Tryna prep some 2AC Blocks. I cut a new AFF, I have some good solvency resps, i'm mostly looking for off-case stuff.

Quick question about the 8 round qualification rule for UIL State comp. for CX.

Other than verifying that a team had won their district meet, is there a way that UIL verifies that the winning team had actually met their 8 rounds? How strongly is this rule enforced?

Would they ask for ballots from past invitationals? Maybe verify attendance from previous invitationals? Or is it more of an honor system kind of thing?

Hi I'm a first year varsity debater in a pretty mixed circuit. It seems like one tournament we're debating pretty flow/tech policy and the next we're debating pretty argumentative lay policy. Our record this year has been super rough and more recently our last tournament we got absolutely demolished. We ran a prizes cp for most of our neg and it was with 2 lay judges. So I was wondering, is the prizes cp just bad in general, or just a bad idea to debate infront of lay? The judge ended up voting aff because we "seemed like we were debating 2 resolutions" so maybe my partner and I just need to explain what a cp is better to the judge? Also speaking of cps, when we run a cp and DAs, are we operating in two diff worlds? Like one where aff plan bad and one where cp good, or are we just running it wrong?? Or are we just running them wrong... Also are there any tips from any debaters that run in similar circuits, like how do you adapt your AFF's for a flow judge vs. A lay judge? I feel like if I over explain I'm just belittling the intelligence of lay judges and most flow judges ridicule us on ballots for over explaining and wasting time. And lastly, is the cap K worth spending time on learning? Like would lay be able to understand/is it a highly competitive neg strategy?? Any feedback is helpful!!

Where can I find common novice case files? Any advice beyond watch and flow debates on youtube? What are some good judging paradigms for novices? Thanks!

I’m a senior and I’m by no means a star debater, I do pretty well locally and then get my ass kicked at state. State is coming up relatively soon and I’m just getting my 4th tournament for my state qual. Is it just me or does anyone else fucking hate this topic. Never in my life have I seen so many people unwilling to read the actual evidence, tags will outright just lie, and people are winning on the most arbitrary things. It truly feels like this is specific to the topic cause I’ve never ran into this at all. Maybe I’m just whining over basic things and frustrated that I’m not winning as much but fuck. I’ve heard coaches talk about not even doing policy debate, funding is getting cut, and people don’t commit to it. Having loved my sophomore year this is just so sad to see how downhill this shit has gone

Aff - The USFG Should implement a carbon tax.
Neg CP - Congress should pass CTax, Biden makes a sign statement declaring Ctax unconstitutional, SCOTUS declares Ctax constitutional. with the Interal adv. of SOP (Separation of Power)

I'm simply confused why doesn't Perm do both work in this scenario?

The other day my partner and I hit an odd kritik that we forgot to download and I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find it for free so I could look at it and make some responses. The K essentially said the Christian god would not agree with the passage of the plan and would make bad stuff happen. Any help is welcome.

I was told to cut my own DA but I don't even know where to start or what DA I should try to cut. Can you guys provide some help?

It’s me and my partners novice year. We have one two neg rounds in three tournaments. We usually run the farmbill DA with topicality and a little bit of theory and stuff One time our opponents ridiculed us after the round. And I’m not sure what the judge means by “clash”. We usually always just go for farmbill in the 2nd. Should we change our strategy? Any good neg strats you recommend?

Hey guys....

So, my partner has been kinda sucky and if I can't get a new one I think I'm gonna switch to LD. Does anyone have any tips on how to make the transition/how LD cases work? It especially sucks since I poured hours over my cases and it probably won't amount to anything.

I didn't medal at a tournament even though I went 3-1 and I was the first one off. How do I get better at speaker rank so this doesn't happen again?

For background, there is an aff I'm prepping out that says that the USITC should continue to allow injunctions for SEPs. It relies on an inherency claim that says the future of ITC allowance of injunctions is uncertain.

The squo is a snapshot in time. They don't change current ITC policy, just safeguard it. I find this highly problematic---Affs that reaffirm the squo literally kill all neg ground in terms of DAs and external net benefits. They can just say every DA is terminally thumped, which is objectively true.

Should I write a procedural, and if so, what should the interp be? In the case that the interp is "Affs must depart from the squo," they could craft a convincing we-meet by saying that they depart from the squo's uncertainty. The 2NC's answer is "the squo is a snapshot in time, and ITC injunctions are currently certain in that snapshot," but I feel as if this could lead to a convoluted w/m debate.

Or, should I craft a T interp that says "protecting from a decrease in protection does not strengthen IPR?"

However, I feel as if this definition may be arbitrary and loses on the predictability debate.

I do believe that allowing these affs is abusive and moots all real neg ground, but am unsure of how to approach it in terms of what my interp should be.

I am not that good at neg and I am wondering if I should run something different. I am currently running court clog and taxes cp for trademarks and copyrights. For patents I am running prizes cp and court clog. Is there something better or should I keep it the same?

There's a few Affs on openev that deal with indigenous IP this year and a judge told me that a white savior K might be a good counter to these. Does anyone have any white savior K files or resources that would work to make one?

