War of the Words
2025 — Dardanelle (Fri) Morrilton (Sat, AR/US
The River Valley Speech and Debate League presents "War of the Words". The 4th RVSDL Tournament of the year is going to be split across two campuses. On Friday (14th) we will be hosting the 4 preliminary IPDA rounds on the Dardanelle High School campus. On Saturday (15th) we will host IPDA Out rounds, Congress Debate and IE's at Morrilton High School.
We will have 3 preliminary rounds in all IE's with at least a final round depending on the amount of entries. Events with more than 24 or more entries will break to a sudden-death Semi-Final round. All others will break directly to a sudden-death Final Round.
IE State Qualification Levels
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Level 1 (Semis and Finals) 32+
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Level 2 (Finals) 20-31
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Level 3 (Top 3) 10-19
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Level 4 (1st Place) 6-9
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Events 5 or less need to be supplemented with host school entries (but needs to be less than majority plus one) or won't be a state qualifier.
Congress State Qualification
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Level 1 (All Finalists) 30+ Entries
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Level 2 (Top 10) 20-29 Entries
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Level 3 (Top 6) 12-19 Entries
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Congress with 11 or less need to be supplemented with host school entries (but needs to be less than majority plus one) or won't be a state qualifier
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ACTAA Student Congress Competitors who receive 30 points will qualify for state.
Debate State Qualification Levels
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Level 1 (Top 32 Placement or Top 10 Speakers) 64+ Entries
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Level 2 (Top 16 or Top 10 Speakers) 40-63 Entries
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Level 3 (Top 8 or Top 6 Speakers) 20-39 Entries
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Level 4 (Top 4 or Top 6 Speakers) 10-19 Entries
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Level 5 (Top 2 or Top 3 Speakers) 5-9 Entries
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Debate with 4 or less need to be supplemented with host school entries (but needs to be less than majority plus one) or won't be a state qualifier.
The Deadline for UKTOC will be done by this point so it will not count as a qualifier.