Lessened the impact of our watermark in bracket embeds
2019-12-18
Added
"Split Participants" double elimination feature that allows you to start half of your participants in the losers bracket
Changed
Improved final stage seeding and pairings for two-stage tournaments
2019-12-03
Changed
Updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy to reflect our change in ownership to Logitech
2019-11-27
Added
Custom fields for event registration
Option to export event orders to CSV
2019-10-02
Added
Discord integration (beta) for Challonge Pro Communities
2019-09-25
Added
Private details can now be added to stations. These details might include server joining info, links, or other details you want to expose to participants. These details are only visible to admins and applicable participants.
Fixed
Stations assigned to group stage matches are now visible in the brackets
Changed
When assigning a station to a match from the stations page, the matches list is now partitioned by Group when applicable.
2019-09-05
Added
You can now mark individual tournaments as unranked. This prevents their match results from affecting player ratings.
2019-08-19
Changed
Top navigation links for Tournaments, Events, Communities, and Search are now available on almost all pages and also to logged out visitors.
2019-08-13
Fixed
Community look-up is now case insensitive
2019-08-07
Changed
Updated Japanese translations
2019-07-30
Changed
Reworked the filters for site-wide search
Fixed
When entering a Challonge bracket URL in XSplit Broadcaster, the page now redirects to the XSplit plugin like it should.
2019-05-29
Fixed
Follow button behavior on bracket and standings pages
2019-05-28
Added
New default avatars for communities (they're awesome)
Fixed
Proper displaying of event order form errors
2019-05-21
Added
Email notifications for changes to Community subscription preferences
Plug for paid tournaments that links to more information
Fixed
XSplit plugin integration
Stripe connection issue impacting Community-hosted events and tournaments
Changed
Improved message editor for Community announcements
Much faster announcement posting for communities with a large number of followers
2019-05-09
Changed
Team members now auto-follow a community when participating in a tournament
2019-05-06
Fixed
Manual order entry now includes a field for email address. This previously defaulting to the logged in user but limited you to one manual entry per account.
Invitation-related fix for users who are already registered
Communities you follow and manage now just show up under Managed Communities, not both sections
2019-04-25
Fixed
Uses custom game art for games on community pages (we have our own collection and then fall back on Player.me's database)
Fixes favicon URLs following our CDN change
'Offers' Pro Community section fixed for Firefox
2019-04-18
Fixed
Station auto-assignment for Swiss tournaments
Changed
Timezone for new events now defaults to your account's timezone
Updates tons of language translations
2019-04-02
Fixed
Tournament pagination controls on community pages
Changed
Increased permitted file size for community banner images
Minor refinements to the Discovery Communities page
We released a Pro tier for Communities, where ads get removed from all of your content on Challonge.com, plus other benefits shown here: About Communities
Changed
Consolidated a few community admin pages into a single Settings tab
2019-03-05
Added
Community followers will now receive announcement notifications
Fixed
Community announcement date formats for Firefox and IE
User follow button is now hidden when viewing your own profile (sorry self love)
Tournament tie-breaks should no longer reset to defaults when saving settings
2019-03-04
Added
'Create' drop-down for admins on Community pages
Tournament and event participants will now auto-follow the associated communities when present
2019-02-28
Changed
Added page title and open graph info (social sharing image, title, description) for communities
Updated Japanese translations
Fixed
Various minor changes to communities, some bigger additions coming soon
2019-02-16
Fixed
Fixed bug with bracket click and drag
2019-02-15
Added
Challonge organizations are now Communities! More details to follow soon.
2019-02-14
Added
Matches can now be queued for stations. This is especially useful for ensuring certain matches go on stream or on stage, and it also helps with station sharing for tournaments with pools.
Fixed
Event collaborators can now report match scores as advertised.
2019-02-08
Added
Added Live Stream URL to stations. When you assign a streamed station to a match, the match gains a video camera icon and direct link to the stream.
