Substitute players from Waiting List after tournament has started
Currently the setup for my tournament is every round has a certain starting time, and if you are more than 30minutes late you are removed from the tournament.
However for the first round if someone doesn't show up then I would like to remove them and substitute someone in from the waiting list in their place. There doesn't seem to be an option to do this after the tournament has started. As far as I can see there are only 2 options, neither of which are very good:
Substitute the absent player with the name of the player in the waiting list. Then there would be 2 instances of the waiting list player... the actually Challonge account still in the waiting list, and another player (without an e-mail) in the tournament itself... so no notification e-mails. (I have tried substituting with an e-mail address but it says the error: player is already in the tournament, which they are, just in the waiting list)
Don't actually start the Challonge Tournament until 30minutes after the tournament start time
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Anthony Haslage commented
Time consideration aside, if someone is dropped from a tournament or is disqualified, I would like the next person in the Waiting List to fill their spot in the next round.