Half way through the NDT, CEDA to come

I'm sneaking time in to update during prep time of the round I'm judging at the NDT. Things have been going great in California (if for no other reason than I missed the snow that apparently hit Kansas!) as I've been taping rounds and talking to people about my research about the community. I also got two more people to agree to interviews, most of which will happen on the day off between the NDT and CEDA, or at CEDA.

Why not at the NDT? Teams that are competing at the NDT generally have one thing on their mind: winning. Talking to coaches or debaters at all right now is slim, so I've mostly just been shooting rounds and the time off in between debates for the past few days. While the winning mentality can certainly be true of CEDA as well, the NDT is, in my opinion, significantly more competitive, and a totally different environment in and of itself.

I'm working on grabbing snapshots at the NDT, and a then a few at CEDA, and I will post again in a couple days to hopefully help you visual the differences in the two tournaments, while I add a little information/background on the events of the two tournaments.

Back to judging!