Help running Single Modified tournament brackets online

[libtrucker]

Hello all! I run all APA tournaments, and am trying to figure out the best way to run the brackets online, so players can follow along either at the pool hall or from home. Pretty much everything we do is single elimination, or single modified which is the main issue. Ive tried some software and haven't found one that supports this style bracket.

Ive Used:

Canva shared publicly. Clunky, but works, kind of a PITA on my end to run a tournament this way. Pro's - Looks great on the user end once you get everything dialed in. Con's - A nightmare and very finicky to get to work right on my end, its basically graphic software that i made a bracket in, and add the names to the graphic.

Google Sheets shared publicly. This worked better than I would have thought. I created a bracket using the border tool, then just type in the team/players name where it belongs. Pro's Looks good, Easy to use on my end and FREE. Con's, had to make the bracket myself (no biggie until i have to make different sized tournaments), players were not able to zoom in or out on the bracket which made it hard to look at, especially from a phone.

Digital Pool - No support for Single Modified

Challonge - No support for Single Modified

Any one on here have any other suggestions for running Single Modified Tournaments? I am tech savvy enough to figure things out myself. Im willing to try a more out of the box approach.

 

[rharm]

Hello all! I run all APA tournaments, and am trying to figure out the best way to run the brackets online, so players can follow along either at the pool hall or from home. Pretty much everything we do is single elimination, or single modified which is the main issue. Ive tried some software and haven't found one that supports this style bracket.

Ive Used:

Canva shared publicly. Clunky, but works, kind of a PITA on my end to run a tournament this way. Pro's - Looks great on the user end once you get everything dialed in. Con's - A nightmare and very finicky to get to work right on my end, its basically graphic software that i made a bracket in, and add the names to the graphic.

Google Sheets shared publicly. This worked better than I would have thought. I created a bracket using the border tool, then just type in the team/players name where it belongs. Pro's Looks good, Easy to use on my end and FREE. Con's, had to make the bracket myself (no biggie until i have to make different sized tournaments), players were not able to zoom in or out on the bracket which made it hard to look at, especially from a phone.

Digital Pool - No support for Single Modified

Challonge - No support for Single Modified

Any one on here have any other suggestions for running Single Modified Tournaments? I am tech savvy enough to figure things out myself. Im willing to try a more out of the box approach.

I didn't look at the actual bracket to see if it matches APA but when setting up a tournament in Digital Pool, if you select Custom Bracket Template under Tournament Type, there is an option to select a modified single elimination template. But there may be problems with the races, you might have to update each match.

 

[sbrownn]

white board / google sheets are your two best options. large white board is easiest to update and view at a glance for everyone...

 

[APA Operator]

Hello all! I run all APA tournaments, and am trying to figure out the best way to run the brackets online, so players can follow along either at the pool hall or from home. Pretty much everything we do is single elimination, or single modified which is the main issue. Ive tried some software and haven't found one that supports this style bracket.

Ive Used:

Canva shared publicly. Clunky, but works, kind of a PITA on my end to run a tournament this way. Pro's - Looks great on the user end once you get everything dialed in. Con's - A nightmare and very finicky to get to work right on my end, its basically graphic software that i made a bracket in, and add the names to the graphic.

Google Sheets shared publicly. This worked better than I would have thought. I created a bracket using the border tool, then just type in the team/players name where it belongs. Pro's Looks good, Easy to use on my end and FREE. Con's, had to make the bracket myself (no biggie until i have to make different sized tournaments), players were not able to zoom in or out on the bracket which made it hard to look at, especially from a phone.

Digital Pool - No support for Single Modified

Challonge - No support for Single Modified

Any one on here have any other suggestions for running Single Modified Tournaments? I am tech savvy enough to figure things out myself. Im willing to try a more out of the box approach.

Keep them on Google Sheets. Over time you will accumulate the various sizes you need. The issue with zooming is on the user's end. If you share them as Google Sheets and not web pages they can be zoomed with any phone that has a current Google Sheets app on their phone, but if they have Docs and not Sheets or their Sheets app is not current they will not be able to zoom. You can also write Apps Script (js) to facilitate bracket manipulation depending on how tech savvy you are.