Question 1

Which sports can I run?

Accepted Answer

Softball and slo-pitch, baseball, ice hockey, and soccer, each as a tournament or a league. Softball came first, because one sport done properly beats five done halfway: every feature, every page and every number was built and tested against it until it was right. Baseball, hockey and soccer are built on that same foundation, each in its own words and with its own defaults: innings, runs and umpires for baseball; rinks, periods, goals and referees for hockey; halves, goals and referees for soccer. All three are new, so if anything reads wrong for your sport, tell us. More sports follow the same way.

Question 2

How can I support Esports Authority?

Accepted Answer

The Support page has everything: our Patreon and other ways to give, who has donated, every goal and what it unlocks, and the roadmap. You can also help for free - invite a friend, run your next event here, or tell your league about us.

Question 3

What do the Patreon tiers include?

Accepted Answer

Six monthly tiers, Common ($25) up to Exotic ($2,500). They include Pro or Max time, Gold, custom VIP links, permanent event slots, home page ad credit, discounts on the 2027 Summer Tournament and, from Uncommon up, mailed First Edition card packs, with launch merch at the top tiers. Every perk, tier by tier, is on the Patreon page.

Question 4

Do I need to pay to run a tournament?

Accepted Answer

No. Creating and running a tournament or a league is free, including the live page, scores, standings and the bracket. A Free account runs 1 event at a time, with up to 16 teams, 4 fields and 15 days. Bigger or longer events need Pro or Max. The account subscription table on the Shop page shows exactly what each level includes.

Question 5

Does Esports Authority handle registration fees or prize money?

Accepted Answer

No. We never touch event money. We don't collect registration fees, entry fees or deposits, and we don't pay out prize pools. All of it stays between the organizer and the teams, the way it works today. Payments through the site are slated for late 2027.

Question 6

Do players need an account?

Accepted Answer

No. Anyone with the link can follow along on their phone, see the schedule, check standings and watch scores come in. Accounts are for organizers and for people who want their own profile, card, stats and rewards.

Question 7

Will you help me set up or run my event?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Esports Authority launches in open beta October 5th, 2026, and until January 1st, 2027 MLG Anakin will personally help you set up your event, or build the entire thing for you, for free. He is starting local in BC and across Canada, and is happy to travel anywhere in North America to help run your event in person. Already have a schedule? Send it as it is - a spreadsheet, a PDF, even a photo - and it gets built for you. We do not handle entry fees or prize money; everything else, we do.

Question 8

How long does it take to set one up?

Accepted Answer

Most organizers get from an empty builder to a shareable link in about five minutes. Add your teams, your fields and your time slots, and the schedule and bracket build themselves.

Question 9

How do I find an event to enter?

Accepted Answer

Browse Tournaments & Leagues lists every public event, with a tab for tournaments and a tab for leagues, sortable by date, distance from your team's field and prize pool. Open one to see its schedule, rules and how to register.

Question 10

Which sign-in should I use?

Accepted Answer

Any of them - Google, Steam, Discord or Twitch. Pick one and stick with it, because each sign-in is its own account. You can connect your other accounts from your profile afterwards.

Question 11

Basic Creator Tool or Advanced Creator Tool - which should I use?

Accepted Answer

Either one makes the same tournament. The Basic Creator Tool is one short page - name, teams, fields, dates, umpires, playoff format, game lengths, daily start and end times, location and contact - with the Does It Fit read-out beside it the entire time. Press Create Tournament and you land on the same tournament page with every tool the Advanced Creator Tool has, so you can fine-tune anything afterwards. Switch between them with the two buttons at the top of the creator.

Question 12

How do the groups feed the playoff brackets?

Accepted Answer

With Seed playoffs by overall rank on, every team is ranked across all groups and the best records fill the top bracket. With it off, each group's finishing places decide which bracket a team lands in. With it off and more than one bracket, you can also set it by hand - pick which bracket each group feeds. Use the Visualize groups, bracket and schedule links to see the result straight away.

Question 13

Tournament Basics

Accepted Answer

The name and the numbers everything else is built from - minimum and maximum teams, division, age group, total fields, innings, game length and the break before playoffs. Change these first; the sections below follow them.

Question 14

Format

Accepted Answer

How the event is played: pool play then a playoff bracket, round robin only, or a bracket only. For brackets you choose single or double elimination and how many teams make it out of the pools. The schedule is rebuilt from whatever you pick.

Question 15

Days & Times

Accepted Answer

Your first and last day, each day's start and end time, and an optional break that closes every field for part of a day (ceremonies, a home run derby, lunch). Games are fitted into exactly that time. If games do not fit, the builder says how many and why.

