I wish we'd've had that. I woulda done that in a heart beat, because it sounds pretty awesome. :D

I *used* to. I did it for eight years and the high school and college level, and that was enough for me lol. I competed in LD, parli-LD, parli, public forum/ted turner/controversy/whatever you knew it as, plus impromtu and another event I can't remember the name of.

The best round I ever had was one on whether terrorists should be treated as regular criminals or not, which was about two years ago now. I had written a research essay on the very subject a year before and had all of it - bibliography and all - on my laptop. We ended up on the same side I had written it for, too, which was the best thing EVER. I distinctly remember seeing my opponents' faces start sinking out of the corner of my eye when I rattled off a dozen supreme court cases in our favor and mentioned I had about ten pages of evidence if they wanted to see it. We owned the shit out of them, obvs. :D