ShowRunner:
Announcer Screen
Easier to run and a lot more fun. You’re gonna love it!
1. Team History
Shows teams whose run is complete for the current round. Shows the number of head and the final time, or a “No-Time” result. Scroll back to see results for any team. Here, you can quickly tweak or modify the team’s sort results based on a judge’s decision.
2. Riding Now
Current “Riding Now” team. Shows which team should be in the arena now.
3. Team Order
Teams “Coming Up” is the order of teams waiting to ride. Scroll down to see where any team is in the ride order. Handy team drag-drop lets you change the order of the go.
4. Quick Class & Round Statistics
How many teams to go in this round? How many places will we be paying in this class? Approximate time we will be finished based on current average time-per-team and teams-to-go? These can be helpful bits of info to the show announcer.
5. Arenas
Multiple alternating arenas can be managed and displayed for a single class. This class shows two being used, with the North Arena being active and the South Arena getting ready with the next team.
6. Arena Name
Easy to change arena names for any venue you are in.
7. Current Head Count
Displays the head count so far for the current team.
8. Cattle Gauge & Call Number
Randomized call numbers are generated for each new herd in an arena. Next number to call is at the center of the gauge. In this example, the announcer would call “9, 9, 9” at the start of this team run. The rest of the upcoming call numbers are shown in the order they will be called. As more teams are run on this herd, the gauge will show how many runs are remaining for the herd, like a fuel gauge showing how much fuel you have remaining. When the gauge shows empty, it’s time for a cattle change.
9. Leaderboard
Current leaderboard shows teams or riders that, “as of right now,” will be moving on to next round, or, if we are in the final Go, it shows the teams or riders that are “in the money”. The leaderboard is sorted by score, high to low, and constantly updated to reflect current leaders.
10. Live Arena
A single glance confirms that the system is tracking team progress in the arena. In sorting events, the correct numbered cows move through the gate with each press of the judge’s timer button. Radar-like timer sweep gives instant visual confirmation of time remaining.
11. The Bubble
The current bubble is always displayed for announcer convenience. The bubble reflects the score that must be beat to move into the next round, or in the case of the Final Go, reflects the score to beat to be “in the money”.