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BSW is a new contest that we have been thinking about for a long time. We have kicked around a lot of ideas for rules and this is the latest draft. Comments welcome to improve the contest.
Rules to be read and handed out before the contest begins:
Life isn’t fair and neither is this contest. All rulings by the judge are final and you agree to abide by those rulings or don’t bother starting.
- 50 min presentations and 10 min breaks
- Scoring is by tests administered at the end of each round.
- Docked 1 point for every minute past the top of the hour that you are not in your seat.
- Judge or Judge’s designee (usually the speaker) can dock you points for
o Not paying attention
o Talking (excessively)
o Working the system
- Bathroom breaks whenever you need but you get docked a point is you have to go outside of the scheduled breaks. You will be docked another point for each minute past 5 that you do not return. Excessive bathroom breaks will get you eliminated at judge’s discretion.
- If you work the system you risk being eliminated.
- Sleeping is automatic elimination.
The judge will not be present for most of the contest. In addition to the speaker’s reports, contestants will monitor each other. Cell phone pictures of sleeping contestants or empty chairs (showing the time they leave and their late return) will be used to dock points. Remember, your fellow contestants WANT you eliminated because they make more money.
By signing below I agree to these rules. I agree that the judge’s ruling is final in all matters and that there is no appeal.
Rules to be read and handed out before the contest begins:
Life isn’t fair and neither is this contest. All rulings by the judge are final and you agree to abide by those rulings or don’t bother starting.
- 50 min presentations and 10 min breaks
- Scoring is by tests administered at the end of each round.
- Docked 1 point for every minute past the top of the hour that you are not in your seat.
- Judge or Judge’s designee (usually the speaker) can dock you points for
o Not paying attention
o Talking (excessively)
o Working the system
- Bathroom breaks whenever you need but you get docked a point is you have to go outside of the scheduled breaks. You will be docked another point for each minute past 5 that you do not return. Excessive bathroom breaks will get you eliminated at judge’s discretion.
- If you work the system you risk being eliminated.
- Sleeping is automatic elimination.
The judge will not be present for most of the contest. In addition to the speaker’s reports, contestants will monitor each other. Cell phone pictures of sleeping contestants or empty chairs (showing the time they leave and their late return) will be used to dock points. Remember, your fellow contestants WANT you eliminated because they make more money.
By signing below I agree to these rules. I agree that the judge’s ruling is final in all matters and that there is no appeal.
however, I think I will tweak the rules to say that anyone suspected of doping will get the same treatment Olympic athletes get. That's why I have the "all rulings by the judge are final and I can do anything I want" rule to cover stuff like this that we may not think of till the middle of the contest.
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