Pick fair teams

How to make random teams

1. Paste or type the names, one per line.
2. Pick how many teams, or how many players per team.
3. Tap Make teams. Names are dealt into colour teams.
4. Shuffle again for a new draw, copy the teams for the group chat or put them on the big screen.

Random or balanced?

A random draw is the fairest for the players: nobody chooses, nobody is picked last. It can still give lopsided sides. When the game matters, add a rating from 1 to 10 after each name and leave Balance by rating on. Huddle shows how close the team averages ended up.

Questions

How does the balanced team generator work?

Give people a rating after a comma, like Sam, 7. Huddle deals the strongest players first to whichever team is weakest so far, then tries swapping pairs between teams and keeps any swap that brings the team averages closer. It repeats that from 160 random starts and keeps the fairest split, so pressing Shuffle again still gives you different teams that are just as even.

What happens to people without a rating?

They count as the group average, so you can rate only the players you know.

Can I keep two people on different teams?

Yes. Open Keep apart, tap one name and then another. Huddle will not put them together. If the rules are impossible with the number of teams you chose, it tells you how many it had to break.

Is the draw really random?

Yes. It uses your browser's cryptographic random numbers, the same kind used for passwords. Every person has the same chance of landing on any team, and team sizes never differ by more than one.

Are the names sent anywhere?

No. The names stay in your browser and are saved there for next time. They only leave your device if you press Share link, and then they travel inside the link itself, not to our server.

Can I show the teams on a projector?

Press Big screen. The teams fill the screen in their colours, big enough to read from the back of a hall.

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