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The score desk: a volunteer's guide

You have a tablet, a stream of paper slips, and a gym full of people who want the bracket to move. This is everything the desk needs to know, in the order you will need it.

Your access

The score desk is a real role, not a shared password. A desk volunteer signs in with their own email link and sees the day-of screens: the console, the desk, and check-in. The draw, registration, and money screens belong to the organizer and stay out of your way.

Entering a game

The desk lists every match that is ready for a score. Find the match, type the game score for each side, and save. In a best-of-3 the match decides itself when a side takes two games; you never mark a winner by hand, the engine reads it from the games.

Fixing a mistake

Enter the correct score over the wrong one and save. Nothing is deleted: a correction is a new entry on top of the old one, with who entered it and when, so a disputed game has a history instead of an argument. If the correction changes who won, the match reopens or re-decides on its own, and the bracket follows.

When two scores disagree

Players can report results from their phones. If a self-report and a desk entry disagree, the console shows the conflict with both versions side by side, and the organizer or the desk picks the right one. You do not need to notice the conflict yourself; it queues.

When the wifi drops

Keep entering scores. Every save lands on the device first and a status chip shows what is still waiting to send; the queue drains on its own when the connection returns, in order, without duplicates. Do not re-enter a score because the chip says waiting - it is saved.