Like look at this, if you’ve never done debate before don’t even bother showing up to judge, you’re ruining the experience and likely giving unfair votes on your rounds.
And the whole “quantity not quality” thing pisses me off so much
Been thinking about this a lot after watching some rounds at a local tournament last month where, the parent judges clearly had no idea what fiat meant and were voting on "real world" implementation concerns. NSDA has that short video requirement but let's be honest, a five to ten minute clip with no quiz or follow-up isn't really training anyone on anything meaningful. The tricky part is that policy debate judges aren't a monolith. You've got experienced tech judges who care deeply about flow and evidence quality, and then, you've got first-time parent judges who are just trying to figure out what a 2AC is. A one-size-fits-all module probably undershoots for one group and overwhelms the other. Speechwire one-pagers help a bit at the tournament level but there's no enforcement mechanism and coaches can't babysit every judge in the pool. Mutual preference systems sort of paper over the problem rather than fix it. A tiered certification approach could work better than what we have now. Something like a basic module for new judges covering fiat and flow fundamentals, then an optional advanced track for people who want to judge elimination rounds. Keep it voluntary but build in tabroom integration so tournaments can actually filter by certification level if they choose. That way you're not mandating anything that creates resentment or drives judges away, but you're giving tab rooms a real signal about who knows what they're doing. The enforcement question is the hard one though. Would leagues actually require it, and would that just deepen the judge shortages that are already a real problem at the local level? That tension between raising the floor and keeping the pool large enough to run tournaments feels like the core thing nobody has a clean answer to.
What if we make the 1ar 8 mineuts since we all know neg is broken rn
so what time do they open and how can i access them. planning to get there at 6 and stay till 8:30 ideally on a field and go on a run between afternoon and night lab.
so it was a bit impulsive, after the round i realized i dropped framework in the 1ar and so after the round i lowkey murdered him in cold blood cause we went to the bathroom together for post round debreif and then i went back to the round. i told the judge he was having a dilemna in the bathroom so she gave the rfd without him and it turns out we won becuase he had genuinely cross applied flows and so now im wondering what should i do with his dead body does any other 2n want it
Searched briefly and didn't find the answer. I came from the days of physical evidence in your debate tubs. I just asked AI if a laptop and AI is usable during rounds and learned laptops are a yes while AI is a grey area.
It mentions that AI-generated text usually can't be used during a round, but that actually brings me to exactly what my question is - you can ask ChatGBT to give you the most qualified sources and the best arguments defending them and cite those resources just like you found that study in a database. If there's no need to do your own research anymore and have AI tell you what to find, what is changing about debate?
Wondering of anyone coach or competitor would be willing to answer some questions about competitive debate for 10 dollars. Thx. I’m a newbie so any help would be appreciated.
Hi everyone! My friends and I were compiling a topic guide for our debate team for the 26-27 national HS policy debate topic: " The United States federal government should establish national health insurance in the United States". we were wondering if anyone in the subreddit had any pointers for potential cases, angles to approach the topic or general advice?
Any help would be greatly appreciated : ) tyty
Anyone in here going to OU this summer ??? I heard it’s good for ppl trynna get bids for TOC and I wanna make a gc to make friends 🔥🦅
I’m from Idaho and I was wondering if you had to weigh one impact 1m$ on the line which one would you choose?
This sub is obviously majority male, so this is me asking out of curiosity. As guys in policy debate, how do you perceive sexism in the activity? Do you think/acknowledge it exists? Do you ever notice yourselves contributing to it? Do you explain it in specific ways? Just honestly want to hear the thought process of the chronically online policy debate guys on this subreddit. Not meant as an attack or anything, but you’re all anonymous which supposedly should prompt a level of honesty.
ik that a big barrier for new debaters is needing to get a laptop. out of curiosity, do yall think the new budget Macbook Neo can run all of the things necessary for debates (mulitple word docs, flow sheets, verbatim, etc.)
finished novice state and want to get a computer for camp. which should i get?
What are your guys' opinions on non-black individuals making black pess arguements?
I believe non-black individuals should not do some sort of performance while running these arguements but what is your guy's opinion on these individuals running anti-black arguments by themselves.
Rotters spend more time trading files than actually prepping or even thinking about debate. Offering taoism da---northview for three tier---head royce like its a shiny golden pokemon. #wpreptraders.