Last Man Standing
A reusable fundraising competition platform — entrants pick a team each round, wrong picks are out, and the last entrant standing wins — built for community clubs running "Last Man Standing" fundraisers.
Key Features & Outcomes
- Live member view of picks, results, and standings each gameweek
- Invite-only accounts — no public sign-up — with a break-glass recovery role deliberately blocked from participant data
- Hourly cron job locks overdue gameweeks and assigns eligibility-aware autopicks automatically
- Payments are recorded and confirmed by an administrator rather than handled in-app — money stays off-platform by design
The idea
Community "Last Man Standing" competitions usually run on a shared spreadsheet and a lot of trust. This platform gives the competition a proper member view — picks, results, an audit trail — while keeping the money itself firmly outside the app, recorded and confirmed by an organiser rather than processed automatically.
What's inside
Entrant management, weekly picks, results, prize/fundraising totals, and a full audit trail, sitting behind invite-only NextAuth accounts. A hourly Vercel Cron job locks gameweeks once they're overdue and assigns eligibility-aware autopicks, so a missed pick doesn't silently break the competition. Access roles are split deliberately: a platform-admin role for the organiser, and a separate break-glass recovery account that can restore organiser access but is explicitly blocked from seeing participant names, contacts, or picks.
Why it matters to me
Built out of the same world as River Valley Rangers — a genuine community fundraising mechanic that deserved better than a shared spreadsheet, without pretending the app should be the one handling people's money.