美国西北大学PF邀请赛正在报名/PF Invitational at Northwestern University 2025

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西北大学PF邀请赛：10月4-5日

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美国西北大学PF邀请赛（PF Invitational at Northwestern University）将于10月4日（星期六）至10月5日（星期日）举行，现已经开始报名。

Public Forum Invitational at Northwestern University

We are thrilled to invite you to attend the Public Forum Invitational atNorthwestern Universitywhich will take place online from October 4-5, 2025.

We will feature public forum competitions in all the following divisions:

Middle School, Junior Varsity, and Varsity. All competitors will be using the NSDAPublic Forum Debate – 2025 September/October Topic:

Public Forum Debate（辩题投票中）

OPTION 1 – Resolved: The European Union should establish a nuclear sharing agreement with France to create an independent deterrent capability.OPTION 2 – Resolved: The United Kingdom should rejoin the European Union.

Tournament Details:

Date: 4 - 5 October 2025 (9:00 am - 8:00 pm CST)

Platform : Zoom（online）

Format: PF debate

赛事详情

比赛日程安排见下表

The tournament schedule is as follows(all in CST):

Saturday, October 4th:

Check-in: 8:00-9:00 am

Judge Training: 9:15 am

Blast: 9:50 am

Round 1: 10:00 am

Round 2: 12:00 am

Round 3: 2:00 pm

Round 4: 4:00 pm

Round 5: 6:00 pm

Round 6: 8:00 pm

Sunday, October 5th

Check-in: 9:00-9:50 am

Blast: 9:50 am

Octos: 10:00 am

Quarters: 12:00 pm

Semis: 2:00 pm

Finals: 4:00 pm

Award Video Posted: ~7 pm

Evidence

NSDA Campus File sharing, email chains, or links in the chat are acceptable ways to share evidence. Any evidence read in a round must be available to the opponent upon request. Time used sharing the evidence shall not be factored into prep time. Time spent reading the opponent’s evidence must be on the clock, either as prep time or while another speech/crossfire is underway.Judges may only request to view evidence after the round has concluded. Judges are instructed to treat all evidence presented in round as truthful unless unique reasons to suspect dishonesty or conduct violations present themselves. Competitors may not instruct or request that judges review specific pieces of evidence. If competitors suspect evidence of conduct violations or abuse, they ought to report such incidents to tournament staff.

Debate and tournament times:

PF will use the standard 4-4-3-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2 time format with 3 MINUTES of in-round prep time:

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!