FTN - 2015 Biggest Little City Classic 2015

Welcome to the home page for the 2015 Biggest Little City Classic 2015 tournament hosted by University of Nevada, Reno on Oct 16-18, 2015 for College students.

Status: Tournament Completed

Dear Colleagues,   We are excited to be hosting the Biggest Little City Classic on Oct 17-19, 2014 in Reno, NV. The University of Nevada, Reno has been rated one of the top campuses in the nation. The city of Reno offers all kinds of exciting activities for members of your team of all ages. Excellent dining options and affordable accommodations await you. The weather in Mid-October is usually quite nice. We have designed a schedule that should allow folks flexibility with travel depending on which events they are competing in. We also have made it our goal to be done at a reasonable time each day so that teams can enjoy meals together and relax. We are offering 4 preliminary rounds of LD, 2 preliminary rounds of IEs, and 5 preliminary rounds of NPDA. We will recognize sweepstakes for IEs, Debate, Overall 2-year, 4-year, and Top Novice. We look forward to seeing you all in Reno. If you have any questions, please reach out to us.   Sincerely, Phil Sharp Director of Forensics University of Nevada, Reno <a href=\"mailto:psharp@unr.edu\">psharp@unr.edu</a> (360) 747-2944   Hotel Information We have secured blocks at two hotels:   1. The Sands in Downtown Reno The hotel is located about 1 mile from campus. The hotel has recently undergone a renovation. Rate: $72.22 Friday and Saturday/$43.85 for Thursday and Sunday nights Call: 1 866 386-7829 and ask for Group Code: Biggest Little City Classic/UNR Debate The deadline for reservations in the block is October 3.    2. Boomtown Casino The hotel is located about 15 minutes back toward California from Reno. We have been given rooms in their upgraded tower. The casino is small but the arcade is big. It is also home of the Lobster Buffet (not recommended). For a little extra drive, you can save some money… Rate: 39.99 (plus 13% tax and $6.00 Resort Fee) Call: 1-866-553-8360 and ask for Group Code: SUNR16 The deadline for reservations in the block is October 3.    Directions To CAMPUS from I-80 Take the Virginia St exit. Head up the hill. The University is on the right about ½ mile up Virginia St. You can’t miss it.       Parking on Campus On Friday, you will need to pay for parking on the first floor of the Brian Whalen Parking Garage or the top floor of the West Stadium Garage. Parking can be purchased at the parking office (16th&Virginia St) or from the pay machines. TICKETS WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED IN ALL LOTS until 5pm   Park in the lot immediately behind Mack Social Sciences or anywhere in the Brian Whalen Garage on Saturday and Sunday. Parking is free on the weekends.  An event is being held at the Basketball arena that expects 12,000 people, but they are not allowed to parking in either of those places. Also, due to construction, getting into the MSS lot can only be done by turning into campus at the Old Virginia St Gymnasium. I may have some parking updates closer to the tournament.   Events NFA Lincoln-Douglas Debate We will offer 4 prelims and the appropriate number of elim debates in Novice and Open Divisions. We plan to single-flight the rounds, so one judge will cover 2 competitors.  We will use the 2015-16 NFA LD topic and all NFA-LD rules.  Time limits will be 1AC 6, cx 3, 1NC 7, cx 3, 1AR 6, 1NR 6, 2AR 3.  4minutes prep time per person.    Individual Events: IE’s will be run on Sunday only. There will be two preliminary rounds followed by finals (if an event warrants semifinals, we will attempt to offer it during the first final pattern). We will offer two divisions (novice/open) in each event, but reserve the right to collapse divisions if necessary. For novice division, contestants must be in their first year of competition in event area in either high school or college. Students may be novice for new event areas, even if they are open in others (example: a student did interp in high school but no limited prep. They can go novice in the limited prep, but the must go open in the interp). We will have all 11 AFA events and AFA rules will govern each event. Pattern groups will be as follows:   A: Extemp, ADS, Prose, Poetry, Informative B: Impromptu, Persuasion, CA, Drama, POI, and Duo   Competitors may enter a maximum of 3 events in each pattern, but be warned: the tournament will make NO special accommodations for students who are in multiple events and are late to a round. If you miss the judge because you are multiple entered you will NOT be able to make it up. If a student advances to LD finals, they may not enter more than 2 events in Pattern B. Competitors may not use selections used in competition prior to September 1, 2015 (the only exception is rookies who competed at the NCFA Spring Fling last spring.) One critic covers six IE slots per pattern. Team Parliamentary Debate – NPDA: We will offer three divisions (novice/junior/open). We will collapse junior into open if there are less than 16 teams in either division or if open does not have adequate numbers/school diversity for pairing easily. In the event of a collapsed division, we will still break out non-advancing junior teams as appropriate.   