Shamita

Round 1
Judge: Arnett Speaker Position: 2N Comments:

2NC

CP

Generally put theory where it belongs on the line by line. Avoids flow confusion. Overview on top would help explain what the CP does to the judge.

Kritik

Overview to isolate key Link or Impact Arguments. What is the thesis of the kritik? Use 1NC evidence before reading more cards e.g. Perm. Extend your link evidence and explain why the permutation doesn't avoid it. Make Impact arguments that relate to the case e.g. why might state control be a stronger internal link into violence than the affirmative.

2NR

Redo going for economy turns Redo just K

Redo

Clean up impact arguments e.g. 1. EXTINCTION 2. ROOT CAUSE (never extend author first), also give an example of how it turns the economy/oil dependence advantages e.g. wars for oil only possible in a world with state control

Round 3 - July 17
Judge: Linda Affirmative vs Yesha and Alex

- Don’t talk into your computer screen. Tilt the computer screen slightly away from you, and don’t put it directly in between you and the judge. - All of you need to work on clarity! Remember, speed doesn’t matter if the judge can’t understand you. Prioritize volume and enunciation over rushing through cards sloppily. - Both teams have major problems with organization in the rebuttals – in the 2NR and the 2AR, you need to highlight the key issues and impact calculus on the top, and then address issues in a neat fashion. - Both teams have the tendency to get bogged down into minutia, and most clash is simply “yes” and “no” back and forth. When you answer an argument, you should not just repeat what your partner said, but make distinctions and new warrants, and compare evidence in order to get ahead. Otherwise you are just staying on the same level, and the judge does not know how to evaluate these competing claims.
 * __General Comments __**


 * __1A Comments __**
 * 1) Speed/clarity issues with constructive or rebuttal: **You need to work on clarity.


 * 2) Recommended Drills: **You should do pen drills and over-enunciation drills.


 * 3) Assess use of evidence in rebuttals: quantity, quality, and comparison: ** -

– You need to use embedded clash in the 1AR. – Good flowing but it gets in the way of speaking extemporaneously – you should practice speaking off of just a few key words and symbols on your flow, instead of writing everything out word-for-word. – Good decision going for fifty state fiat bad, but you don’t need to put any other arguments on the counterplan because they dropped fifty state fiat. – You need to identify and narrow down on your best offense – don’t try to extend every argument. For example, on the kritik, extend the two cards that the negative block did not answer. Make sure to explain warrants better, as well. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">– Make sure to extend your impacts on case, particular the hegemony impact, which they did not answer very well. And when you extend your impacts, you should briefly mention how they interact with the negative’s other positions. For example, when extending the trade impact, you should talk about how it turns the kritik and proves that the alternative to capitalism is war.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4) Strategic Choice and Execution of 1AR: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">– Re-do your 1AR with the above suggestions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5) Rebuttal Re-do suggestions: **

Round 9
Judge: Andrea neg v. Nina and Shamita

__2nc__ Thought overview was good- I liked the points where you contextualized the aff to your impact Be more careful on the line-by-line- dropped several arguments- and I do think you have responses on other parts of the flow, but you need to apply them specifically where they belong Need to improve your 2nc block to cede the political- need to explain why your alternative does not disengage from political activism “concede cultural genocide”- they didn’t concede it- you need to respond to their 2ac indicts to your genocide impact Also need to answer "not intrinsic" on the oil DA

The way you all split the block didn’t put much pressure on the 1ar- think about that- all the theory in the 1nr means the 1ar can just chose not to extend it and then not listen to the 1ar

__2nr__
Biggest thing you need to work on is giving all arguments even treatment- you are good at explaining your arguments and impacts- like your overviews sounded good… but then you just skip entire aff arguments on the LBL, which you know, is gunna hurt you in lots of debates Need to have roadmap ready---“cap first then kinda case”—its about presence, you seem unsure of what you are going to do in the 2nr Hard to flow what you read of computer that’s prepared by your partner

Round 12---July 27th---Comments by Linda Pei

 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2N Comments __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1) Speed/clarity issues with constructive or rebuttal: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Work on being louder and more confident – you should also do speed drills.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2) Recommended Drills: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Practice with more volume, and do drills for an extended period of time to build up endurance.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">3) 2NC—technical skill and coverage for case and off-case arguments: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Organization
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Compartmentalize the debate – divide the debate into sections of the alternative, the permutation, links, impacts, etc… And explicitly tell the judge when you are addressing each area – this is especially important in a 1 off kritik debate.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Line-by-line – you jumped around a lot on the flow. Remember to signpost your arguments and have direct responses to every 2AC argument.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Preparation time
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Save more time for the 2NR – you should work on saving one or two more minutes of prep time for the 2NR
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Blocks – especially on arguments like the capitalism kritik, where you can anticipate the affirmative’s answers, you should have pre-written blocks and explanations prepared
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Division of the block – the block division needs to be more organized and more explicitly divided. A few examples of better divisions include the 1NR taking framework and the permutations, or the 1NR taking framework and epistemology arguments on case.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4) Assess use of evidence in constructive and rebuttal: quantity, quality, and comparison: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Read more evidence on the permutation debate


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">5) Strategic Choice and Execution of 2NC/2NR: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Overview
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Capitalism makes impacts inevitable – you need an overview at the top of the kritik explaining why capitalism turns all of their impacts and is the root cause – this is especially important to prevent the affirmative from weighing their case against you in the 2NR
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Start with an offensive, framing statement – you should not start off your rebuttals by making a defensive response to a negative argument – instead, start off with what you are winning
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Explain how if you win epistemology, they can’t access their case
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Spend more time explaining your alternative and how it solves


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">6) Rebuttal Re-do suggestions: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Re-do your rebuttal with the above suggestions.