Team Rooms
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Basic Functionality
When the Preparation stage begins, team members automatically join their designated preparation room:
- First Government
- Second Government
- First Opposition
- Second Opposition
- Adjudicators
Initially, judges gather in the Adjudicator room. However, an Adjudicator can join any preparation room to assist team members if they need help or have questions. The image below shows the preparation room for the First Government. Similar rooms are available for each team.
Preparation Time
Teams have 15 minutes to prepare for the debate. The preparation timer, displayed below their badges, tracks this time.
Asking for Help
Teams can indicate that they need help by clicking the question mark icon at the bottom of the screen. This action notifies the judges, showing which team is requesting assistance. An Adjudicator may then join the team’s preparation room to provide help. Any team member can toggle the help indicator on or off.
This help icon works as a toggle. When clicked the first time, it turns gray and remains in the “on” state until clicked again (the “off” state is indicated by a white background). The button’s state is visible to Adjudicators, indicating that the team needs help as long as the button is toggled on.
Indicating Team Readiness
Similar to the help button, teams can indicate when they’re ready for the debate and need no further preparation time. This allows Adjudicators to see when all teams are prepared and may allow the debate to start before the preparation timer expires (15 minutes).
This is also a toggle button; teams can turn it off if they change their minds. As with the help icon, any team member can change its state.