Patriot Games 2025 Live Doc

Juding Guide

NSDA Campus Guide - How To Use And Trouble Shoot

Online Debate Best Practices

Schedule

All rounds will be in Mountain Time.

There will be 5 preliminary rounds all single-flighted.

We will offer Octos, quarters, semis, and finals.

Detailed Schedule

Judge Training (Optional)- 6pm MT via Zoom

Friday

Registration Online - 9am until 2pm [Proof of payment required to register]

Pairings will be out at least 15 min before round start time if we are not running behind. For example, pairings will be out at 4pm for Round 1.

Please be in rooms at least 10 min before hand to check tech and get set up.

START TIMES

Round 1 - 4:30 pm MT

Round 2 - 6:30 pm MT

Saturday

Round 3 - 8:30 am MT

Round 4 - 10:30 am MT

Round 5 - 12:30 pm MT

Octos - 2:15 pm MT

Quarters - 3:30 pm MT

Semis - 5:00 pm MT

Finals - 6:30 pm MT

Rules

This tournament will use the NSDA/TOC rules and NSDA January Topic for PF.

Internet Access

As perNSDA rules internet access for research or to access files is allowed in round. Outside or external communication is not. Students may only communicate with their partner.

Evidence

As per NSDA rules full cards or excerpts of evidence with citations and original available sources are required in round if called for. If it is an internet article with a paywall please use archive.ph to access. If it is a book you must have at least a copy or photo of the previous page, current page, and next page.

Evidence Exchange

For evidence exchange, students have 30 seconds to find their piece of evidence. After 30 seconds have elapsed if they still have not found their evidence Prep Time begins to drain from the team looking for their own evidence. If a student takes longer than 30 seconds to find their own evidence and is out of Prep Time that evidence is struck from the round. Once the requesting team receives the evidence via the evidence exchange they must take Prep time if they wish to read that evidence or read it during a speech/cross. No "off-time" reading of evidence.

Judging

Juding Guide

• You must have 1 judge per 2 teams. This allows for single flights.

• Judges are obligated for at least the first out round even if their school or students do not break.

• Judges must be adults. No high school students are allowed.

• A judge must have a working camera. If your camera is off more than 5 minutes in a round you will be considered absent and will be dropped from the tournament. Every year for the last 4 years of digital debate there have been incidents of high school students judging for “adults” on online tournaments or adults who do not listen to the debate with their cameras off. This is to mitigate that issue. If your judge has technical difficulties those need to be resolved by the next round or your team will have to forfeit entries due to the judging problem.

• Judges do not have to disclose feedback or results but they are required to enter an RFD and at least 25 words of feedback. Judges may disclose results, feedback, and publish results.

George Washington High School (CO) invites you to attend their online Patriot Games-Public Forum TOC Bid Tournament. Our Tabroom page will only offer PF online. All other events will be hosted on Speech Wire.

TOC Bids

This is a TOC Gold Bid at the Finals Level and TOC SIlver Bid at the Semi-Final Level.

Location

All rounds will take place on NSDA Campus. Please trouble shoot to make sure your audio and video have permission access. You can test this in the "Test NSDA Room" on the right side of the homepage.

NSDA Campus Guide - How To Use And Trouble Shoot

Online Debate Best Practices

Contact Info

Tournament PF Tab Director

Gabe Rusk

Fairmont Prep Academy

grusk@fairmontschools.com

Tournament Director and Host

Maryrose Kohan
Email address: maryrose_kohan@dpsk12.org