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Artem says:

that explains the existence of Czechoslovakia (kinda)

Artem says:

If you are referring to Mr. Rector, he voted on substance, if I recall correctly. Plin should have a recording of the RFDs in finals, so if he uploads it, we can check.

Carl has RSS (rapid speech syndrome), so let’s not make fun of him. Most debaters can variate their speed to adapt to the judge though, that’s normal.

Iain was cloned from the POI dude on the left, so he doesn’t technically have a nationality. He is, in fact, amazing though.

On flowing: first, being able to flow speed is a must, even if you don’t spread yourself. This allows you to handle fast opponents (Carey and Kate in finals are a great example), and also to spend a lot less time flowing in slow rounds and more time thinking about arguments. So Patrick is right, if you can flow a good policy round, you’re in good shape.
Second, yes, no one at CalCup actually spread. Niraj/Ben and Vincent/Aakriti pretty much used their normal lay speed, which they used to win MLK and Stanford respectively (both mostly parent-judged).
Third, flowing becomes a lot easier if you listen to your opponents’ argument and understand it before writing it down. All CalCup rounds are comprehensible, so that shouldn’t be a problem. The mistake many people make is writing down random words just to get something down on paper, they could have used this time to try to understand the argument. Of course, practicing on fast rounds, bullet-pointing, developing a system of abbreviations, asking clarification questions etc (see Ben’s comment) all help.
Fourth, specifically for Opp flowing, you need to divide up responsibilities between the two partners. During PMC, the LO should be flowing and writing down on-case responses, while the MO should be preparing off-case attacks. This may be difficult for novices and teams with bad partner communication, but it’s a must in high speed rounds, and increases your efficiency in slower rounds.

Artem says:

Lynbrook JY vs Logan CS was uploaded. This is the last video we had readily available for upload.
The rest of the videos are with Kunal, so they’ll be uploaded whenever he feels like it (read: will take a while).

Artem says:

SCU sems are up

by the way, I think Shiran’s stat that USFG killed 143 million people comes from The Onion

Artem says:

I didn’t stay for the RFD, but Gary said that “Judges said we had fair claim that you cannot fiat the outcome of the revolution. It was extra topicality and the abuse argument about the value highlighted the that they tried to fiat an outcome which was inherently just and then weighed on justice. Notice I still weighed our 2 contentions off of the value of justice in my rebuttal because I didn’t formally propose a counter value, (although I did say societal net benefits in my first speech as a suggestion).”

I thought the Opp won even before I knew the decision. Gary was pretty explicit that Gov can’t fiat impacts, and absent any work on proving how the Revolution solves for the harms, Logan has zero offense in the end of the round. The only reason this round was even remotely close was because GBay didn’t articulate abuse well enough, but Logan’s plan was so vague that there was just no way for them to win the on-case.

Artem says:

^ditto
this is what happens when people don’t parametricize generic metaphoricals

Artem says:

Posted: Windsor JF vs Bishop O’Dowd VD

as an aside, Cuba is not an unrecognized nation

Artem says:

Posted:

Stanford AS (Agrawal & Svikhnushin) vs Stanford MW (Moore & White)
http://www.pointofinformation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/20110806-100521.m4a

Claremont MW (Musa & Wilkie) vs MVLA SS (Schaeffer & Shrivastava)
http://www.pointofinformation.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/CaliCup-ClaremontMW-MVLASS.mp3

Windsor JS (Steiger & P. Jeffrey) vs MVLA SS (Schaeffer & Shrivastava)
http://www.pointofinformation.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/SCUMountainViewvsWindsorPrelims.mp3

MVLA SS (Schaeffer & Shrivastava) vs Windsor JS (Steiger & P. Jeffrey)
http://www.pointofinformation.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/SCUFinals.mp3