Help!

[Marxist]

Anyone: If you know some stuff about parli, post it here. I would really like to learn.

[chrispac]

i'm not a big fan, but

2v2

basically the judge gives you something to argue about

you have 15 minutes (or something like that, 10, 20, 30??)
to prep

its not really based on evidence, mostly easy knowledge about current events. theres really no cross ex its just the opponent asks questions during your time of talking.

it goes something like government, neg, neg, gov, neg, gov

if i'm wrong, please correct me but im glad to help if i did.

[Josiahzacks]

Ok, this is how I've seen parli, granted it can vary considerably.

2 teams of 2.
The Government team consists of the PM (Prime Minister) and the MG (Member of Governemnt)
The Opposition Team consists of the LO (Leader of Opposition) and the MO (Member Opposition)
The Judge is the Speaker of the House, and your goal is to convince him either way. Time and space are suspended, and the Gov. can make the judge whoever they want (I've seen everything from Alber Einstein to Maximus from Gladiator).

The PM goes first:
It is his job to outline the gov.'s case in whatever subject he wants ( as long as it is considered common knowledge). While he speaks, the opp. team is writing down his points and forming a counter argument.

Then the LO speaks:
He counters the PM's points, then presents the points of the Opp.'s case.

Then the MG speaks:
He counters the Opp.'s case and introduces new points/ information for the Gov.

Then the MO speaks:
He does the same thing as the MG, only for the opposite side.

Then the LO speaks again:
Here he cannot introduce new info, but can analyze differantly. He must sum up and sell the Opp. Case.

Then the PM goes again:
he does the same as the LO, only reversed.


Since the Gov. can introduce basically whatever subject matter they want (and they usually have a pre-prepared case), it is very hard to be Opp.- you have to think on your feet, and be creative.
Parli is modeled after the British house of Commons, and the idea is, like chrispac said, that no real evidence prep. is needed. Debates are on common topics, like Prenuptual agreements or the Star Wats movies. Very informal, very relaxed, very fun.

I believe the specifics vary considerably, but this is just what I've seen.

[chrispac]

yeah

he's right about the speaking order.

[CWalker]

Yeah, Parli can be very different round to round, but that is one of its main advantages. Speakers need to be able to address a huge number of arguements.

Depending on which league you compete in the topics are tight linked (predetermined for each round), this the is the NPDA style, or loose linked (you work a phrase into your preprepared speech as gov) or not linked at all (you just go for it), the latter two are APDA styles.

I compete in college so if there are any specific questions you have I would be happy to try and answer them.

Chris

PS-My AIM address is in my profile if you wann IM me

[Josiahzacks]

What School?

[veritasurum43]

so is this supposed to be like a mix of extempt and c-x or what?

[Slurpee]

so is this supposed to be like a mix of extempt and c-x or what?

It's a mix of extemp, congress, and c-x in my mind. There's a two person team, some pre-tournament preparation (with cases instead of bills), and some on-the-ball, in round preparation. Overall it's a lot of fun.

Whoever said it's hard to be OPP is wrong. Everyone loves being OPP because then they don't have to think of a case and can have fun tearing the other team apart. Unless you're in an early prelim round and haven't used your novice-crushing 27-0 case yet, you're gonna choose OPP if you can.

I've done parli (though I wasn't a 'wiz kid' or anything, I did win a lot of novice awards my first year before the team dissolved); I've even run a large parli tournament. IM me if you have questions.

[eraserhead]

I just joined my college speech team and I have to do parli debate. Never done debate before and I am not really looking forward to it. I just wanna do my interp but we have to do some sort of debate to be on the team and the coaches recommend parli, oh well, I'll give it my best shot!

[CWalker]

Hey Josiahzacks, I go to the University of Chicago if that was your question.

Chris