Q: Can I use the keyboard to navigate the program?
A: Yes! Almost every aspect of tio can be controlled using just a keyboard. See
the Tips & Tricks section for details.
Q: How do I change a player's nickname?
A: Click on the Players tab to activate the players editor.
Find the player or team in the list, select their entry, and change their
details in the edit area on the right.
Q: What is the skill field for?
A: Skill is a number from 0 to 10 that can help tio automatically seed a
bracket when using By Skill seeding. Higher
numbers represent better players, so a skill of 10 should be given to the
absolute best players at your tournament. The skill field is always optional
and is only used in By Skill seeding.
Q: What is the location field for?
A: Players can be given a location to help tio separate them from friends and
crew mates during Manual, Skill, Random, or Location seeding. When using By
Location seeding, tio will maximize the separation between players with similar
or identical Location values. Other seeding methods can utilize the Attempt to
Separate by Location option to make sure that
players with identical locations will not play each other in the first round of
an elimination bracket or be placed into the same round robin pool. The
location field does not need to be an actual physical location; it can also
denote a crew, player organization, guild, group of friends, etc.
Q: How many players can be on one team?
A: No limit. Simply separate each player's name with a plus sign (+).
Q: What is the difference between seeding By Location and using the Attempt to
Separate by Location option?
A: Location-based seeding ensures maximum separation between players with
similar or identical locations. For example, two players with the location
"Long Beach" will be guaranteed to not face each other until the finals of
winners bracket in a double elimination bracket. The Separate by Location
option only guarantees that two players with identical locations will not face
each other in the first round of an elimination bracket. It does not make any
guarantees beyond the first round. The behavior for both options is identical
in a round robin bracket: they guarantee that no two players with the same
location will be placed into the same pool (unless it is unavoidable, for
example if there are 10 players with the location "Los Angeles" and only 8
pools).
Q: What is the best way to seed my event?
You should use Manual seeding if you can order
some or all of your entrants by overall skill level. Order those entrants in
the top-most list of the Manual seeding editor. Try and separate the remaining
entrants into the bottom three lists based on their relative skill levels; the
best 1/3 of the entrants should go into the Expert list, the middle third into
the Intermediate list, and the worst into the Beginner list. You can also use
just one or two of the relative lists if you cannot accurately split the
remaining players into 3 distinct groups, or if you do not have the time to do
so.
Use By Location seeding if you instead prefer to make sure that players from
the same area or crew don't play each other in the bracket until it otherwise
cannot be avoided. See the Tips & Tricks section for
more details on flexing the power of Location seeding.
Skill-based seeding can be used if you are able to accurately assign a
numerical skill value to each player in your event. However, you may be better
off using Manual seeding in that case, as Skill seeding must randomly pick
between players of equal skill during seeding, while you might want a specific
seeding order for some of the best players.
In-order seeding is used in special scenarios, particularly when advancing
players from a round robin to a new event. It also makes a very effective tool
for recreating brackets from past tournaments; simply add players to your event
in the order they appear in the old bracket, use the In Order editor to insert
byes as needed, and create your bracket.
Random seeding should only be used as a last resort, as it is most likely to
invalidate your overall event placings. With random seeding, it's possible for
the third-best player to be matched against the best and second-best players in
the first two rounds, which would cause that player to be ranked last even
though he/she could likely defeat nearly every other player in the event.
Q: Is there any way to post a copy of the bracket image online?
A: Right click on an elimination bracket and select "Copy Bracket Image".
Q: Can I rearrange brackets after they've been created?
A: Yes. Elimination brackets can be rearranged by dragging players from one
first-round match to another. The Page Up/Down keys and mouse wheel can be used
to scroll the bracket up and down while dragging players. Swapping cannot be
performed if the selected match has already been completed. The pools in a
round robin bracket can be rearranged by using the View/Edit Pool Asssignments
button in the options area.
Q: Can I feed the winners of each pool in a round robin bracket into a new
bracket?
A: Of course! Use the Advance Winners to a New Event button in the event's
options area to do so. Players will be placed into the new bracket so as to
avoid playing anyone from their round robin pool.
Q: Is there any way to choose a winner when two players have the same record
in a round robin pool?
A: The results section shows all ties for a pool
when it is selected in the results viewer. Just find the pool the players were in
and drag them around the tie-break list to specify the order they should be placed
overall.
Q: How do I find a player's position in a bracket?
A: Press Control+F and type the player's nickname. You do not have to spell their entire
name; you merely have to provide enough letters for tio to pick that player from all
other entered players. You will then be taken to the player's next match in the bracket,
or to their pool in a round robin bracket.
Q: Can I view the names of the players on a team instead of the team nickname?
A: Yes. Right click the bracket and select the Show Player Nicknames option. This option
also exists when right clicking on results lists in a results viewer.
Q: Can I print pool assignments for my round robin bracket?
A: Select the tab for the event you'd like to print and then use the File->Print->Bracket menu.
Q: Is there any way to change the position where a player enters the losers' bracket in a
double elimination bracket?
A: Right click on the player you would like to move at the point where they enter losers' bracket.
Select the "Swap player" option and click on the player you would like to swap the selected one with.
This will rearrange the bracket so the players end up in the desired places.