Round-robin tournaments (arranged matches)

[DiptaRising]

We have been discussing in our server on why it is so difficult to play tournaments in lishogi and we came to the conclusion that if we had the option of creating tournaments in the style they are found in 81dojo, that is, a simple table with the matches to be played, and the players themselves have a period of time to play said game and the result is registered in the table as well.

I am not 100% aware of how they work but I think tournament organizer has the power to arrange the participants in a different order so to match some people intentionally.

Why would this be good?

Many times we want to play tournaments but there is only 1-2 people in the tournament, and they are in pause; only some very big yearly tournaments gather 10-25 people.

Part of the problem is that we are few, or we are not used to find people on lishogi, or that we don't live in the same part of the world and have different timezones.

If we had the possibility of prearranged tournaments 81dojo-like when there is that period to play the game, such obstacles would be easily overcome.

Regular tournaments may still exist of course, but the versatility and activity that such new feature would bring would be very good for the site.

What do you think? Can we make it happen?

Thanks so much!!

[WandererXII]

Here's what I have so far, I've hidden previous replies for now so this is more visible on top.

I added new tournament format 'Round-robin'. Currently implemented like this:

1. Players join tournament (joining allowed by default even after tournament starts)
2. Players can arrange time when they want to play between each other
3. To start a game, both players need to be present and click 'Start game' (doesn't require previous agreement, can be pressed anytime)
4. After game is finished 3 points are awarded for win, 2 for draw and 1 for loss.

Other features of Round-robin:

• Tournaments can last n months
• Correspondence is allowed
• Max number of players will be limited
• Limited to 1 game between 2 players
• Notifications will be sent before arranged games (1 day before maybe?, idk)

Still want to change the layout, no point reserving the right side for a featured game, when most of the time it would be an inactive game, might move the 'Recently played games' there.
Not too sure about point 3, seems kinda clunky... This is first draft kinda, so If you have anything to add/ask please do.