Collapse and animate large brackets on scroll (private beta, but stay tuned, this is awesome)
Changed
Redesigned how match station and time is represented on the bracket
Several optimizations to speed up page loading times
When changing a match's station from the bracket, there's no longer a delay for the station to show up
Removed description from stations
2019-02-05
Changed
Improved search on the event check-in page: broader query and asynchronous (no full page reload)
Improved event check-in: check in and undo check in are no asynchronous (no full page reload)
2019-01-24
Changed
Log in and Sign up forms now load in a modal window in some contexts, including event registration
Updated Italian translations
The process for setting a Challonge password on an Facebook or Twitter-connected account is now much less painful
Fixed
Fixed a couple bugs related to Twitter OAuth login
Improved OAuth login and registration flow, which fixed some related bugs
2019-01-08
Changed
Drag-and-drop participant swapping in brackets is now disabled on phones (accidents were too easy to make)
Fixed
Fixes some tournament links from event pages that led to brackets not loading properly
2019-01-03
Fixed
Fixes rendering of XSplit and StreamControl themes in the XSplit Broadcaster plugin
Changed
Allow images in event descriptions
2018-12-20
Fixed
Layout bugs on the team creation page
Adds a button for reporting ties in group stages
2018-12-11
Fixed
Internet Explorer score reporting
2018-12-07
Changed
Updated translations for Korean, Italian, Hungarian, French, Spanish, German, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, and Japanese
Added
Partial Indonesian translation
2018-12-03
Fixed
Rendering of this changelog
Paid tournaments and events won't pin to your dashboard for a pending order, only for a paid order
2018-11-28
Added
New Free-For-All (FFA) tournament format with support for 3-16 participants per match!
Fixed
Form fields for final stage grand finals settings
Minor bugs affecting the tournament settings form
2018-11-20
Changed
Pricing for paid tournaments and events is now a flat fee per transaction
Fixed
When sharing admin access to a tournament, the input box should now remain visible
Match score updating for some cases
2018-11-12
Fixed
Resetting a match should clear the participant who advanced from dependent matches
Changed
Improved the score reporting alert/confirmation dialogs
2018-11-09
Fixed
Properly support Quick Advance for Swiss
Fixes tournament creation link within an event with 1+ tournaments
Properly ends Swiss tournaments when an impossible pairing scenario is reached
2018-11-08
Fixed
Bug fixes
Remove '0' placeholders in score reporting
Major stylesheet refactor, including some UI bug fixes
2018-11-05
Fixed
Score reporting bugs
2018-11-02
Added
Free-For-All tournament format for private beta and Nocturnal 2018
Changed
Rebuilt score reporting views
Updates to Station Queue (still in private beta)
2018-10-30
Added
Paid tournaments! You can now charge for tournament admission, event if you're not using our Events feature
Private beta for a new Station Queue view
Changed
Improved formatting of event date, time, and location
2018-10-19
Changed
Notifications are now shown to the left of account info in the upper-right corner
2018-10-15
Changed
Event URLs are now case insensitive
2018-10-11
Changed
Redesigned the event registration process
Adding a tournament to an event now goes through the typical tournament setup form. You no longer need to go through the two step process of defining tournament registration settings and then publishing tournaments.
Event tickets are now categorized as either spectator tickets or participant tickets.
Various other fixes and changes to Events
2018-09-25
Added
Added an option to automatically assign available stations to matches
Added an option to only start matches that have been assigned stations
Fixes
Security and privacy patches
2018-08-16
Added
New stations feature! Tournaments now have a stations tab for listing stations/consoles/courts/whatever-applies-to-you and assigning them to matches.
Fixes
Performance fix when saving tournaments and their associations (discussion posts, included)
Current match summary will now correctly show "Loser of ..." instead of "Winner of ..." when applicable
2018-08-09
Changed
Refreshed email template
Added an XL avatar size for users, teams, and organizations for new users and HDPI screens
Fixes
Double elimination ranks when no grand finals are held
Redirect on log-in after access is denied
Various aspects of events, including fixes to product quantity availability, check-in, and ordering when not logged in
XSS-related security patches
Clickable Challonge logo when embedding a bracket with an ad
2018-06-06
Changed
Updates our Privacy Policy
Added
User setting to opt-in for product updates and major tournament announcements
2018-05-18
Fixed
Mobile formatting fix for tournament details (more to come later for desktop)
Breadcrumb text alignment on tournament pages tied to events
2018-05-14
Added
Paid tournaments (closed beta rollout)
Order editing for events - participants can now add additional tournaments after their initial order
API endpoint to clear all participants in a tournament (api.challonge.com/v1/documents/participants/clear)
Social sharing added to event order confirmation pages
Avatars of participants are now shown on the tournaments tab of events
Sales chart added to the event dashboard
Order searching added to event management
Changed
Minor redesign to tournament pages to start incorporating elements from our Events layout
Removed strict requirements to publish an Event. Tickets and such are now all optional steps.
