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2ACTRICKSANDSHENANIGANS

Deciding the Order

o Start with the most threatening negative arguments

Procedural issues- Topicality, ASPEC

o Go to the most offensive Aff arguments

Framewor, !ecision Calculus Arguments- Case

o "eturn to the most threatening negative arguments

Counter-plans and #ritis

!isadvantages

Time Distribution

o Tae prep to put most threatening negative arguments first and allocate most of your prep time here

o $se prep to read over topicality arguments and counterplan or alternative te%ts

o &f you don't understand one of their offensive arguments, tae prep gather( write answers

o $se )locs to minimi*e prep time for everything else

Use the 1AC Aggressively

o The +AC should anticipate what the neg will say on case- and you should use this to your advantage

est cards should )e put in the +AC pre-empts.

/ust have +ac memori*ed( now ey punch phrases

0uote )ac ey authors

o E%tending the +AC

Argument, warrant, impact- order in which you should e%tend evidence(argument

o 1nly read new evidence to answer something your +ac does not already pre-empt sufficiently or to develop

an e%isting +ac argument

Aff Speako Terms of art or phrases that can )e found in ey +ac evidence

o E%poses trics of case, helps 2udges now what arguments are not new

Best Ansers !irst "veryhere

o !on't )e afraid to show your hand- putting your )est answers first flags these arguments as the most

important to the 2udge- it will increase the credi)ility of your arguments

o Framing the !e)ate

Options and Offense

o Set framewor for how you want to resolve the de)ate in the 3ar

o This will oftentimes involve interactions )etween multiple arguments- your strategy should )e well-thought

out even )efore the 3ac "unning through liely strategies to your aff- what approach will you tae

&ncorporate this into 3ac )locs

o Tae a step )ac from the de)ate and figure out what you are most liely to win on given the +nc

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Solvency deficit to the cp 4 case outweighs

Permutation 4 5 to the permutation case outweighs. 4 alternative doesn't solve

Case outweighs and turns the disad

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o &nduce the neg to invest time or say something you want them to

ait the neg to investing time in a place you've got them )eat, spend less time on a particular

issue than you otherwise would

o !iversity is the name of the game in the 3ac- warrant differentiation maes the life of the 3nc infinitely

worse

o Envision the +ar- should design the 3ac so that if the )loc concedes any one argument your partner can

independently e%tend, e%plain and win it

o Straight Turns

Add Ons

o 1ffense against CPs, ritis or disads

o Shifts the de)ate away from what the neg wants to tal a)out

o !esign for efficiency, two or three card modules

Theory Tricks

o /ae all relevant theory arguments in the 3ac first

Put them first, even if you have multiple theory o)2ections

/ae them )rief )ut include your )est arguments- ey to 3ac theory

Counterinterps solve neg offense

o 6ersus the #riti

6ague Alts, Floating P&Cs after theory arguments

"eason to 2ustify intrinsic( severance permutations

Uni#ueness Tricks

o !esign the 3ac around uni7ueness and impact claims that interact with the neg's d(a or riti

o 1il scarcity advantage can )e used offensively against the 1il !A- aff control terminal$impact uni#ueness

o Against security( intervention ritis8 resource wars inevita)le in a world where the plan isn't passed

o Alt Energies now- lin non uni7ueness

Tricks v% the &olitics DA

- !efense- an underutili*ed weapon

o Fiat solves the lin- /agic 9and Theory

o ottom of the !ocet

o &ntrinsicness

- /ae and control arguments dealing with perception or credit

o Elections8 would the o)2ect of the lin critici*e( tae credit for the plan