Game Mode
Tournaments
Bracketed multi-game series. Single-elim, double-elim, round-robin. 4 to 32 teams. Each match is its own real game that you host, standard trivia or Lightning, and the bracket auto-advances the second a match ends.
Game Mode
Bracketed multi-game series. Single-elim, double-elim, round-robin. 4 to 32 teams. Each match is its own real game that you host, standard trivia or Lightning, and the bracket auto-advances the second a match ends.
Captured from a live game
From seeding to trophy
Type in your teams, or share the join code and let teams sign themselves up. Any field from 4 to 32 for single elimination. Rank the seeds by hand or let the bracket shuffle them.
Pick a format: single-elim, double-elim with a losers bracket, or round-robin where every team plays every team. Bracket renders. Public display URL drops in your hand.
Standard trivia or a Lightning showdown, picked once for the whole bracket. Each match is a real Brainflood game with the two teams pre-loaded, and you host it like any other night.
When you end the match's game, the higher score wins and moves up. The display updates on its own. A match that ends level waits for you to name the winner, and a typo can be corrected later.
Final round, trophy graphic on the display, bragging rights for a season. Re-seed the same teams next quarter and run it again.
What makes it shine
A tournament turns a bracket into an event with a real arc, from seeding to trophy. Running a whole season, not just one bracket? That is what Leagues are for.
"The Brainiacs" stays "The Brainiacs" across every match. Wins, losses and points follow each team through the whole bracket.
Pick the format, pick the team count, you're done. Single-elim, double-elim with losers bracket, full round-robin. Single elimination gives byes to the top seeds, so 5, 6 or 7 teams still get a real bracket.
Big-screen display URL. Live matches glow. Completed matches show scores. Walk-ins can see exactly where the bracket stands at a glance.
Match wraps. Winner pops up to the next slot. No manual bracket bookkeeping, no pen-and-paper sheet pinned to the wall.
Round-robin gets messy with three teams at 4-1. Brainflood resolves with W/L → point-differential → points-for. No spreadsheet, no debate.
Classic trivia matches, or Lightning rounds where the fastest correct answers score the most. Set rounds and questions per match to fit the night.
A tournament round is just an Activity inside an Event. So a tournament night can also include a karaoke set, a slideshow, and a poll on the same calendar slot. The venue display switches between the bracket, the game and the karaoke queue from one URL as you launch each one. No second laptop.
Where it works
Tournaments need a returning crowd. They reward venues that already have a Tuesday trivia night and want to take it up a notch.
Run an eight-team bracket across the summer, a few matches every Tuesday. By the semifinals the room is full because everyone wants to see who goes through.
Multi-week interdepartmental brackets. Engineering vs Marketing. Sales vs Ops. The Slack chatter alone is worth the subscription.
Plan availability
$39/mo Pro runs up to 2 tournaments a month, with unlimited games and 5 venues. $99/mo Business unlocks unlimited tournaments, 10 venues, unlimited players, unlimited Brain Credits, and white-label branding for operators running leagues across multiple rooms. Enterprise ($199/mo) adds unlimited venues and sub-host management for franchises and multi-location operators.
Brackets, persistent teams, auto-advance. The infrastructure leagues need without the spreadsheet pain. Sign up free and start your first bracket.
The fine print, illustrated