Goudeau,+Breanna

Round 1 (Aff/2A) Judge Mariah Donnelly:

- good idea to read off something at eye level - you need to give me a road map and not just read cards and not tell me where to put them- I would also consider taking more than one minute of the prep for the 2AC - you need to take up all of your speech time- you only used 3 minutes - you need to answer your opponents arguments in your speech- you don’t ever directly answer anything they read in the 1NC - don’t talk to your opponents while they are trying to prep- the other team is trying to get work done - don’t clean up before the 2AR has even gone - YOU NEED TO FLOW THE ENTIRE ROUND - You need to take prep for the 2AR - You need to give me a roadmap

Round 2 (6/27/12) 2NC: good job reading cards that extend your counterplan! You shoud spend a bit more time saying what arguments you're answering. Spend some time spinning a story. You should also talk ab out the net benefit in terms of the aff.
 * 1NC: roadmaps for the 1nc don't need to say what the off case are. Also, you can probably get through more than 2 off and no case. You need to read case arguments in case the counterplan is ineffective and you just want to go for the disad. ||
 * don't read aff answers to the disad you just read ||

2NR: phenomenal job explaining your position! Your explanation of the evidence is really strong. You should try to use all of your speech time and extend offense. It's good that you talk about why the states solve better but you should take that a step farther

7/2/12 2N: good questions in cross x, but make sure to take them somewhere (ask follow up questions) and respectfully cut off your opponent as to not allow them more speech time 1N: make sure to put case on the bottom--all of your offense is in the off case positions. good job in cross x staying calm and answering questions directly2N: don't walk over your partner in cross x; "open cross x" allows you to help your partner when shes in a pinch; talking over her when she has answers isn't really necessary.2A: you obviously have a lot of common knowledge you want to weave into your cross x questions, but try not to be so abrasive. keep your questions and answers short, direct, and make sure they serve a purpose other than trying to make the other team look dumb. Good time allocation in your 2ac--make sure your transitions between arguments is clear so you're easier to flow. You need to make sure to perm the CP.2N/2A: very good extension of dropped args, 1NC evidence, but you need to start impact comparisons, solvency mechanism comparisons in the 2NC--it will make your 2NR easier. Also, there was no reason for you to take every flow in the 2NC--don't be afraid to split the block; it will allow you to make more args, read more cards, while also not spreading yourself out.2A: good 2ar analytics and empirical examples, but a lot of them were new or at least not tied to evidence/args from previous aff speeches.making sure to always flow and following a more line by line structure will help these examples become more useful in a debate sense to you in the future1N: need more organization in the 1nr--was very unclear which args applied to which positions2N: don't feed your partner their whole speech; a few prompts are totally cool, but it just hurts the overall flow of their speech, their organization and will probably lead to lower speaker points.1A: good analytics in a lot of places in your 1AR, but a lot of these arguments are new and not backed up by evidence or contextualized in terms of warrants from the 2AC

TOURNEY ROUND I Breacheal (Aff) v. Xiaowang (Neg) Judge: Weber (weberdebate@gmail.com for questions)

1AC: Excellent speed and clarity--your volume started a little low but picked up as the speech progressed. Great answers in CX about why you aren't the only option to improve lives, but that you are one way. Your solvency links are key here. Very solid 1AC.

CX of 1NC: Good work keeping in control of your CX (when your first, open-ended question took too long for him to respond, you cut him off and moved to a closed-ended question). Good card specific questioning as well.

1AR: Very good impact calc on-case but work on comparing your framework with that of your opponents. And I really like your personal narrative arguments and think you could do a lot with this--have you thought about incorporating this into your constructives? Good job overall!