Rules & Results

Tiebreakers

Create Tiebreak Set

Advance equal entries from each section - In speech and Congress, Tabroom's default is to advance the top X entries based on overall scores, which could mean more entries advance from one section than another. This button makes Tabroom advance an equal number of entries from each section or chamber instead.

Forfeits cannot advance/place last in event - This button will allow judges to mark forfeited entries last in a particular event and ensures those entries cannot to elimination rounds.

Forfeits place last in section - This button will add a "No show" box to judges' ballots. If a judge clicks this button, it will automatically rank that entry last in the round.

3x Composite Ties get Middle Rank (CA) - If you're using a speech ruleset like the California Plan that uses composite re-ranks (re-rank the lowest cumulative score first), this button awards entries tied in a three-way tie the middle rank. For example, three entries tied for first place would all receive a rank of 2.

Sweepstakes

Setup

Name of ruleset This allows you to name particular sweepstakes awards at your tournament (ex: Debate Sweepstakes, IE Sweepstakes, etc).

Entries counted across all events - This sets a cap on the total number of entries eligible for sweepstakes points. The "best" entries for each school will count up the cap, after which they will be ignored.

Entries counted per event - This sets a cap on how many entries can count towards sweepstakes in each event, which is useful if you want your sweepstakes to reflect performance across all events.

Entries counted per rule subset - This allows you to set a cap on how many entries will count toward a particular sweepstakes award.

Per event limit per rule subset - This allows you to set a cap on how many events will count toward a particular sweepstakes award.

Number of events to count - This allows you to determine how many events you want to count toward a particular sweepstakes (Ex: If you are giving a Debate Sweepstakes award, you can choose LD, CX, and PF as the three events you want to count toward that sweepstakes award.)

Wildcards (entries counted beyond limits) - This allows you include a number of entries above the 'entries counted per rule set' that you may set above.

Multiply this ruleset's scores by - For example, you can put 2 here to double the ranks of scores in an elims tiebreak.

Multiply by # of students per entry - When checked, this allows you to count each student from a team event towards sweepstakes.

Only count novice entries - When checked, only novice entries will count towards sweepstakes.

Exclude breakout rounds - When checked, only prelims will count towards sweepstakes.

Count points by individual, not by entry/team - When checked, only total of individuals will be counted towards sweepstakes.

Count only 1 entry per individual competitor - When checked, each competitor is equivalent to one entry when considering sweepstakes.

Maximum competitors an entry counts for - This allows you to set a cap on the number of competitors an entry counts for (Ex: You are giving a World Schools Debate Sweepstakes award, you can set the max competitor number to 3 rather than 5 since at least 3 competitors make up one WSD team).

Scope

Events Counted

Event Types Counted

Rounds Excluded

Add New Rule

Count Manually entered points entered under Tabbing → Sweeps

Each participating entry gets a minimum # of points

Each Appearance

Any Round

Placement or Seeding

Result

Placement

Basis for Placement

Which Rounds Should be Counted

Ranks (IE/Congress)

Result

Which Rounds Should be Counted

Debate Wins & Losses

Type

Rank Cumulative Totals

Total Ranks Of

Rounds to Count

Points & Bids

NDCA Points

If your tournament awards NDCA points for NDCA tournament qualification or the Baker award, you can configure which divisions to auto-report

Tournament of Champions Bid Reporting

If your tournament has a bid for the Tournament of Champions, you can set the bid level for the qualifying division on the "Points & Bids" tab. You must first have configured the events and rounds in the schedule - then just select the bid level, and the results will automatically be reported to the T