Who hosts, who plays, how a bracket runs, and how everyone is kept safe.
Players answer a challenge on video. Hosts pick who goes through. Repeat until one player is left.
Start a tournament, pick a size and write the first challenge. Friends can join you as co-hosts.
Players join from the Play feed and record their first answer on the spot. Each round brings a new challenge and a timer.
Players are paired off. Each host watches both videos and picks one to go through. The group chat is for arguing about it.
After the final round, the last player standing gets a chat with the host who picked them.
The host is the princess at the top of the tower. The players are the knights at the bottom. You can be either, in as many tournaments as you like.
Bring your friends and judge together.
Win them over on video.
Hosts don’t vote, and they don’t have to agree. Mia has judged her bracket. Now judge yours.
Pick one knight from each pair to judge your bracket.
Each host picks on their own. Nobody has to agree and nobody gets outvoted.
A player goes through if at least one host picks them. When hosts split, both players go on.
Each host only sees the players they kept, so by the final every host has a winner of their own.
Hosts start from a preset, then add a title, a description and the age range they’d like to meet.
| Preset | Players | Rounds | Hosts | Co-hosts | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo | 4 | 2 | Just you | None | Local |
| Circle | 8 | 3 | Up to 6 | Invite only | Local |
| Social | 8 | 3 | Up to 6 | Open | Local |
| Stage | 16 | 4 | Up to 8 | Open | Local |
| Global | 32 | 5 | Up to 16 | Open | Anywhere |
The first challenge in every tournament is instant. You answer it as you join.
After the first round, players have a day to open each new prompt. The timer starts when they do.
Putting yourself forward on camera takes nerve. These rules apply to every tournament.
Everyone on Joust is 18 or over. We check ages when you sign up.
Every video is screened on your phone before it uploads. Explicit content never leaves your device.
Report any video, message or tournament from inside the app. Once you block someone, you won’t meet them in a tournament again.
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