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AGENDA 1. BASIC TERMS 2. POINTS & BREAKS 3. CATEGORIES 4. TOURNAMENT TYPES 5. GOING TO TOURNAMENTS.

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2 AGENDA 1. BASIC TERMS 2. POINTS & BREAKS 3. CATEGORIES 4. TOURNAMENT TYPES 5. GOING TO TOURNAMENTS

3 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

4 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

5 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

6 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

7 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)

8 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.

9 CATEGORIES LANGUAGE EXPIERENCE NATIVE (ENL) SECOND (ESL) FOREIGN (EFL) NOVICE PRO

10 TOURNAMENT TYPES EXPIERENCE PRO-AMS NOVICE SCHOOLS INTER-VARSITY EDUCATION LVL OPEN TOPIC IR SCI-FI WOMENS MIXED DOUBLES GENDER

11 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: http://europeandebating.blogspot.com/

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