“I would also like to mention that BP seems to be the most common format at tournaments. So when there is a lot of practice on BP, it can encourage people to go to a debate tournament. Recruiting people for debate tournaments is incredibly relevant because the debating community is a really nice, warm, and inclusive community. The more people join in, the better the debating community can become! In that respect, I fully support the concept of ‘the more, the merrier’.”
“Of course, a BP debate takes longer than AP, so there is more time in the debate for in-depth arguments. This can lead to more nuance and more depth. ‘Closing’ can complement ‘opening’ and so both sides can bring the most complete case. This nuance and depth makes it so that you can also lift each other to a higher level. For example, during a debate about ‘retributive violence’, I had the feeling that there were still a number of gaps in the case of the opening half, which Sara and I could then fill. We used their case as a basis but added onto it.”
