Counter(plan) Attack
The alternative action the team proposes
What is the CP Tex?
Why does the DA not need an internal link card?
What is The path from the link to the impact makes sense without one
This team starts with Off-Case positions then goes to On-Case and explain why
What is Negative team because that’s their offense; they can’t win the debate without it
The part that explains how the CP solves the affirmative’s advantage(s)
What is Solvency Advocate?
How does the Russia DA cause nuclear war
What is secessionism causes civil conflict, escalates in the presence of so many nukes. Other countries might intervene, Moscow elites push back on secessionism, risks escalation to nuclear war
What should you never do during cross-ex
What is start making arguments instead of asking questions?
The part that explains how the CP avoids the Disadvantage OR is a separate razzle dazzle that the affirmative team doesn’t access
What is Net Benefit?
Explain the uniqueness of the biodiversity DA
What is Arctic ecosystems are on the brink now; they’re adaptable to climate change but any destabilizing action like the plan can push them over.
Assuming all offcase you’ve been given were read in the 1NC, give us a roadmap of the 2AC
What is case, cp, biodiversity, Russia OR case, cp, Russia, biodiversity?
What role does the Disadvantage play in the CP
What is It serves as an external net benefit to the cp because it links to the plan but not the cp. The CP has the ADDITIONAL advantage of also solving the DA, therefore the DA is an external net benefit (nb that is not a direct part of the cp)
How does the plan link to the Biodiversity DA?
What is OTEC (the plan) disrupts ocean circulation patterns. The temperature change affects the ecosystems, and increased mixing of deep waters increases algae blooms. OTEC mixes this deep water
Name 3 things you need to do in a 2NC
What is overview, weighing, line-by-line (with extensions), reading cards?
What does it mean if a counterplan is conditional, unconditional, and dispositional? (get at least 2)
Conditional - does not need to be defended in the 2nr.
Unconditional - must be defended in the 2nr.
Dispositional - must be defended in the 2nr if some specific action is NOT taken by the aff: ex, if they don’t read a perm the 2nr must be defended in the 2nr
Why is the Arctic Ocean critical to the survival of our planet
What is processes that occur in the Arctic strongly regulate important bodies of water like the GUlf Straem and the North Atlantic Current. It drives disruptions back to the global system; any effects on Arctic ecosystems will globalize, meaning changes in the Arctic can lead to species extinction.
Why shouldn’t you take prep between the neg block (2NC and 1NR)? Give me a strategic explanation instead of a structural one
What is it maximizes pressure on the 1AR and makes sure the aff has trouble answering the entirety of the block. Because they must defend case, you want to make sure that either their answers on it are rushed/bad or that they have to push case to the end of the speech, increasing the chances they’ll drop it.