Impact Turns 1/3

CNDI 2013 Michelle Peng

What is an impact turn they say something is good, then you say it is bad they say it is bad, you say it is good It is a high risk high reward strategy Good impact turns have Good evidence with recency, author qualifications, and specificity. Gut check credibility. Dont read something completely and utterly ridiculous. High quality impact evidece is good. High Quality impact turns are econ collapse good: dedev Global Warming is good Nuclear Proliferation good b/c MAD Hegemony Bad Bad Impact Turns Nuclear Malthus (spark) Tiny nuclear war prevents giant nuclear war. Wipeout, which says that human extinction is good THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS Things you should never EVER say in round to turn an impact NEVER SAY THESE Patriarchy good Racism good homophobia good this list is not exhaustive, it is inclusive, not exclusive. THIs is some of the stuff you can never say, not all of it. The form of an impact turn It isnt a DA because you do not need ot win the uniqueness or th link All you really have to read is the impact, but you hsould read the following for sure Inevitability: Your impact is going to happen regardless Timeframe Argument, basically that the impact should happen sooner rather than later Impact defense, basically saying that you need to put defense on their impact The impact itsself Example Dedeve Econ decline inevitability sooner is better b/c repair environment decline doesnt cause good econ decline saves the environment Exmple B -Heg heg is unsustainable multipolarity is inevitable transition away from eg doesnt cause war hegemony causes terrorism Example C Proliferation It is inevitable doesnt cause conflict Trades off with CBW prolif, which is hell worse Why inevitability

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CNDI 2013 Michelle Peng

its a uniqueness argument prevents the team from getting offense sooner is better is really powerful, because it makes it impossible for them to get offense. They can't weigh their impact if it happens no matter what. It won't outweigh if it happens with or without the affirmative team This isnt required, but it is a very strong argument Can you kick out of an impact on an inevitability argument This is a very common mistake Conceding that something is inevitable does NOT get you out of an impact turn Basically, the other team has already conceded that their plan will happeni in the long run. Conceding htat it is inevitable pushes you further into the hole. You CAN conceded internal link defense. You can concede impact defense. When to impact turn-genreal impact turn is the grwat equalizer Creates an assymettry because they wont expect it and it gives you new stuff Gives you some new hotness that will catch them completely unaware brazillian water scarcity is hella important. CUT SHIT FOR DIS Yo uhsoudl just prepare an impact turn file for al of the generic impacts, and should be just totally ready to get. When to impact turn on neg if they read a 2AC impact turn and they read a throwaway that you dont know what to say to, then you hsould imapct turn it in the block t just bend them over and destroy them you should make it a big part of the block by prefacing it in the 1NC When to impact turn if you are affirmative Impact turn in the 1NR for the same reasons as above. It is a tricky move and it requires cleanup by the 2AR, but it is often a very good strategy When you have no good link turns and its a net benefit to a counterplan. o You need to win both the uniqueness and the link turn to win a link turn if it's a net benfit to a counterplan you are going to need a lot of offense. Reasons not to impact turn requries lots of evidence makes the debate messy towards the end, and whoever cleans up best will win not the strategy for a disorganized debater. If you are fundamentally on the wrong side of an issue, then you should not impact turn. Tips and Tricks Find key points of contestation, just like in impact calc, emphasis is key. Dependning on when you are winning you should stress different parts. Tell the judge how and why to vote Make Lists, this is the cheating way to win debates. If you make lists you will win a shit ton more debates. It is hella better. Like, saying three reasons why something is better. Lists are just really good for some psychological reason Access their impact, make sure to show how you solve for their impact with your impact. You should also win that you have another impact, but you winning on their impacts makes things easier Have a combination of both terrible and specific impacts Dont go for too much, just find what you are winnign on/is the most important and then just hammer it home. If you make too many argumetns then they can impact turn your impact turns do NOT forget to defend, do not forget defense.

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CNDI 2013 Michelle Peng

Answer Impact Turns Most stuff above applies Call them out for ebgin stupid Construct your impacts with impact turns in mind, read a high quality piece o impact evidence, because youll be sitting pretty for their impact turn Get Creative Go wherever the fuck you want with whatever the fuck you want if you can link it and it's just straight up out there then just go for it. Trilateral Relations Landmins good Nuclear Terror Good Asteroids Good

WHALE SPARK Whales bad south african tourism wals jump in peoples boats whales bad because whaling in japan caused killing of sharks. Tradeoff argumetns are also very good. A lot of impact turn is about quantity of arguments. USE A SHIT TON OF RACISM CLAIM, DAS ES GUD Learn what an omnibus is. Learn dat shit overview effect is straight up not true. Learn what malfus is, but it is bad because population has increased a shit ton. Malthus isnt right, the hard limit is organization. Malthus was also a giant racist. Now, rights malthus is totally different and is awesome. Liberty impact are bad because you can impact htem, rights malthus argues that liberty is bad because we need a strong central government to allocate resource consumption.