To all participants:
Unfortunately, due to personal conflicts by participants and other members, the Debate League needs to get cut short this year. This is both good and bad new for everyone involved.
Bad News -
We cannot continue to replace debaters and judges. To be quite honest, I'm all worn out. Those who quit did not live up to their responsibilities and caused more work for Phoenix and myself than we ever anticipated. So we are going to cut the regular season of the league after week 8 has been completed this Friday at 2PM EST. I apologize to the alternates that have been patiently waiting to be inserted into this competition. Blame all of the quitters this year... not Phoenix and myself.
Good News -
There WILL be a winner. Following this week's Round 8 debates, everyone will get a week off to give the judges a chance to catch up on all unscored debates. Since CH David has resigned as a judge, I will be taking over his duties personally in order to ensure this is done with no more delays and I will continue to judge for the remainder of the season.
After all debates are judges, I will tally the wins and total points for each participant and reveal the semi-finalists from the Alpha and Omega conferences. If any of the resigned debaters qualified for these spots they will automatically be disqualified and their position will default to the next-highest scored debater on their conference. A semi-final round will follow for one week, followed by a conference final debate for a week and ending with a debate by the winners from each conference that will last 10 days, giving each participant extra time for a clean debate. (Unless they collectively choose to end it early.)
In conclusion -
Phoenix and I would like to personally thank all the participants that stayed dedicated and worked their asses off in the preliminary rounds. All of you did a tremendous job and I wish you the best of luck.
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask them in here.
Unfortunately, due to personal conflicts by participants and other members, the Debate League needs to get cut short this year. This is both good and bad new for everyone involved.
Bad News -
We cannot continue to replace debaters and judges. To be quite honest, I'm all worn out. Those who quit did not live up to their responsibilities and caused more work for Phoenix and myself than we ever anticipated. So we are going to cut the regular season of the league after week 8 has been completed this Friday at 2PM EST. I apologize to the alternates that have been patiently waiting to be inserted into this competition. Blame all of the quitters this year... not Phoenix and myself.
Good News -
There WILL be a winner. Following this week's Round 8 debates, everyone will get a week off to give the judges a chance to catch up on all unscored debates. Since CH David has resigned as a judge, I will be taking over his duties personally in order to ensure this is done with no more delays and I will continue to judge for the remainder of the season.
After all debates are judges, I will tally the wins and total points for each participant and reveal the semi-finalists from the Alpha and Omega conferences. If any of the resigned debaters qualified for these spots they will automatically be disqualified and their position will default to the next-highest scored debater on their conference. A semi-final round will follow for one week, followed by a conference final debate for a week and ending with a debate by the winners from each conference that will last 10 days, giving each participant extra time for a clean debate. (Unless they collectively choose to end it early.)
In conclusion -
Phoenix and I would like to personally thank all the participants that stayed dedicated and worked their asses off in the preliminary rounds. All of you did a tremendous job and I wish you the best of luck.
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask them in here.
