{"id":828,"date":"2023-06-17T20:43:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T20:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?p=828"},"modified":"2024-04-03T14:57:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T14:57:33","slug":"competition-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?p=828","title":{"rendered":"Competition Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you ever wanted to run a Tour of competitions, which automatically scored and ranked the competitors automatically? In RackEmApp, <strong>now you can<\/strong>! Accessible via the Competitions menu, you can now create unlimited Series\/Tours, with unlimited Events\/Competitions and unlimited Competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Competitors can enter for the whole tour, or for single competitions within the tour, and competitions can support all our competition types.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1024x349.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1024x349.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-768x261.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1536x523.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1200x408.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image.png 1857w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From here you can create a new series, or select one to edit it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Series Setup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Series Details<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The details screen is the fundamentals behind your series. It is what drives the content that appears on your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1-1200x631.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-1.png 1530w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name <\/strong>&#8211; The name of your series<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Players Per Entry<\/strong> &#8211; The number of players each entry is for. For a singles tour this is 1, for doubles this is 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Entry Fee<\/strong> &#8211; The amount your entrants need to pay for the tour. They can still<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Points Per Round<\/strong> &#8211; This allows point reward rules as &#8220;Per Round&#8221; and when you complete the competition you get s aseries of boxes to determine how many ranking points awarded based upon the round they reach.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Points Per Win<\/strong> &#8211; This allows a point reward based upon the number of wins across the entire competition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pay Online<\/strong> &#8211; When entering online, offer the ability to pay by card.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pay By Bank<\/strong> &#8211; When entering online, display the bank details for bank transfers of entry fees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Description <\/strong>&#8211; A Rich text description that will give your competitors all they need to know about the tour.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Entry Criteria<\/strong> &#8211; ALlows you to describe the entry criteria for your competition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rules <\/strong>&#8211; Any competition specific rules you want to mention, or a link the the ruleset being used<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scheduled Events<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is where you set up the competitions that you want to run as a series or tour. Its a very simple screen where you can provide a name, venue and date\/time for your tour event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This effectively creates a competition which you can fully manage in the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/?p=239\">Competitions <\/a>section, but also provides a button to jump you straight to manage the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2-1024x442.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2-1024x442.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2-768x332.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2-1536x663.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2-1200x518.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-2.png 1545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This screen allows you to enter people to the series. Adding an entry here will enter them to all current competitions in this series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3-1024x564.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3-1024x564.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3-1200x661.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-3.png 1513w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awarding Points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Points are awarded at the completion of a competition. Just before you press the Complete Competition button, you should read and complete this form which will allow you to enter the points per round &#8211; which as it states, are not cumulative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is possible however to award points per round and points per win, if it is desired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-6-1024x644.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-6-1024x644.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-6-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-6-768x483.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-6.png 1107w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Series Page<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All of this drives a publicly facing page for your series you can share with the world, that provides information about all the competitions and a live rankings system updated after each competition is completed. It can be found in your Competition Series menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-5-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-5-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-5-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-5-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-5-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-5-1200x600.png 1200w, https:\/\/blog.rackemapp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-5.png 1845w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wanted to run a Tour of competitions, which automatically scored and ranked the competitors automatically? In RackEmApp, now you can! Accessible via the Competitions menu, you can now create unlimited Series\/Tours, with unlimited Events\/Competitions and unlimited Competitors. 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