Elliott,+Klayton

6/26/12--debatin mav Klayton -- You are right on the border of incomprehensible. You are mangling names, and there is no inflection which indicates where card ends and tag begins. Also, think into the second line when constructing the 1NC. 2AC could concede that their solvency is long-term, and that your disad happens faster, then read dedev. That would also answer your K, giving the 2AC a time trade-off. The counterplan wouldn't save you, since presumably the DA links to the plan, not the counterplan.

Klayton -- You need a couple of ways to win the debate after the block. Kicking both the counterplan and the K gives you no chance of solving for the aff. Also, why take the time to question about a perm you are going to concede to kick the cp. You need to substantiate your claims about "breaking the bank" and your brink analysis. You just have claims on this argument. You need to read cards, or have a deeper explanation of investor confidence. Keep in mind that the affirmative is making a Keynesian argument. You need an explanation that investors don't like Keynsian economics anymore, or a better explanation of why the plan would not spur spending.

1NR -- Overall I am concerned about the dearth of evidence you read during the block, and the dearth of offense you read on case. It is hard for the neg to win on DA + case mitigation, generally.

Klayton -- I realize you are not a 2NR, but you need to have a focused speech. Pick one of the two DA's to go for. I think the better choice in this debate is politics. You need to explain the da from the first link of the chain to the final terminal impact, and compare your prolif impacts to the case debate. By going for both disads, you are hurting your ability to tell a cohesive story. Also, you are far behind on the econ debate. First, you have no indicts of the affirmative's Keynsian argument about public investments solving the economy. Your "best" argument is the purely defensive claim that their impact might take 30 years, but without calling the card, I think that the aff is correct that they will get benefits for 30 years, not that the investment will only pay off 30 years from now.

Rd. 3 Aff vs. Ayaiana

Clayton 2AC: good picks against their impact evidence. The “we don’t use trains” specification seems kind of abusive. I think if you say “mass transit” in plan text, you’re defending some sense of “normal implication.” You don’t need to do this to get past their case turn evidence (which is pretty bad). 2AR: **Make all your impact analysis comparative to the counterplan**. You’re talking about the econ/racism/energy impacts as if the neg were defending the status quo, which, although you do bring up the solvency deficit, limits the credibility of your impact articulations. It’s hard to believe that just because the CP takes a bit more time that you’ll get the full brunt of your extinction scenarios vs. the CP which solves extinction/racism, only a little bit less.

ROUND IV Doauns (Aff) v. Coleton (Neg) Judge: Weber (weberdebate@gmail.com with questions)

__Word Bank (look ‘em up) __ Precipice Subsidizes Institutional Anomalous Exorable Medvedev Volatility Metropolitan (not metropolan) Demystification

1NC: You’re clearly trading off clarity for speed during most of this speech. Work on articulation during your speed drills and always warm up pre-round. Don’t worry about conflicts on your race impacts—the world of the aff (Higgins; racism retrenches in SQ) and your world on Cap K (Callen; T/I = cap → race) are the exact same argument. Don’t let Cole answereverything for you in CX…

CX of 2AC: Great questions on empiricism for cap. Good control of the CX (“Isn’t it correct that…” “Isn’t it preferable that…”)

1NR: Yep, perm goes at the top. If K (or CP) aren’t competitive, there’s no reason to weigh it. Good answers on the impact turn—now spend much more time on impacts (their entire response—even the perm—is nothing but an impact turn in this instance). So return the favor and give me 100 reasons why cap kills (ev and extensions). Good—you do this eventually. On solidifying the link: you can extend your Callen ev, list the warrants, tell me that I’m left with your ev v. their analytic at the end of the round, and I’ll vote on it. Really work on using your earlier flows to save time in later speeches this year (group, extend, cross-apply). Good work.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">7/1/12

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Aff (maverick): good cross x answers and questions

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">2N: ask more directed questions that help set up your positions--letting him reexplain his internal links is only more speech time for him <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">1N:in your 1NC, put the offcase positions first so you don't risk running out of time for your offense <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Aff: don't read the k unconditionally when you spent 4 min of the 1nc on budget and elections <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">2N: utilize your flow in terms of matching your arguments up on the line by line <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">1N: good theory block off the top of your head <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Everyone: Chill in cross x. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">neg block: i am confused as to why the 2nc was a cap overview and the 1nr was the entire rest of the debate, make sure to split up offense, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Aff smart move going for cede the political <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">Aff: need more structure and organization to your thoughts <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">2N; your 2nr was a 2nc overview--the same one you already gave: you did an excellent job with explanation during this debate and gave a thorough explanation of marxist ideology but now you need to go the extra step and contextualize your argumnets in terms of the aff' <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif;">7/2/12 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> > > > > ==7/6 Round 2 - Sadagopal== >
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">Prep during 1nc cross x bro
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">When you go up be ready to speak- your partner should be flowing, not getting you stuff
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">Right 2ac order
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">Embedded clash
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">Looking at judge while speaking is good habit
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">Good speaking
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">Spend less time on condo and make sure you cover all the Das
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">Read specific fedearlism cards to US, not general round orld
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">You need to explain your internal link to impacts
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">Spend too much time reading states solve card- need to answer their specifics and you should probably spend more time on case
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: middle;">Talk quieter during 1ar- don’t make it so they know your strategy