by Ben Brown | Apr 1, 2021 | Affirmatives, Debate, From Advanced to National-Class, Technique, TP
Anybody who’s been in TP or LD debate for any considerable amount of time understands the necessity of delivering a memorable 2AR. After all, being able to give the final speech of the round poses a significant rhetorical advantage to the affirmative–an...
by Ben Brown | Mar 19, 2021 | Debate, Technique
Every region has “that one team.” That one team that, when you see their name on postings next to yours, makes your heart sink a bit. No, we’re not talking about the team that goes 6-0 and wins the tournament every time, we’re talking about the one that,...
by Ben Brown | Feb 18, 2021 | Debate, From Intermediate to Advanced
Looking back on my freshman year of high school, I imagine that I and my partner were one of the most obnoxious teams in the region, perhaps the nation. We would run topicality almost every single negative round, not to mention starting virtually every single speech...
by Ben Brown | Feb 4, 2021 | Concept Analysis, Debate, From Advanced to National-Class, From Intermediate to Advanced, Negative, Strategy, TP, Uncategorized
In part 1, we looked at the argument for net benefits being the superior framing as compared to the burden of proof in Team Policy. The short version is that 9 times out of 10, the burden of proof boils down to net benefits anyway. That is, first, if there’s a net...
by Ben Brown | Jan 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Fact: during at least one of your affirmative rounds at every tournament you go to, the Negative team starts the 1NC by going over the burden of proof, if they didn’t already cover it during the preceding cross-ex. I myself went through this phase, giving the...
