# Tourney Setup

This page shows you how to create a simple tourney and define the player list. It also discusses accessibility requirements for specific table numbers.

## Creating a tourney

Decide on a name for your tourney and enter it into the "Tourney name" box. This name is used as the filename for the tourney's database file, and it may only contain letters, numbers, underscores and hyphens - no spaces. So `cotrodmore2020` is okay, but `Countdown In Trodmore 2020` is not. When you've entered the name, click Create Tourney. When that succeeds, click the "click here to continue" link and you will land on the Tourney Setup page.

## The Tourney Setup page

The Tourney Setup page allows you to load the list of players and specify the rules of the tournament. To get back to this page at any time, you can click the Tourney Setup link in the sidebar.

### First, enter the player names

A tourney isn't much of a tourney without players. The text area under the heading Player List is where your list of players goes. Put each player name on a separate line, starting with the highest-rated player and finishing with the lowest-rated player. If your tournament is split into divisions, put a hyphen (-) on a line by itself to indicate where the splits are.

Don't worry if the number of players isn't an exact multiple of your desired group size (usually 2 or 3). The fixture generators will automatically generate games against Prune if required. In earlier versions of Atropine the user had to add Prunes manually with a rating of 0, but as of 1.2.1 this is no longer required.

Here's an example list of players you can copy and paste into the player list box.

        Cymbelina Spatchcock
        Lord Hoppleton
        Compton Pauncefoot
        Vampira Smithersby
        Tinned Peaches
        Infumbula Trousers
        Jacquard Hookflash
        Trilby Battenberg
        Blancmange McTaggart
        Sincerity Sandwich
        Salzburg Pound-Quedgeley

Then click Save Player List.

### Now deal with the other stuff

The Tourney Setup stage is also where you can specify other attributes like how many rounds are expected (so it can automatically work out if someone's qualified for the final) and which tables are the designated Acccessible Tables, if any.

### Accessible Tables

You may want to ensure that certain players are always assigned to a specific table number (or one of a set of numbers) if possible. Usually this is to take account of accessibility requirements for wheelchair users at the venue. Atropine provides a mechanism to help with this. The decisions made by fixture generators of who plays whom are not affected by these accessibility requirements - the only thing affected is which table number the player and their opponents are assigned to.

#### Tell Atropine which are the accessible tables

In the Accessibility section of the Tourney Setup page you can define which are the "accessible" tables by putting a list of table numbers in the box, separated by commas.

#### Tell Atropine which players require accessible tables

On the setup page for a player, you can tick a box to mark them as requiring an accessible table. You can reach this page using the Players... link in the sidebar under Tourney Setup. Click the name of the player, tick the Requires accessible table box, and Save Changes. You can also set a "preferred table number" for that player if necessary.

Players who require an accessible table will be placed on one if possible. Once again, accessibility requirements will not affect who plays whom, only the number of the table that player and their opponents play on.

If there are more players than accessible tables, the fixture generator page will warn you.

## Next step

When you've entered the player list, the next step is to Generate Fixtures.

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