Revision as of 03:17, 7 April 2009

By submitting tournament results to this web site promptly, a certified NASPA tournament director ensures that player records and ratings are kept up to date.

All tournament results must be submitted electronically, and every tournament director is expected to be technically able to do so without assistance.

The submission consists of two parts: uploading the results and paying the fee.

How to upload the results

Instructions vary according to the software that you are using to run your tournament.

Uploading directly from tournament management software

tsh

If you are using tsh, make sure you are connected to the Internet and enter the SUBMIT command. The software uplaods the results and redirects you to the payment form for final submission.

Uploading a text file through the online ratings data validator

Save the results in a text file file as instructed in one of the following subsections. Then upload the file using the online ratings data validator at this address:

http://www.scrabbleassociation.com/cgi-bin/submit-rdata.pl

You must get a password from John Chew before being able to upload the file. The ratings validator automatically checks the format of the uploaded file and, when successful, redirects you to the payment form for final submission.

TourneyMan

If you are using TourneyMan, use the “Save for Chew” menu item to create a file whose name ends in “.CHW”, and then submit the file through the online ratings data validator.

TourneyMan has limits on the lengths of player names. If you are trying to submit results for an event that included Verna Richards Berg, TourneyMan will omit the “s” in “Richards”. Use a text editor such as NotePad to restore the “s” before uploading the “.CHW” file.

TMenu (TurnMenu)

If you are using TMenu (also known as TurnMenu), use the “Copy computer data to a Disk” command and choose the Format “NSA crosstable disk”. Make sure you choose the option to include game scores in the output. Then submit the file through the online ratings data validator.

Other software

If you are using other software, please contact the Web Committee to have its instructions posted here.

Software developers should contact John Chew for details of a richer data format recommended for automatic generation of result submissions.

No software

If you are using no software to run your tournament, you should prepare an ASCII text file (not a Word document, or a Unicode text file). It should look as follows, and you should submit it to the ratings data validator when it is ready.

 #division A
 #ratingcheck off
 Chew, John   1800 3 0 2 3 0 2; 300 50 350 300 50 300
 Edley, Joe   2000 0 3 1 0 3 1; 50 300 350 0 300 400
 Butts, Alfred 500 1 2 0 1 2 0; 400 400 50 400 400 50
 #division B
 Doe, John 1500 3 0 2 3 0 2; 300 50 350 300 50 300
 Doe, Jane 1400 0 3 1 0 3 1; 50 300 350 50 300 400
 Doe, Kate 1300 1 2 0 1 2 0; 400 400 50 400 400 50
 #division C
 Sherman, Joel 2000 3 0 2 3 0 2; 300 50 350 300 50 300
 Wapnick, Joel 2000 0 3 1 0 3 1; 50 300 350 50 300 400
 Horn, Joel 1800 1 2 0 1 2 0; 400 400 50 400 400 50

Here is how to read the above.

• If there is data for more than one division in the data file, each new division should begin with a line that consists of “#division”, a space, and the division name.
• If the input ratings in the data file do not match the currently posted NSA ratings, adding the line “#ratingcheck off” will suppress error messages.
• The player data for each division must appear on consecutive lines. Spaces must be inserted where described below, and additional spaces may be added between syntactic elements for clarity or aesthetics. Each line begins with a player’s last name, a comma, a space, the player’s first name, a space, and the player’s input rating (or 0 for previously unrated players).
• After this come a list of pairing numbers indicating who the player played in each round, from the first round to the last. A pairing number of 0 indicates that the player had an unrated bye or forfeit; a pairing number of n means that the player’s opponent was the nth player listed in the division. After the pairing numbers comes a semicolon and the player’s scores in each round, again from the first to the last. If a player had a bye or forfeit, the score should be the player’s spread for that round, typically +50 or −50.

Payment

Regardless of how you upload your results, you will be directed to the payment form. The fees must (currently) be paid using Visa or MasterCard. The submission is not complete until all applicable fees have been paid.

To go to the payment form directly (if you want to submit it another time, or if someone else submits it), use this address:

https://secure.cosmoweb.net/scrabble-assoc/html/ratfee.html

Please note that ratings data submitted more than two weeks after the last day of a tournament are subject to a late fee of $0.25 per person.

External links

• online ratings data validator
• payment form