May 8, 2019
Bob's final 10 things of the season--congratulations, shoutouts, and celebrations are in order!
April 25, 2019
Bob assesses the state of plans good/bad going into TOC '19 and gives some advice for debaters on both sides.
February 14, 2019
Bob summarizes and replies to some comments on the last edition of Planorama before moving to consider the state of plans good/bad debate.
January 30, 2019
To kick off a new series, Bob discusses a way affs that want to read a plan can read an 'example' instead, dodging semantics-based topicality concerns.
December 4, 2018
In this edition of 10 Things Bob breaks down some of his (very) early thoughts on the upcoming Jan/Feb topic. This includes metagame predictions, what to expect at Blake/CPS, and how to guide your research to be ahead of the curve.
November 9, 2018
For debaters and judges who flow on a laptop, Flexcel is a great new tool you need to check out.
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.
October 23, 2018
The topic for today is what to make of arguments like “your interpretation X leads to Y bad thing” and the common response “but you could read theory on Y bad thing.” Bob likes the former (sometimes) but the latter never.
September 25, 2018
This edition of "10 Things" by Bob Overing features Yale, advocacy/inherency problems on SO18, metagame shifts, and more...
September 19, 2018
Bob challenges the use of abbreviated arguments or "enthymemes" in contemporary kritik debate. On his view, they discourage innovation and clash, exclude debaters, and emphasize the judge's knowledge over the skill of the debaters.
September 6, 2018
Bob gives some preliminary thoughts on the new LD topic along with a preview of upcoming content and job opportunities at Premier.
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.
