[65] Delegate tasks
2020, August 13th
Right now, there is a tab in our website called “Ask to organize a tournament”.
It means that for the moment, I create every tournament hosted on the platform, even for external organizers. It is just a way to keep control of what is happening on the platform for the moment.
But it creates issues. I am not always behind my computer and can’t always create a tournament for them, so they have to wait until I go back home to see their tournament displayed on the website. No a very lean experience.
I also need to check if scores are correctly filled since external organizers can’t manage scores.
It a word, I always have to be there. It’s not sustainable.
We need to reduce my presence to 0 in the whole process. And it means delegating some more responsabilities to external organizers, which is also a little bit scary for us.
Until now, we have an eye on everything to make sure everything goes well. But we can’t do that forever.
Our first step has been to let teams fill their own scores. And the system of validation if scores are the same prevents from cheating. Now, we can add two new things:
- All scores filled during a tournament are visible by other teams. So if a team forgets to enter a score, or fills a wrong score, other teams can see it and ask the former to correct. Teams self manage better and admins can focus on where they matter.
- Allow external organizers to fully manage scores. Our first thought was to fear that they cheat, and enter wrong scores. But it’s the same problem than teams. They have no interest in doing so. And when they organize outside the IFC, they have full control of scores. And it’s ok. So let’s do it.
We will implement these features step by step. They are likely to significantly reduce organizers’ workload.
