Playing a Venue Game
A venue game is a game played on a court at a registered Vallio venue. It's the second rung on the ladder — more structured than a quick game, less than an event.
What makes a game a venue game
Being attached to a court. Start a game from a venue's court and Vallio records it as a venue game automatically; you don't set the kind yourself.
What you get
More PaddleRank. The Source Multiplier scales points by where you played, and a venue game is worth more than the identical quick game. See Source Multipliers.
The queue. Get in line rather than negotiating for court time. See The Court Queue.
Game type voting. Singles or doubles decided by count. See Game Type Voting.
Check-ins, which mark the venue as active and feed the Hot Venues list.
Winner-stays rotation once the game ends.
What stays the same
Everything about actually playing. Teams, rules, scoring, timeouts, and how the game ends are identical to a quick game — see Playing a Game.
PaddleRank eligibility is unchanged too: both teams still need at least one registered player. Being at a venue doesn't rescue a game played entirely against guests.
The typical flow
- ›Arrive and check in at the venue
- ›Pick a court and JOIN the queue
- ›Vote singles or doubles
- ›Confirm when your turn comes up
- ›Teams form and the game starts
- ›Play and score
- ›Winner stays, loser rejoins the line
Most of this is taps. The organizing that used to happen by shouting across a court happens in the app.
When the court is reserved
Courts held for an event show a reservation banner and aren't available for general queueing during that window. Other courts at the venue usually still are.
Getting your court listed
If you play regularly somewhere that isn't on Vallio, adding it upgrades every game you play there from quick to venue — worth more rating, plus queue and voting.
See Adding or Claiming a Venue.
Going further up the ladder
Want more than drop-in play? Events and leagues are the next rung: registration, brackets, organizer-set rules, and the highest source multipliers.