VIKINGS

5TH ANNUAL VIKINGS INVITATIONAL

postponed, possibly to May

DEADLINE

11 February 2022

ELIGIBILITY

Open to middle and high school students
Lincoln Douglas only

PLATFORM

Online through Tabroom and Zoom

Information

Welcome to the 5th Annual (Virtual) Vikings Invitational!

Irvington High School’s Debate Team is proud to be hosting the 5th annual Vikings Invitational. The tournament will be a two-day tournament on February 18-19, open to novice and open LD debaters. Our tournament is auto-approved by the National Parliamentary Debate League and will be offering TOC points for the varsity parliamentary division only. We do not offer bids for LD.

Tournament Format
We are planning on hosting the tournament virtually. We will be using the usual Tabroom settings; pairings, results, RFDs (reasons for decisions), and ballots.

Tabroom pairings will specify each Zoom meeting that judges and competitors will be in for each round. The following link will take you to a spreadsheet where each “Room #” will have a “Meeting ID”, “Password”, and “Meeting Link” that will take you to your Zoom meeting. Thus, please ensure that all competitors and judges have installed Zoom as an application on their preferred device. Make sure that you have updated your Zoom to version 5.3.0 or higher.

Entry Eligibility
Novice is defined as a student’s first year of competition, or not advancing to an elimination round in your first two years of competition, regardless of the debate format. All students who do not fit this definition should be placed in Open/Varsity.

LD-Specific Notes
This is our first year incorporating LD divisions into the Vikings Invitational; we are excited to meet many new faces! For issues not explicitly indicated below, we’ll be following NSDA guidelines on LD rules and procedures.

The forfeit time for each round will be five minutes after preparation time ends to minimize delays with the schedule. Additionally, we will be providing a total of five minutes for each team that can be allotted for technology issues. If teams are found to be using this time to prepare, entries will automatically be disqualified from the tournament.

LD Round Structure
Affirmative Constructive - 6 minutes
Cross Examination - 3 minutes
Negative Constructive/Rebuttal - 7 minutes
Cross Examination - 3 minutes
Affirmative Rebuttal - 4 minutes
Negative Rebuttal - 6 minutes
Affirmative Rebuttal - 3 minutes
*Prep time for each debater - 4 minutes

Changing speech times is not permitted except for if debaters opt to not use all their speech/cross-x time. This time cannot be transferred to other parts of the round.

LD Topic
Both Novice and Open divisions will be debating the January-February 2022 NSDA topic:
“Resolved: The appropriation of outer space by private entities is unjust.”

LD Evidence Ethics
Upon request, evidence read in rounds must be made available to the opponent.
Debaters may contest evidence quality as part of arguments made in round due to bad author qualifications, inability of the opponent to provide evidence upon request, etc. Such issues can affect a judge's decision making, however they do NOT stop the round.
If claims are made that a debater is fabricating evidence, this DOES stop the round as it would violate NSDA guidelines, if true. At that point, judges would determine the round's decision on the basis of the evidence challenge alone.

Elimination Round Procedures
Tiebreakers for breaks will be in the following order:
1. Number of wins
2. Opponent seed
3. Speaker Points
4. Random (Coin Flip)
We will break brackets based on school affiliation.

Entry Price

If you (parent) is judging, the LD entry fee is $100 for NOVICE
If you (parent) is judging, the LD entry fee is $100 for VARSITY

If you (parent) is OPTING OUT OF JUDGING, the LD entry fee is $180 for NOVICE (one-day)
If you (parent) is OPTING OUT OF JUDGING, the LD entry fee is $230 for VARSITY (two-days)

All students who drop after 11 February 2022 will not receive a refund.

Registration will not be complete until payment is received.

NOTE: We will charge set up fees if we have to create tabroom.com accounts for judges. It is recommended you do so on your own.

Schedule

Please note that all times are in PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (PST).

We plan to offer five preliminary rounds for each varsity division and four preliminary rounds for each novice division. The tournament reserves the right to adapt the amount or structure of elimination rounds if required by tournament logistics.

The forfeit time for each round will be five minutes after preparation time ends to minimize delays with the schedule. Additionally, we will be providing a total of five minutes for each team that can be allotted for technology issues. If teams are found to be using this time to prepare, entries will automatically be disqualified from the tournament.

