Category: Toornament Update

New Feature: Platforms

Today, we add a new Feature to Toornament: The Platform. You now have to set (at least) a Platform when creating a new tournament.
The setting is required, and has to be filled in for the tournament to be created:

We have listed platforms per discipline, meaning you will get a list of the available platforms for each game, and when there is only one, it will be set by default.
As for the “Generic Discipline”, it has all of them,
You can also access this option from the “Settings” menu, in case you made a mistake, or would like to add another Platform to the list:

Beware though, if you edit the Settings of an existing tournament, you will now have to set the platform(s) for the saves to be effective, else you’ll be confronted with an error like this:

The form has not been submitted due to invalid data. Please fix them and submit again.
Please fill in the platform for your tournament, as this information is now required.

This is the first step towards a better classification of tournaments on the website, to allow participants to search for tournaments on a platform-basis.
Let us know if you spot any incoherence in the platforms lists!

Additionally, we also changed the process to Login and Register to the website… Nothing changed technically, just a small update to make it better looking on mobile devices, and an improvement needed for new features to come!

Here is what it now looks like (Register on the left, Login on the right):

Support v2: Help Center and Discord Server are Live!

In our drive to offer the best user experience there is, we are today proud to announce our new Help Center and Discord Server!

Help Center

Though useful, our current Knowledge Base, on our Blog was far from perfect. A bit tedious to read and browse, it contained most of the answers you needed, but those were not always easy to find.
Thus, we today introduce the brand new Help Center that gathers all the resources from the Knowledge Base, supplemented with a F.A.Q, all tucked up in a practical and agreeable setting.

For starters, we recommend you read one (or both) of these guides, depending on why you are on Toornament:

We hope you will like and use it, and all comments are welcome on how to make it even better!

discord Server

Our official Support channels welcome a newcomer today, as we officially launch our Discord Server!
Most of you are already familiar with the software, but for those who don’t, let’s simply say it is a combination of text and voice channels, and that ultimately, we hope it will become a community-driven channel, that people use to get quick answers to their everyday questions, whatever the time!
Of course, all previous ways of contacting us remain open, and are still fully operational, we just add a new way of communicating with the team and the community!

New feature: Match Lobby

Participants like to talk, would it be to exchange information about an upcoming match, or to gloat after a win. Whatever the reason, Toornament now features a fully functional and home-made chat system, linked to a tournament’s match: the Match Lobby.
It is available to all the participants of the match, and all admins of the tournament with the “Report Results” permission.

Nintendo Switch games are available on Toornament!

The increasing popularity of the Nintendo new hybrid console brings brand new games to its catalogue. The ones with a competitive side are already available on Toornament, for epic competitions and tournaments! Here is a non-exhaustive list of popular Switch games available for you!


Do we really need to introduce Mario Kart? The licence is back in a Deluxe edition for the Switch, based upon its Wii/Wii U big brothers with new characters, karts and other features such as an 8-players local mode, a LAN mode and a fully unlocked game from the get-go. So time to throttle on and prove the world you’re the best Kart racer there is!


ARMS is a brand new fighting licence coming to life on the Nintendo Switch. You embody fighters with extensive weaponized arms, to try and knock out your opponent(s) in fast-paced and intense arms fights. The premises of this game are just too good to pass up on a tournament!


Splatoon is also back on the Switch with a new opus, soberly titled “Splatoon 2”, in which the goal is still to splatt ink all over the different levels, while the enemy team will do just the same, just with another color. New game modes, features and weapons are announced for the title, released on the 21st of July!


1-2 Switch is a collection of mini-games, bound to keep you busy for hours of friendly fun, but why not make things a bit more spicy with a tournament made up of several different mini-games, or to decide who is the best at Samurai Training or Soda Shake?


Pokken Tournament is a fighting game featuring our favorite pocket monsters. The game will be release on the Switch on the 22nd of September, but in the meantime, some tournaments are already happening! New characters are already announced for this Switch version, and more are bound to come!


Street Fighter II is probably the most emblematic episode of this emblematic series. It’s back on the Switch with a not-so-sober title, “Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers”, but the fundamentals are here, with all the iconic characters, levels and techniques that built the series!


Bomberman is back on the Switch with Super Bomberman R, a new opus of the famous licence, where up to 8 players will be able to fight until they explode for the win. New power-ups, 3D environments and characters and a solo campaign are here to propel this new game.

So wait no more, and create or participate in your first Switch tournament!

New streaming provider: Mixer

A new streaming service is now supported by Toornament: Mixer.
Mixer is a Microsoft next-gen streaming service that offers viewers real-time influence and participation in live game streams.
Real-time and interactivity are the cornerstones of this new service, and you can start broadcasting from XBox One or Windows 10 in a few clicks, without having to install any extra software.

When selecting the streams for your tournament, you can now add a Mixer URL and attach the stream to the matches of your tournament. That will display the stream directly on the Public and Match pages for spectators to see.
The process is detailed HERE.