Host a tournament¶

Part of Start here. Run your first match before this.

Tournaments run structured multi-match events on a playlist: brackets (knockout: one loss and a team is out) or round robins (every team plays every other team). Players queue as usual; the plugin runs the event.

1. Mark a playlist¶

Tournaments switch on per playlist in your playlists file:

playlists:
  friday-cup:
    tournament:
      enabled: true
      use-brackets: true

For a round robin instead, set use-round-robin: true (with best-of: -1 and use-brackets: false). Reload with /manhunt reload.

2. Open registration¶

Players join the playlist queue like any other queue. When enough are in, start the event:

/mh tournament start friday-cup

Between rounds, players never touch the lobby: they hold or spectate a live event match until their next match teleports them straight in.

3. Verify¶

Run one round to the end, then check the event:

/mh tournament history 1

You should see the bracket tree or standings, and the next round should queue on its own.

Want more?¶

• Full format rules (byes, passes, seeding, ranked pools)? Tournaments.
• Ladders between events? Set up ranked play.
• Watching instead of playing? Spectating.