Welcome to the home page for the 2023 (NOF) Birch ***ASYNCHRONOUS*** Video Tournament tournament hosted by National Online Forensics on Sep 18-24, 2023 for Various students.
Status: Tournament Completed
2023-2024 Regular Season
Tournaments Invitation
(Click here for full invite)
Dear Forensics Community,
We are excited to welcome you to our 2023-2024 Regular Season online tournaments. These monthly synchronous and asynchronous tournaments are a great way to prepare your competitors for Nationals & afford extra rounds to competitors on your team. A condensed three preliminary and one final round schedule ensures competitors get the practice they need without the hassle of waiting around all day for rounds. Save money with $0 travel costs. Run by experienced tournament directors, these tournaments are sure to be some of the best online tournaments your competitors attend all year.
The tournaments will offer competition at all levels, from kindergarten to college, in a wide range of events. We have the very best qualified tournament staff assembled to ensure a smooth day of fun competition. Winners will receive Bronze/Silver/Gold medals.
Key Points:
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Each school is required to provide one judge for every 5 IE entries per pattern/2 debate teams. At the discretion of the Tournament Director, uncovered entries may be allowed but penalty fees will apply.
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A complete list of NOF rules can be found here.
We hope you and your team can join us throughout the season. If you have any questions please feel free to email us at info@nationalonlineforensics.org
Sincerely,
Robert Cannon & Danny Cantrell
National Online Forensics
Asynchronous Videos Due By:
Schedule:
Events Offered:
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Competitors may enter as many events as they would like!
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In the event of small entry sizes, we may need to collapse events within their event category (so interp events collapse to an “interp” event).
Individual Events
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Three prelims will be held; one final round will be held.
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Competitors may enter a maximum of three IE events except competitors in Extemp who may only single enter.
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1 Judge is required for every 5 entries
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Prelim Ranking: Ranks/Decimal/Drop High Rank
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Elim Ranking: Total Rank/# of 1st in Event/Rank in Elim/Decimal in Elim/Judge Pref in Elim
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Speaker Points will not be used.
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Competitors will be recognized with Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards. See NOF Bylaws for awards information.
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See the NOF Bylaws for more information about NOF events.
Debate
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The current NSDA topic will be used for LD and Public Forum.
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Standard pairing will be used with 2 random rounds followed by 1 HL round. In Elims, brackets will be broken to facilitate debating.
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One final round will be held. Teams winning the elimination round will be awarded a gold medal; teams losing the elimination round will be awarded a silver medal.
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Competitors may only enter one format of debate and no individual events.
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1 Judge is required for every 2 debate entries.
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Speaker Point Scale will be 100-70.
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Prelim Ranking: Wins/Total Points/HL Points/Z Score/Opp Wins.
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Speakers Ranking: Total Points/HL Points/Ranks/Z Score.
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An award for the top speakers in debate events shall be given. The top 15% of competitors shall be recognized.
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A 5 minute forfeit rule will be put in place for all debate rounds.
See the NOF Bylaws for more information about NOF events.
Sweepstakes Points
Fees
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School Fee: $30
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Individual Event Entries: $25/entry
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DUO Event Entries: $40/entry
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Congress Entries: $30/entry
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One person Debate (LD, IPDA, NFA-LD) Entries: $50/entry
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Two person Debate (NOF Parli, PF) Entries: $60/entry
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Three+ person Debate (World Schools) Entries: $75/entry
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Judges: First Missed Ballot - $25 / Subsequent Missed Ballots - $50
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Uncovered IE/Congress Slot (with Tournament Director Approval): $30/slot
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Uncovered Debate Team (with Tournament Director Approval): $125/team
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Changes after entry deadline - $25 per change (subject to tournament director approval)
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Judge drops within 24 hours of the tournament will be charged a $150 judge no-show fee.
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Judges who submit incomplete eBallots (with little to no substantive feedback) may be charged a judge no-show fee for failing to complete their judge assignment which includes both ranking the speakers along with giving sufficient comments.
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Delay of tournament fees may be assessed from $20-$100 based on the severity of the delay.
Timetable
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Mon 09/18/23 6:00 pm
Close registration (schools can not edit their registration)
Judge Interest Signups
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interested in judging at this tournament as an unaffiliated judge?