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This is the latest revision of both the rules and rankings for the ATS Debate Forum. It includes the workings of the ranking system, A new
Fighters' Bill of Rights, and current rankings of active fighters.
**All rules and rankings are subject to change without notice, at the discretion of the debate staff.
The ranking system exists for seeding of tournaments, to encourage challenge matches and to facilitate non-tournament title bouts.
Here's how it works:
Ranking points
A debater may be awarded rank points based on debates predating the ranking system as follows: 2 points per round of tournament participation, 2
additional points for winning a tournament, 1 point for challenge match participation, 1 point for challenge match wins.
Point awards for tournaments and events held under this system will vary to prevent a fixed status quo. In a tie, both fighters recieve the full
award.
Free points are not awarded for challenge matches, but points may be wagered. The current minimum wager is 2 points. Fighters ranked at zero recieve
two free points to wager, which are "repaid" in the event of victory.
Tournaments
Tournaments will be seeded by ranking, pairing the highest ranked debaters against the lowest. Tournaments may be open or restricted to a rank range.
Tournaments may be for the championship or not. Championship tournaments may be held without the participation of the current champion, but champions
shall not be forcibly excluded except in case of misconduct.
Challenges
Any member may challenge any other member, fighter or not. Challenges may be directed or open, and may be arranged independently or with staff
assistance. Special terms and topics for challenge matches may be established by mutual agreement. Challenges may be declined for any reason, except
for title bout challenges. A title bout challenge may be issued to the champion by an equal or higher ranked fighter, and MUST be accepted within 90
days except in case of extreme hardship, or the championship is vacated, pending a championship tournament.
Fighters' Bill of Rights
Fighters may, without penalty or dishonor, refuse to argue any that position which constitutes:
(1) A religious offense.
(2) A violation of any law or regulation to which fighter is subject.
(3) A source of emotional trauma to the fighter. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to, any debate regarding any type of abuse, adversity,
hardship, or disability which has affected the fighter, a fighter's loved ones, or any group/demographic to which the fighter or the fighter's loved
ones belong.
No fighter shall lose ranking points as the result of a hardship such as illness or death in the family, natural disaster, etc.
The debate forum staff reserves the right to determine the legitimacy of claims made under this bill of rights, subject to the review of ATS
Management.
The current rankings
Name..................Points.........Record.....Streak
MemoryShock___________28_____________12-5_______6__
Semperfortis__________24______________11-6-2_____1__ *former champ*
The Vagabond_________24_____________8-3-2______3__ *former champ*
Intrepid______________22______________6-3________6__ *former champ*
TruthWithin_____________18______________7-3________2__
chissler_________________17______________5-4-1______2__
Ian McLean____________16_____________7-3________0__ *former champ*
Skyfloating______________16_____________10-11______0__
Maxmars_____________14____________7-1________6__*Champ*
Loki____________________13_____________7-1________1__
americandingbat___________11_____________6-0________6__
GAOTU789______________11_____________3-2________0__
WyrdeOne_____________10____________4-0________4__ *former champ*
Argos__________________10_______________3-0________3__
Rdube02________________8_______________4-1________0__
TLomon_________________8______________3-2________0__
Schrodingers Dog_________6_______________5-3________2__
44soulslayer_____________6_______________4-1________0__
Animal_________________6_______________2-1________0__
Tuning Spork_____________6________________2-2________0__
Kenshiro2012____________6________________2-3________0__
Esdad71________________6_______________2-1________0__
Bigdanprice______________6________________1-2________0__
Simulacra_______________6________________1-2________0__
TheMythLives____________6_______________3-2________2__
whatukno_______________6_______________4-4________1__
Illusionsaregrander_________5_______________1-0________1__
IsaacKoi________________5_______________4-0________5__
Oscitate ________________5_______________2-1________0__
maria_stardust___________4_______________3-3________0__
AshleyD________________4_______________2-1________2__
TheWayISeeIt___________4_______________2-3________0__
nyk537_________________4_______________4-6________0__
Constantwonder_________4________________2-2________0__
Byrd___________________4_______________0-0-1______0__
FreeThinkerIdealist________4_______________1-1________0__
TheDuckster____________4________________1-1________0_
nefermore______________4________________2-1________0__
orange-light_____________3_________________2-3________0__
budski_________________3________________2-4________0__
peacejet_______________3_________________2-1________1__
Sublime620_____________3________________1-5________0__
Ldragonfire______________3_________________2-3________0__
souls__________________3_________________2-2________0__
Chebob_________________3________________0-1________0__
skeptic1________________2_________________1-2________0__
ragster_________________2__________________1-1________0__
GUNSINWAR_____________2________________1-0________1__
grimreaper797___________2_________________1-0________1__
SpartanKingLeonidas_______2__________________1-0________1__
Coven__________________2________________1-1________0__
poet1b_________________2_________________0-1________0__
Hikix___________________2_________________0-1________0__
Enjoies05_______________2__________________0-2________0__
MastaG_________________2_________________1-0________0__
TheBorg________________2_________________0-3________0__
bodrul_________________2__________________2-2________0__
OzWeatherman___________2_________________1-1________0__
visible_villain_____________2__________________1-1________0__
wormwood13_____________2________________1-1________0__
antar____________________2_________________1-1________0__
Supercertari______________2_________________1-1________1__
Apex___________________1__________________0-1________0__
dntwastetime_____________1__________________0-1________0__
gallopinghordes___________1__________________0-1________0__
more_serotonin_pls________1__________________0-1________0__
pstiffy__________________1__________________0-1________0__
one_man24______________0__________________0-1________0__
CA_Orot________________0__________________0-1________0__
Proto Fire Fox____________0__________________0-1________0__
Rockpuck_______________0__________________1-2________0__
emsed1_________________0__________________0-2________0__
Frankidealist35___________0__________________0-3________0__
questioningall_____________0_________________0-1________0__
FSBlueApocalypse________0__________________0-2________0__
Benarius________________0__________________0-1________0__
SemperParatusRJCC_______0_________________0-1________0__
[edit on 11/21/2009 by semperfortis]
[edit on 11/21/2009 by semperfortis]
