diff --git a/frontend-react/src/components/freeagents/FreeAgentsPage.tsx b/frontend-react/src/components/freeagents/FreeAgentsPage.tsx
index e5bb46b46..0fc2dd7af 100644
--- a/frontend-react/src/components/freeagents/FreeAgentsPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend-react/src/components/freeagents/FreeAgentsPage.tsx
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ const FreeAgentsPage: React.FC<RouteComponentProps> = () => {
   const postsFilter = (post: FreeAgentPost) => {
     if (post.hidden) return false
 
-    if (weapon && post.discord_user.weapons.indexOf(weapon) === -1) {
+    const usersWeapons = post.discord_user.weapons ?? []
+
+    if (weapon && usersWeapons.indexOf(weapon) === -1) {
       return false
     }
 
diff --git a/frontend-react/src/types.ts b/frontend-react/src/types.ts
index e241a7ee9..4a52a693c 100644
--- a/frontend-react/src/types.ts
+++ b/frontend-react/src/types.ts
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ export interface FreeAgentPost {
     discord_id: string
     twitter_name?: string
     country?: CountryCode
-    weapons: Weapon[]
+    weapons?: Weapon[]
     top500: boolean
   }
 }
diff --git a/graphql-schemas/fapost.js b/graphql-schemas/fapost.js
index 9d73e2afb..e3fa0f698 100644
--- a/graphql-schemas/fapost.js
+++ b/graphql-schemas/fapost.js
@@ -198,14 +198,12 @@ const resolvers = {
 
       const faPost = new FAPost({ ...args, discord_id: ctx.user.discord_id })
       args.user = ctx.user
-      await Promise.race([faPost.save(), sendFAPostToDiscord(args)]).catch(
-        e => {
-          throw (new UserInputError(),
-          {
-            invalidArgs: args,
-          })
-        }
-      )
+      await Promise.all([faPost.save(), sendFAPostToDiscord(args)]).catch(e => {
+        throw (new UserInputError(),
+        {
+          invalidArgs: args,
+        })
+      })
 
       return true
     },
diff --git a/utils/validators.js b/utils/validators.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a00865d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/validators.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+const { UserInputError } = require("apollo-server-express")
+const DetailedTournament = require("../mongoose-models/detailedtournament")
+
+function isNum(maybeNumber) {
+  return /^\d+$/.test(maybeNumber)
+}
+
+/*name: String!
+    bracket_url: String!
+    date: String!
+    top_3_team_names: [String!]!
+    top_3_discord_ids: [[String!]!]!*/
+
+function validateDetailedTournamentInput(input) {
+  if (input.top_3_team_names.length !== 3) {
+    throw new UserInputError("Length of top_3_team_names was not 3")
+  }
+
+  if (input.top_3_discord_ids.length !== 3) {
+    throw new UserInputError("Length of top_3_discord_ids was not 3")
+  }
+
+  input.top_3_discord_ids.forEach(discord_id_arr => {
+    if (discord_id_arr.length !== 4) {
+      throw new UserInputError(
+        "Length of top_3_discord_ids contained an array that had invalid length"
+      )
+    }
+
+    discord_id_arr.forEach(discord_id => {
+      if (!isNum(discord_id))
+        throw new UserInputError(`Invalid Discord ID: ${discord_id}`)
+    })
+  })
+}