November 7, 2014

Weekend Preview + Scouting Report: Damus Hollywood Invitational

Number of Entries – 63 Top 25 Debaters @ Hollywood: #2 Peninsula AT #14 Harvard-Westlake CC Bid List Debaters @ Hollywood: Peninsula AT – 2 Bids Harvard-Westlake CC […]
November 7, 2014

Live Results: Michael Bogaty Wins Apple Valley and Arjun Tambe wins Hollywood

Damus-Hollywood Make sure to check out the weekend preview and scouting report. Doubles forthcoming! Elims Bracket Finals (bid): Peninsula AT (#2) def Brentwood MR 3-0 (Amestoy, […]
November 6, 2014

Premier Scholars #2

We are excited to announce that our next $1000 scholarship will be awarded to the best performing non-senior in elimination rounds at the Apple Valley tournament. […]
November 6, 2014

Weekend Preview: Apple Valley

Info Bid Level: Octas Date: November 7-8 Number of entries: 134 Last Year’s Final: Harrison DD def. La Jolla RP Scouting Report Top 25 Attending: #4 University […]
November 6, 2014

Debate For All: Choosing Positions as a Young Debater

Newer debaters inevitably repeat their predecessor’s mistakes. In particular, younger debaters should avoid obscure or gimmicky positions. These types of positions include fantastically abusive plan texts, indefensible T interpretations, blatant necessary […]
November 5, 2014

Debate For All: What’s a Framework?

Jargon: Value Criterion, Standard, Framework all mean the same thing. Whereas lay debaters usually are familiar with the first term, most circuit debaters use the latter […]
November 4, 2014

Debate For All: Counterplans in LD #1

Explanation Definition A counterplan (or CP) is a specific advocacy forwarded by the negative debater to prove a superior option to doing the aff. That might sound […]
November 4, 2014

Coaches Poll Top 25 — November 1

Congratulations to this month's Top 25!
November 3, 2014

Announcing: Debate For All

Debate For All is an ongoing project to create a free public resource for learning LD.
November 3, 2014

A plea to debaters by Mia Berman

Trigger Warning: This article discusses revenge porn.