johncho0214

Did you go to Spartan Debate Institute this year??

is that parli?

Peninsula Tambe Wang? I'm predicting new Blake SW here

Will and I STAND resolved: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance. Problematic wording there?

I think it got combined into the K lab at UMich- i know someone is doing a 7 week K lab at Michigan and Michigan KM is leading that, which I'm guessing is the Xylum lab but longer.

I don't think straight Nietzsche is ever a good idea. I think you're talking about the Deleuze 86 card but I might be wrong ??? I think a more nuanced version of Nietzsche like a Nietzschean Security K with Der Derian etc is more strategic than just a generic one-off Nietzsche K that says "action = ressentiment and that's bad" because that just becomes an uphill battle for you to win.

I'm not sure if you can run a counterPLAN against a kritikal affirmative that doesn't defend a plan because there is no plan to counter against. You can't say "My partner and I demand blank" and then counterplan to say "The USFG should demand blank." However, counteradvocacies and PICs (or AIKs in this instance i guess) are something you should worry about. A counteradvocacy just says that we can advocate for something else to resolve the same harms mentioned in your 1AC.

but what about the "We" PIC lol

For UTNIF lab placement, I think tournament record during the season matters less because I'm pretty sure they do a demo debate to determine placement into which lab. So definitely apply to UTNIF as soon as possible.

You could, but you would prob have to get into the severance/intrinsic perm theory debate and most people don't find them very fun...

The level of debaters that has gone to UTNIF has dropped significantly. A year ago the level was very high with Caddo Magnet CM, Westwood BR, and Katy Taylor AL (Alattor-Li) all going with over 6 bids all going to UTNIF, but since then the camp's level hasn't been as high. Regardless, as the post above me said, they have very good k lab leaders and will probably be a worthwile camp to go to anyways.

Look at the Foucault aff from UTNIF (it's on openev)- the entire aff is based on a genealogical excavation of surveillance apparatuses starting from Philippines. AKA McCoy cards

I disagree with that- I think running a K aff is strategic in that the only two arguments you REALLY have to be worried about is framework and the Cap K. Reading a more kritikal policy aff leaves you open to every counterplan, DA, AND any easy links to kritiks that criticize state action. I've read a middle of the road aff all year, and while it was beneficial in that it was easy to garner link turns to a lot of kritiks, any alright Counterplan-DA strategy could easily win you the debate.

yeah wake is specifically geared to practice debates and rebutall redoes- for the entire week (7 days) you do three practice debates and three rebuttal redoes a day ending up getting 21 prac debates/rebuttal redoes

idk why the downvote but thx for ur input lol