Online Flips PF

Doing actual coin flips in online rooms is unwieldy at best, so Tabroom now has an online coinflip

management system. You will need to have an active Tabroom account linked to your Tabroom

student/competitor record, or access to your school account as an administrator.

25 minutes prior to the scheduled start time, the two entries (and their coaches) will

receive a text notification of which team was randomly selected as the coin flip winner. They can log

into Tabroom and there will be a link to the flip screen from the "current panels" for competitors or the

dashboard for coaches. The link will also be sent in the blast email (though NOT the text; texts cannot

contain links or some providers will drop them as spam.)

There the flip winner will have 5 minutes to select whether they want to be pro/con OR 1st/2nd

speaker. Once they choose, the other team will be texted and can go to the same screen via the same

links to make the other choice. Once that choice is made, both teams will be able to see which

side/speaker position they are in on that flip screen, and they will also get a text/email blast.

If the flip winner does not choose within 5 minutes, the loser then has 5 minutes to make a selection. If

they also do not choose then anyone will be able to choose, first come first served, for five minutes. If

nobody chooses by the end of that period Tabroom will randomly select who speaks on which side in

which position.

Judges' online ballots will automatically be adjusted to reflect the side and speaker positions once the

flip is complete; if they are incorrect because the judge opened it before the flip, just ask the judge to

refresh the ballot before contacting Tab staff.