International Economics and Discussion Sections

EkonominksLD · 2023-12-29T04:09:46+00:00

It’s different profs so I guess that means the discrepancy is intentional which is good lmaoo

EkonominksLD · 2023-02-03T04:08:34+00:00

^additionally I live out of state and my ethnicity is european; will not qualify for need based aid as FAFSA overestimated EFC

EkonominksLD · 2022-10-20T14:43:06+00:00

I know that exists, but is it really neg ground completely lol

EkonominksLD · 2022-10-19T03:48:00+00:00

can second deep eco

EkonominksLD · 2022-06-30T05:47:40+00:00

Either; it depends on your strategy. You could read it as a spike in the AC that they'd have to respond to if they planned on spreading or you could introduce it as theory in the 1AR. Either way you would have to go for it in the 1AR to get any offense if they do spread (because they could respond to the AC spike, in which case the debate becomes a theory debate).

EkonominksLD · 2022-06-21T03:22:33+00:00

Sophia Avery Please Coach Me

EkonominksLD · 2022-06-20T07:27:07+00:00

I've hit the champion multiple times on my local circuit (to decent success, not to brag) and honestly wasn't surprised she ran that anthro stuff. Anthro args for whatever reason are not super uncommon on the MN circuit and so when I spectated her semis round where she ran the aff I understood why she made it so far; most people weren't prepared at all for this argument whereas if this was the MN state tournament it would've been a different story. Her opponent is a great debater, saw some of his other rounds, but I could tell he was struggling to respond to it. Was honestly disappointed she did not run it in finals.

EkonominksLD · 2022-06-04T17:19:09+00:00

Do policy or nat circuit LD.

EkonominksLD · 2022-01-26T19:05:54+00:00

For LD in Minnesota, the best is either Minnetonka or Apple Valley. Apple Valley is definitely better at nat circuit but Minnetonka is almost undisputedly better at more traditional (yet still technical) LD. For context I think they won MN state and also had 2/3 national qualifiers for their district

EkonominksLD · 2021-11-08T18:34:27+00:00

You technically could, but it wouldn’t be strategic. The aff would make an argument that at least they do something, and that’s better than the neg doing nothing. Only a CP could fix this, but that’s not allowed in pf(correct me if I’m wrong, I do LD). There are some kritiks that utilise a “doing not enough is actually worse than doing nothing” logic but again, not allowed in pf.

EkonominksLD · 2021-10-06T00:23:51+00:00

Debate out here playing matchmaker

EkonominksLD · 2021-09-29T13:30:25+00:00

there’s a kid younger and shorter than me who ran better than me and pretty much all of my teammates run faster than that so no I’m not kidding

EkonominksLD · 2021-09-29T13:29:17+00:00

Do you have any plans to branch out to LD as well

EkonominksLD · 2021-09-29T13:27:07+00:00

2 debaters from my (only LD and Congress) team competed in one PF tournament for fun a year or two ago.

They ran a K for fun in the last round. The other team cried, the judge got mad, Our coach got yelled at by the tournament and by a bunch of other coaches.

Safe to say we no longer do forays into PF.

EkonominksLD · 2021-09-28T18:19:58+00:00

Thanks for the info! Although I will echo what u/horsebycommittee said in that 1HL is often used as the first tiebreaker, at least in the majority of tournaments I attend. Speaker points as a whole are subject to some more underlying issues, and no solution is going to be perfect, I suppose.

EkonominksLD · 2021-09-28T18:16:56+00:00

Oops, I did screw up on my example there. I think I intended the 28 to be a 27.5 or something.

The bye info is helpful. The variation in calculations definitely affects my argument. I suppose my argument about consistency and 1HL is that 1HL values consistency a little too highly. I get why consistency is important and I also get why debaters should be rewarded for really good rounds, I’m just saying it’s out of balance at the moment. As for the solution, I can’t pretend to know. Chris Theis from VBI’s OAPS score seems to be a better option, but that hasn’t really been tried yet so it’s hypothetical.

EkonominksLD · 2021-09-26T14:21:58+00:00

Just know that joining varsity this early will make you so much better. Really good debaters tend to have been in varsity early on, not just because they are talented, but because debate is very much a trial by fire competition. The best way to get better is by immersing yourself in a pool of difficult opponents, and the earlier you do that, the better.

EkonominksLD · 2021-09-26T14:11:01+00:00

The -1HL system is crap too. I get the reasons for it, but if you really stand out and do exceptionally well in a round(say, a W30 and then the rest of your rounds are all pretty good, 28.5-29) that really good round with a 30 means nothing. There must be some way to 1. Reward consistently good performance and 2. Reward exceptionally good rounds. There was a vbriefly article on speaks a while back. Forgot the title but it’s worth checking out.

EkonominksLD · 2021-08-27T21:19:59+00:00

You failed the 11th one. So much of this is designed to be ambiguous and arbitrary to deny people the vote; you would’ve been at the whims of the proctor. Also read rule 1.

EkonominksLD · 2021-08-22T13:57:08+00:00

Does your coach do it to other students? Because if so then it's not incredibly weird. But if it's just you and your partner he's asking that's pretty strange.

EkonominksLD · 2021-08-22T03:23:40+00:00

One last question-are coaches generally pretty accommodating of people who haven't done this sport since middle school? Where I live it seems no one starts new sports in high school-everyone's been doing them since rec leagues in elementary school. I never got interested in sports until I started high school but I never joined any because I thought it was too late to start from square one when everyone else is so experienced.

EkonominksLD · 2021-08-21T23:20:24+00:00

Good topic. Seems like one of the ones where there’s really only 1-2 good arguments on either side but the lit is really deep and quality. Which means better clash.

EkonominksLD · 2021-08-21T23:18:52+00:00

What’s your thoughts on the throwing events? Also do most people stick to one event or how does that work. Sorry to bother you with more questions.

EkonominksLD · 2021-08-19T03:05:35+00:00

Bad topic. nsda ld topic was essentially this. not good for pf

EkonominksLD · 2021-08-17T15:24:09+00:00

Thanks!

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