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== Sophomore year (2020 - 2021) ==
We started doing much better prep sophomore year, with good cases and well organized block files for both sides. I disclose the cut cards version of our blocks because those have links and full citations. We also started writing cases with citations in the footnotes but no paraphrasing. This allowed for much better warrants in between cards. If that is confusing, just check out one of our cases.
=== Nocember 2020 ===
This was a really fun topic, with lots of interesting strategy considerations on the pro (non-uniquing the resolution and finding limited solvency, running high probability low magnitude impacts see overviews in blocks) and we started to use metaweighing.) Con was very stock, and we basically used the same cases for the whole topic. Blocks were somewhat mediocre, as we didn't grind them as much as Septober and didn't prep out all the right arguments, but they got the case had a couple spikes that we likedjob done. Overall, dropping in doubles at Varsity Scarsdale was rough but 4-1 at JV Little Lex, a local tournament, was a confidence booster. The next weekend, we had a great time winning Princeton in JV. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OWFnU80V9tGtHVnMXzRAGLLi2OiWhNRvrSDUcLtqDb0/edit?usp=sharing NFU Neg] [https://docs.google.com/document/d/18IS3hRX2iDgCYsgwA0qS4nfeN-Zd8QrHXWZ1g3S0aIM/edit?usp=sharing NFU Aff V1] - we needed a CW on this one so: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1On0bhKf-cJqocO0xGLRbXap6MUkAGvPhh1m_HDVOz1w/edit?usp=sharing Opt out Aff ] [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fxppAfAoiYB8Fv4eArXHLhRPwJoKOZ8MdzjgPLS4EZM/edit?usp=sharing NFU Aff V2] - we never ran this one in round, but I really liked it so I thought I'd put it here. [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eEA7ytTKxqPYoJPygyFjU2d6pXwWnN30fc0dGXSMhcg/edit?usp=sharing NFU Neg Blocks] [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e5GOh-am_py6hZGz2_yCixTYOhOaUtDkuF0M4e1jLHM/edit?usp=sharing NFU Aff Blocks]
=== Septober 2020 ===
M4A AKA UBI pharma edition. We liked this topic, recycled lots of prep. We used the same cases for the whole topic after the end of camp with slight refinement, stock on the aff and lay neg, super fun pharma collapse arg on the tech neg. Excellent block files, worked on them for 5 months from camp until the end of M4A. It wasn't fun to go 3-3 at Tim Averill varsity, but we did fairly well in JV, reaching Octos at UKY, Quarters at Bronx, and winning Duke and Yale.
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/11r7cwYlviO91X5jGd8qEYeylj_JhjxP76aN8ku6hyVo/edit?usp=sharing M4A Tech Neg]