2024NHSDLC冬季邀请赛新规则介绍

To the NHSDLC community,Happy new year to everyone!After the conclusion of the fall 2023 semester the DLC has taken some time to review the recent tournaments, learn from other tournaments, and most importantly, listen to the advice of students and parents. We are determined to continuously improve all aspects of DLC tournaments and thank you for your support and feedback. Based on suggestions we received, the DLC plans to make some changes to tournament operations.
We wanted to take a minute to explain a few new things we are testing out during our winter tournaments:The Chinese New Year online tournament (January 27-28)andWinter online invitational (February 17-18).

祝大家新年快乐！2023年秋季常规赛结束后，NHSDLC组委会认真回顾了最近举办的比赛，从中总结经验，最重要的是广泛听取了学生和家长的建议。我们将持续不断提升NHSDLC的品质，在此感谢大家的支持和反馈！

根据收到的建议，组委会计划对赛事运营做出一些调整。今天的文章就为大家介绍2024冬季邀请赛（包含春节线上邀请赛和冬季线上邀请赛）的几项新举措。

Academic Director

NHSDLC

第一个重大变化是组委会将在冬季邀请赛的公开组比赛中使用MPJ（Mutual Preference Judging）机制。

MPJ机制将允许选手对裁判进行分类和排名，并根据比赛双方的排名情况，匹配排名相近的裁判执裁某场比赛。

在比赛开始前，选手们将有24小时的时间对裁判进行排名，随后这些排名将被输入Tabroom系统，比赛时的裁判分配会将该排名考虑在内。

The first major change is using a mutual preference judging (MPJ) for the open division. MPJ allows students to rank their judges, and then uses the rating from two teams to match similarly ranked judges for the debate.
Before the winter tournaments begin, students will be given 24 hours to rate their judges into 4-6 categorieswith a certain number of judges required for each category. The DLC tournament staff will enter the judge ratings for each team. Tabroom will then take the ranking into consideration when selecting judges for a debate. While some tournaments make the lowest category a strike (cannot judge a team), we will not allow strikes as we begin testing the new MPJ system.

但MPJ机制并不保证每支参赛队伍都不会遇到排名低的裁判。

目前我们仅在公开组的比赛中尝试MPJ机制，暂时没有给初中新手组提供MPJ机制的计划。我们认为新人选手应该在辩论初期接触不同风格的裁判，并学会在所有类型的裁判面前进行辩论。

MPJ does not guarantee that a team will not receive a low ranked judge. First, both teams could hypothetically rank a judge lowand it would be a mutually agreed upon. Second, during power matched debates, the tabulation system usually gives preference to rounds where teams have stronger records. For those teams at the bottom of the bracket, they are more likely to get mutual D or mutual C judges.
To begin, we will only give teams in the open division MPJ. If the trial is successful, we will look at extending MPJ to the middle school division. However, we do not currently have plans to give the novice division MPJ. It’s our belief that novices more than others should learn to debate in front of any and all judges.

今后，NHSDLC将综合以下因素做出裁判的聘用决定：

· Experience

· Student’s MPJ Ratings

· Availability

· Location

· Diversity (race/gender/etc.)

这也是我们冬季推出的第二项举措：我们将在聘用裁判时综合考虑更多因素，其中包括学生对裁判的排名情况。

Second, we will take student's rating into consideration while we decide whether or not to hire a judge.
Every tournament that we use the MPJ system, students will be voicing their opinions on which judges we should hire. To be clear, students will not be the sole determinant of selection. Student rating will just be one consideration among others when deciding who judges.

In the future, the NHSDLC will make hiring decisions based on the following considerations: experience, student’s MPJ ratings, availability, location, and diversity (race/gender/etc.).

本次推出的第三项举措：让家长和老师们加入裁判阵容。组委会将在现场为这些新评委提供培训，确保他们为比赛评估做出有效贡献。相信这一举措可以借助更多专业人士的力量，丰富辩论反馈的质量和多样性。

In addition to these changes, NHSDLC is introducing an initiative that actively involves parent and teacher judges in tournaments.

These individuals, often possessing untapped expertise, will be welcomed and compensated similarly to regular judges.Live training sessions will be provided to support these new judges, ensuring their readiness to contribute effectively to debate assessments.

This initiative aims to recognize and leverage the potential of a broader range of individuals within the community, enriching the quality and diversity of feedback in debates.