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And the winner of the bracket challenge is…
We know its a little late, but while teams are waiting for pairings at Lakeland’s tournament or the Richard B. Russell All State Championship – we decided to announce the winner of the Bracket Challenge. Judge Lane Bearden, debate coach at Calhoun, is the winner of the first ever bluetub Bracket Challenge. With a score [...]
Debate Season begins today
The Georgia debate season officially begins today (as per the GHSA). Most schools started back today, I know Atlanta Public Schools and Fayette County started. With the beginning of the new school season, we wanted to know if your team has any preseason traditions? For instance, I know Calhoun has their annual debate retreat. Share [...]
LDDebate.org is Back!
If you’re just getting started with Lincoln-Douglas as a coach or debater, a veteran, or just want an alternative source of news, and more importantly, conversation, you have a new, but old, home.
On Open Content Licensing
Georgia Forensics Daily, and all other bluetub content is changing (for the better, of course). We want to live up to our mission of being a provider of free and open knowledge to the debate community. When Jeff created the aggregated camp evidence and lecture pages, we did it as a service to the community, [...]
I Love Debate Camp, Ay!
As Jeff was trolling YouTube, instead of cutting cards for our camp resources section (evidence and lectures), he tweeted this gem, from Alex Velto And Sam Miller, at the Cal National Debate Institute. If you love Asher Roth, you’ll love this.
New Feature: Camp Lectures & Evidence Compiled in One Source
I spent this afternoon working on a manual aggregator of sorts to try and assist everyone in the downloading of camp lectures & files. On Cross-X, the need for a better way to organize these camp lectures & evidence was mentioned. Therefore, we decided to compile the links to all the lectures and files out [...]
A Challenge to the Judging Community
When Brandon & I started this website two years ago we had one main goal, we were set on building community and supporting free, open knowledge. I’m taking this one step farther by challenging the judging community across the nation, not just in Georgia, to become better teachers and more responsible judges. I challenge judges [...]
