IndoDebate's Debater of the Year table for June incorporated the results from the 2011 United Asian Debating Championships' English-as-Foreign-Language category, which was appraised like a national scale tournament, and SODE, the open tournament in Surabaya that attracted debaters from beyond the East Java region. Former IVED and JOVED champions, as well as, the finalists of the recent English Fiesta competed in SODE along side debating coaches and high school students.
While UADC 2011 was more prestigious than any Indonesia-based competition, there were less than two dozen EFL teams and the quality of the EFL category's knockouts was on par with a national contest. Only achievements in the main arena of a major international competition will get higher points in the DOTY table.
Like many other unofficial ranking systems, the DOTY formula is arbitrary and has its downside. IndoDebate's DOTY does not grade a tournament that it is open for all Indonesian college students and may fail to detect competitions, eventhough they invite universities across the country, if organizers do not announce results on the Indodebaters mailing list. However, this table will always strive for objectivity and freedom from regional or school bias.
The results of the two additional competitions catapulted several debaters, especially Ammar Syah Anwar from Universitas Bakrie and Astri Agustina from Universitas Gadjah Mada, to the top 10 but the highest-ranked five stayed the same. The DOTY table is prone to change next month as the National Universities English Debating Championships will take place next week and half of top 10, including Ammar and Astri, will be competing.
To find out the complete, active table, click the DOTY button on the main panel
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