Question 16

Payments & Deposits

Accepted Answer

The entry fee per team, an optional deposit to hold a spot, and your own costs (field rental, insurance, awards). The builder checks the numbers add up against what you promise to pay out, and tells you the shortfall if they do not. These numbers are for your planning and your event page only: Esports Authority never collects or pays out any of this money.

Question 17

Prize Pool

Accepted Answer

What each bracket pays out, place by place. With more than one bracket, each has its own purse. Prizes show on the live page and on the final standings card.

Question 18

Rules

Accepted Answer

Your event's rules, shown on the live page's Rules tab. The Auto-Fill From A Ruleset dropdown fills in common rec-league rules as a starting point - always check them against your own league's rulebook. Tick boxes cover stealing, leading off, pitcher masks, Small Ball / Big Ball for co-ed and a home run cap. Group standings break ties by best record first, then head-to-head, run differential, runs scored and fewest runs allowed, with a coin flip or tiebreaker game last - you can reorder the middle four.

Question 19

Registration Questions

Accepted Answer

Extra questions teams answer when they register - a contact number, jersey sizes, anything you need. Every new event starts with six filled in and none required: full name, email, team name, cell number, and extra emails and phone numbers. Edit, reorder or delete them. Answers show up with each team's registration.

Question 20

Umpires

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Whether the tournament provides umpires or teams self-umpire. If you provide them, the umpire schedule tracker lays out the crews and each umpire sees their own duty list.

Question 21

Location

Accepted Answer

Where the event is. It powers the map on the live page and the distance sorting on Browse, so teams nearby can find you.

Question 22

Venue Info

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Answers to what families always ask - hotels, camping, RV hookups, washrooms, food, wifi. Optional, and shown on the live Rules tab.

Question 23

Optional Extras

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Everything that is useful but not required - stream links, your contact details, where teams send payment and your own notes. Leave any of it off and the event works the same.

Question 24

Score Reporting

Accepted Answer

Who can enter and edit scores: only you, admins you flag, or approved captains of the two teams in that game. Score changes can be reviewed and undone.

Question 25

Registration Requirements

Accepted Answer

Coming soon. This will let you choose who can register a team. For now every event is open to any team.

Question 26

Teams

Accepted Answer

The teams in the event and their seeds. A team's seed is its place in the list; lock any seed and shuffling keeps it where it is. Teams can come from the site's team database or be typed in.

Question 27

Team Database

Accepted Answer

Teams already on the site, ready to add with one click, carrying their logo, colours and rating. If a team you need is missing, ask them to make one or get in touch and we will add it.

Question 28

Schedule

Accepted Answer

The full grid - every game on every field at every time - built from everything above. Download it as an image to post or print.

Question 29

Pool Groups

Accepted Answer

Which pool each team is in. Move a team to fix a mistake without reshuffling who plays who, and save any pool as a picture with its camera button.

Question 30

Team-by-Team Schedule

Accepted Answer

Each team's own games in order, so a manager can see theirs at a glance. Every team card has a Save to Device button.

Question 31

Profile Trophies and XP

Accepted Answer

Whether playing in this event earns XP and profile trophies. Not every event has it switched on.

Question 32

Can teams enter their own scores?

Accepted Answer

Yes, if you allow it in Score Reporting. A team can enter its own result without being able to change anybody else's, and everything they enter is visible to you and reversible.

Question 33

What happens if a team drops out on the day?

Accepted Answer

Do not rebuild the schedule once the day has started. In a league, use Manage Teams on the league page to withdraw the team: its played games stay on record and its unplayed ones come off the schedule. In a tournament there is no withdraw button, so leave the schedule as it is and record each game they miss as a win for the other team.

Question 34

The schedule says some games do not fit. What now?

Accepted Answer

There is not enough time or space for the format you picked. Add a field, add a day or a game night, or shorten the game length. The builder tells you how many games are unplaced so you can see whether one change is enough.

Question 35

Who umpires the playoff games?

Accepted Answer

If teams umpire, the site gives every playoff game an umpire team for you, without clashing with that team's own games. If nobody is free for a game, the schedule says so.

Question 36

I picked 5 group games each but teams only get 3. Why?

Accepted Answer

A team cannot play more opponents than its group has. In groups of 4 every team has 3 opponents, so 3, 4 and 5 games each all come out as 3. The builder's dropdown now says when your groups are too small for a number, and the guaranteed minimum games shows what teams will really get. Bigger groups (or fewer of them) allow more games.