Improved error messages in events when policies deny access
Auto-complete when inviting new team and organization members
2017-10-18
Fixed
Match attachment file uploads (broke when we changed hosting providers last week)
2017-10-09
Fixed
Checkboxes in Internet Explorer
2017-10-02
Changed
Organization and Team members are added by invitation now, and the supplied email address no longer needs to match an existing Challonge account
When a participant is removed from an ongoing tournament, the resulting forfeited matches are flagged as forfeited. The forfeiting user will be crossed out in brackets and forfeited will be true on the match record in API responses.
Tournament dashboard was partially redesigned; the rest will follow soon
Event streams are now removeable
Event owners are now notified when they receive an anonymous message
Event ticket date availability is now enforced
Added
Paid tickets for events, currently via Stripe payments. Stripe integrations can be connected at either the user or organization level.
Redesigned events dashboard
Custom URLs for events
Event social sharing description and image are now customizable (OpenGraph)
Fixed
Advanced bracket options are visible again for all tournament types
2017-09-21
Fixed
Datetime selector no longer changes am/pm for 12:XX times when unfocused
2017-09-12
Changed
Improvements to event streams UI and embeds
Event descriptions are now Markdown instead of HTML/WYSIWYG
Added
Event sections for rules & regulations and sponsor logos
Option to deactivate account
Fixed
Formatting of advanced tournament settings
Various bug fixes to the Events preview release
2017-09-01
Changed
Various updates to public Event pages (still private, contact us to try it out)
Added
Streams/media section for events
2017-08-17
Changed
Various UI and design touch-ups
Added
Private preview release of Event management (curious? contact us for a sneak peak)
2017-08-14
Added
Turkish, Norwegian, and Slovak translations
Changed
Updated existing translations
2017-07-12
Added
Double and triple round robins (at last!)
2017-07-04
Changed
The score reporting view was revised so that winner verification is shown after score entry. Additionally, the winner is auto-selected based on the scores entered.
2017-06-29
Changed
Round robin pairing algorithms were updated to balance court usage across participants. The "court" (console, table, etc.) is designated by the order of matches in a round, and "court side" (black or white in chess, left controller or right controller in gaming, etc.) is top or bottom position in a match.
Fixed
Round robin and Swiss matches now reliably refresh on screen when changed
2017-06-13
Changed
For Premier subscribers, 512 participant tournaments now support waiting lists of up to 256 participants.
2017-05-12
Changed
Design refresh, including a redesigned header that incorporates game-specific graphics
2017-05-11
Changed
Socket connections (for live bracket updates) are now established for pending tournaments, not just ones that were already started.
2017-04-26
Added
When XSplit Broadcaster's browser is detected, redirect bracket pages to the XSplit plugin view
scale_to_fit option for bracket embeds
2017-04-25
Changed
Moved tournament discussion to newer tech in preparation for more significant UI changes
2017-04-21
Fixed
Double elimination prediction scoring
2017-04-14
Changed
Moved the tournament log to newer tech in preparation for more significant UI changes
Added language translation support to the tournament log
2017-04-12
Added
XSplit plugin
Various enhancements to the client-side JS API
Changed
Bracket SVG shapes changed for more advanced theme support
Update language translations, most notably Hungarian (36.9% -> 47.4%)
Ported participant management to new tech stack. Improved UX and fixed several bugs. This is prerequisite work to some awesomeness we're working on.
Participants on admin page are drag and drop by handles now. This should help avoid accidental seed changes and improve mobile usability.
Updated language translations
Added
Hungarian translations (36.9% translated)
Portuguese translations (33.5% translated)
Fixed
When a group stage starts for a tournament with check-in, participants that didn't check in are now listed on the participants admin page (albeit without assigned groups).
IE10 support was accidentally improved
2017-03-29
Changed
Click and drag vertical scrolling no longer scrolls both the window and bracket container
Fixed
Log in with Facebook
2017-03-24
Changed
Homepage to include video overview
2017-03-14
Fixed
Tournament URLs in open graph meta tags (impacts Challonge link sharing on social networks)
2017-03-08
Added
Right-to-left language support
Arabic translations (56.1% translated)
Swedish translations (26.2% translated)
Changed
Updated Russian translations (98.7% translated)
Updated Japanese translations (56.7% translated)
Updated Spanish translations (97.4% translated)
Updated French translations (77.0% translated)
Updated German translations (86.2% translated)
Updated Chinese translations (50.7% translated)
2017-03-01
Fixed
When "quick advance" is enabled, matches with ties no longer display a checkmark next to player 2
Formatting of the "Tie Breaks" tab in advanced options
Predictions final round scoring
Allow users to delete their own predictions
2017-02-27
Fixed
Bug preventing some tournaments with non-Latin game names from starting
2017-02-24
Added
This changelog so you can see precisely what notable changes are made to Challonge