Notes from the tournament floor
Guides for teachers, playbooks for federations, and updates from the team building the platform.
Student coordinators: less administration, continued teacher oversight
Give trusted students a defined role in school esports admin, with checked permissions, a clear adult contact and an appointment you can review.
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Onboarding schools and teachers into a new esports league
Take a school from initial interest to its first esports match with clear approval, roster, billing and readiness handovers.
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School esports sponsorship without targeting individual students
Give sponsors a clear role in supporting a school esports programme, with shared benefits, measured reporting and firm boundaries around student data.
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How do you choose the right games for a school esports league?
Start with games your students can access and are allowed to play. Check each publisher's rules, then weigh student interest and realistic pathways.
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When should a school esports league add or retire a game?
Review a game against your own pilot goals, actual participation, school and team returns, and the capacity of the rest of your programme.
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Smart match recovery: fair rematching when opponents do not arrive
Where an event uses Smart Match Recovery, teams with inactive opponents are pooled automatically. Proposed format-valid rematches need tournament-administrator approval; an override is a separate decision, and a replacement isn't guaranteed.
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