The NITOC Nile sourcebook was helpful for my partner and I while preparing for Nationals. We also purchased the Affirmative Case sourcebook at the beginning of the year which was useful in jumpstarting our research for the year. My only complaint is that some of the briefs that were in the NITOC sourcebook were written by STOA students who were still competing. I found this off-putting when I had purchased the sourcebook hoping for new arguments that I hadn’t heard all year, along with the confidence that nothing was purposefully left out because the writer had “skin in the game”. I found the briefs written by current competitors to not always be on par with evidence standards and at times unhelpful. Any of the material that was written by a graduated competitor and/or Nile coach, were extremely valuable and helpful!
Thank you for all the work you put into your materials, and I look forward to seeing what you release this year!
