1. Set up the event
From the Tournamentshub, hosts create an event by picking the game, format, and how competitors enter: solo players or teams, with the team size you choose. You control the cap (how many competitors can enter), the start date, rules text, and the event's look title, banner, accent color, and even custom round titles so a community cup can feel like a broadcast event.
Money is optional. You can run a free-entry tournament, attach an entry fee in PlayrCoins, seed a prize pool yourself, or combine both. Prize splits across placements are configurable, and everything about the payout is visible to entrants before they register.
2. Open registration
Once registration opens, the event is listed publicly on the tournaments hub anyone can find it, read the rules, and enter. You can watch entries come in, and close registration whenever you're ready to seed. Private, invite-only events are also supported when you want to run something for your own community only.
3. Seed and lock the bracket
Before play starts, the bracket is fully yours: drag any competitor into any slot to seed rivalries or balance skill, and rename rounds. When the structure is final, lock it. The lock freezes seeding and structure onlymatch progression stays fully available all tournament, so you're never stuck.
4. Run it live
During the event, the tournament page is the control desk: set match winners as games finish, force-advance through no-shows, and disqualify rule-breakers. The bracket updates live for everyone watching, and you can attach a stream (Twitch, YouTube, or Kick) so the event page doubles as the broadcast hub. Spectators don't need an account to follow along every public tournament page is open.
5. Confirm winners and pay out
When the final match is decided, placements enter a confirmation window. You review and confirm (or correct) the results; if you do nothing, they auto-confirm after 24 hours so winners are never left waiting. On confirmation:
- PlayrCoins prizes pay out automatically to the winners
- Final placements are written to every participant's competitive record
- Results feed the platform leaderboards wins, earnings, and your own host standing
- Eligible participants and winners collect tournament badges and cosmetic rewards
Good hosting, in practice
- Write the rules like you mean them entrants see them before registering, and clear rules make disputes rare.
- Announce a check-in time; force-advance promptly on no-shows so the bracket keeps moving.
- Use round titles and the banner your event's page is its poster.
- Start small. A clean 8-competitor cup builds the reputation that fills your 64-slot bracket later.
Ready? Create an account and open your first bracket from the Tournaments hub.