Separate game time by minutes rather than separation slots

You no longer have to separate the length of a game by another game. The current way forced you to select the number of games a team needs to rest before they can play again. Now, we have implemented a way for you to enter the total number of minutes a team needs to rest before they can play again. If teams must rest 120 minutes before playing their next game you can now enter this into Separation Minutes in the Season Structure Wizard. Regardless of how long the game lasts, they will not play again until the 120 minutes is up (or whatever number you list). You can set this for the entire season or individually by division. It is important to note that if both Separation Slots and Separation Minutes have information listed, the information in SEPAR MINS takes priority.

Scholarship now available as an admin only feature

Clients can now use our new scholarship feature's administrative tools without offering scholarships to registrants during registration. Offering scholarships was a standard part of the feature but it is now optional. Look for the Y/N option in the scholarship setup feature setup interface in registration setup.

Discover Cards Now Accepted

Demosphere's online registration system now accepts Discover cards as a standard form of payment. Discover offers rates that are essentially the same as Visa/MC so this is a standard feature that does not require activation. AMEX cards are still optional due to their higher fees.

New Feature : Post team application as an element on website

Posting a tournament application has never been easier. Rather than copying and pasting the URL onto your site, you can now post it like you would any other Element. In addition to posting the link as an Element, you can add text before or after the link to inform teams about your tournament before they apply. For steps on posting the team application as an element, please visit Demosphere's Knowledge Base by clicking on Support Center from the admin home page of your website.

Enhancement: Automatically assigning seeds for teams in a division

Assigning seeds to each team in every division has never been easier. If you do not have a preference as to what seed a team is, you can have the system automatically do it for you. On the Scheduling Administration page you will see a link called Unassigned seeds: # games. This link works once your tie-patterns are assigned to each division. Once tie-patterns are assigned click on the link for Unassigned Seeds. It will tell you the # of teams that have not been assigned a seed and it will ask if you want the system to do it for you. If you run it, it will assign each team in order following the tie-pattern. Typically the teams are listed in alphabetical order, so the first team listed in a division will be A1 followed by A2, A3, A4, etc. If your tie-pattern is broken up into multiple flights then the first few teams will be in the A flight followed by the B flight (second flight), then C flight (third flight), etc. You can always modify the teams seeding information once the system does it for you. The system will never override any seedings you do manually before running the link.

More Detailed Audit Reports to Assist with Scheduling

Four new audit reports are available on the Scheduling Administration screen to assist with scheduling games for your tournament or league.

Team max games per day shows teams with more than the given # of games allowed in a day. You can set the number of games a team can play in a day in the Season Structure Wizard. Now the report will show you if any team plays more than the number allowed.

Field max games per day shows any excess games on a field with limited field permits. The system will still follow the permits you setup for your games, but if you manually move a game and it violates a permit, this report will tell you.

Games outside permits lists all games that violate the permit groups used for your tournament or league. If a game starts before or after a permit says; or if a team is using a field not included in their permit group the system will warn you.

View All Game Changes lists all game changes made after the schedules public date. You can adjust the date to see game changes after a certain date. You can also view game changes based on age. Clicking on the game # will let you modify the game information. If a field or date was modified it will show up highlighted in a red box.

Enhancement : Game Cards Available

All tournaments with games scheduled can now take advantage of Game Cards. Rec leagues who want to take advantage of game cards need to contact Demosphere Support. Once games are scheduled, a link to the game cards can be found on the Team Application Manager screen. When you select game cards you will see a list of all divisions. Clicking on a division will open up a list of all teams. You can either toggle ALL or select the specific teams for whom you want to print game cards. Finally, select Mini (multiple game cards for a team on a page) or Standard (one game card per page) and press the button Produce Gamecards. The game cards will populate below the button. Once they load then print them (File > Print).

The game cards feature works best in Firefox or Internet Explorer 7.0 or better.