We're not judging the spreadsheet. We built it too. Here's why it stops working the moment the tournament starts.
Judge radios in. Someone types it. Maybe. The leaderboard doesn't update until someone manually refreshes the public view — if there even is a public view.
Judge taps five times on their phone. Catch enters jury queue. Director accepts. Leaderboard updates worldwide in 10 seconds.
You look at the spreadsheet. "I think we entered it right." There's no audit trail. You argue. Someone leaves unhappy.
You open the audit log. Timestamp, judge name, jury decision, written reason. The record is permanent and unambiguous.
You send a Facebook post screenshot. That's it.
You export a sponsor report — leaderboard impressions, banner views, social reach. Sponsors renew.
Results get emailed around. The file gets archived. Next year, you start from zero.
The results page lives at a permanent URL. Your event archive grows. Next year, you add to it.
No contract. No annual license. No on-site staff. The only "lock-in" is that you'll never want to go back to the whiteboard.
Tell us about your tournament. Most events are configured in an afternoon.