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Daniel Musa says:

Ahahaha. I agree Sam.

Armando Robles says:

Let the record show, tears will be shed.

Content User says:

NIU over KU, I’ve debate both, I’d probably say the La Quinta is clearly better than Gardner, its a shame they haven’t been to as many tournaments this year, they would have probably been ranked a lot higher. I would shed tears if La Quinta didn’t beat Carlsbad.

Sam Gardner says:

I’m pretty sure content user is just trying to stir up trouble

Blackhawk says:

Let it be known that content user is not Armando’s coach, that would be me. I’d love to know who’s defending us though. However, I do think CU brings up a good point: we are new to this website and I am a bit unclear as to how the scoring works. It DOES seem as though we are at a disadvantage by not BEING ABLE to attend more invitationals. Is this taken into account?

Also, I agree with Armando, let’s all play nice, with each other anyway. We need to go up there and represent the BETTER half of the state.

Blackhawk says:

There may be tournies available, but no moola at our schoola. And what does that mean, competition is worse? Sam, Daniel, how do you feel about that???

You’re right, we do know. HOOOOLLLLAAAA!

Thank you, Jason, for your quick response and indulging all this silliness.

Sam Gardner says:

I’d totally admit that there are a lot more really good teams in the north than there are in the south. I’m also pretty sure that the north will dominate the cal cup this year. I’m just looking at the cup and state as a learning experience for next year, but I’m pretty sure every team at the cup would be able to dominate the “average” competition from any league north or south.

Blackhawk says:

My problem though, as a coach who switched to Parli because I HATE POLICY is that you Norcal teams debate parli like poilicy. Parli is supposed to be public debate that any observer can watch and understand and judge. When you all use the policy terms like solvency, inherency, etc. it defeats the purpose of true debate which is to be judged on your rhetorical skills, not all the fancy vocabulary and fake memorized facts you throw in. Then it’s just policy without cards. That’s been my biggest issue and killed me at State last year. However, I’ve learned how to coach my kids for that kind of debate by competing more and more against northern teams, so thank you for that training, teams of the lesser California.

CrimsonChin says:

policy without cards is an oxymoron.

and LOL at a parli debater telling someone to do another debate event.

Blackhawk says:

Wow Jerry. Rude. I guess your coach, or parents, never taught you to be polite to your elders. Let’s hope I don’t see you when I’m judging this weekend.

I am, of course, kidding, but there’s a lesson to be learned there.

And, I’d say I’m doing pretty well at Parli since my team has been in the top three of my league for the last three years, after only 5 years of doing it.

Good luck to all this weekend! And remember that manners count for speaker points.

Blackhawk says:

I’ve been in that tab room many a time. Speaks can make a huge difference if you’re talking about evenly matched teams with identical records; I’ve seen it decide finalists.

Patrick says:

I dont know about there being a better half of the state, especially since there is a difference between how your average norcal team and your average socal team approach parli.

Some norcal teams are horrible, some are excellent. The same can be said of socal teams.

Iain Lampert says:

Let’s keep the stream of conversation flowing!

Qualifiers…who are you looking forward to hitting at state?

Content User says:

As for winners:

I see Lodi and Cleveland making finals