Everyone thinks they are an expert about rounds. Just go to a tournament, watch a final round that has a decent number of audience members, and after it is done listen in on what everyone thinks about it. Everyone has their own opinion about how the round went and how they’d rank it. Well this time, Extemp Central is asking you to put those skills to work and predict the top five extempers at the 2010 MBA Extemp Round Robin.
For the MBA Extemp Round Robin, the 16 competitors are placed into four rooms of four in each of the ten rounds of competition. There is a three-minute cross-examination period in each round and there is a balance between rounds that are United States and International extemp oriented. Competitors will hit each other twice and are judged in each round by a panel of three judges. Unlike last year, there will be no crossover between LD and extemp judges at the Round Robin. At the end of the ten rounds, the top five extempers go to an Exhibition Round that is adjudicated by the eleven extempers who do not make the Exhibition Round. Their scores determine who wins it and if there is a tie this year it will be broken by a panel of Round Robin alumni (confirmed Round Robin alumni that will be there this year include Jason Warren, Stacey Chen, Hunter Kendrick, and Logan Scisco among many others). Keep in mind, though, that the Exhibition Round scores are not put together with ranks from the ten rounds prior to the Exhibition Round. In other words, the Exhibition Round simply stands by itself.
So what are you playing for? Here are the prizes.
1st — $25 SpeechGeek Gift Certificate
2nd — $15 iTunes Giftcard
3rd — $10 Starbucks Giftcard
4th and 5th — SpeechGeek Extemp Button Pack
Here’s how you play:
*List the extempers that you think will finish 1st-5th in this year’s Round Robin, clearly marking what place you think each of these five individuals will get. To get a list of the participants of this year’s Round Robin click here.
*As tiebreakers indicate who you think will win the Exhibition Round. As a second tiebreaker, indicate what you think the cumulative rank total will be for the winning competitor. Since there are ten rounds at the Round Robin that are adjudicated by three judge panels, if a competitor were to go straight 1’s the entire tournament they would have a cumulative score of 30. Likewise, going straight 4’s the whole tournament would see someone have a cumulative score of 120.
*After getting your list together you can submit it by commenting on this thread or you can e-mail it to [email protected]. Make sure to include your name, school, and state. If you win, we will contact you to arrange the shipping of prizes.
Tabulating Winner
To tabulate the winner, points will be awarded based on predictions at the following levels:
1st: 15 pts.
2nd: 10 pts.
3rd: 7 pts.
4th: 5 pts.
5th: 2 pts.
Whoever ends up with the highest point total will be declared the winner. In case of ties, tiebreakers listed above will be used.
DEADLINE FOR THIS CONTEST IS 5:00 PM EST ON FRIDAY!