March 12, 2020
The Tournament of Champions has recently announced their decision to move to an online format. A statement from the tournament director, David Arnett is included below. […]
November 1, 2018
This edition of "10 Things" by Bob Overing features Bronx, food, theory, and some predictions about the fast-approaching Apple Valley tournament.
September 25, 2018
This edition of "10 Things" by Bob Overing features Yale, advocacy/inherency problems on SO18, metagame shifts, and more...
May 8, 2018
Interview with TOC finalist Santa Monica RE, 1AC/1NC/1AR speech docs from finals, and flow of the final round.
May 3, 2018
The latest edition of 10 Things celebrates TOC 2018, including record breakers, flexibility, new affs, neg win rates, a critique of the topic metagame, and many shout-outs.
March 21, 2018
Status quo treatment of cheating, bullying, and harassment is murky, sparks conflict, and wrongs debaters (both accused and accusers). Tournaments should put their preferences in writing, specify penalties and procedures, and clearly demarcate roles for enforcing them.
February 23, 2018
This edition of "10 Things" by Bob Overing features Harvard, the good Samaritan paradox, Success Academy, Dartmouth's 1983 teams, and more!
February 15, 2018
In this finalist interview, Servite PA and Brentwood WJ discuss Stanford, judge adaptation, and approaching new affs.
January 18, 2018
Chaminade CP RA defeated Newark Science BA on a 2-1 to win the Harvard-Westlake Debates. In this special finalist video interview, the two discuss the tournament and their positions, with an in-depth analysis of the final round.
January 17, 2018
Jack Stern, finalist at the College Prep Invitational, shares his perspective on the tournament and the topic in this interview.
December 22, 2017
Note: if you have questions you’d like us to ask, please let us know here, and we’ll ask them during the next set of tourney interviews! Finalist […]
