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It is time to run your first practice event. This is a multi-stage competition:

• Stage 1: Round Robin (Group Play)
• Stage 2: Knock Out (Elimination Bracket)
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Pro Tip: Experiment with editing players, correcting mistakes, and recording results in the competition software.

Time to Practice!

Please budget 60-90 minutes for this exercise. It is important to practice making and correcting errors, as well as manually scoring matches in the scoring application, to understand the flow of match assignments and results, back to the competition program.

This is a multi-stage competition:

• Stage 1: Round Robin (Group Play)
• Stage 2: Knock Out (Elimination Bracket)
• Learn More

Follow these 3 steps to begin your practice event:

1. Create
2. Activate
3. Manage

Pro Tip: It is critical to understand how match assignments flow to the scoring application, and match results return to the competition program. Use the practice scoring app to simulate scoring several matches and experience this first hand.

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Introducing: My Events Player Library!

Now you have a single event player library, for ALL your competitions. Access your event player library at any time, directly from the control panel. Before proceeding further, practice adding and editing several player records.

Player Library: There are no limits on the number of player records in your event player library. However, the number of entries in your competitions is limited as follows:

• Trial 1 (Friends and Family): Up to 16 participants - singles only
• Trial 2: Up to 64 participants or teams
• On Going: Up to 64 participants or teams. Request a custom event if you would like to host larger events.

Online Competitions: All participants must have either a paid DartConnect Membership or a FREE Guest Account

Ready for your first competition?

For your first event, we recommend you invite a select group of friendly, patient players who committed to making your first event a success.

If hosting an online event, you will have demands beyond the competition software, including helping participants with web cams, Internet and third party streaming software.

Players who are new to DartConnect?

We recommend you send them the following link: DS Player Guide.

Competition Format:

• Stage 1: Round Robin
• Stage 2a: Winners KO Bracket
• Stage 2b: Consolation KO Bracket (Optional)

Pro Tip: We recommend you do NOT participate. Focus on running a smooth event, becoming familiar with logistical issues that face all competitions. You will be on call!

Congratulations! You have just completed your first live competition! You are now ready to run your first "open" event.

• Events are limited to 64 entries
• You now have the option of running TEAM EVENTS. However, we strongly recommend hosting singles events to gain more experience.
• Online competitions require each participant to have either a paid or free DartConnect membership

Pro Tip: We recommend not participating in events until you have the confidence to respond to player inquiries in a timely manner.

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Digital Steel Terms and Conditions

Congratulations on completing the Digital Steel Certification program!

You are now eligible to create and run DartConnect competitions. In order to do so, you must agree to both the Billing Agreement and Terms and Conditions. You can return to this page at any time. We look forward to working with you.

My Events Agreement

For the purposes of this agreement, "Operator" will refer to the DartConnect Member who is creating and running competitions. "Provider" will refer to DartConnect, LLC. The tournament service may be referred to as "Digital Steel".

To continue hosting online and in-person DartConnect competitions, the operator is required to agree to both the Billing Agreement and the service Terms and Conditions. Accepting these conditions does not obligate the operator to use this feature. However, accepting this agreement formally enters the operator into a commercial relationship with the Provider. Failure to comply with the Billing Agreement and the Terms and Conditions, may result in the suspension of access to the service.

Billing Agreement

For online competitions, all participants must have a DartConnect Membership, either a paid premium account, or a free guest account.

For in-person competitions, this requirement is waived, but strongly encouraged

DartConnect Digital Steel Online Competitions currently bill at the rate of $1 per participant, per competition. A competition may include one or two stages. The billing rate applies to the number of entries for the initial stage.

It is the organizer's responsibility to collect the service fee from the participants.

Note: During the initial phase of this program, the following manual billing process will be in place. However, this will be replaced with a process that will require the operator to keep a settlement process on file, with a third party processor, to enable simple reconciliation of invoices.

Interim Billing Process

At the start of each week, the Provider will invoice the operator, for any events that occurred in the week prior. The provider will provide an activity report that the operator can review. Should the operator run multiple events during a 7-day period, the Provider will make best efforts to consolidate all events into a single invoice.

At the Provider’s sole discretion, it may provide an operator with extended terms, to reduce the number of settlement transactions.

All invoices must be settled within 5 days to avoid suspension of service. Once service is suspended, there is a $20 reactivation fee, added to the outstanding invoice(s).

All invoices for "My Events" must be settled electronically through the options PayPal offers. Settlement with checks, mail orders, cash settlement is not permitted.

I Agree to DartConnect's Billing Agreement

Terms and Conditions

The Provider makes best efforts to provide a reliable service offering. The ability to use the DartConnect platform relies on multiple third part vendors and service providers to enable the DartConnect Experience.

Online events introduce additional environmental issues, including the participants individual Wi-Fi environment, devices and browsers which may not be optimized for online competitions.

Unless previously arranged, all competitions are billable once match play begins. It is the operator's responsibility to become familiar with running Digital Steel Competitions and their selected operating environment, including both in-person venues and online. Operators are responsible for the first line of customer support. DartConnect provides extensive documentation for its platform.

Should an issue arise, the provider will make best efforts to research and correct any conditions that may have contributed to the situation. At this time, the provider cannot commit to providing real-time support for all events. Should resources be available, the provider will respond, and make best efforts to resolve. It is the operator's responsibility to be familiar with the options that allows the competition to continue when a situation occurs.

I Agree to DartConnect’s Terms and Conditions

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– Your Event Access has been suspended due to lack of payment or a customer service issue. Please contact events@dartconnect.com to resolve.