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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__
Heike _________________8_____________5-2________2__
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__
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__
whatukno_______________6_____________4-4________1__
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__
ALightInDarkness_______2_____________1-0________1__
SpartanKingLeonidas____2_____________1-0________1__
jamie83________________2_____________1-0________1__
Coven__________________2_____________1-1________0__
damajikninja___________2_____________1-0________1__
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__
titorite_______________1_____________0-3________0__
one_man24______________0_____________0-1________0__
CA_Orot________________0_____________0-1________0__
Irish M1ck_____________0_____________0-1________0__
Proto Fire Fox_________0_____________0-1________0__
jasonjnelson___________0_____________0-4________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__
N. Tesla_______________0_____________0-1________0__
Benarius_______________0_____________0-1________0__
Anti - Government______0_____________0-1________0__
SemperParatusRJCC_____0_____________0-1________0__
Thanks to Ian McLean for the organized rankings!
[edit on 7/16/2009 by semperfortis]
