Same. The kritik and topicality argument forms were everywhere, and typically pretty fucking boring. It was rare that any negative team would take the time to

Same. The kritik and topicality argument forms were everywhere, and typically pretty fucking boring. It was rare that any negative team would take the time to present counterarguments to any discrete part of the affirmative plan. These, plus the shotgun, rapidfire delivery style, dominated policy debate, and made it pretty un-fun to participate in. I ended up switching to extemporaneous speaking and enjoying it a lot more.