Johnson,+Matt

ROUND I (6/26) Matt Sauce (Aff) v. Jorisharsharysha (Neg) Judge: Bryan Weber (weberdebate@gmail.com if you have any questions)

2AC: Focus on the clash first before moving back to your uncontested on case arguments. Not getting through the CP could lose you the round; you can always use your equity impact calc in rebuttals, especially if they never read anything on it. Good analytics but you want to differentiate between USFG action and multinational corporations. X-nat corps are beyond your fiat power and exist in states just as much as across their borders. I’d like to see more line-by-line on the negative arguments. You extend case much more than you need to and undercover on the clash (Q: Is this a question of how you’re flowing? A: Yep. Practice this.).

CX of 2NC: Solid link work in your questioning (e.g. “What constitutes big spending?” “Why hasn’t this impact occurred in the SQ?” etc.)

2AR: Again, work on your flow to get through the by-line argumentation more smoothly so you have more time for impact calc at the end of the round. This will be very important in later rounds. Talk with me about the transnational corporation argument after the round, this could cause problems for you as is. Good crystallization of advantages and how you come up on top of the clash both on the flow and from a policy perspective. There wasn’t any pushback on equity/ethics, but work on how you articulate the outweigh logic. Use lots of “even if” language to push this framework to the top of my decision calculus.

6/27/12 On the whole, both teams need to work on clashing with other teams positions. Both teams spent time talking about their points without comparing it to the other teams. This is an important skill, esp. in rebuttals. Both teams need to utilize all their time and realize the potential of their args. Highlight evidence before rounds, not during. 1NC – Start slower and build up. That way you ‘ll be clearer and won’t stumble as much. The judge can adapt to your cadence. Read an impact to politics, otherwise an impact turn is going to be a problem. A good way to divide up your time is 1:30 – 2 mins for a K, 1 for a Disad, 1 for a CP, try to leave 4-5 minutes for case. (Obvi, this varies depending on the round, but it’s a decent general rule) 2NC – I understand that the 2AC was not the most intimidating on the K, but you need to cover your based more thoroughly. Read more cards and provide more analysis at a warrant level. It is really important to read lots of solvency cards if you are going to read the Kovel card. If you don’t actually solve 100% of cap. Kovel works against you b/c cap would just come back and you don’t solve the root cause. I think you really underestimate the value of the Gibson-Grahm evidence and focus on the Montly Review card when its relatively small potatoes. GG says that by framing capitalism as everywhere and the cause of everything we make it indestructible. Essentially, this argument at a minimum functions to take out the alt solvency, which is allows the aff to use the Kovel card against you. Blocks are labeled “2NC” for a reason. 2NR – Going for the K made sense given how the round end up, but in a closer round where they are able to capitalize on some of the tensions on the K, the States CP w/Fism is a better bet. They don’t have any argument on the Fism DA, so all you have to win is that state action is sufficient to solve, or at least has a good chance at solving, the aff. If you do that, the dropped Fism da is a no-brainer. I thought you were behind on whether not the states could solve racism, but you should point out the 1AC did not read an impact to it, so its kind of irrelevant and GW probably comes first.

- Rd. 8 NEG vs. Samone, judge Thorn

Good handling of the Virilio K. Needs more explanation of the link debate and how the impact interacts w/ the AFF. Gotta weigh the Alt/Impact vs. the case. Specific links from the 1AC. Good, on the cap K for referring to the 1AC for links. That was a very good 2NR on the K. Your explanations on the most part are on point. But you still gotta do some specific link work (even if its conceded) as to //why// the aff is obsessed with speed.