4Fun's New TD Quiz

The following is the quiz to give to your new trainee after he/she has read over the TD Guide. The goal is for them to get everything correct. If they do not, please refresh the areas that they missed before going any further in their training. To not confuse yourself, please ask these questions in the order they appear. After you have quizzed your trainee, please copy your entire quiz conversation and paste it into an email. Please send it to the TD Trainers Forum.



Welcome to the New TD Quiz!


  1. What is the rule for your messenger while hosting?


  2. What is the time limit for a singles tournament? What is the time limit for a doubles tournament? What is the time limit for a speed tournament?


  3. How long is the MIA timer for a singles tournament? How long is the MIA timer for a doubles tournament (not started) and a doubles tournament (started)? How long is the MIA timer in a speed tournament?


  4. What is the table making timer in a singles tournament? What is the table making timer in a doubles tournament?


  5. You have posted pairs for your tournament, one of your players is MIA, when does the timer start?


  6. Pairs are posted, player/team A supposed to invite but is not responding, player/team B called to make table, when does timer start on player/team A?


  7. What is a BRB?


  8. Players says BRB on table at 4:57, when does timer start?


  9. How many BRB's are allowed in a game? What happens on the next one?


  10. What is the definition of a boot? How many boots are allowed in a game? What happens on the next one in a singles? What happens on the next one in a doubles?


  11. What is the required procedure when a member is booted from a game?


  12. In a singles game, if a player gets booted twice during a game, first time for 6 minutes, second time for 5 minutes, what happens?


  13. What is the 3800 rule?


  14. During your first 10 tournaments, how many tournaments can you host at a time?


  15. During your first 10 tournaments, how many tournaments can you play in while hosting?


  16. After your first 10 tournaments are completed, how many tournaments can you play in while hosting?


  17. You have been spamming your upcoming tournament, but it does not fill, when do you delete a singles? A doubles? A Multi?


  18. When do you use kibitz?


  19. How often do you spam upcoming tournament(s) in the lobby?


  20. What are the hosting requirements for a TD?


  21. When do we do restarts?


  22. How many tournaments is a member allowed to play in at one time?


  23. You have just found out that a member is in three tournaments, how do you proceed?


  24. In a doubles game, team A's player 1 has a sub for player 2 (player 2 timed out and the sub started the game)...player 1 gets booted, how long is the timer now for player 1? What happens if player 2 comes back?


  25. What do you do if a staff member makes a mistake on a tournament?


  26. What do you do if you have a problem with another staff member that you cannot fix?


  27. You are spamming your upcoming tournament as an Ace Me NT, but on the rules page, you have the rules for Aces the Cats Way NT. What do you do if you have not started the tournament? What do you do if you have started the tournament?


  28. Where do you find the game rules that go on the rules page of your tournament?


  29. How do you create a random doubles?


  30. When can you make a random doubles?


  31. If you add a tournament to the calendar at 6:15pm and there are already a tournaments at 6pm and 6:30pm, who spams?


  32. When should you be in the lobby if you have a tournament coming up?


  33. How often can you change your leauge/TD ID?


  34. What do you need to spam at a tournament table?


  35. When can you start spamming your tournament?


  36. What is required to be in your spam for an upcoming tournament?


  37. On Wacky Wednesday if you add a WW tournament to the line up, who spams?


  38. After your first 10 tournaments, how many tournaments can you play in while hosting?


  39. You go into the lobby at 10am (on a non-race day) and someone requests a HITS tournament. What do you do?


  40. What are the spamming rules for Race Day?


  41. Can you take a screenshot?


  42. When do you send a message to the forum(s)?


  43. You come into lobby, Susie has tournament in 20 minutes, but she is not here. Tournament is already open and 3 members in. How do you proceed?


  44. You have a tournament set for 1030, at 9:45 you have an emergency, what do you do about your tournament?


  45. TD A is hosting a King Me NT at 5pm, TD B puts up the same tournament right after at 5:30pm. How would you handle this situation?


  46. How late can you close a Singles, Doubles, or Multi?


  47. Basically, what is the rules for 2 members in the Same Household playing?


  48. You are on the Same Household list with someone and they join your tournament, what do you do?


  49. What happens if you cannot find a sub for a doubles game that has started?


  50. What happens if a sub is booted from a doubles game that they started when they came to table?


  51. What happens if a sub is booted from a doubles game that was started when they came to table?


  52. What is "Kibitzing"?


  53. What do you do if your ID is banned for 24 hours?


  54. What about if your ID is banned for 20 years?


  55. What is 'BUDDYING'?


  56. What Tournaments can you NOT buddy?


  57. If your tournament that you have been spamming does not fill, how do you proceed?


  58. You are hosting a tournament, player A DQ's. What do you do?


  59. What do you do if you feel player A DQ'd on purpose?


  60. It is Race Day, you've asked for requests but no one is saying any....how do you proceed?


  61. What is the lastest you can make a singles tournament on Race Day?


  62. What is the lastest you can make a doubles tournament on Race Day?


  63. Sue and Bob are playing a singles game. Sue has 3000, Bob and 150, Bob wants to cancel the game, how do you proceed?


  64. Sue and Bob are playing a singles game. Sue has 3000, Bob and 2250, Bob wants to cancel the game, how do you proceed?