Question 37

Can I save brackets and standings as pictures?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Every bracket, every pool, the final standings and each team's schedule has a 📷 Save to Device button that saves an exact picture of what is on screen to post or print - plus a GIF when something on it moves. On your own profile, the small camera on the top-left corner of your card saves it the same way.

Question 38

How do I earn XP?

Accepted Answer

By using the site: tournament games (on events with XP switched on), finishing a tournament, Flip Battles, opening packs, spinning the wheel, the daily shop, quests, and visiting - with bonus XP for visit streaks. Your first tournament and first team pay a one-time bonus. The XP page shows what you can earn. Pro earns 15% more and Max 30% more.

Question 39

What do account levels give me?

Accepted Answer

Every level from 2 to 100 pays something - cosmetics, card packs, bonus XP, and on some of them a free wheel spin. Past level 100, extra XP keeps paying free card packs. Claim them on the XP page.

Question 40

What are achievements?

Accepted Answer

Milestones you count up to - cards, packs, games, teams, levels, friends invited. Each unlocks a trophy or cosmetic once, and the long ones add packs and XP.

Question 41

How do quests work?

Accepted Answer

The Quests page has three tabs. Daily Quests are daily and weekly goals that count themselves from what you already do - Flip Battles, packs, wheel spins, the daily shop, tournament games - plus the daily check-ins. Connection Quests pay you for following and connecting accounts. Milestone Quests are the one-time Rookie Path. Claim them on the Quests page before they reset (midnight Pacific; weeklies on Monday).

Question 42

What is the Card Binder?

Accepted Answer

Your card home: every card you own, nine to a page like a real collector's binder, with your stats, a rarity chart, your best 5-card hand, your team cards and your set progress. Open a set to see every card in it in every suit, owned or missing (missing ones greyed out), and use Show to narrow it to owned or missing. By card (full sets) is one sleeve per card; By suit (every suit) is one per card per suit, with x(n) under each and your best copy on top - tap one with copies to see them all. The Unique, Every suit and Master set counters track one of each card, each card in every suit, and every card in every suit at every rarity. On a phone you swipe the pages.

Question 43

How does trading in cards work?

Accepted Answer

Keep the fire going: on Trade-In Cards, ten cards of one rarity make one trade - always ten - and each trade pays the reward you pick: XP, a free card pack or a free wheel spin. Common 100 XP or 1, Uncommon 250 XP or 1, Rare 500 XP or 1, Epic 750 XP or 2, Legendary 1,000 XP or 3. You can do several trades at once. Exotics can never be traded in, and neither can your favorites or your 10 strongest cards; with Extras Only on, the best copy of every card stays too.

Question 44

How do I stop a card being traded in?

Accepted Answer

Make it a favorite: tap the star on it in the Card Binder. Favorites are locked and never go in the fire. Your 10 strongest cards are always protected as well.

Question 45

What is in a card pack?

Accepted Answer

Four cards and one cosmetic. A cosmetic you already own turns into XP instead. Every card is serial-numbered in the order packs are opened. On the Card Shop a pack costs 3 Silver, or 4 packs for 1 Gold.

Question 46

Where are my free packs?

Accepted Answer

On the Card Shop, under Free packs. Packs you earn from levels, quests, achievements, trade-ins, codes and other rewards wait there - pick which pack, choose How many? and open up to 5 at a time. Your free daily pack is on the Card Shop too.

Question 47

How does the Random Wheel work?

Accepted Answer

One spin costs 3 Silver, or buy spins in bulk with Gold (5 for 1 Gold). Each spin gives one cosmetic from the same pool as packs and the daily shop. A duplicate pays XP, and enough duplicates earn a free spin that only lands on something you do not own yet.

Question 48

What is the daily shop?

Accepted Answer

Four cosmetics that change every midnight UTC, bought with Gold or Silver. It is on the Shop page, under the Gold Coin packs.

Question 49

I have a code. Where do I redeem it?

Accepted Answer

On the Shop page, in the Have a code? box - right under the Site Memberships description, and again under Buy Gold Coins. Codes can give Gold, Silver, Pro or Max time, XP, card packs, free wheel spins or a specific cosmetic.

Question 50

How does Invite a Friend work?

Accepted Answer

Share your link or QR code from your profile. When a friend makes a new account from it and starts playing, you both earn rewards, and friends who level up count toward your invite milestones. Rewards are free spins and XP only.

Question 51

Where are my messages?

Accepted Answer

The Messages button in the bottom-right corner. Team chat is there for every team you are on (pick the team from the list), and supporter chat is there for players you and they both support. Expand opens the full-size chat on the team page or the player's profile - it is the same chat, just bigger. The Events tab holds messages from the organizers of events you are in.

