Discord Technical Briefing
Updated October 29, 2021
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Originally created by Emily Xie, Tyler Li and Livi McElrea
Table of Contents
Registration
To check in the morning of the tournament you will have to use the E Link you received from TabbyCat!
You must click “Check In” on this screen so we know you have arrived at the tournament!
Before the Tournament
Before the tournament we would ask you do a couple of tasks:
How to change your nickname
Right click on your name in server to change your nickname!
Please change it to your real name so we can identify you!
Mobile users: Tap on yourself on the right hand side and tap on “manage”
Your audio or microphone doesn’t work?
Your audio or microphone doesn’t work?
Someone else is too quiet or loud?
You can raise or lower someone else’s volume for you by right clicking on their name!
For mobile users:
This can be done in the same way by tapping on the voice channel and tapping on the individual you want to adjust!
Sick of notifications?
With so many debate rounds happening at once you might feel overwhelmed by all the POI notifications!
Click on the top left of your screen to bring up server settings!
Click on notification settings and change to “Only @mentions” and you will find things get immensely more chill!
Have someone who won’t stop dropping the call?
Go to your user settings
>notifications in the left menu
>scroll down
>disable “user join” and “user leave”
Timing and POI’s
Use TD bot to time debate speeches!
Write POI notification in the text channel corresponding to your debate room when the bot says POI’s are allowed!
Discord Names
Please make sure to change your name on Discord to your actual name so that we may easily identify you. A reminder for those who wish to stay anon to do the same for your anon name given on the Tab.
We ask that all people below the age of 18 please add an m at the end of your discord name to signify that you are underage, so that we may add you to that label on discord.
We also ask that no single minor is ever alone in a room with only 1 person above the age of 18. This is to ensure safety of all individuals participating.
How to use the timer bot!
- +start - Gives time signal for a 7 minute speech.
- +resume - resumes a paused timer.
- +pause - pauses a running timer.
If you have muted notifications that don’t mention you, please enter the command yourself when your speech starts so you can be notified of when the timer bot gives you time signals!
Filling Out E ballots
Please select who spoke first and second for every team and then assign speaker scores with your panel!
Teams cannot have tied speaker scores!
Remember to hit submit ballot please!!!!
Zoom Room
As we want to make the tournament as accessible as possible, there will be one room each round that takes place over Zoom! Please make sure you have this downloaded and are signed in now!
What to do if you are slotted in the Zoom room:
On the tab for the round, the room will be called ZOOM
Hadley will release the link on the #draw chat on discord every round when the draw is released.
For prep, just call your partner individually over discord, this works the same as the positional breakout rooms!
Technical Issues - FAQ
Q: If a speaker can not connect at all, how long do judges wait for dropped speakers to come back before making it an iron person speech? Or how long do we wait for a disconnected speaker to get back on?
A: 2 minutes
Q: If partner takes over, are they allowed to restart the whole speech or should they continue from where the speech left off?
A: They should start the whole speech over again.
Technical Issues - FAQ
Q: What happens if a speech cuts halfway for a debater?
A: Pause and rewind the speech by 10 seconds and let the speaker continue. Commands:
Q: What happens if judges drop?
A: Notify the CA team or let the TD know!