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# How to set up judges for your competition

**How to set up judges for your competition**

**Set up Flowstate accounts for judges**
This is because the accounts must exist in the Flowstate database to be searchable when assigning the judges.

1. Ensure all club judges have created a Flowstate user account first 
2. If you intend on using generic judge devices, simply setup generic judge account (e.g., judge1@clubname.com, headjudge@clubname.com) 
3. Navigate to the Competition Dashboard → Configure Judges.
4. Configure the specialised roles for the scoring panel.

**Judge Roles:**
* **Head Judge**: Has the ability to apply score modifiers (Interference/Double Whammy) and must approve scores if the score approval is on.
* **Judge**: Standard scoring access.

**Judge Features:**
* **Judge Console**: Judges must log in and then navigate to the competition and hit "Judge Console"
* **The Flowstate Scoring Method (Timestamps):** To integrate video footage with scores, the Head Judge or spotter must press the corresponding colour "+" button the moment the surfer gets up. This will help link the processed media to the score