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League nights for friends who keep score

Game night,minus theschedulingchaos.

Rival Nights runs the league for your cornhole, pickleball or bocce crew: the invites, a fair schedule, scores from the court, standings and playoffs. You bring the trash talk.

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Invite-only and free while we're in early access.

  • Cornhole
  • Pickleball
  • Ping pong
  • Darts
  • Bocce
  • Kubb
  • Whatever you play

The group chat, settled

Every league starts in a group chat. Ours ends it.

You know the thread. Here's what happens to each message once your league runs on Rival Nights.

  1. Dave

    who's in thursday?? need 4

    SETTLED

    The schedule

    Every Thursday at 7:00 pm, Oct 15 to Dec 10. A fair round robin, drawn once, with finals on Dec 19. Everyone knows their nights before the first bag flies.

  2. Jen

    wait are we playing the bombers this week or next

    SETTLED

    Your next match

    Week 3 · Thu Oct 29 · 7:00 pm vs Bocce Bombers. It's on everyone's home screen, with a reminder three days out and one the day of.

  3. Mark

    can't make it this week, can we move it

    SETTLED

    Can't make it?

    One tap, and a make-up night is proposed. The other team has 48 hours to pick another night, or it stands. No reply-all required.

  4. Lisa

    what was the score last week? 21-14 us i think

    SETTLED

    Result

    BB

    Bocce Bombers beat Rolling Thunder

    21–14

    Entered by Bombers on the court. Confirmed by Thunder.

  5. Dave

    so who's actually in first

    SETTLED

    Standings

    Bombers, 6–1, and they've clinched a playoff spot. The table updates itself, tiebreakers and all.

How a season works

From first invite to finals.

  1. Pick your game

    Cornhole, pickleball, ping pong, darts, bocce or kubb. The scoring, game length and starter house rules come with it.

  2. Invite by email

    Name the teams yourself, or open it up first come, first served with a waitlist. Nobody needs a password or an app store.

  3. Play and post scores

    One team enters the result from the court, the other confirms. Can't make a night? The make-up sorts itself out.

  4. Crown somebody

    Standings, clinch alerts, a playoff bracket and a champion. Then the share card goes straight to the group chat.

For the one who organizes everything

Be the commissioner, not the secretary.

You set it up once. Rival Nights does the admin you used to do in a spreadsheet at midnight.

A schedule that's fair to everyone
Round robin across your courts and nights, with a cap on how late a night runs.
Holidays and rain, handled
Skip dates up front, keep a make-up night and a rain date in your pocket.
Roster changes without drama
Swap a player, replace a team, promote from the waitlist. Everyone who needs to know gets told.
House rules, written down
Your rules sit next to the schedule, so the 'that's not how we play' debate ends early.

A real season plan from the setup wizard: weekly nights, a skipped holiday, a make-up night and finals.

Friendly. Mostly.

Every rival gets a record.

Head-to-head records follow every pairing all season. Results land in the league feed, the standings move, and a share card is one tap from the group chat. Nobody has to take anyone's word for it again.

  • “You're 2–1 against them all-time. Keep it that way.”
  • “Bombers move to 1st. Thunder want a rematch.”

The share card, as it shows up in iMessage or WhatsApp.

Questions

Before you rally the crew.

How do I get in?

Rival Nights is invite-only while we're in early access. Players join through their commissioner's invite email. Want to run a league yourself? Join the waitlist below and we'll email you when there's room.

What does it cost?

Free while in early access. No card, no trial clock.

Do players need to download anything?

No. Rival Nights runs in the phone's browser. Players sign in with a 6-digit code from their email, so there's no password to forget.

Which games does it handle?

Cornhole, pickleball, ping pong, darts, bocce and kubb. Each brings its own scoring: points to win, best of three games, legs of 501, or just who won.

What if I don't have everyone's email?

Add a partner by first name only. Their captain fills in the email when they join, and the invite goes out then.

Someone can't make a night. Now what?

They tap “Can't make it?” and Rival Nights proposes a make-up night that works for both teams. The other team can pick another night within 48 hours.

Can friends and family follow along?

Yes. Turn on spectators and anyone with the link can read the schedule, standings and results without an account. They never see email addresses.

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Somebody has to start the league. Might as well be you.

We're letting commissioners in a few at a time while we're in early access. Tell us about your crew and we'll email you when there's room. Already invited to a league? Just sign in.

Free while in early access.