This topic is designed for that rare bird, the person who volunteered to be the Score Master at this tournament and the at the tournament for the next level of competition. We’ll never understand why you do these things, but we can help you get on your way.

This topic explains what you need to do to get started or, more accurately, what you don’t need to do.

To create a new tournament:

1. Don’t uninstall or reinstall the program. Instead, check the DI Scoring Program Web page to make sure that you have the current version of the program.
2. Solicit team data from tournaments at the previous level of competition. Ask for both hard copy lists and CSV files, just in case. (See Export the Advancing Teams.) Copy the files to a directory on your hard drive. Keep the originals in a safe place.
3. Don’t combine the team data lists manually unless you really want to. We’ll show you how to have the DI Scoring Program do it for you.
4. Create a new tournament directory (see Create and Define Your Tournament) using the Tournament Wizard. Be sure to use the Create a New Tournament option.
5. When it’s time to load teams, load the teams from one of the CSV files you received. (Don’t worry; we’ll get the other ones in there, too.)
6. Restart the DI Scoring Program. It will open the new tournament directory.
7. Open the Tournament Wizard again. Load the teams from the next team data file. (The DI Scoring Program never overwrites teams, it only adds to the list.) Repeat for each team data file.
8. When all files are loaded, export a complete team data file. Use the method suggested in the Create Custom Reports topic.
9. Back up the tournament directory.

You’re on your way. Again, thank you for participating. And, if you ever get discouraged, just ask any one of the kids why they do DI. That should keep you going for at least another year.