Worst thing you've ever seen done in a round

[feldsy 1099]

Oh yeah and privatization CP and cap K together wasn't so hot either.

I once had a team read this and as an internal net benny to the CP they said the private sector can access people in poverty better and then said cap=root cause of poverty on the K flow.

[LiberalInKansas 3]

Mine is probably when someone ran a states counterplan unconditionally with a net benefit of federalism. Then they dropped 50 state fiat bad.

[pigasus 289]

They run high speed rail with two advantages: 

1. we fix the ozone layer
2. we reduce car crashes

And I still lost because I was a sucky novice.

[daseinkapital 285]

When I was a novice and seriously didn't know better, the one team got up for their 2NR and said "Who cares about Okinawa" to start, so in response I started my speech with, "Who cares about rape". Probably should not have done that.

[fromthemitten 144]

novices drop that their aff causes genocide entire round until the 2AR when she gets up and says "yeah so our plan causes genocide, so what?  BIG DEAL"

[BernieSanders 1775]

A team on our circuit ran (At the finals round at a small tournament) Cap n Trade with a federalism Net Benefit against us. 

Just think about this for a second. Federalism, Cap and Trade solves that. 

The worst part is we didn't realize how stupid this was till the 1AR and it was a 2-1 decision in our favor, all the judges were like "I was waiting to see that turn happen" on the ballots. 

[jacobstime 680]

A team on our circuit ran (At the finals round at a small tournament) Cap n Trade with a federalism Net Benefit against us. 

 

Just think about this for a second. Federalism, Cap and Trade solves that. 

 

The worst part is we didn't realize how stupid this was till the 1AR and it was a 2-1 decision in our favor, all the judges were like "I was waiting to see that turn happen" on the ballots. 

MOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[BernieSanders 1775]

MOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

 

Hey, I wasn't planning on using names

[daseinkapital 285]

Hey, I wasn't planning on using names

Well, you keep just saying "This team on my circuit". Your circuit sounds really easy... I wish I could debate there.

[BernieSanders 1775]

Well, you keep just saying "This team on my circuit". Your circuit sounds really easy... I wish I could debate there.

 

I'm pretty sure you've hit said team...

[TamaleTosser 202]

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[georgebushsdogpaintings 494]

i was at glenbrooks jv, and i gave 5 min on suffering k and it was on the disabilities aff (i felt bad about that, especially after the one of the other team's member said her aunt was disabled... ) and most of it was on how rape was good... we won... 

 

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[Latke 42]

I'm working as an assistant at a camp right now and I've judged multiple PF rounds where people begin their constructives with "We are affirming/negating the resolved". 

[RickJameson 18]

malthus hahaha

[BernieSanders 1775]

I'm working as an assistant at a camp right now and I've judged multiple PF rounds where people begin their constructives with "We are affirming/negating the resolved". 

 

The resolved? Like, that's not a typing error and you didn't mean "The Resolution" 

 

Kill me 

[Latke 42]

The resolved? Like, that's not a typing error and you didn't mean "The Resolution" 

 

Kill me 

Yup.  I was actually physically painful to here it...

[MarekIntan 96]

Last year, me and my partner were running the States CP against HSR. We were novices, with crappy novice judges, so....

 

The other team responded with, "Only 9 of the 50 states signed the Declaration of Independence. There's no way all 50 of them would enact the PLAN."

 

We responded with, "There were only 13 states in 1776, when the Declaration was signed. Their argument is invalid."

 

They said, "Yes, there WERE actally 50 states in 1776."

 

We lost the debate on the CP. I still don't know why.

[Snarf 3595]

Last year, me and my partner were running the States CP against HSR. We were novices, with crappy novice judges, so....

 

The other team responded with, "Only 9 of the 50 states signed the Declaration of Independence. There's no way all 50 of them would enact the PLAN."

 

We responded with, "There were only 13 states in 1776, when the Declaration was signed. Their argument is invalid."

 

They said, "Yes, there WERE actally 50 states in 1776."

 

We lost the debate on the CP. I still don't know why.

because the debate was about these arguments and your judges' heads hurt.

[Temporal 22]

I happen to be MarekIntan's partner, and I have to say that that was not the worst thing I've seen. Our first debate, we ate about 15 minutes of time on a super CX, so we're the only team that got rebuttals. Nobody stopped us, and we happened to get a CX after the 1NR. (We had no idea we were doing anything wrong, having never so much as watched a debate or been in a mock debate.) We won, but mainly because the other team never got a rebuttal. We continued to run into these guys the rest of the year, and something would always go horribly wrong every single time we saw 'em.

 

And then there was a whole fiasco with someone trying to run a suffering aff that argued "end econ engagement to Mexico, Venezuela, and Cuba." Meanwhile, I write up throwaway condo CP that says "End econ engagement EVERYWHERE" and go with a super-libertarian dystopian system, where we never see our tax dollars because the Gov't ended all public welfare programs. Meanwhile, we're still killing them on-case because they never bothered to respond to any of our "plan kills empathy-dehumanizes" arguments. Won that one, but the judge proceeded to openly display his disliking of our school. Meh.

 

And then there's one debater who argued that grants are not money. It's imaginary, apparently. Thus, grants avoid Econ/spending DAs. That one was funny.

[BrookeB 8]

fifteen second long 2nr: "what has been said has been said." 

[Solax10 234]

This past weekend, we were aff, and the 2n gave his rebuttal and started growling, I was so confused.

[bwils73 10]

My partner hand wrote his 1AR during my 2AC and C-X.  When I asked his what he was doing he said refuting their arguments.

[MarekIntan 96]

My partner hand wrote his 1AR during my 2AC and C-X.  When I asked his what he was doing he said refuting their arguments.

 

..and why is that a bad thing? In my experience, if you DON'T handwrite your 1AR during the 2AC (eight minutes of free prep if you know your partner well enough, yay!), you'll find yourself overwhelmed when it comes time to give your speech. There's only so much you could possibly block out, and different rounds often require different approaches to making the same points.

[Temporal 22]

..and why is that a bad thing? In my experience, if you DON'T handwrite your 1AR during the 2AC (eight minutes of free prep if you know your partner well enough, yay!), you'll find yourself overwhelmed when it comes time to give your speech. There's only so much you could possibly block out, and different rounds often require different approaches to making the same points.

True. I normally write my rebuttals fresh off of and during the 1NC if we ever need prep. As long as he wasn't writing refutations for your speech, then I don't think there's a problem. Also, I love using CX answers in rebuttals. Especially if they contradict their cards or admit to something they shouldn't have.

Edited January 20, 2014 by Temporal

[bwils73 10]

True. I normally write my rebuttals fresh off of and during the 1NC if we ever need prep. As long as he wasn't writing refutations for your speech, then I don't think there's a problem. Also, I love using CX answers in rebuttals. Especially if they contradict their cards or admit to something they shouldn't have.

Sorry, I didn't clarify he wrote the 2AC i just gave