10/03/2024
Hello everyone!
The University of Pittsburgh is inviting you to our Medieval Renaissance themed tournament in the fairest building in all the land, the Cathedral of Learning! The tournament will take place on Friday October 18th and Saturday October 19th.
Format:
The tournament will be opp-flex and composed of 5 loose-link in-round debates. There will be 3 in-rounds on Friday night, followed by 2 in-rounds on Saturday and will allow 2 preliminary scratches.
Registration & Late Policy:
Reg fee will be $120. Due to the limited number of judges and people on the Pitt team, registration is tentatively capped at 40 teams. Fill out the google form with any and all relevant information. $50 late fee for dropping the Tuesday before.
We will not be accepting virtual debaters.
Tab Policy: Will be posted on FB page
Registration is DUE at 11:55 PM on Wednesday, October 16th. Schools that register after the deadline will not be guaranteed team slots and will pay an extra fee. We are accepting checks (most preferred), Venmo (-Fedyk), and cash (least preferred).
1st – Fill out Registration form:
School registration: https://forms.gle/dYGSfYgsXLxiR3RSA
2nd – Fill out Judge registration form for each team you’re sending
Judge registration: https://forms.gle/q1C6kJK6xdvzWWtn6
3rd – Fill out team registration for each team you’re sending
Team registration: https://forms.gle/roWAk4x373zDTRmi6
DIETARY NEEDS
Additionally, as part of registration, please have one person fill out information on your team’s dietary needs: https://forms.gle/TXGkSTCwFGBtxdPQ6 Please have this done as soon as possible so we can order food accordingly!
Judging:
Due to our size we will be strongly enforcing the usual (n – 1)/2 judge requirement with a $60 fee for each missing judge. We strongly encourage you to bring experienced judges; once again, we’re a small team, and we want to maintain a high quality level of judging for the pool and to ensure an equitable tournament experience. We will not hesitate to break up teams; the judge calibration form will be posted at a later date.
Tournament staff / Reg: Zach Fedyk
Tournament Director: Alex Rizzo
Tab Director: Rebecca Hsu
Tab Observer: Nicholas DeVito (dino; virtual)
EO's: TBA
COVID policy: Masks will be optional unless University policy changes. If so, these changes will be reflected on the page.
Housing:
Pitt will offer very limited crash housing so teams should plan to get hotels in the nearby area.
Feel free to reach out to Alex Rizzo ([email protected]) if you have any more questions about hotels and housing.
Tentative Schedule:
FRIDAY:
Check-in begins at 3:00 and closes at 4:00 pm
4:00 Reg. closes, announcements to GA
Round 1: 4:15pm – 5:45pm
Round 2: 5:45 pm –7:15 pm
Dinner: 7:15 pm – 8:15 pm
Round 3: 8:30–10pm
10 pm Housing
SATURDAY:
Check in & Breakfast : 9 am – 10 am
Round 4: 10:30am
Round 5: 12:30pm
Lunch break after Round 5
Awards and break announcement around 3pm or so
Outs will occur afterwards (exact outs tbd depending on size of tournament - most likely varsity semis and novice finals but if we really have very few teams, we'll just have combined outs)
Parking:
Soldiers & Sailors Parking Garage 4101 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (if you don't want to risk a ticket)
Street parking throughout South Oakland
Forbes Garage (farthest)
