LeagueHub Guide

Everything you need to know about using LeagueHub — from creating your first league to earning trophies.

Getting Started

Welcome to LeagueHub! Here's how to get up and running:

  1. Create an account — Register with a username and password. You can customize your profile with a bio and avatar color from the Dashboard.
  2. Browse leagues — Head to Browse Leagues in the navigation bar to see all public leagues. Find one that matches your game and platform.
  3. Join a league — Click on a league and request to join. The league owner or an admin will review your request.
  4. Create your own — Want to run things yourself? Create a league from the Dashboard or the Browse Leagues page.

Leagues

Leagues are the core of LeagueHub. Each league is a community built around a specific game and platform.

Creating a League

When you create a league, you'll set:

  • Name — Your league's identity.
  • Game — The game your league competes in.
  • Platform — PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, Mobile, or Cross-Platform.
  • Visibility — Public leagues appear in the browser for anyone to find. Private leagues are invite-only and hidden from search.
  • Slogan — An optional tagline displayed on your league's overview.

League Overview

Every league has an overview page showing its slogan, member count, and announcements. League owners can post announcements to keep members informed about upcoming events, rule changes, or news.

Sections

Sections let league owners organize their league into distinct areas. Think of them as channels or categories within your league.

  • Owners and admins can create, rename, reorder, and delete sections.
  • Sections can be used to separate different formats, skill tiers, or divisions.
  • Each section has its own management page for fine-tuning settings.

Roles & Permissions

Every league member has a role that determines what they can do:

Owner

The league creator. Full control over all settings, members, sections, and management. There is one owner per league.

Admin

Trusted members who can manage sections, approve or deny join requests, and moderate members. Admins cannot remove the owner or other admins.

Head TD

Head Tournament Directors oversee competitive play. They can manage sections and tournaments within the league.

TD

Tournament Directors help run events and matches. They can manage specific sections assigned to them.

Member

The default role. Members can participate in league activities, view standings, and compete in matches.

Titles

In addition to roles, owners and admins can assign custom titles to members. Titles are cosmetic labels displayed on the member roster — use them for things like "Champion," "Veteran," or "Rookie."

Standings & Skill Rating

Each league has a standings page that ranks all members by their competitive performance.

Standings Columns

  • Rank — Position based on skill rating (highest first).
  • W / L — Total wins and losses from all matches (excludes overturned matches).
  • Win % — Percentage of matches won.
  • Streak — Current consecutive win or loss streak (e.g., W3 = three wins in a row).
  • Skill Rating — The primary ranking metric.

Skill Rating System

Every member starts with 1,000 SR in each league. After each match:

  • The winner gains SR and the loser loses the same amount.
  • The amount is based on the rating difference — beating a higher-rated opponent earns more (up to 40 SR), while beating a lower-rated opponent earns less (minimum 10 SR).
  • SR cannot go below 0.

If a match result is undone (overturned), all SR changes are reversed.

Tournaments

Tournaments are competitive events organized within a league. Staff members create and manage tournaments from the Tournaments tab.

Creating a Tournament

When creating a tournament, staff can configure:

  • Format — Single Elimination (bracket style). More formats coming soon.
  • Game & Game Format — What game is being played and the specific rules.
  • Game Room Name — Where matches take place (e.g., a room name or server).
  • Entry Fee — Cost in coins to enter. Set to 0 for free tournaments.
  • Prize Split — How the prize pool is divided (Winner Takes All, Top 2/3/4, or custom percentages).
  • Registration Close & Start Time — With timezone support.
  • Invitation Only — Restricts registration to staff-added players only.

Tournament Flow

1. Open (Registration)

Members can register (and unregister). Entry fees are collected on registration and refunded on unregister. Max 32 players.

2. Closed (Review)

Staff closes registration. Participants are seeded by registration order. Staff can review the roster before starting.

3. Active (In Progress)

The bracket is generated. Staff report match results by clicking the W button next to each player. Winners advance automatically. Results can be undone if a mistake is made.

4. Completed

The tournament ends when all matches are played. Prizes are distributed automatically based on the configured split. The champion is displayed on the tournament page.

Brackets & Byes

If the number of participants isn't a power of 2 (e.g., 5 or 12 players), top-seeded players receive a bye and automatically advance to the next round. Byes are displayed in the bracket.

Cancellation

Staff can cancel a tournament at any time. All entry fees are refunded to participants.

Awards & Trophies

Trophies recognize outstanding achievements within a league. They appear on your Dashboard under your stats for each league.

  • Trophies are awarded by the league (automatically or by admins, depending on the award type).
  • Each trophy has a name, icon, and description.
  • Your trophy collection is visible on your profile.

The full awards system is currently in development. More details will be added here as features roll out.

Coins

Coins are a per-league currency. Every member starts with 1,000 coins when joining a league.

