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| Thud, thud, thud. Nothing beats that skip in your step, that slightly faster heart beat on the first day of a tournament! |
As teams slowly assembled at the University of Macau Cultural Centre, you feel the tension build as excruciating second after second moves towards the start of Rounds 1 to 3 of the 2011 Macau UADC.
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| Steady now, my heart. Debaters slowly fill up the debaters' hall. |
The preliminary stage will have 8 rounds and, as is slowly evolving to become a custom with the now-expanded tournament, a total of 24 teams will break into the main round, with teams ranked 1-8 securing slots to the Octofinals, whilst 9-24 will battle it out in an extra round called the pre-Octos.
The list of EFL teams is due for release today, and of all the teams, only the top 4 shall proceed to the semi-final.
debateIndonesia will give you a round-per-round coverage of the motions. Also catch our special featured articles for the month of May which we will release over the next few days.
Thanks to Jozef Thenu (LSPR) and Andrew Sadeli (BIPEDS) for the photos, and the live updates.
Let the games begin!
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Nice reporting, guys. It would be nice to know the debaters who are competing there from Indonesia. I hope there is a team or two from Indonesia that can break into the top 24. Do you think 5 wins will be enough? Cheers, Abu
ReplyDeleteAbu - Not too sure if a 5-2 VP score will suffice. Since the debates are high calibre, and the scoring is conservative (little deviations allowed from the range of points), it usually boils down to VP + team scores.
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