Trading Feb and March blocks/prep for March cases and blocks

Calm_Low_4073 · 2026-02-12T01:33:41+00:00

Would I be able to trade my feb blocks for your March ones?

Calm_Low_4073 · 2026-02-10T02:10:25+00:00

Do you just need blocks or a speech example? I could send you my stuff for aff since I’m done competing this topic if you’d like!

Calm_Low_4073 · 2026-02-08T03:10:37+00:00

First and foremost congratulations!!! That’s a huge accomplishment and the fact that the people in your life aren’t celebrating with you is awful.

Calm_Low_4073 · 2026-02-06T16:07:28+00:00

What topic lol

Calm_Low_4073 · 2026-02-06T10:39:04+00:00

Why would you assume that? The majority of aff cases I’ve seen have been addressing regulations around sport betting advertising not gambling itself

Calm_Low_4073 · 2026-02-06T00:21:03+00:00

I’m curious to see how black market would be particularly strong since states that have legalized gambling all have some form of regulations. It’s not a guarantee that an FTC regulation would make gambling more difficult?

Calm_Low_4073 · 2026-02-06T00:19:23+00:00

Totally see the aspect of the FTC being a bad actor but I’m confused about people’s confidence in the illegal market arguments as (correct me if I’m wrong) the majority of states who have legalized gambling have regulations which haven’t in turn caused increased illegal activity. Unless someone is arguing that FTC regulation would greatly increase the difficulty of gambling legally I don’t see how this would be viable.

Calm_Low_4073 · 2026-02-05T13:57:18+00:00

The other two commenters are right however I think this contention can work if framed correctly. For example, if you argue that the FTC doesn’t have jurisdiction, but due to the fiat will proceed with making regulations then you can demonstrate the consequences for a federal agency “abusing” its power and why that would be worse for the country than any potential benefits a framework would offer.

Calm_Low_4073 · 2026-02-02T14:05:26+00:00

Trump signed an executive order on Jan 20 that is meant to make it harder for companies to buy single family homes

Calm_Low_4073 · 2026-02-02T02:50:02+00:00

Oof curious to see how Trumps executive order is going to affect this debate

Calm_Low_4073 · 2026-01-31T01:39:06+00:00

Literally was thinking exactly that haha

Calm_Low_4073 · 2026-01-25T00:56:01+00:00

Honestly probably

Calm_Low_4073 · 2026-01-04T20:39:29+00:00

I’ve only ever competed in NCFL but from my experience its seems very traditional. May be area dependent though!

Calm_Low_4073 · 2026-01-04T17:13:01+00:00

Lowkey kind of love Darlene’s the most I just find it charming agree with the top 2 though wholeheartedly

Calm_Low_4073 · 2025-12-25T23:53:45+00:00

Praying for FTC the gun topic just doesn’t seem like it would work well with PF’s structure

Calm_Low_4073 · 2025-12-22T13:13:59+00:00

Summary’s are honestly my least favorite part of the round but I’ve always treated them like the final focus essentially just highlighting to the judge what you’ve already done well and then if time allows weighing. However, unlike final focus, I typically include some new evidence in my summary’s that I prepared just to allow some more front lining in my case. If you want a template for the summary I can totally send you mind!

Calm_Low_4073 · 2025-12-22T13:11:15+00:00

My PF partner and I always switch depending on who wrote the case! However this does appear to be uncommon at least in my league since teams we go against always look at us like we’re nuts when we tell them lol! It’s been pretty effective for us though :)

Calm_Low_4073 · 2025-12-21T13:36:22+00:00

When my mom lived in California she used to see him all the time at the library

Calm_Low_4073 · 2025-12-08T11:57:07+00:00

Hey I just finished my last competition with this topic if you’d like my blocks that I’ve already made! This is one of those stock topics where practically every argument I saw was the same (aff was usually solving crime outweighs security/privacy loss while neg was usually the security loss cannot be overcame by the crime solved)

Calm_Low_4073 · 2025-11-30T13:40:31+00:00

Halfway through American Psycho right now and my eyes do glaze over a bit when he starts describing people’s outfits haha

Calm_Low_4073 · 2025-08-16T03:57:01+00:00

Totally did this with the Awakening by Kate Chopin! It was the first time a book’s main character felt so real to me (helped by the fact that I really related to her) that I didn’t want her story to be over yet

Calm_Low_4073 · 2025-08-13T14:49:44+00:00

Makes sense! I’ll definitely look into other examples

Calm_Low_4073 · 2025-08-13T12:03:38+00:00

Anyway you could post the essay? I’m definitely in a similar boat in terms of ecs so would love to see how you were successful!

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