ESPODIUM patch notes: 9 to 22 October 2026

Between 9 and 22 October we shipped 204 releases, from version 3.92.1 to 3.168.1. Of those, 66 added something new, 33 improved something that already existed and 105 were fixes. Most of the work went into the posters that go out for matches, the brackets organizers build, and the numbers behind player ratings, with a few new things for players on top. The full changelog has every release. This is the short version of what you will notice.

Posters and match cards

Organizers can now switch on match cards: a matchup poster goes to the feed before each match and a result poster when it ends. They started as one card per match, then grew to cover Magic Chess solo lobbies and PUBG lobbies, with the full line-up before the match and the winner with standings after it. You can pick the look: Classic, Column, Broadcast, Ledger, Pop and, newest, Kit, where the team's colour fills the whole card. Cards print their fixed words in English, Malay or Indonesian. Names and times stay as recorded.

Busy days get different treatment. When a day has more than three matches, ESPODIUM posts one schedule poster 12 hours before the first match, with both teams' logos and colours, a photo of one of their main players and the time on each row. Organizers can post a card by hand, and a new MVP card features one player from a finished match. Admins also get a Posters tab that holds Poster Studio and match cards side by side. In Poster Studio you can drag the title, logos, prize or sponsor strip, resize them, and undo a move.

Brackets that handle awkward numbers

Almost nobody has exactly 8, 16 or 32 entries. Play-ins are how we now deal with the rest. If 38 players enter a 64-player 1v1 knockout, some of them play a Play-in round first, spread across the whole bracket instead of bunched in one corner. Team and duo single elimination brackets work the same way, and double elimination brackets now show play-ins instead of bye cards. Setup also suggests a play-in stage when a double elimination would have byes, and works out who plays in and how many matches that takes.

Other bracket changes:

• Compact view. A Compact button packs knockout brackets much tighter. It remembers your choice on that device.
• Grand Final reset. In 1v1 double elimination, if the lower bracket player wins the Grand Final, both players have one loss, so a second Grand Final decides it. It is on by default for fighting games like Tekken 8 and Street Fighter 6, and organizers can switch it off.
• Later stages ahead of time. Organizers of 1v1 events can generate a later stage before the earlier one ends, so players see the whole bracket from day one. Each open seat says who it is waiting for, such as "Winner of Preliminaries M27".
• Phones. Brackets now open at 70%, and the controls take two rows instead of five.
• Embed. The new Embed tab under Admin gives you code to put your bracket on your own website. It is free for public tournaments and updates by itself during the event. Silver members can set their own colours and hide the Powered by Espodium link.

Running an event

Organizers got a long list of tools.

• Invite-only tournaments. Invite teams or players from Manage Registrations. An invited captain picks the roster to complete the entry, and an invited player accepts with one tap. Free events confirm straight away; paid ones go to payment. An invite-only tournament can also be hidden from the tournament list, calendars, Discover and search engines.
• Sample data. On a test tournament, Use sample data fills it with confirmed teams, players or duos so you can try seeding, brackets and results. Clear sample data takes them out again. The players are never told and never see the tournament.
• Activity tab. Lists who changed what: match times, results, games, crew, participants, stages and tournament details. Filter by type of change or by person.
• Lobby tie-breakers and Checkmate. Solo lobby cards rank tied players with the stage's tie-breakers, such as number of 1st places. A match can have its own instead. Checkmate, usually for a Grand Final, means that once a player reaches the points you set, their next 1st place wins the match.
• Drag mode. In match details, drag players into finishing order for Magic Chess and PUBG Mobile lobbies instead of picking each place. Your choice stays on for the next game.
• Exports and tidy-ups. Silver organizers can copy or download the registration queue as CSV or Excel, and download every team logo and player photo as one zip. A best-of series no longer accepts a game it does not need: a best-of-3 that is 2-0 keeps Game 3 greyed out.

Ratings and more games

MLBB and Valorant games in MMR-eligible tournaments now move each player's team MMR, one rating per game, on a separate ladder for each game. MLBB players also see their match history with the MMR change for every game. Tekken MMR now moves after every game, so a 3-0 moves it more than a 3-2, and Tekken and eFootball history lists every rated match. The MMR guide explains how team games are rated.

Beyond esports, badminton, pickleball, tennis, table tennis, snooker, pool and darts tournaments now run on the 1v1 bracket: enter the score and the winner advances. Hockey works like football, with quick score entry and a goals table. Glory 3v3 tournaments take a result by picking the team that won each game.

For players and the community

• Espodium Awards 2026. Vote once a day in each award for the best players, teams, talent and organizers of the year. Each nominee has a card you can save as an image. It lives at /awards.
• Rate your tournaments. The morning after a tournament ends, players get a survey that takes about 30 seconds. Organizers see the score and what players wrote, without names, once five players have answered, so nobody can be picked out of a small event.
• Academy. Free video lessons on casting, broadcasting and gameplay at /academy, with more lessons open to Silver members. Anyone can submit a lesson and the team checks each one first. Creators can charge from RM 5 per lesson, and early creators keep 90% of each sale for their first year.
• Lucky Reel. Add names, spin, and it stops on a random winner. Nothing is saved once you close the tab.
• Today's Matches. The home page now lists every match scheduled for today, streamed or not.
• Contact the organizer. Every tournament's Overview has a Contact organizer button under Organized by. It opens WhatsApp to the tournament's admin, or to the organization's founder when no admin is listed. You need to be signed in.
• Report a photo. A Report button under profile photos and team logos lets you flag an image. Reported images stay up until the team reviews them.

Privacy and small fixes

Outside Europe, visitors now choose whether ESPODIUM may use analytics and advertising cookies, and none are set until they accept. A new Cookie Policy page lists every cookie and why it is used. Bracket seats like "1st of Preliminaries" now show the team currently holding that rank to everyone, including visitors who are not logged in. Long articles also start with an On this page list, and each ends with a Keep reading row of up to three more.