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Hello my name is Hallie Jones, pronouns are she/her/hers. I did 1 year of high school LD and then 3 years of high school policy for Gig Harbor. Currently a freshman at the University of Washington.
Put me on the email chain pls: halliejj101@gmail.com
-I really am okay with anything you want to read, I am well read on a lot of feminist and settler colonialist literature so if you read that in front of me, go you, but don't read it if you don't really know what it's about. I also went for DA, CP and T for most of my high school debate times so whatever feels good to you is good with me. Just be smart.
-You can be sassy, witty, and petty all you want but I DO NOT tolerate laughing at or mocking other opponents/ any discriminatory behavior. Other than that, be as passionate as you want, I have no problem with it.
- speed is fine but keep in mind that I need to get used to your voice first so don't go 100% right away
- I literally have no knowledge of the topic so don't assume I know what you mean when you say topic-esc words
K Affs- I love a unique K aff because I don't think that the aff has to affirm the topic.
aff- for me you need to have some sort of way to interact with the debate or else the neg can easily win on clash. If that means some sort of advocacy statement or performance then go for it. The aff also probably has to do a lot more work on the impact calc against the neg FW as that's where I find I lean neg against a K aff most often. DO NOT LOSE YOUR AFF IN FW!!! Yes the framework matters but don't forget what you are really trying to say, use your aff to outweigh certain parts of fw, I buy that.
neg- you can run whatever you would like, fw is pretty important and as I tend to think that K affs circumvent a lot of the neg burden you can make the game just as hard for them. 4 topicality shells, 3 cps, all fine with me. I will also gladly vote for a well ran theory argument.
Topicality- I am a huge fan of T. If there is a good T debate I am all about judging it. That being said, T can get really annoying if it's a 10 second blipy argument only talked about for a few minutes in the round. I have a high threshold for T because I really want to see it done right, but I will vote on it. I think reasonability is a convincing argument, but it has to be extensively explained.
Kritiks- this is the fun part of debate
neg- pls have a very specific link to the aff, the only thing I hate more than a really bad alt is a really general link chain, go cut a card. If you can't explain your alt, you really shouldn't run it. Especially if you're going 1 off K, I need some overviews because the K can get really confusing throughout the long round if you don't, I also think it makes you prove to me you know the story of your K.
aff- I buy a well established perm argument, I think that in the case of a really bad link, the perm really solves. That being said you should be using theory against the alt along with other good arguments. Make the K team do more work than they want to.
Disads- I kind of hate generic disads, I think a lot of people do. Whatever, I will vote on them, if you are really good at telling the story and good on impact calc, go for it. That being said, I LOVE a super well researched ptx disads, if you do the work it will be worth it.
CP- honestly cps have become really abusive in debate, if the neg steals your aff, pls run theory, I will buy it. Regardless, if the neg proves to be any better than the aff, you have my ballot.
Theory- Debate is a game, so you can argue about the rules. Condo is legit for me, just have good in round abuse to point to. Most other theory is arguable, but do not use this as a last ditch effort to win, it should be established.
Case- I really don't like that the case debate has seemed to go away in favor of another off case position. The neg should really have on case arguments and the aff should be using their 8 minutes of 1AC offense to respond to off case positions.