Johnson,+Andrew

Round 1--Samone (aff) v. Jarandrew (neg)--Judge: Baxter

2N: Andy—make sure you specifiy precisely which answer you are responding to (first on the permutation, they don’t actually read a perm text, and EVIDENCE), stand up straight or sit down straight, but don’t bend over to read, make someother arguments on the perm, its fundamentally a link claim, why is it not net beneficial, etc, you can find other ways to fill the last 1:30 of your speech by making evidence comparisons etc.—make sure the 2nr starts out with a clear order, when your speech actually starts you should probably have a 2NR overview, something that lays out the relevant arguments the judge has to resolve and explains the world of the negative, what am I voting for, etc., don’t get caught up in the minutae (can all places provide their own food) and start off with the meta-level debate—end strong and hard, make sure you have won all the important levels in the debate and, maybe more importantly, why it was important to win them

7/1/12

CX—it is very obvious where you are going with these questions—you want to try and be sneakier if you want to trap the aff in a “double turn” or to get links

Some questions also don’t really make sense—why does the fact that the FG is rich get you a link to the K?

2nc—you are correct to point out some mistakes by the 2ac, but none of them are round losing for them. For example, although the 2ac does not make a specific permutation, his arguments amount to two other arguments: being capitalist is good because it helps to reduce capitalism and the alt is so totalizing it fails and reifies capitalism. You want to be sure, especially when there are not many arguments to answer the best version of the argument rather than dismiss it because it was not made in the best form. Great job with impact calculus on cap, but be sure to extend a link argument as well—I’m not sure you even extended the 1nc link arg—those are the best reasons why a permutation wouldn’t succeed

2nr—never start with “JUDGE”—just tell the judge what you want them to know—good job isolating the two worlds of the plan and the alt

In a debate like this, I would suggest winning the K first, and then doing case defense after—so when you are doing your impact analysis, win your impacts first, and then diminish their ability to solve

You have 2 minutes left—you should never have that much time left in the 2nr

7/6 - Round 1 - Sadagopal
Voted AFF