Monday, March 21, 2011
Wow..
To expand on the above title, it's been quite awhile since I last posted. Guess I need to keep up better. I just got back from my last tournament. :( Well, besides Regionals. It was a lot of fun. I hung out with my friends, made new ones, and made some enemies too! As one might expect.....although Andres' cousin Mark may not be considered an enemy, he is in my book! :P Haha! I'm very curious as to what the new NCFCA resolutions will be this year. I know Stoa has already released their's, but NCFCA's will not come out until this summer....and yes, I will post about them when they are realesed!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Debate Camp
My second debate post! I'm on a roll here. :P
This week, starting tommorow until Friday, our club is having a debate camp to prepare our advanced teams for regionals. Of course, my partner and I are not advanced (yet :P) but our coach is letting us attend. Well, me anyway since my partner can't come. I'm really excited because I think my partner and I can do really well with our case.(No, I'm not going to tell you what it is, its Top Secret) I can't wait!
This week, starting tommorow until Friday, our club is having a debate camp to prepare our advanced teams for regionals. Of course, my partner and I are not advanced (yet :P) but our coach is letting us attend. Well, me anyway since my partner can't come. I'm really excited because I think my partner and I can do really well with our case.(No, I'm not going to tell you what it is, its Top Secret) I can't wait!
Friday, February 18, 2011
The first debate post!
Amazingly, I haven't posted a single thing about debate, yet somewhow it wormed itself to the first word on my blog's name. So I thought I ought to post something debate-related. Last night at club, we discussed Counter plans. (My abv. for them will be CP) Being the person I am, I'm going to talk about CPs!!
Here are the things a Negative team must do in order to properly run a counter plan.
1. The negative team must be non-topical
2. They must solve the harms of the Affirmative team's case
3. They will have prima facie, or the burden of proof
4. It cannot co-exist with the Affirmative team's plan
5. Must have the same Inherency
6. Have a different plan accomplishing the same goal
When you are going Affirmative against a case you....
1. Prove the Negative team is topical
2. Prove that they are co-existing
3. Prove you are solving the harms better than the Negative team is
After our coach had stuffed us full with all of this delightful information, we had practice rounds; each team had a chance to go write a CP against another team and a chance to defend a counter plan against their case. My conclusion about CPs? I will most likely never run one, however interesting they appear.
Here are the things a Negative team must do in order to properly run a counter plan.
1. The negative team must be non-topical
2. They must solve the harms of the Affirmative team's case
3. They will have prima facie, or the burden of proof
4. It cannot co-exist with the Affirmative team's plan
5. Must have the same Inherency
6. Have a different plan accomplishing the same goal
When you are going Affirmative against a case you....
1. Prove the Negative team is topical
2. Prove that they are co-existing
3. Prove you are solving the harms better than the Negative team is
After our coach had stuffed us full with all of this delightful information, we had practice rounds; each team had a chance to go write a CP against another team and a chance to defend a counter plan against their case. My conclusion about CPs? I will most likely never run one, however interesting they appear.
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