On Toss-Up Questions, players can ring in while the moderator is reading the question. If they
do, their early ring-in is designated as shown below:
The "Early" checkbox is checked for you automatically. If you judge the team’s answer to be
correct by clicking "Right Answer" (or by pressing the "B" keyboard shortcut equivalent), you have
the opportunity to award extra points for their having given an early, right answer:
If you judge their answer to be incorrect by clicking "Wrong Answer" (or by pressing the
"Backspace" keyboard shortcut equivalent), you may penalize them:
Note: In some formats, most notably NAQT competitions, the early ring-in feature can be used to
indicate that a player rang in before the Power Mark, and if they provide a correct answer, they
earn bonus points. In another format, Florida’s Brain Brawl,
this feature can be used to penalize
a team by awarding points to their opponent if they rang in early and answered incorrectly.
If your competition format does not pay any attention to early ring-in, you can uncheck the "Early"
checkbox prior to judging a question Right/Wrong to remove the impact of the early ring-in
feature. Slam-In will "remember" that setting for the remainder of the match.