Earning & Spending

  • Tournament prizes — Win coins by placing in paid tournaments. The prize pool is split according to the tournament's configured percentages.
  • Tournament entry fees — Pay coins to enter paid tournaments. Refunded if you unregister or the tournament is cancelled.
  • Staff grants — League owners can grant or deduct coins from any member via the Manage tab.

Viewing Your Balance

  • Your coin balance appears on the league overview page and in your Dashboard stats.
  • Each league tracks coins independently — coins in one league don't affect another.

Store & Cosmetics

Each league has a Store where members can spend coins on cosmetic items that change how their name appears across the league.

Available Items

  • Name Change Token (150 coins) — Change your display name in the league. Consumable — each token allows one name change.
  • Name Colors (200 coins each) — 9 solid colors for your name across standings, brackets, and profiles.
  • Name Gradients (400 coins each) — 6 two-color gradients (Fire, Ocean, Galaxy, Toxic, Sunset, Arctic).
  • Name Glow (500 coins) — A subtle pulsing glow effect around your name.
  • Profile Borders (300 coins each) — 6 colored rings around your avatar (Gold, Red, Blue, Green, Purple, Rainbow).

Equipping & Unequipping

  • Cosmetics can be equipped or unequipped at any time from the Store page.
  • Solid colors and gradients are mutually exclusive — equipping one removes the other.
  • Only one border can be active at a time.
  • The Store page shows a live preview of your current look.

Display Names

Display names let you go by a different name in each league while keeping your username for login.

  • Username — Your permanent, global identity used for login and account settings.
  • Display name — A per-league name that defaults to your username. Change it using a Name Change Token from the Store.
  • Standings, brackets, member lists, and profiles all show your display name.
  • Profiles show "aka [username]" when your display name differs from your username.
  • Your last 5 display name changes are visible on your profile as name history.

Display names must be 2–24 characters. Each change consumes one Name Change Token.

Badges

Badges are earned automatically based on your performance in each league. They appear next to your name in standings and on your profile.

🔥 On Fire

Awarded when you have a win streak of 5 or more.

❄️ Cold Streak

Appears when you have a loss streak of 5 or more.

👑 Tournament King

Awarded to the player with the most tournament wins in the league.

💎 Top Ranked

Awarded to the #1 ranked player in the league.

💀 Dead Last

Awarded to the last-place player (must have played at least 1 match, with 2+ ranked players).

Badges update in real-time as match results change. A player can earn multiple badges at once.

Global Badges

⭐ LH Founding Member

Awarded to the first 100 users who join LeagueHub. Shows on all profiles and in standings across every league.

Trophies

Trophies are automatically awarded to tournament winners. The trophy style depends on the tournament type.

Standard

Default trophy for all tournaments.

Grand

Auto-assigned when a tournament has 16 or more players. Grants a +25% bonus to the prize pool.

Masters

The highest tier — manually selected by staff when creating a tournament for premier events. Grants a +50% bonus to the prize pool.

Admins can also manually award trophies to members from the Manage tab. Duplicate standard tournament trophies are grouped with a count on profiles.

Ribbons

Ribbons are military-style milestone awards earned automatically as you compete in a league. They come in three tiers: bronze, silver, and gold.

Milestones

  • Match Wins — 100 / 1,000 / 10,000 wins
  • Tournament Wins — 50 / 100 / 1,000 tournament victories
  • Coin Earnings — 20K / 100K / 1M lifetime coins earned
  • Win Streaks — 10 / 20 / 30 consecutive wins

Ribbons are checked after every match and tournament completion. Staff can also manually award ribbons from the Manage tab.

View all available ribbons and who has earned them on the Awards page in your league.

Avatars

Every user can customize their avatar from the Dashboard. Avatars are global — the same avatar appears across all leagues.

Avatar Builder

Access the builder from your Dashboard via the "Customize Avatar" button. You can pick:

  • Background color — the color behind your character.
  • Skin tone — 16 options.
  • Face shape — round, oval, square, wide, tall, or soft.
  • Eyes — 18 styles from default dots to star eyes.
  • Mouth — 14 expressions from smile to fangs.
  • Hair style — 8 styles including bald, spiky, curly, long, and ponytail.
  • Hair color — 24 colors from natural to fantasy.
  • Accessories — glasses, sunglasses, headband, crown, headphones, or none.
  • Shirt color — 20 options.

All avatar options are free. The live preview updates instantly as you make changes.

Calendar

The Calendar section provides a month-view grid of league events and tournaments.

Features

  • Navigate between months to view past and upcoming events.
  • Events and tournaments appear as colored markers on their start date.
  • Click an event to see details, time, and description in a popup.
  • An "Upcoming" list below the calendar shows the next 8 events and tournaments.

Creating Events

  • League staff (Owner, Admin, Head TD) can create events from the Calendar page.
  • Events have a name, start time, optional end time, and optional description.
  • Tournaments with a start date automatically appear on the calendar alongside custom events.