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Expanded Methodology and Accuracy of DebateDrills's LD Rankings

A deep dive into the methodology and preliminary accuracy of the DebateDrills Rankings for PF and LD.

Inko Bovenzi

December 25, 2021

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Lincoln-Douglas 2022 January-February Topic

The Lincoln-Douglas (LD) 2022 January-February Topic Release is Outer Space.

Raffi Piliero

December 1, 2021

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In-Depth Exploration of the Methodology and Accuracy of DebateDrills's PF Rankings

A deep dive into the methodology and preliminary accuracy of the DebateDrills Rankings for PF and LD.

Inko Bovenzi

December 1, 2021

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Debate Economics 108: Microeconomic Foundations of Counterplan Theory

This is the last part of an ongoing series of blog posts where Daniel talks about Debate and Economics. In this issue, he talk about the microeconomic foundations of counterplans, building much of the groundwork for a discussion of generalized debate.

November 29, 2021

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1AR Coverage – How to Avoid Losing to a Big 1NC

There’s nothing worse than seeing those last few seconds tick down on the timer and realize that something was going to go undercovered or dropped. Raffi Piliero writes about coverage in the 1AR in our latest blog post.

Raffi Piliero

November 15, 2021

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Debate Economics 107 - Debate is a Game (Theory)

This is part of an ongoing series of blog posts where I talk about Debate and Economics. In this issue, I make the argument that debate can be (abstractly) modelled through game theoretic principles, and use those to extrapolate some basic conclusions about debate.

November 8, 2021

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