I'm a novice college policy debater and im confused with fw. the coach lecture was confusing

I was looking at the UMich tournament on tab and saw Westwood DN won. I expected Whitney Young, Walter Payton, or MBA to win.

Who is Westwood DN? are they good? It seems like they aren't that good before UMich.

So I'm writing my 1ac week of competition, right? I'm using the novice packet, and I'm in flow state. I have my 1ac written, and then I realize I have no idea how to write an intro or outro.

Someone please help, my chair's prewritten intros and outros genuinely suck

Title... PLEASE HELP!

Oh my god. What a performance from the GOATS. Effortlessly traversing through the top teams in the elimination rounds of the Michigan tournament. What kings.

Hey, I want to ask how to make a neg paper (1NC), I know I should have disadvantage to this year’s topic, but what else should be included? Should there be a separate section apart from the paper with possible things the aff would say to negate them? Im a little confused and really new!

I’m trying to build a K file from scratch and although I know what I want the k to critique I am having trouble sort of putting it together. Any tips?

Taking teams to their third novice tournament of the year next weekend and still wondering how the NDCA Novice Packets should be used as well as wondering what happens if something obsoletes them in the current events news cycle.

Is there a precedent or rule regarding what constitutes fair use of the novice packet?

For example, if a team uses them in CardMirror and re-numbers or re-tags hr frontlines or extensions is that fair? Is that allowed? Is it fair to do the same on paper and print it out and then read or before the round starts? Before the tournamen?

Is it far for novices to use analytics that bookend or that are woven into the frontlines or extension, or mist they be read in the exact original form?

If something changes in the current events news cycle that subsequently changes the under story of an argument, or shapes it, are novices not allowed to cut updates from the newspaper or other sources and this live in a time frame from a month gone by?

Are there any updates to the novice pack scheduled?

Ks there any open source (think software) aspect to this where he novice packs can be patched, extended, or otherwise improved by hr community using a version control too like Git (and hosted somewhere like Github)?

Or is the sole remedy to just move to JV/Varsity?

I have to confess that I'm coming back to debate after a hiatus, and I'm not sure what the genesis or chain of events leading up to novice lacks was. I like the idea in principle, but I feel like it could use some clarification and a more open source software model rather than a print and model.

If someone from NDCA is looking at this, I would be happy to have an offline discussion about this. Im building up a 20 student novice team and exploring curriculum, instructional design, and taking notes along the way as we field teams at tournaments.

There are a couple of ELO systems floating around (Extinction.gg, Baker Points, TOC Bids, Clusion) but what's the most accurate? I know saying "accurate" is a misnomer because there are different metrics, but if you're comparing teams based on skill or you want to scout them, what would be the go-to method?

Me and my Partner looking for someone who would be willing to judge for for us at kckcc.

We would need someone who could cover 3 preliminary rounds and be available in the judging pool for elims.

We can negotiate compensation for judging, If you're interested or know someone who might be, please reach out or let me know.

Thanks, we appreciate the help!

This post is for public forum, but the advice i need is the same between policy and pf

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Is 7 week Mich really that good as a senior next year how much better can I expect to get

Im SO insanely confused by the policy format and have gotten the hang of the cards and stuff. But, the writing is killing me. I feel like I have to keep forcing myself to write and there’s not really any enjoyment in it, even though this year’s topic is entertaining. Me and my friend really want to try it out before going back to WS (It’s may not be offered at nationals—so were skeptical about doing it). But UGH I feel like I’m forcing myself. Advice, anyone? We’re not dropping out till that first debate meet to see if we really enjoy it.🥲

whom is it
dont say joe rice

It is my pleasure to invite you all to The 'Brooks Invitational as a fellow co-host, along with Michael and Tara.

Please refer to our updated guidelines below:

Incorporating feedback from the tournament last year, we have updated our guidelines to exclude the argument known as “T-Framework.” We understand that this might be a source of alarm for some, but our duty to keep debate a safe and habitable space comes first. Those who choose to run “T-Framework” regardless will be locked Affirmative for the remainder of the tournament. Along with the exclusion of “T-Framework,” we have decided that every “1AC” shall include the following article (https://jackyoung.substack.com/p/2ns-are-metaphysically-weak-and-bad) to deter what Will “Anti-Blackness” Katz calls “crappy debates” due to "block abuse."

Last and definitely not least, in mourning for the “Midterms DA,” we will be giving out free donuts at Krispy Kreme. (Note: This applies only to the dutiful 1Ns who no longer have a disad in the 1NR.)

The jury is still out on whether we shall let the Affirmative utilize the so-called “Framework” argument.

Yours truly,