The big-screen view

The Big screen is what your audience watches — the TV at the venue, the projector on the wall, the LED billboard at the back of the room. Everyone in the room is looking at this; only the auctioneer is touching the laptop.

Open it

In the left sidebar, click Big screen. The page opens in cinematic fullscreen mode — huge fonts, dark background, dramatic colors.

For the actual auction night:

Connect a TV or projector to your laptop
Open the Big screen page on that screen
Press F11 (Windows) or Ctrl+Cmd+F (Mac) to go fullscreen — this hides the browser address bar so it looks clean
Walk away from it — the screen updates automatically as the auctioneer drives the auction

What's on screen

Top header — your tournament name, season, and a status pill (RUNNING, PAUSED, or WAITING) with a pulsing dot
Left panel — the current player: large photo, name, position, base price, batting/bowling style, jersey number
Center top — the CURRENT BID in giant gradient text, with the leading team's name underneath
Center bottom — the TIMER in MM : SS format, also huge so the back row can see it
Right panel — the BID HISTORY (the last 8 bids, with the latest highlighted)
Bottom strip — every team's remaining budget with progress bars

SOLD and UNSOLD animations

When a player is finalized:

Sold — a giant stamp animation slams onto the screen showing the price and "Player Name to Team Name". It holds for 5 seconds and then fades out.
Unsold — a permanent ink stamp design (like a real "UNSOLD" rubber stamp) lands on the screen with today's date. It stays until the next player loads.

These animations are designed to give the audience a clear visual moment — like a real-life auction hammer drop.

Tips for the venue

Use a wired internet connection if you can. Wi-Fi at venues can be unstable, and even small drops cause the bid display to lag.
Test from the back of the room. The fonts auto-scale to your screen size, but venue lighting matters too. If it's hard to read from the back, dim the venue lights.
Hide the browser bar. Press F11 (Windows) or Ctrl+Cmd+F (Mac) to make the browser go fullscreen.
Disable screensaver and sleep mode on the venue computer so it doesn't black out mid-auction.

Multiple big screens? No problem

You can open the big-screen page on as many devices as you like — they all show the same live auction. We've seen tournaments run with 6 screens at once (main hall, second hall, lobby, side rooms) without any issues.

"Powered by AuctionBall" footer

The Free and Starter plans show a small "powered by AuctionBall" watermark in the bottom-right corner. The Pro and Enterprise plans hide it — your tournament looks fully your own.

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