Thompson,+Trace

toc =6/29/2011= Trace: - Great job answering cross-x questions! You are really knowledgable about global warming! - Work on integrating case extensions as offense to the disads. - Less focus on Stephen Hawking. - You need to have a concrete story to the 2AR. Why vote aff? Why does the aff outweigh the disads? What are your specific answers to the neg argument? - Try not to just revert into ranting.

= 6/30/2011 =

Don’t ask questions during your partners CX.


 * You need to properly extend each of your off-case arguments.** THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. You can’t just read more cards on the Cap k and Weaponization – you need to 1) explain your argument briefly, 2) explain the impacts, and then 3) answer the 2AC answers one-by-one. You need to do this on both the Kritik and the DA.

Don’t double cover! Pick SOME of the flows for you to take in the block, and leave other flows for your partner to take in the block. Talk about this with your partner furing prep for the 2NC.

Why did you keep freaking out throughout your 2nr?? Calm down, use all your time. You could have won this debate going into the 2nr. You should have ignored the weaponization flow, just gone for capitalism kritik, and tried to win that capitalism is unethical and makes extinction inevitable, and that asteroids are extremely unlikely, since you had a ton of case cards.

Don’t make the argument that we shouldn’t care about asteroids that land in other countries – it’s just racist and bad

=7/3/2011=

-	You should be using cross-x of the 1NC to prep -	Good pace and clarity -	Put case first – gotta win your advantages to win -	You don’t have to read the block title -	Don’t say A2 – (don’t read block headers – just refer to the argument youre answering) -	Don’t explain after the card what its function is – those are good args to make, but they should be in the tag -	Make sure you’re referring to the 1NC arguments on case -	Use more prep time -	You need to have a “here is why win in a couple sentences” moment in the 2AR – it’s the last speech -	Put case first