A form of high school and college debate where a Affirmative team consisting of 2 debaters presents a case with a plan to solve for something related to that year's resolution. The negative team, again consisting of 2 debaters, then present reasons why the Affirmative team's plan will not solve the problem. Common negative arguments include disads and kritiks Most arguments are backed up with evidence researched before the round. As a result of the huge amount of information being put out in a round, debaters must make close notes of the arguments which are known as flows.