AGENDA 1. BASIC TERMS 2. POINTS & BREAKS 3. CATEGORIES 4. TOURNAMENT TYPES 5. GOING TO TOURNAMENTS
CONVENER: CHIEF ORGANIZER OF THE EVENT, TO BE PITIED AND ADMIRED. CA: «CA» STANDS FOR CHIEF ADJUDICATOR, RESPONSIBLE FOR MOTIONS AND JUDGE POLICY. TAB MASTER: IN CHARGE OF TEAM ALLOCATIONS TO ROOMS, AWARDING SPEAKER POINTS, PREPARING RANKINGS, ETC. EQUITY OFFICER: IN CHARGE OF THE TOURNAMENT’S EQUITY POLICY AND DEALS WITH EQUITY COMPLAINTS. BASIC TERMS
BREAK: TEAMS MAKING IT TO THE ELIMINATION ROUNDS (E.G. SEMIFINALS). BIN ROOM: A DEROGATORY TERM FOR A VERY BAD ROOM IN A TOURNAMENT. CRASH: CRASH REFERS TO STAYING IN SOMEONE ELSE’S HOUSE/FLAT SOCIAL: JUST ANOTHER NAME FOR DRINKING. CUTTING TEAMS: WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS AFTER A SOCIAL. TEAMS ARE KICKED OUT OF THE TAB. BASIC TERMS
SPEAKER POINTS 50: FOR SHOWING UP 55: FOR SAYING ANYTHING 60: FOR SAYING SOMETHING THAT IS VAGUELY RELATED TO THE MOTION 65: MAKING SOME (BUT LITTLE) SENSE 70: MOSTLY MAKING SENSE 75: MAKING SENSE PRETTY MUCH ALL THE TIME (AVG. WUDC SPEECH) 80: MAKING A LOT OF SENSE & DOING IT WELL 85: AMAZING SPEECH/ TYPICALLY ONE OF BEST IN A TOURNAMENT 90: TYPICALLY ONE OF THE BEST SPEECHES OF THE SEASON 95: PROBABLY BEST DEBATE SPEECH YOU HAVE EVER SEEN 100: GODLIKE POINTS & BREAKS 1ST PLACE: 3 POINTS2ND PLACE: 2 POINTS3RD PLACE: 1 POINT4TH PLACE: 0 POINTS
POWER PAIRING: STRONGEST TEAMS DEBATE WITH STRONGEST TEAMS AND WEAKEST TEAMS DEBATE WITH WEAKEST. BREAK 1 TEAM POINTS 2 SPEAKER POINTS 3 HAVE THE TEAMS MET? 4 OTHER WEIRDNESS POINTS & BREAKS
BREAK ROUNDS POINTS & BREAKS TWO TEAMS FROM EACH BREAK ROUND ADVANCE TO THE NEXT BREAK ROUND. THE WINNER OF THE FINAL IS THE CHAMPION (REGARDLESS OF PREVIOUS POINTS)
AWARDS 1.CHAMPIONS (IN EACH CATEGORY) 2.BEST SPEAKERS (IN EACH CATEGORY) POINTS & BREAKS BEST SPEAKER IS DETERMINED BASED ON PRELIMINARY ROUND CUMULATIVE SPEAKER POINTS USUALLY TOP 10 SPEAKERS ARE ACKNOWLADGED.
CATEGORIES LANGUAGE EXPIERENCE NATIVE (ENL) SECOND (ESL) FOREIGN (EFL) NOVICE PRO
TOURNAMENT TYPES EXPIERENCE PRO-AMS NOVICE SCHOOLS INTER-VARSITY EDUCATION LVL OPEN TOPIC IR SCI-FI WOMENS MIXED DOUBLES GENDER
ATTENDING TOURNAMENTS 1.FOR WIDELY ATTENDED TOURNAMENTS WE RUN INTERNAL REGISTRATION 2.FOR TOURNAMENTS NOT WIDELY ATTENDED YOU CAN REGISTER YOURSELF OR ASK Y2/Y3 DEBATERS TO REGISTER YOU EUROPEAN DEBATE CALENDAR: