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I get some questions asking me how I did phil debate as a small school, so I thought I'd answer them here. | I get some questions asking me how I did phil debate as a small school, so I thought I'd answer them here. | ||
Feel free to [[User:CheeseMeese|contact me]] with any questions! | |||
== Debate == | == Debate == | ||
==== Phil Debate on the West Coast ==== | ==== Phil Debate on the West Coast ==== | ||
Silly rabbit, trix are for kids! | Silly rabbit, trix are for kids! | ||
If you are substantive enough, any judge will vote for you, as long as you do your prefs correctly. There are some judges (for example, judges who openly say they dislike phil on their paradigms or policy crossovers) that won't vote on it, so pref carefully, but there are a good amount of judges that are surprisingly solid for straight up phil. On the West Coast, I ran phil affs with util advantages, carded pretty much everything, overexplained, etc. A lot of it is in how you do your prefs, and if you want to seriously run phil, you should probably expect that your best judges are not going to exist and that every round will probably be an uphill battle for you. Your West Coast opponents will also pref the complete opposite of you, so as you get farther into a tournament, the elim panels will get more and more unforgiving as less flex judges will be obligated in for remaining rounds. Being flexible enough to go for 2-3 other argument types will benefit you greatly. | |||
==== Learning Phil Debate ==== | ==== Learning Phil Debate ==== | ||
Phil debate, in my eyes, is just the ultimate tech-check -- not only do you have to be technically proficient, but you also need to be able to explain things in a way that's understandable. After every round, I'd probably redo my 2NR or 2AR around 5-6 times, or however many times it took me until I finally got the speech "right." I wouldn't let myself write notes down on my flow to help myself in the speech, since at that point it'd become a doc -- going off what you had in round helps you practice extempting and memorizing certain analytics (for example, AT Tailoring Objection). I'd do this immediately after every round ended. | Phil debate, in my eyes, is just the ultimate tech-check -- not only do you have to be technically proficient, but you also need to be able to explain things in a way that's understandable. After every round, I'd probably redo my 2NR or 2AR around 5-6 times, or however many times it took me until I finally got the speech "right." I wouldn't let myself write notes down on my flow to help myself in the speech, since at that point it'd become a doc -- going off what you had in round helps you practice extempting and memorizing certain analytics (for example, AT Tailoring Objection). I'd do this immediately after every round ended. | ||
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Wiki stalking is going to be your best friend, especially if you don't do policy -- phil and K links can be easily acquired and used whenever you want as long as you're not at the first tournament of the topic. | Wiki stalking is going to be your best friend, especially if you don't do policy -- phil and K links can be easily acquired and used whenever you want as long as you're not at the first tournament of the topic. | ||
== Docs == | == Docs == | ||
=== 2022 -- 2023 === | === 2022 -- 2023 === | ||
==== January/February ==== | ==== January/February ==== | ||