Blaizin+vs.+Madnee+-+Brohan

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=Round Info= Aff: Blaize/Yassin Neg: Maddie/Renee

1AC – Cuba Embargo [Stability, I-Law, Leadership] 1NC – China DA, CIR Politics DA, Conditions CP, Solvency 2NC – China DA, Solvency 1NR – CIR Politics DA, Conditions CP

=Blaize=

1AC
•	1AC was pretty good. You should try and make your breathing better, it’s a bit loud and you do it more often then you probably need •	Time your 1AC beforehand so you can put your I-Law advantage before Solvency •	You are capable of better posturing/ethos in cross-x, some of that will be reading the 1AC beforehand, but use examples or analogies to fill in the lack of warrants in your ev.

1AR
•	I think you answer the trade argument wrong – you are answering the China relations portion of it, but the warrant of their arg is that Cuba will just trade with other nations because the US has historically been awful to them. •	You should learn some of the tricks that are used to deal with creating a higher magnitude of your solvency/internal link. Things like “perception”, “now key”, “signal”, “symbolic shift” can be used •	You should make a “reason to reject the team” argument on theory •	“Relations are pretty good” •	Your Nye argument on China is smart, but should be better warranted. Leverage the cooperative/credibility aspects of soft power •	You should probably get to politic with a bit more time •	You need to warrant a few of these arguments on politics more. For example, on the non unique, you just say “Boehner can’t unite the GOP” =Renee=

1NC
•	No need to say what the offcase positions are in your roadmap, it can just be “3 off, Solvency, I-Law, etc.” •	Make sure you say when you transition to a new sheet of paper. For example “First off is immigration…..” or “Next off is the China DA”. You did this for the CP, but not for the DA •	You should use a mouse or use read mode when reading off your laptop

1NR
•	You should stand while speaking unless you have a good reason to sit •	Make sure you answer arguments in order. You start with “Winners Win”, but the 2AC started with the non unique •	Boehner is pronounced more like Bay-ner •	You do a good job of extending the warrant of your solvency argument about Cuba not trading, but this is something that should probably happen on the Solvency flow/with the rest of the case arguments •	This is probably too much for the 1NR to take (both the

=Yassin=

2AC
•	Order should be from most threatening to least generally •	The top of your 2AC is inefficient – you should go to the first argument, or just begin with framing questions •	“This is an easy out” is not something you need to say in the 2AC •	You’re putting a bunch of Ptx arguments about PC not being key on the CP flow. Those should happen on the Politics flow •	You should write out short 2-3 sentence advantage overviews which include the story of your advantage and a short impact prioritization argument. You don’t want to get locked into reading these if you don’t have time, but they are useful and can make this process more efficient. •	You say: “Relations are low now – this means the disad is non unqiue – there’s no point to it, military hacking scandals”. This is a good job of explaining the function of the argument, but it’s still more than needs to be said in the 2AC, you can just say “relations are low – military hacking scandals”

2AR
•	“In the end of the day” – not necessary •	I actually think you sound better when you’re going at a decent pace. When you slow down, you actually lose some of your inflection and emphasis which is one of your speaking strengths •	Not sure why you’re doing the stuff on the CP – she said they’re kicking it. It’s only worth going to it if you’re going to make an argument about why they improperly kicked it, which in this case, wouldn’t get you anything really, so there’s no reason to =Maddie=

2NC
•	You’re doing a good job on the arguments you’re making •	I’m not sure if you’re doing these things because you’re nervous or because you’re fidgety, but you move around a lot while speaking, everything from playing with the chair to taking steps. You should try and stand in one spot, it will help your rhythm and focus when speaking •	Don’t apologize to me during your speech, you’re doing fine, have confidence!  •	It’s a good idea to read these additional cards in your speech, but you should also make sure you extend the arguments you already have made

2NR
•	You should make a decision about what you want to go for in the 2NR •	Your impact calc is good •	You should not use the rape metaphor in your speech •	In kicking the CP (or any argument), you should explain how it is that you’re kicking the argument.