Post by schlager7 on Aug 3, 2010 0:23:27 GMT -6
From an interesting thread on FNet by physicspackage...
Running a tournament without posting paper
This year at the Amarillo Open Div1A and Veteran ROC, we will be using FencingTime to post all seeding, pools, tableaus, and results on multiple monitors (without posting paper). This is the way we've run tournaments in the past except we will be expanding the number of monitors used and how they are used for the ROC.
For the last couple of years we've been running the USAFA tournaments (the Nick Toth and Falcon), the Amarillo Open, and the Rocky Mountain Qualifiers for the most part without posting paper. We've been using FencingTime's dual-monitor capability with a single common 24-in LCD monitor taped down on the corner of the bout committee table. When we post seedings pools or DE's, we put only the necessary info on the screen. The fencers and coaches come, look, and then go to their strips. The rest of the time, we put the tournament info on rotation. About the only complaint we've had is sometimes a parent wants to throughly examine the pools and/or results, and the rotation goes too quickly for them. If I'm not pressed for time, I can put up the data they want to examine. To satisfy these situations, and to supplement the display of all of the event data, this year we plan on having at least two Internet kiosks. With the new version of FencingTime, we're using the live Internet feed to display all event data in near realtime. These kiosks will be located at places where we'll have our tournament volunteers ready to quickly bring up pertinent info on the screens when it is announced. The rest of the time, fencers, coaches, and parents can come and browse the tournament data to their heart's content.
Just using the single monitor has been working great for us, but we want to improve the tournament experience for everybody (including those remote) by adding more ways to get the info they want. Has anyone else been successful (or not) using FencingTime to host tournaments without having to post paper?
Running a tournament without posting paper
This year at the Amarillo Open Div1A and Veteran ROC, we will be using FencingTime to post all seeding, pools, tableaus, and results on multiple monitors (without posting paper). This is the way we've run tournaments in the past except we will be expanding the number of monitors used and how they are used for the ROC.
For the last couple of years we've been running the USAFA tournaments (the Nick Toth and Falcon), the Amarillo Open, and the Rocky Mountain Qualifiers for the most part without posting paper. We've been using FencingTime's dual-monitor capability with a single common 24-in LCD monitor taped down on the corner of the bout committee table. When we post seedings pools or DE's, we put only the necessary info on the screen. The fencers and coaches come, look, and then go to their strips. The rest of the time, we put the tournament info on rotation. About the only complaint we've had is sometimes a parent wants to throughly examine the pools and/or results, and the rotation goes too quickly for them. If I'm not pressed for time, I can put up the data they want to examine. To satisfy these situations, and to supplement the display of all of the event data, this year we plan on having at least two Internet kiosks. With the new version of FencingTime, we're using the live Internet feed to display all event data in near realtime. These kiosks will be located at places where we'll have our tournament volunteers ready to quickly bring up pertinent info on the screens when it is announced. The rest of the time, fencers, coaches, and parents can come and browse the tournament data to their heart's content.
Just using the single monitor has been working great for us, but we want to improve the tournament experience for everybody (including those remote) by adding more ways to get the info they want. Has anyone else been successful (or not) using FencingTime to host tournaments without having to post paper?