Hey Pinside,
As some of you know, I am a hobby operator here in Minnesota. We started leagues last summer at my location and quickly learned how much work can go into league management and points. I was using a spreadsheet with another friend and we just thought that there has to be a better way. We found out that there wasn't anything out there to help make this easier. This January another league player and I decided to write out own.
We have been working on it the past few months and have been using it in our Winter 2015 league and its been a HUGE improvement. There is no paperwork to do, no scores to enter from someones chicken scratch.
We plan to launch later this year but would like to find some leagues interested in BETA Testing.
How it works:
The portal contains an instance of our software. We have been building rules and points options for setup.
Each group enters their groups scores on their smartphone. and they are submitted. We have options for two step verification and photo verification as needed.
The software does the rest. All scores, averages, group sorting is done instantly. League Admins have the ability to check players in as they arrive, have notes for the week/session, track league fee payments, and has a balance sheet to show where funds have been spent. You also set the games you are playing for the week.
The best part of our software is the player profile that it creates. It logs all your rated scores, positions, high games, low games per league and even by game. As more leagues join, more cool data like whats the highest rated game on Fish Tales or Walking Dead or the location with the highest games?
If you run a league and are interested in using our software, send me a PM. We would love to get more rules and point options entered into our system before we launch to the public.
Happy Flipping!
Tony
East Side Pinball