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The tournament chat room

One group conversation per tournament, who can post in it, and how to make it announcement-only.

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Written by Maab Saleem

Every tournament has one chat room. Anybody who opens the tournament's Chat tab joins it and can reply.

Before you start

You need to be signed in to read or post. Only the Owner can restrict the room, from the tournament settings.

Using the room

  1. Open your tournament and choose the CHAT tab. The room starts with the line that says you created it.

    The tournament chat room with two messages from the organiser and three lines saying people joined the group.

  2. Type in the box at the foot and press Enter. The paperclip attaches a photo or a video.

    The chat composer with the message box outlined and a paperclip beside it.

  3. A long message is shortened. Read more opens the rest.

    A long message cut short, with Read more below it outlined.

  4. This is the same on Free and on Pro. Reading a tournament message in full costs nothing.

    The same message, expanded in full, in a Free account's view.

Making it announcement-only

  1. Open your tournament settings and find the CHAT card.

  2. Turn on Announcement only and choose Save Changes.

    The Announcement only switch outlined, with its help text and the Save Changes button.

  3. Everybody else now sees the room read-only. Only you, as the Owner, can post.

    The chat room seen by somebody else: Only group admins can send messages in this announcement-only chat, and a box reading This conversation is read-only.

What you will see

Opening the Chat tab is what joins somebody to the room, and the room says so: Fred KB joined the group. That includes people who are on none of your teams.

A visitor with no account is asked to sign in first.

A signed-out visitor on the Chat tab, reading Join Tournament Chat and Please sign in or create an account to join this tournament chat.

If it does not work

  • Somebody you did not invite is posting. That is how the room works: opening the public Chat tab joins them. Use Announcement only to stop it.

  • Your tournament admin cannot post either. Announcement only leaves the Owner as the one person who can, even though the setting's own wording mentions admins.

  • The Chat tab is missing from your public page. It has been turned off in the presentation editor.

  • Your message is cut short. Anything past about 200 characters is shortened for everybody, on any plan. Read more opens it.

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