I'm an LD debater who's attempting to transition into CX policy debate, but our school takes us to very few tournaments a year. Is there a way to sign up individually with a seperate judge outside of your school with just your partner?

Guys every single impact I find for my "biotechnology good for innovation" aff is just people saying "IF WE DONT DO THIS CHINA WILL CHINA ALL OVER THE PLACE WHICH IS BAD (because it's china) so LET'S SPREAD OUR PATRISM BABYYY" and like I'm lowkey not into that so can anyone think of an alternative????

Like I just wanna say "disease is becoming more rampant so we need the plan because the next pandemic is soon so having the plan means WE WONT DIE" but I can't find a way/structure to make that sound convincing

Does anyone know what browser extension can be used to see how many downloads your uploaded docs on the wiki have?

any good responses for pics good? for a neg block? here is what was said in the 2ac:

Infinite regression: -the CP has no reason that doesn’t solve case and they get a linear risk of a DA to coerce. This forces the Aff into a corner when against a PIC. It isn’t competition, it’s clear abuse to the aff.

Time Skew:  Moots the 1AC speech time and renders debate onto a semantics debate about the validity of small details different between the CP and plan. They get the neg block and the ability to kick out of positions, which by themselves moot aff response times, add a PIC on top of that and it’s, again, clear signs of affirmative abuse.

Education: Gets to the point where Depth is ridiculous, focuses on a trivial details no longer matter and the debate goes in circles. It allows the neg to advocate for different positions while also having access to their K, DA, T, etc. It isn’t fair that the Aff wastes time debating against itself.

Strategy skew: We get no offense off of 90% of our case. Forces us to Debate ourselves while the Neg gets other off case positions. It leads to poor strategy models where the Neg can overload the Aff by using PICs and hoping the Aff drops something or contradicts itself. The fact that they only read a few cards for both of their CPs proves this. They don’t need to read inherency or solvency because those CP parts, ARE THE SAME EXACT PARTS OF THE AFF PLAN.

This is a Voter for Fairness and education.

how do i respond against this?

Remember the posts like a year ago detailing a tournament, what happened in it and how I did? Yeah I did those. I decided to lock in and actually work on myself and my skills rather than complain about it on reddit (also my coach told me to stop lol)

This season has been a weird one. It's the first time I've ever had a panic attack, I've lost friends, but I've seen some decent success. In fact, this last tournament qualifies me for 2-speaker state! I'm absolutely thrilled!

I think I have around a 75% chance of actually going to state though, because my partner doesn't want to do debate anymore, and the partner I went with yesterday is graduating early. Which is kinda unfortunate. There are around 2 other people I can realistically partner with, but we'll have to see how this turns out. Especially since my coach wants me in 4 speaker, and I need to qualify in the regional tournament.

Overall, this season has been okay, I think I see this season being a big one for me. My goal in policy is to win state. And in kansas, especially in 3-2-1A, thats pretty hard! I think its possible though!

Good afternoon everyone, for context, I live in a rural, lay circuit, but I know how to run K's and I'm interested in doing so. The only problem is that a lot of the K's like Cap, Neoliberalism, and Set Col are all politically progressive K's that judges are going to vote against every single time. So what are some right-win K's I can run?

so I'm trying to minimize the lag in my master file. it has over 800,000 words and I don't know how to stop the lag. it isn't my computer. any tips?

Can someone tell me about Green Tech. Is it good and is there lots to back it up? What would Neg run?

Confused on how the counterplan is good for spark

I’m currently a senior and a public forum debater who has done pretty well on the national circuit and I’m planning to do college policy next year. What are some things I can do during this season to help better ease the transition? Some specific problem areas / things that I can work on are 1. Speed (I feel like I’ve maxed out at around 280 wpm and can’t get past it) 2. Ability to answer more obscure kritikal argumentation. While I would generally consider myself to be pretty good on progressive argumentation by pf standards, since policy debaters will generally tend to have a lot more experience with these arguments and answering good versions of them, I think I still have a long way to go. 3. Just in general the prep differential between PF and Policy / the different types of argumentation are. What are some general or more specific drills / things I can be doing to prepare myself to do well on the college policy circuit?

i’m the 1n/2a and like can’t give these speeches well. i just do all off except t in 1nr, but my 2ars are so bad. what would yall do? we’re running shopsafe

i’m a jv middle school debater and idrk the whole idea of this. do we all have the same res??? mines ab intellectual property.

I need help finding a good case. I’m a 4th year debater and last year was my first time at state. This year has been a struggle to find a case that feels like me. I need to go to state again and need a strong case. For the past 3 years I’ve had cases that involve climate change in some way shape or fashion. Currently I have a China Theft case with a Space Race Advantage and Tech Leadership advantage with both impacts being Global War. I’ve had a China Bashing DA ran on me and it’s been my reason for losing the round. What should I do? Should I look at maybe try to edit the China Theft, or potentially look at a Green Tech Patent, even though it’s a novice case?