Admin Manual

1. Initial Setup

Once the bot is added to your server, configure a few things before your first tournament.

Set an announcement channel

/admin set-announcement-channel channel:#tournaments

This is where the bot posts tournament embeds (the signup message with buttons). If you skip this, the bot auto-creates a #tournament-announcements channel.

Set a match room category

/admin set-match-category category:Tournament Matches

When a tournament starts, the bot creates text channels for each match under this category. If you skip this, it creates one automatically.

Add tournament admin roles

/admin set-role action:Add role role:@Tournament Manager

By default, only users with Administrator or Manage Server permission can create and manage tournaments. Add a role here to let community managers run tournaments without those permissions. Up to 3 roles.

Verify your settings

/admin settings

Shows your current configuration at a glance.

2. Creating a Tournament

There are two creation modes: Simple and Advanced.

Simple Mode

/tournament create

1. A dropdown appears with the supported games (CS2, VALORANT, League of Legends, Rocket League, etc.). Pick one, or choose "Other Game" for anything custom.
2. A form pops up asking for Tournament Title, Date & Time (natural language works: March 10 8pm EST, tomorrow 7pm UTC), and Max Players/Teams (2–128).
3. Hit submit and the tournament is live with a signup embed in your announcement channel.

Simple mode uses the game's default settings (format, team size, best-of-1, no check-in).

Advanced Mode

/tournament create-advanced

Same game picker, but after the basic info form you get a settings screen with dropdowns and toggles:

Click More Options for check-in window (5–120 min), required roles, and — for single elimination — a 3rd Place Match toggle (semifinal losers play it out instead of sharing third).

3. Tournament Lifecycle

Registration

The bot posts a signup embed with Sign Up (or Register Team) and Withdraw buttons. Players click to join. The participant count updates in real-time. DM reminders are sent 24 hours and 1 hour before start.

Check-in (if enabled)

Check-in opens automatically before start time (based on your configured check-in window). The signup button is replaced with a Check In button. Players who don't check in are removed when the tournament starts.

Starting

When the scheduled time arrives, the bot posts a message saying the tournament is ready. Start it with:

/tournament start tournament:Friday Night Fights

Or click the Start Tournament button that appears in the channel.

Active

Matches are played. Results are reported via buttons in match rooms or slash commands. The bracket advances automatically and new match room channels are created for each round.

Completed

After the final match, the bot announces results with a podium (champion, runner-up, 3rd place). If auto-cleanup is enabled, match rooms are cleaned up after 30 seconds.

Cancelling

/tournament cancel tournament:Friday Night Fights

Cancels immediately. Scheduled reminders are also cancelled.

4. Reporting Results

From match room channels

When a tournament starts, each match gets its own text channel (e.g. #match-1-player-a-vs-player-b). Inside, there are Player A Wins and Player B Wins buttons. Any admin can click to report the result. The bracket advances automatically.

From slash commands

/tournament report tournament:Friday Night Fights match_number:1 winner:PlayerA score:2-1

The score parameter is optional but useful for record-keeping. The winner field autocompletes with participants in that match.

Viewing the bracket

/tournament bracket tournament:Friday Night Fights

Or click the View Bracket button on the tournament embed.

5. Team Tournaments

When you create a tournament with a team size of 2 or more, the signup flow changes:

1. Players click Register Team on the tournament embed.
2. A form asks for Team Name and Team Members (one username per line, count must match team size minus the captain).
3. The person who registers becomes the team captain.

Captain commands

All team commands only work during the registration phase.

Captain Mode Premium

Normally, all team members must be in the server at signup. With Captain Mode enabled, the captain just types names — members don't need to be in the server yet. The bot resolves names to server members immediately when it can (those members are DMed right away); unmatched names show as (pending) on the signup list and are resolved — and DMed — when the tournament starts. Great for cross-server communities.

6. Seeding Premium

Seeding must be enabled when creating the tournament (toggle it on in Advanced Mode).

/tournament seed set tournament:Friday Night Fights participant:PlayerA seed:1

Seeding affects bracket placement — seed 1 plays the lowest seed in round 1, and so on.

7. Server Settings

Per-game announcement channels

Each game can announce its tournaments in its own channel. The game: parameter is optional — it appears in the option list after you pick the channel:

/admin set-announcement-channel channel:#cs2-tournaments game:Counter-Strike 2

Games without an override keep using the server default channel. Current overrides are listed in /admin settings.

8. Debug & Testing Tools

These add fake participants so you can test the full tournament flow without needing real players.

9. Templates Pro

Save tournament configurations for reuse. Handy for weekly recurring events.

Save from an existing tournament

/templates save tournament:Friday Night Fights name:FNF Standard description:Our weekly 1v1 bracket

Captures all settings: game, format, team size, best-of, check-in, max participants, and more.

Up to 25 templates per server.

10. Subscription Management

11. Command Reference

Tournament Management

Server Settings

Debug Tools

Player Commands

Subscription

Templates Pro

Supported Games

The bot includes presets with optimized defaults for 15 games, organized by category:

Choose Custom to run a tournament for any game not on the list.

Tier Comparison

Run /admin help in Discord for a quick in-server reference, or /help for the player-facing guide.