Tournament Quick Guides

Pick the guide that matches what you want to run. Each one starts with the handful of commands you need, then explains the details.

I want to…	Guide	Titles	Takes about
Run a quick bracket in one evening	Movie night bracket	8	An hour
Show people one matchup at a time	One matchup at a time	Any	As long as you like
Run a big bracket over a week or two	32-title bracket	32	1–2 weeks
Start with groups, World Cup style	Groups tournament	16–48	1–2 weeks
Load all the titles from a spreadsheet	Set up from a spreadsheet	Any	10 minutes to set up
Make the best titles meet late	Seeded bracket	2–32	10 minutes to set up

Questions such as "why does the ballot show several matchups?" or "how long is left?" are answered in the Tournament FAQ.

The basics, in four lines

• Every vote is head-to-head: one title against one title. The winner moves on, and each round halves the field until one champion is left.
• Admins and moderators run the tournament with /bracket commands. Everyone votes by pressing Start Voting.
• /bracket open always opens the next thing to vote on, and /bracket close ends voting early. Deadlines also close voting on their own.
• One tournament per server at a time. Run /bracket cancel to start over.

For every command and option, see the command reference.