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Reserve a Slot

Hold spots for VIP players or guarantee your own participation.

Guaranteed Spots

Reserve slots ensure certain players always have a spot, even when sessions fill up quickly.

Guaranteed Spots

Creating Reserved Slots

Set aside spots that don't fill through normal registration.

Step-by-step:

  1. 1Open session settings
  2. 2Click "Reserve Slots"
  3. 3Enter number of slots to reserve
  4. 4Assign to specific players (optional)
  5. 5These slots won't appear in available count
  6. 6Manually add players to reserved slots

Use Cases

Reserved slots work great for various scenarios.

💡 Tips & Best Practices:

  • •Guarantee spots for instructors or hosts
  • •Reserve for sponsors or VIP members
  • •Hold spots for players who always attend
  • •Keep slots for skill balance (e.g., advanced players)
  • •Ensure tournament bracket participants have spots

Reserved vs Regular Slots

If you have 16 total spots and reserve 4, only 12 appear as available to regular players. You maintain complete control over the 4 reserved slots.

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