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OATS 4 (Online Asynchronous Tournament Series)
General information
This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a College tournament in Minnesota. View manager contact information
Hello Friends,
By now, you are probably full of the beautiful, carb-y goodness that is the OATS (Online Asynchronous Tournament Series). This group of tournaments, created to respond to student calls for accessible tournaments, hopes to prioritize accessibility and affordability for teams across the US. We're up to the OATS #4, and we're excited to have Midland University hosting this week!
This multi-tournament series will run for the duration of the 2020-2021 season. The dates for video submission for the remaining OATS include:
OATS 4: Mon, Jan 25
OATS 5: Mon, Feb 8
OATS 6: Mon, Feb 22
OATS 7: Mon, Mar 22 (Last Chance NFA Qualification Tournament)
Each tournament will run Monday-Friday of the tournament week.
TL:DR Details
-Tournaments will be fully asynchronous, including finals
-Entries and video links are due to Speechwire on Monday @ 8 p.m. CST
-Content warnings are encouraged to give adequate warning to judges/competitors
-No late adds are allowed
-OATS tournaments will utilize an honor system for judges and competitors
-Preliminary rounds will be judged from Tuesday through Thursday @ 4 p.m. CST; Final rounds will be judged from Thursday p.m. through Friday @ 2 p.m. CST
-Postings will go live on Thursdays at 6 p.m. CST (or ASAP depending on ballot completion)
-All 11 categories will be offered per released AFA guidelines
-The one-time $200 Series Fee pays for all “covered-slot” entries for all OATS tournaments
-Uncovered slots will incur an additional $5 fee
-Payments accepted by Venmo, PayPal, or by check
-We request video submissions be unique to this tournament, but we will not check or enforce this practice
Full information about competition and fees are listed on Speechwire. If you have questions feel free to contact Julie Walker by phone (call or text 706-844-2773) or email (julie.walker@smsu.edu).
Sincerely,
Julie Walker
Southwest Minnesota State University
Assistant Director of Forensics
Series Tournament Co-Director
Ben Walker
Southwest Minnesota State University
Director of Forensics
Series Tournament Co-Director
Manager contact information Julie Walker
Email address: julie.walker@smsu.edu
Phone number: 706-844-2773 Mailing address 1501 State Street
MARSHALL, MN 56258
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