Bye Mode for Ladder Leagues
When your ladder league has an odd number of players or teams that don't divide evenly into groups, some participants sit out each round. Bye Mode controls how the system chooses who sits out.
How the two modes work
By Position (default)
The lowest-ranked players or teams sit out each round. This is the default behavior — if you don't change the setting, your ladder works the same way it did before.
By Rotation
Everyone takes turns sitting out evenly. The system tracks who has had the most byes and picks the player or team who has sat out the least. This prevents anyone from repeatedly sitting out while others keep playing.
Byes are counted only from when each player actually starts playing. If a player joins late or checks out for part of the session, their bye count begins from their first round, so extra sit-outs are not pushed onto players who have been present all day.
Where to set Bye Mode
You'll see the Bye Mode option when generating rounds:
New Session: When you tap "New Session" to generate the next round, the Bye Mode option appears at the bottom of the dialog.
Auto-Generation: When you enable auto-generation, the same Bye Mode option appears and carries forward for all auto-generated rounds.
Supported formats
Bye Mode is available for:
Up and Down the River Individual
Up and Down the River Teams
Humpty Dumpty Individual
Humpty Dumpty Teams
For how byes appear in the matches view, see How court movement works in Ladder formats. To generate the first round manually, see Starting games in Ladder formats. For automatic round creation, see Auto-generation in Ladder formats.