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Event types
- Round Robin — "Organized matchmaking with rounds, scores, and standings." Dink+ builds the matchups, runs each round, and keeps a live leaderboard.
- Who's Attending — "Track who's coming and who's not. Great for drills, casual play, or social events." A simple RSVP with no matchups or scoring.
- Pick the type first; the rest of the options below only apply to Round Robin events.
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Matchmaking Type
- The "Matchmaking Type" dropdown decides how players are paired each round.
- Round Robin — gender-agnostic. Each match is 2 players vs 2 players with no gender constraints; works with any player count.
- Mixed Gender Round Robin — each match is 1 male + 1 female vs 1 male + 1 female, optimized for minimal repeat teammates and varied opponents.
- Fixed Team Round Robin — for pre-assigned partners who stay together all night; teams rotate so each plays the others. Most groups use one of the first two.
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Number of Rounds
- How many rounds of play to generate.
- The form suggests "Typical: 8-10 rounds."
- More rounds means more games and more variety of partners and opponents.
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Limit courts per round
- A checkbox — leave it off to use every available court each round.
- Turn it on to cap how many courts run at once: "Max courts used per round (e.g., set to 2 to only use 2 courts even with more available)."
- Useful when you have more players than court space and want others resting or subbing in.
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Total Player Slots
- The maximum number of players who can be active in the event.
- Once active slots fill, additional sign-ups go to the waitlist.
- You can raise this later from Change Event Settings — added spots pull players up from the waitlist automatically.
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Balance male/female signups automatically
- Shown for Mixed Gender Round Robin, where every match needs 1 male + 1 female on each side.
- When on: "Keeps males and females balanced as they sign up. If one gender gets ahead, the next signup of that gender goes to the waitlist until the other gender catches up."
- When off, you instead set "Male Slots" and "Female Slots" by hand — together they must equal Total Player Slots.
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Automatically promote from waitlist when slots become available
- When a spot opens — someone drops, or you add slots — the next person on the waitlist is pulled in without you doing anything.
- In a balanced event, the next waitlisted player of the same gender is promoted so the male/female split stays intact, and male/female pairs on the waitlist are always promoted together.
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Allow all players to enter and edit match scores
- When on, any player in the event can record and edit scores — handy for spreading scorekeeping across courts.
- When off, only you (and anyone you grant co-scorer access) can enter results.
Need a hand? Email support@jrmsoftware.com and we'll help you get set up.