First off, there were quite a large number of competitors this year. There were over 1,200 entries from 91 different schools. That’s a lot of debaters.
And secondly, there were not a ton of pre-elimination rounds in a lot of events. Extemp apparently had over 140 entries. With only 3 prelims the Extempers broke to quarters. The prep room was… interesting. The overcrowded lecture hall littered with tubs and file folders was a bit of a turn off. The prepping was loud and while the people running the room seemed to be doing their best (Brennan Morris among them) they ended up doing a lot of screaming and even more running around. Every section was given the same 3 question for each speaker time. The least fortunate part of this whole deal was the logistical nightmare that was people double, triple, and even quadruple entering. At one point there was an ENTIRE section of Extempers missing because they were allowed to double enter in congress.
LD, while new, attracted some very good competition. High ranking individuals such as Ben Lewis were in attendance. Once again there were a few prelims, 4 in LD. However, LD did break to Octa-finals.
Public Forum, the situation was similar to LD
Congress, there were several houses… named after the Greek Gods no less.
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