Byes, forfeits, and incomplete rounds
See how unplaced teams and unplayed matches affect publication, standings, tiers, and ratings.
When a team cannot be placed
Before generation, a manager can use Edit byes to save or publish teams that should sit out. Matchup generation preserves those choices and may add the minimum extra byes required by capacity.
If selected capacity gives one or more active teams zero matches, round generation suggests formal byes for teams with the fewest previous byes. Equal candidates are resolved by the round's reproducible random order. Receiving fewer matches than another team is not a bye when the team still plays at least once.
If generation adds a bye that was not in a previously published bye list, that list returns to draft for review. Publishing the complete round also publishes its final bye list.
Every active team must appear exactly once in the round participation list as scheduled, on a bye, unavailable, withdrawn, or awaiting resolution. A round cannot be published while a team is still awaiting resolution.
Bye treatment
Balanced round robin
A bye creates no match result, win, loss, tie, or standing points. Previous byes are considered when later rounds need another bye.
Tiered ladder
The team stays in its entering tier and receives that tier's base league points with no performance adjustment. Placement-round byes award no league points.
Elo rating system
No rated matchup occurs, so the team's rating remains unchanged.
Forfeit treatment
Use Forfeit instead of entering invented set scores. The scorecard stays numerically blank, while the non-forfeiting side receives a win and the forfeiting side receives a loss.
- In Tiered ladder, each forfeiting team receives the pool's worst movement.
- Its league-point adjustment follows your configured record or placement policy.
- In Elo, the result uses half the normal rating weight.
- You can finalize a forfeit without entering numeric set scores.
Manager review
As a manager, review publication warnings for unusual participation and assignment choices. You may revise the proposal, but you must correct blocking errors—such as a missing participant or unresolved team—before publishing.