VARSITY LINCOLN-DOUGLAS

Friday, February 18th (2/18)
4:00-4:30 PM: Registration & Check-In
4:45 PM: Round 1 Starts
6:15 PM: Round 2 Starts
7:45 PM: Break
8:00 PM: Round 3 Starts

Saturday, February 19th (2/19)
8:40 AM: Coach Check-In
9:00 AM: Round 4 Starts
10:30 AM: Round 5 Starts
12:00 PM: Break
12:30 PM: Quarterfinals
2:30 PM: Semifinals
4:30 PM: Finals

NOVICE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS

Saturday, February 19th (2/19)
8:40 AM: Coach Check-In
9:00 AM: Round 1 Starts
10:30 AM: Round 2 Starts
12:00 PM: Break
12:30 PM: Round 3 Starts
2:30 PM: Round 4 Starts
4:30 PM: Finals

Drop Fee

Drop fees will be the same amounts as the entry fee PLUS any fees the tournament charges us for late drops. Drop requests should be made to Victor and Nadia.

Please do not drop out last minute to avoid being charged these fees.

Contact Info

Victor Rivas Umana
Contact email: vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com
Nadia Budiman
Contact email: nbudiman@tgsastaff.com
Or info@tgsastaff.com

Registration Form

STUDENT INFORMATION

* Indicates required field

Student Name *

First

Last

Student Email (make sure you have a Tabroom account) *

Student Phone Number *

Does the student have a Tabroom account? *

Yes and it is linked with GSA's account(s) Yes but it is not linked and we need you to add to your roster No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I will pay the additional $35 setup fee

If this is your first time competing, make sure to first create a Tabroom account here: https://www.tabroom.com/user/login/new_user.mhtml
It's super simple and quick (<1 minute), but follow the guidelines here in case anything is confusing: https://docs.tabroom.com/Sign_Up

PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION
Your email address will be the one included when we send the logistics email.

Parent Name *

First

Last

Parent Email *

Parent Phone Number *

EVENT SELECTION

Choose your event *

Novice LD Open/Varsity LD

JUDGE PROVISION

Are you supplying a judge? *

Judge Name *

Judge email (Must be linked to a tabroom account. Register first at tabroom.com before completing this sign up) *

Judge phone *

Does your judge have a Tabroom account? *

Yes No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I'll pay the additional $35 setup fee Not judging

Does your judge understand that he/she is responsible for the entire tournament schedule and that missing a round incurs fines from the tournament? *

Yes, understood Not judging but understood as well

Click here to complete the highly recommended Cultural Competency judge training course

Signing up a judge without having a Tabroom account will result in us charging you for the set up fee.
You can do this easily on your own by going to tabroom.com. It literally takes less than a minute.

First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.
There are also these training cards available that include a summary of each event's rules and comments.

Tournaments encourage judges to have a paradigm on their Tabroom account, which can be a few sentences on your preferences of debating styles, etc. See here for example. It doesn't need to be this long, but make sure to add something before you sign up. For example: "I am a parent, please speak clearly and slowly and avoid technical jargon".

More tournament resources can be found here.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

I will keep a copy of this form for reference. *

YES

We are signing up with the understanding that my child will work to be ready by the tournament date. If we choose to drop out because my child is not ready that will be considered when making assessments for future classes. *

YES

I understand that if I fail to drop the tournament before the deadline that I will still be responsible for the fees of both my son or daughter, along with that of his or her partner and the fines. *

YES

I understand that if payment is not received we won't be registered and our spot will be given up to someone else. *

YES

I confirm that I have completed all necessary paperwork for this tournament. *

YES

I understand that The Golden State Academy has no control over tournament entries other than the initial sign up. I understand that my child's priority will be based on either the last time I signed up OR the date paid, whichever is latest. *

YES

I understand that my child must check in and check out periodically at the tournament with the coach and that if I do not my child will be barred from participating in following tournaments. This is to ensure coaches can see where students are at competitively and to give any initial feedback for improvement. *

YES

I understand that I can check my entry status through tabroom.com. *

YES

I am a consenting adult. I understand that by submitting this form I agree to all that has been covered. *

YES

Submit/take to payment

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!

School year Hours

M-F: 3:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Telephone

510-270-8480
510-470-0531

Email (preferred)

For more info email us at: info@tgsastaff.com

Locations

Fremont: 200 Brown Rd #201, Fremont, CA 94539

Polygon Academy (Cupertino): 1025 S. DeAnza Blvd, San Jose, CA-95129

Aborn Institute: 2804 Riedel Road, San Jose, CA 95135

Loving Tree Academy: 36601 Newark Blvd, #83, Newark, CA 94560