赛制：Public Forum

日期：2026年10月3日-4日

平台：Zoom（在线）

费用：赛事报名费用800元/人

组别：

Middle School, Junior Varsity, and Varsity

Public Forum Debate – 2026 Sep/Oct Topic

Resolved: The United States federal government should enact a moratorium on hyperscale data center construction.

Speaker Points

Speaker points are based on the holistic presentation of a speaker. Low-point wins (the winning team has fewer points than the losing team) are acceptable. Here is a standard:

29-30: Incredible speech, near perfect.
28-29: Fairly eloquent and insightful.
27-28: Good fluidity, but a bit rough.
26-27: Frequent stalling or stumbles.
Below 26: Offensive or extremely rude

Coin Flips
Coin flips will be conducted through the Tabroom mechanism before the round starts. Debaters are not permitted to perform coin flips in the round room.
Mavericks No mavericks will be allowed to register. If your partner drops, you may continue to compete as a maverick. Although, you will not be eligible for elimination rounds.

Format
After Round 2, all rounds will be power-matched by record. Out-rounds will use a seeded bracket format.
All rounds will be single-flighted.

Debaters and judges are expected to be in their online rooms 15 minutes before the round starts. Rounds are expected to start no more than 15 minutes after the blasted start time. Should a team not show up by the 15 minute mark, they will forfeit the round.

The tournament will allow 10 minutes of emergency tech time should a student’s computer or network/internet connection fail.

We look forward to seeing you on October 5-6, 2024!