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Patriot Games Classic & Round Robin2020 InvitationGeorge Mason University cordially invites you to attend the 17th Annual Patriot Games Classic to be held in conjunction with Speechwire and Yaatly on December 5th & 6th, 2020. The Round Robin and all Individual Events will be held asynchronously, with live outrounds. Debate and Congress will be held synchronously on Yaatly. The deadline for entry is Monday, November 16th at 5:00pm EST, but we strongly encourage people to enter early, as once we are filled, we will no longer be able to accept entries. All events will be capped at 8. While we will make a waiting list available, please understand approval for entry will be made with an eye on managing tournament size.Registration will be open as of Monday Oct. 26th at 5 PM, EST. Registration will take place through the website: addition to our traditional forensics fun, we are excited to announce Impromptu is back!! We will announce our plans for prompts in an email that also describes the Extemp Rounds subject areas before Thanksgiving. We will most likely be sending out a lot of information as we transition to this new format as well as providing numbers for our Help Lines for competitors, judges and hireds. We appreciate you willingness to expand your student’s engagement in these new virtual environment. We are looking forward to providing a safe and educational experience for everyone!! We look forward to seeing you all in December!Sincerely,Tournament Co-DirectorsDawn LowryDirector of Forensics Tyler WatkinsAssistant Director of ForensicsStudent Tournament Co-Directors Cordelia Tran & Emily WilliamsEVENTS OFFERED/ENTRY CAPS:Pattern A EXTExtemporaneous Speaking8HIHumorous Interpretation8OIOral Interpretation8DUODuo Interpretation8INFOInformative Speaking8IMPImpromptu8Pattern B/Debate: OOOriginal Oratory8DIDramatic Interpretation8DECDeclamation8POIProgram Oral Interpretation 8PFPublic Forum Debate8LDLincoln-Douglas Debate8CDCongressional Debate8Additional slots may be requested via Speechwire’s wait list feature. Schools will be notified which entries have been accepted from the wait list no later than Friday November 20th, petitors at most may enter:2 speech events per pattern; or1 form of debate and 2 speech events in Pattern A.FEES:IE Entry, Duo (per team)$45.00IE Judge (per uncovered entry)$20.00Congress, LD, PF (per team)$60.00Debate Judge (per uncovered entry)$40.00JUDGE REQUIREMENTS:A qualified judge should be provided for every 6 entries or fraction thereof in individual events. A qualified judge should be provided for every 2 entries or fraction thereof in PF and LD.A qualified judge should be provided for every school with Congressional Debate entries. Judge pools are separate; no judge may cover more than one obligation.NEW: Each team with more than 25 slots is responsible for covering 50% of their judging obligations of their entry in IE and Debate. Failure to do so will result in a $75 fee. NEW: Missed Round Fee: Failure of a judge to judicate all rounds assigned to them will result in $25 charge. Arrangements to make payment must be completed before the beginning of outrounds if your students are to advance. Entry fees will be calculated at 5pm on Monday, November 16th, 2020. Important Timeline and all additional fee changes are described below. Registration Opens10/26Entries Due 11/16Online Payment Opens 11/17Waiting List Released 11/20Entry Drop/Change After 11/24Entry Fee (EF)Entry Drop/Change After 11/27EF + $25.00Entry Drop/Change After 11/29EF + $35.00Video Links Uploaded by 11:59 PM EST on 11/30IE Rounds Released 12/1/2020 by 5PM ESTDebate Drops after 12/1EF +$50.00Judge Drop11/27$100.00Judge Drop 12/3$200.00Fees are due at or before registration: School or personal checks should be made payable to George Mason University. Send to:Dawn Lowry – Forensics 4400 University Drive MS3D6Fairfax VA 22030Proof of Payment must be received before the tournament begins 12/1. Send an email to Dlowry4@gmu.edu showing payment has been initiated (such an email from your school’s finance department showing payment has been initiated, a check number, or any other proof you may consider.). If payment has not been received by January 6th, we will turn outstanding invoices over to the GMU Finance Department for collection. Hold checks are not accepted. Schools can also pay online. THIS WILL NOT BE OPEN UNTIL AFTER FEES ARE ACCESSED - NOVEMBER 16th, Information regarding online payment can be found at: assessed once the tournament has started (for no-show students or no-show judges) should be paid arranged immediately with Tournament Directors. Schools with outstanding fees risk preventing their students from participating in elimination rounds. EVENT RULES:Congress: Each school entering Congress must provide a bill or resolution for debate. The bills should be emailed to gmubills@ no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday, November 11, 2020. Please see use the template posted under files to download at under GMU Patriot Games. We will post the legislation packet for all schools on the website no later than 5:00 pm Wednesday, November 18th, 2020. Schools who enter Congress students without submitting legislation risk their students being removed from the competition. All applicable rules will be published with the legislation packet.Public Forum Debate: NSDA Rules Public Forum will use the December 2020 NSDA Topic as published on the NSDA website.Lincoln/Douglas Debate: NSDA RulesLD will use the November/December 2020 NSDA Topic as published on the NSDA website.Duo Interpretation: NSDA RulesDeclamation: NCFL Rules Freshman and Sophomore competitors only.Oral Interpretation: CFL RulesDramatic Interpretation: NSDA Rules Humorous Interpretation: NSDA Rules Original Oratory: NSDA Rules Extemporaneous Speaking: NCFL Rules Please note that the final round will feature an open 3-minute cross-examination rmative Speaking: NSDA Rules **Program Oral Interpretation: NSDA RulesImpromptu: NSDA Rules **** Round Themes will be announced once registration closes. Prompts will be released 11/23Team and Individual Sweepstakes: TBA via Speechwire email.ROUND ROBIN AND TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE INFORMATION TO COME!! ................
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