to get 2 subs for that team. Our rule is that one original player from the team must be present. Since this is a 3x3 or 4x4 team, if two are missing that means that one original player is present, they just happen to be playing a different game then the two that are MIA from the doubles. The sub timers are the same as regular doubles timers.

You need to be in the lobby 1 hour prior to your multiple tourney. You are not to spam your multiple tourney until the tourney before yours is closed but you may spam a team making table spam 1 hour before your tourney in the lobby. Please keep your team making spam to 1 line. So you may spam something like this "4x4 team making table at table 21".

If you need help with tables, please get a staff member who is not playing in your multiple tourney. If you need to use someone who happens to be in your tourney they can only watch singles tables Only you should be watching the doubles tables.

You may not call next round pairings in a multi as this can cause potential problems in your multi.

( YOU SHOULD ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACK UP WHEN HOSTING A MULTI PRIOR TO 1 HR BEFORE YOUR TOURNEY IS TO START)

While hosting a multiple tourney you may NOT host or play 1 hour before the tourney is due to start. The reason for this is because, it takes time to get teams in the multiple and then you have to hand type your pairings, get tables started, run timers if needed and then get subs. If your playing in another tourney or league game or hosting another tourney this could cause some problems.

If a player/team DQ's in a multi-player tourney you are to score 0 in that game for the team that DQ's and 5000 in that game for the other team. If we were to score 0 for each team in that game then we open the door for a team member to knowingly DQ if they know the rest of their team has won their games. There would be no reason for them to risk losing big and then their team losing, they would simply DQ thus guaranteeing the win. We have looked at all possible scenarios for the DQ score keeping, and this is the best we have come up with. If you want to discuss this further please contact cakeeeeee, and Reed.Tardicus. If a player breaks a league rule (ex: table talking during doubles) during a multiple tourney, that game is dq'ed (0-5000) and a sub is gotten for that player for the following round if their team advances.

When you have a sub that plays in 2 rounds or more, you need to complete the Tourney Sub Report form so that the player's record can be corrected.

( PLEASE DO NOT ANNOUNCE SCORES IN THE LOBBY IF A TEAM WISHES TO KNOW THE SCORES THEY CAN MESSAGE YOU. REASON FOR THIS AS SOME SCORES ARE FAR FROM BEING CLOSE AND CAN BE EMBARRASSING FOR SOME MEMBERS)

YOUR TOURNEY PAGE

These rules MUST be on your tourney page I have made it easy for you so you can just copy paste them on your tourney page.

This goes in your tournament lay out in the big box.( you can change the color to suit your tourney page ex: delete “white” and put “black”)

<b><big><big><center><font color="white">***NO MORE TEAMS ARE TO BE MADE AT SCHEDULED CLOSING TIME. THE TOURNEYWILL CLOSE NO LATER THEN 10 MIN AFTER EVEN IF TEAMS HAVE TO BE DROPPED. PLEASE DO NOT SIGN IN ON AUTO COME INTO DD AND FIND TOURNEY MAKING TABLE AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO GET YOU ON A TEAM!!!!***</b></big></big></center></font>