To be classified as a novice: a. The student should have no high school debate experience. b. The student should be in the first two semesters of collegiate debate. c. Once the student has advanced to elimination rounds 3 times, the student should be advanced to the junior or open division. To be classified as junior varsity: a. The student should be in the first four semesters of intercollegiate debate. b. The student should not have advanced to elimination rounds 3 times in junior or open division. c. The student should not have advanced to elimination rounds in a debate event at ANY national competition (NFA, NPDA, PKD, PhiRhoPi…).   There will be five preliminary rounds, followed by the appropriate number of elimination rounds. All winning records will advance up to 32 teams. Teams will use the 7-8-8-8-4-5 format, with 25 minutes of prep and walking time, beginning at the end of the topic announcement.  The first two rounds will be preset and then round 3-5 will be power matched. Teams will advance to elimination rounds based on the following criteria: win/loss, total speaker points, adjusted speaker points, double-adjusted speaker points. Brackets will be broken.   One critic covers two debate teams. All judges are committed through second elimination round, even if their teams are eliminated. All resolutions will be announced to the group in SLH. You are allowed to consult materials and coaches during the 25-minute preparation period. Judges are allowed, but not required, to disclose their decisions but are limited to no more than 5-minute discussions with debaters after each round after they have sent their electronic ballot. Hybrid teams and three-person teams will be allowed to clear. Maverick debating will not be allowed.  A “warm room” listing of team records will be posted following round 2. Nevada students may compete and will be eligible for elimination debates and awards. All judges must provide an email address and have a device from which they can send their ballot upon completion of the round.   Sweepstakes Awards Sweepstakes trophies will be awarded to (1) the top two debate schools; (2) the top two IE schools; (3) the top two community college overall s and (4) to the top two universities overall; (5) the student who earns the most points in Novice division events. The following formula will be used for sweepstakes calculation: IE: (top 3 competitors per school per event) 1st = 5 pts 2nd = 4 pts 3rd = 3 pts finalist = 2 pts semi’s = 1 pt Debate: (top 4 teams in each division per school) 3 points for each prelim win plus 2 points for each team that clears.   Entry Procedure You will find the tournament on Forensicstournament.net. Entry deadline is Wed, October 14th at 8:00pm. <a href=\"http://www.forensicstournament.net/BiggestLittleCityClassic/15\">http://www.forensicstournament.net/BiggestLittleCityClassic/15</a>   We look forward to hosting you in October. Please feel free to contact us with questions!   Fees Each debate team entry is $60.00, each LD entry is $30.00 and each individual events slot is $10.00. There will be a $30.00 school fee.   Due to the cost of hired judges, we have the following fees for uncovered teams.  We would much rather have you bring your own judges!  Each uncovered parli debate team will be $125.00. Each uncovered LD person will be $60.00.  Each uncovered IE slot will be $15.00. Each parli judge will cover 2 teams.  Each LD judge will cover 2 LD’ers.  Each IE critic will cover six slots per pattern.   If you know anyone who would like to be hired, have them contact us.   Please make checks out to “Phil Sharp, C/O UNR Debate”.   Fees will be set at 8:00pm on Wednesday, October 14th and schools should expect to pay the set fee amount at registration regardless of subsequent drops. The online entry system will be turned off at that time.     Schedule     Friday 1:00pm-1:30 pm Registration - Schulich Lobby 2:00pm Parli Rd 1 3:30pm Parli Rd 2 5:15pm Parli Rd 3 7:00pm Parli Rd 4 Saturday 8:00am Parli Rd 5 9:45am Parli Partial Octos/Elim 1 11:30am Parli Octos/Elim 2 1-1:30pm Lunch/Parli Awards- Schulich (Provided) 1:30pm Parli Quarters/Elim 3 3pm LD Rd1 3:45pm LD Rd2 4:30pm Parli Sems/Elim 4 6pm LD Rd 3 7pm LD Rd 4 7:45pm Parli Finals* 8:00pm IE Only Registration   Sunday 8am LD Quarters 9am LD Sems 9am Late Registration 10:00am Pattern B Rd 1/LD Finals 11:30pm Pattern A Rd 1 1:00pm-1:30pm Lunch (provided) 1:30pm Pattern B Rd 2 2:45pm Pattern A Rd 2 4:15pm Pattern B Finals 5:30pm Pattern A Finals 7:00pm IE/LD Awards   *Parli Finals could be moved up in the schedule if participants are not in LD

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