How do teams work?
With team play, participants join the game as individual players and can buzz from their own phones. The points each player earns contribute to their team’s shared score.
Teams work especially well when more than about 10 people are playing. Instead of competing against a long list of individual scores, everyone has a team result to follow—even if they never buzz in first themselves.
If each group will share a single phone or buzzer, you do not need to create teams in Buzzinga. Have one person from each group join using the team name as their player name.
Create your teams
- Open Manage Teams.
- Enter a name in New team name.
- Select Add team.
- Repeat these steps for each team you need.
Create your teams before sharing the game with participants so they are ready when players begin joining.
Choose how players are assigned
You can assign players yourself, let Buzzinga balance the teams, or allow players to choose their own teams.
Assign players yourself
After players join, open Manage Teams and drag each player from Unassigned Players into a team. You can also drag a player from one team to another.
Leave Auto Balance Teams and Allow Players to Change Teams off if you want to control every assignment.
Balance teams automatically
Turn on Auto Balance Teams to assign each new player to the team with the fewest players. This is usually the simplest option when a large audience will join at once.
You can still adjust the assignments from Manage Teams after players join.
Let players choose their teams
Turn on Allow Players to Change Teams when participants should be able to join, leave, or switch teams themselves during the game.
Leave this setting off if you want to manage the assignments yourself or use Auto Balance Teams without allowing players to move afterward.
Choose the number of teams
There is no required team size. Choose a number of teams that is easy for the audience to follow and gives each team several people to support.
For a large event, create the teams ahead of time and consider using Auto Balance Teams so they stay as even as possible while participants join. See Hosting a large event for more planning recommendations.