Advanced Event Systems (AES)
AES is used by most tournament hosts to promote organization and attempt to provide a means of communication to players, parents, and coaches on play times, dates, site locations, and court numbers. It is a website that is available to everyone and has apps that can replace or accompany the website in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Tournament hosts will generally publish their schedules the Wednesday before play. Schedules can change at a moment's notice, so be sure to double check your schedule the day before playing. Larger tournaments will begin to put teams into their first day pools much earlier than the Wednesday before play, but again all schedules are tentative until the day of play.
For the vast majority of tournaments, games that are played after your first initial pool will be scheduled after the pool has finished and all teams are ranked. Just because there are no games scheduled after your pool doesn't necessarily mean that your team will be finished playing for the day. There can be tiebreakers or additional pool play that can occur the same day and even on different courts. If you have questions, please ask your coach.
Accessing AES
To access AES, visit their website: https://www.advancedeventsystems.com/
Or you can download the app: Apple App Store or Google Play Store
Navigating AES
Using your phone, you can use either the app or the website. There have been a lot of complaints about the app, but it will still be able to accomplish finding the schedule for your team.
Navigating the AES Website
• Open the website and find the "Schedules & Results" (or just "Results" on mobile) tab
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• Search for the tournament using the filters/search bar and select the appropriate tournament
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• Using the search bar at the top right, type "Metro" to find all Metro VBC teams
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• You'll be able to find a list of teams, find the appropriate team and select it
• You'll be taken to the schedule page for that team and it will list all games and work assignments that are currently scheduled
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Navigating the AESXpress App
• Open the app and find the "Schedules"
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• Search for the tournament using the state filter and select the appropriate tournament
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• Using the "team" pulldown menu, find your team name. All club teams begin with "Metro VBC"
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• You'll be taken to the schedule page for that team and it will list all games and work assignments that are currently scheduled
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Understanding AES
More information to come...
