April 26, 2018
Do aff solvency advocates say what debaters say they say? And if they don't, is that bad? We need better topic wording because without it, theory and topicality abound and negs get free rein with abusive counterplans.
April 23, 2018
Drills and practice debates are the best way to improve your rebuttals! Click for instructions and pointers.
April 14, 2018
The transition from high school LD to college policy debate can be daunting, but more and more LDers are successfully making the jump. In this post, we asked five former LD debaters who now debate college policy to share their experiences and advice.
April 9, 2018
Stephen explains distortions in understanding "truth-testing," responds to Bob's recent objection, and outlines several advantages to the view.
April 5, 2018
Bob offers a reductio ad absurdum-style objection to recent explanations of truth-testing, which have the unfortunate consequence of eliminating most theory debate as traditionally practiced.
April 2, 2018
Overall, neg won 54.1% of prelim rounds, 49.6% of elim rounds, and 53.8% of all rounds at Berkeley and Harvard. We believe elimination rounds at major bid tournaments are the best sample for measuring side bias, and in our survey, neg won only 49.6% of elims at Berkeley and Harvard, indicating little discernible difference between aff and neg win rates.
April 1, 2018
It is a melancholy object to those who who walk through the halls of the University of Kentucky, when they see the rooms, the floors, and doorways, crowded with debaters refusing to disclose their cases, followed by three, four, or six debaters importuning every passenger for citations. To remedy these and many other inequities, I offer for public consideration the TOC Disclosure Prison.