Question 52

How do I leave a Flip Battle?

Accepted Answer

Press Leave - it is always there during a game, next to Forfeit above your hand. Leaving before a card is down just leaves. Once cards are down it counts as a forfeit. When a game ends you can play again, go up a difficulty, pick any difficulty, or leave.

Question 53

What is the Rookie Path?

Accepted Answer

A handful of one-time quests for new accounts - open your welcome pack, wear a cosmetic, play a Flip Battle, spin the wheel, join a team, check the leaderboard, follow an event. Each pays a little XP and together they take you to about level 4.

Question 54

Where is everything on my profile now?

Accepted Answer

Your card sits on the left with your name, level, coins and record beside it, and eight tabs: Matches (upcoming, recent and Elo history), Teams, Trophies, Cards, Wall, Look (your name, flag, roles and every cosmetic, each on a row that scrolls sideways), Achievements and Settings (your currencies, custom web address, invite a friend, connected accounts, privacy and your spin, XP and coin history). The camera on the corner of your card saves a picture of it, and the small Share button beside your flag copies your profile link. Other players' pages use the same layout with Matches, Teams, Trophies, Cards, Wall, Achievements, Supporters and Stats.

Question 55

How does the card game leaderboard work?

Accepted Answer

It counts games played, wins at Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert, and total ties. Monthly rankings with prizes are coming soon. The Mini Games page has a button straight to it.

Question 56

Do I need a subscription for the entire event?

Accepted Answer

Only if the event is above the Free limits. Free covers 1 event at a time with up to 16 teams, 4 fields and 15 days. Pro covers 2 events, 32 teams, 8 fields and 50 days. Max covers 10 events, 256 teams, 32 fields and 155 days. If your tournament or league needs Pro or Max, that subscription has to be active for the entire length of the event, from the first game to the last.

Question 57

I am an organizer and my subscription ended in the middle of my event. What happens?

Accepted Answer

If the event fits the Free limits, nothing changes. If it is above any Free limit, the event pauses: scores cannot be entered, standings and brackets stop updating, and changes cannot be saved while it is still above the Free limits. Nothing is deleted, and everyone can still open the page and see the schedule and every result so far. It picks up exactly where it stopped as soon as you renew a subscription that covers it, or lower the event's teams, fields or length to fit the Free limits.

Question 58

I have more events than my plan allows now. What happens to them?

Accepted Answer

They all stay. You cannot create a new event until you are back under your limit, either by renewing, deleting an event you no longer need, or buying a forever event slot. Forever slots never expire, whatever plan you are on.

Question 59

I own more teams than my plan allows now. What happens?

Accepted Answer

Free accounts can own 1 team, Pro 2 and Max 10. If a subscription ends and you own more than your new limit, every team keeps its page, roster, history and cards, but your teams cannot register for new events until you renew or delete teams to get back under the limit. Events a team is already registered in are not affected.

Question 60

I am a player, manager or team staff. Does anything stop working?

Accepted Answer

No. Playing, rosters, scores, chat, cards, levels and everything you have earned stay exactly as they are. You only lose the extras the subscription added: ads come back, the XP boost goes back to 0%, and card pack and wheel odds return to the Free odds.

Question 61

My custom web address ran out. What happens?

Accepted Answer

Only the custom link stops. Your original link never changes and keeps working, so nothing shared with the original link breaks. Buy the custom address again to switch it back on. Custom addresses are bought on their own with Gold and do not depend on a subscription.

Question 62

What about Elo tracking and gifts I already bought?

Accepted Answer

Elo and leaderboard tracking bought for an event stays with that event. Gold, Silver, cards, cosmetics and forever event slots stay on your account. A gift subscription you already sent keeps running for the person who received it.

Question 63

Someone is sitting on my team name, username or web address. What can I do?

Accepted Answer

Tell us through Contact Us. Names and addresses on the site are for the people and teams who actually use them. If a team name, player name, username, custom web address or anything similar is being held to block, impersonate or pressure another team or person, Esports Authority may take it back and give it to its rightful owner. Every case is reviewed before anything changes.

Question 64

What is free and what costs extra?

Accepted Answer

Every part of the site is free to use: build and run a tournament or a league, the live page, scores, standings and brackets, team and player profiles, account levels and XP, quests, card packs from play and the card game. You just see ads. What costs extra is optional: a Pro or Max subscription for bigger events (more fields, teams and days, and more events at once), no ads and a small XP and pack-odds boost, and per-item add-ons like Elo and leaderboard tracking for an event, custom web addresses, and forever event slots.

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