Australs Topic Selection

This is a means of working out a topic designed for tournaments. It is in use in the WODC and other formats.

After a round is picked, participants in debates are presented with 3 set topics.
They have one day to rank these topics from 1 (their most preferred), to 3 (their least preferred), with a 2 being offered to the remaining topic.
Should a debater fail to provide these rankings on time, the round will be forfeit.
The rankings should be provided to the tournament director.

The director will then advise both parties of the topic using this format:

If both parties picked different #3 topics, the remaining topic is debated
If both picked the same #1, that topic is debated
If both picked the same #1 but picked #1 and #2 in the opposite order, a coin is tossed between those two topics.

The aim of this system is to increase overall fairness, efficiency and balance individual topic preferences with pre-set topics. It is most famously used in the second-largest international tournament, the Australasian championships.

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Comment posted by devinator534 (DDO)
2016-07-28 02:24:21
Where are we putting the 1-3 voting? Email? Or will the selection be provided on site?

Comment posted by admin
2016-07-28 02:27:57
Will be provided (similar to previous years). You'll get an on-site message explaining that stuff.

Comment posted by Tejretics
2016-07-31 00:27:39
"If both picked the same #1 but picked #1 and #2 in the opposite order, a coin is tossed between those two topics."

If both picked the same #1, how could they have picked #1 and #2 in the opposite order?

Comment posted by admin
2016-07-31 00:29:48
Sorry, should read if both picked the same #3. If both picked the same #1 then obviously that one is debated.