Train scheduling

Each day, two players take a slot — a conductor and a VIP. The conductor opens the train; the VIP boards last and the alliance piles in behind them. Most alliances pick conductors and VIPs based on contribution, so the slots double as a small recognition system. The schedule is generated weekly, not daily — officers approve a week ahead of time and the platform handles reminders day-by-day.

Open Train → Rules (R4+ only). For each of the seven days, configure one rule per slot. The platform supports six rule types:

• VS ranking position — “the Nth-ranked player in last week's Alliance Duel.” The most common rule. Whoever sits at position 1 gets a slot, and so on down the leaderboard.
• Donation ranking position — same pattern, but against the donation rankings. Useful for the day of the week you want to recognise donors.
• Contribution ranking position — uses the combined participation ranking prepared before the Monday run.
• Random — picks an active member who has not already been used that week where the roster allows.
• Custom — free-text description (e.g. “dice game winner”, “newcomer of the week”) for slots officers want to fill manually.
• Manual — deliberately leaves the slot for an officer to assign.

A no back-to-back toggle skips anyone who was conductor or VIP last week, so the same handful of top contributors don't hog every slot.

Sometimes the rules pick someone who can't make their slot. Officers can override any day to pin a specific player, and the override sticks for that day only — the rest of the week continues to follow the rules. Overrides also surface clearly on the schedule page so it's obvious which slots are pinned.

Members see when they're up on the schedule grid, and get a personal reminder 30 minutes before their slot via the channels they've enabled (push, in-app, email, Discord). The reminder includes their role (conductor or VIP) and the day so there's no ambiguity about what's expected.