2025 Act of Valor
NIHD (CA) · Feb 19-21, 2025
Completed
12:07 PM Pacific
Individual Policy
Individual Policy Rules/Instructions
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reform its policy on healthcare.
Speech Times:
8min - 1AC
3min - CX
8min - 1NC
3min - CX
4min - 1AR
6min - NR
3min - 2AR
3mins - prep time. Each side gets 3mins of prep total.
Instructions and Rules
- This will be a 1 vs 1 - LD style event
- We use the same resolution as Team Policy
- Speech times will be based on Lincoln Douglas times, except for the 1AC which will be 8min and 1NC which will be 8mins.
- Other than speech times, the rules will be the same as those for TP.
- This is a non-sanctioned Stoa event, but it will count for our tournament champion event.
- This event will have four rounds and will run concurrently with Parli on Thursday, November 21st. The champion will be announced on Friday night at the awards ceremony.
- Ballots will be the same as TP, but with X through the partner's name.
Tournament Events
Speech A
- Apologetics Qual
- Dramatic Interpretation Qual
- Extemporaneous Qual
- Humorous Interpretation Qual
- Open Interpretation Qual
- Persuasive Qual
Speech B
- Duo Interpretation Qual
- Expository Qual
- Impromptu Qual
- Mars Hill Qual
- Original Oratory Qual
- Slam Poetry Qual
TP/LD
- Lincoln Douglas Qual
- Team Policy Qual
Parli
- Parliamentary Debate Qual
Juniors
- Junior Apologetics Juniors
- Junior Impromptu Juniors
- Juniors Platform Juniors
Tournament Timetable
- Community Judge registration will open at 12:00 pm Wed 01/08/2025 (Pacific)
- Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 11:59 pm Fri 01/24/2025 (Pacific)
- Meal registration will close at 11:59 pm Fri 01/31/2025 (Pacific)
- Tournament Status will update to Open at 7:33 am Mon 02/10/2025 (Pacific)
- Tournament Status will update to Closed at 3:23 pm Tue 02/11/2025 (Pacific)
- Community Judge registration will close at 12:00 pm Mon 02/24/2025 (Pacific)
What the statuses mean
- Setup
- The tournament is still being set up.
- Open
- Registration is open — families can register for the tournament.
- Drops Only
- No new entries are allowed, but families can drop existing ones.
- Closed
- Registration is closed — no adds or drops. Contact the tournament director with questions.
- Completed
- The tournament is finished.