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The Benefits of Rapping Your 2AR’s

The Benefits of Rapping Your 2AR’s

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...
Voting Issues Part I: The Case Against Voting Issues

Voting Issues Part I: The Case Against Voting Issues

by Ellie Harris | Mar 26, 2021 | Advocacy, Affirmatives, From Intermediate to Advanced

Carefully read a list of numbers, wait a minute or two, and then try to recall as many of those numbers as you can. It’ll probably be easiest to remember the first and last few numbers. That’s because your brain is wired to recall things in order of primacy and...
It’s Time To Stop Losing Rounds As Affirmative

It’s Time To Stop Losing Rounds As Affirmative

by Jeremiah Mosbey | Dec 15, 2020 | Affirmatives, Debate, From Intermediate to Advanced, Research, TP

Affirmatives, you need to wake up. How did you divide your research time during the last few seasons? If you’re like most people, you wrote the 1AC early, gradually built your Aff Backup throughout the entire year, but dedicated every other waking moment to expanding...
A Better Way to Give 1ARs

A Better Way to Give 1ARs

by Ben Brown | Nov 26, 2020 | Affirmatives, Best Resources, Debate, From Intermediate to Advanced, Speaking

I completely understand people who hate 1AR’s.  In a poll of over 150 Team Policy debaters of all experience levels, over sixty percent responded that they thought the 1AR was the hardest speech in the entire debate round.  Not only is the 1AR speaker forced to spend...
Free Briefs and Ethos TP Sourcebook!

Free Briefs and Ethos TP Sourcebook!

by Thaddeus Tague | Nov 20, 2019 | Affirmatives, Announcements, Best Resources, Bonus Evidence, Debate, Stoa, Uncategorized

Ethos debate is excited to announce that this Saturday it will be releasing both its Stoa and NCFCA TP sourcebooks. We have 18 quality briefs in each sourcebook, that are ready for debaters to use. In order for you to see the quality of the sourcebook, we are...
NSDA Nationals, AFF: The USFG should enforce antitrust regulations on technology giants

NSDA Nationals, AFF: The USFG should enforce antitrust regulations on technology giants

by Josh Arnold | May 15, 2019 | Affirmatives, NSDA, NSDA LD Resolutions

This year’s national tournament for the NSDA will debate the resolution: “The United States federal government should enforce antitrust regulations on technology giants.” Below is a brief strategy guide for the affirmative side of this resolution. Between 100 and 130...
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