Awards
Awards are the season's honours — the bits of glory handed out at the end. Some are voted on by the league, some you decide as organizer, and one works itself out from the games played. A finalized award is announced with its winner for the whole league to see.
Awards never touch standings, points, or seeding — they are honours only.
The four kinds
Decided automatically
Worked out from the sportsmanship ratings players leave after their games — the highest average wins. Nobody votes; just finalize it at the end.
Player vote
Each player tags up to three of their own gallery photos as best-painted entries (the "Best painting" checkbox on a photo). At finals everyone votes for a painter — not yourself, and only painters who tagged an entry are on the ballot. The most-voted painter wins.
Players choose
A custom award the league votes on — pick a player (not yourself). Most votes wins. Good for things like Best Opponent or Most Improved.
You choose
No vote — the organizer names the winner directly. For calls only you can make, like a wooden spoon or a spirit-of-the-league nod.
How voting works
- You open it when you're ready. A voted award stays closed until the organizer opens it. Players only see Voting not open yet until then.
- One vote each, and you can change it. Everyone gets a single vote per award; cast it again to move it before voting closes.
- Votes are secret until the reveal. Nobody can see who voted for whom — not even the tally — until the award is finalized. The organizer is the only exception.
- No voting for yourself. You can't vote for your own photo or your own name.
Finalizing a winner
When you finalize an award, the app settles the winner — counting the votes, reading the sportsmanship ratings, or taking the name you picked — closes voting, and reveals it. A finalized award shows as an engraved relic card with a medal and the winner. It's a one-time call: once revealed, it stays put.
Setting them up
- Open a season in the admin area and find the Awards section.
- First time through, hit Set up default awards to seed Best Sportsman and Best Painted.
- Add your own with a name and a kind — a player vote or an organizer pick.
- For voted awards, open voting when you want the league weighing in, and close it when you're done.
- Finalize each award to reveal its winner.
Players find the awards on the Awards tab inside a season.