I am in my senior year of high school. I will vote for the team that better adapts to my paradigm.

• I am a regular civilian you are trying to convince;

• I will not understand any debate jargon

• Please explain your arguments clearly (tell me why x leads to y)

• Do not talk too quickly or mumble -- I will miss many points

• I am a tabula rasa judge and will buy any argument that is clearly articulated

• I am a minimal interventionist;

• I will not interfere with the round

• You are responsible for timing yourselves and each other

• Since you are all competitors, I will assume you know the structure of Public Forum and will leave the flow of debate to you

• I will take notes during the round and will evaluate the round based on them

• If it’s not on my paper, it is not being evaluated

• That being said, I do not purposely ignore points said by teams

• All speaks will start at a 27 (average) and I will work my way up or down from there

• Any new arguments brought up in the final 2 speeches will not be evaluated

• Weigh the round for me through direct comparison; tell me why your impacts are more significant and why your links are clearer and stronger than your opponent's; the clearer, the better and more likely I'm going to vote for you
  
  

I am not a genius and cannot consume every bit of information presented in the round. Whichever team provides a clearer narrative and boils down the debate with clearer impacts in the round will win.

I am in my senior year of high school. I am in my fourth year of debate and mainly do Canadian styles. I will vote for the team that better adapts to my paradigm.

• I am a regular civilian you are trying to convince;

• I will not understand any debate jargon
• Please explain your arguments clearly (tell me why x leads to y)
• Do not talk too quickly or mumble -- I will miss many points

• I am a tabula rasa judge and will buy any argument that is clearly articulated
• I am a minimal interventionist;

• I will not interfere with the round
• You are responsible for timing yourselves and each other
• Since you are all competitors, I will assume you know the structure of Public Forum and will leave it the flow of debate to you

• I will take notes during the round and will evaluate the round based on them

• If it’s not on my paper, it is not being evaluated

• That being said, I do not purposely ignore points said by teams

• All speaks will start at a 27 (average) and I will work my way up or down from there
• Any new arguments brought up in the final 2 speeches will not be evaluated
• Weigh the round for me through direct comparison; tell me why your impacts are more significant and why your links are clearer and stronger than your opponent's; the clearer, the better and more likely I'm going to vote for you

I am not a genius and cannot consume every bit of information presented in the round. Whichever team provides a clearer narrative and boils down the debate with clearer impacts in the round will win.

I am a junior at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, majoring in Statistics and Asian studies. I have four years of Public Forum debate experience and participated in major university tournaments every single year in high school. I have judged over 13 tournaments in the past two years. All in all, I am a flow judge, and speed is okay with me. Some suggestions are listed below:

1. Do not bring up new points in the final focus... I will not give you any credit as it will not appear on my flow sheet.

2. Please please please weigh your impact!!!!!!!

3. If your opponent drops a point/impact/link that you think is important, you better call it out.

4. Make sure to extend your argument throughout the debate to get full credit.

5. If I think a card is too good to be true, I might ask for it at the end of the debate.

6. I am okay with speed, BUT please make your words clear. Also, DON'T SPREAD!

7. Please do not interrupt your opponents during cross-fire...give him/her a chance to finish the response before inserting another question or response.

8. Please reconstruct your argument in the rebuttal.

9. I wouldn't flow crossfire. Therefore, if anything happens in the crossfire that you think is important, such as your opponent making a concession, you need to bring it up in your next immediate speech.

10. If you want me to vote for you, you need to have clear voters and link stories!

11. You have to reconstruct in rebuttal to extend your own argument. Or else I consider that to be dropping your argument.

At the end of the debate, there are three things that I will for sure do: disclosure, round analysis, and personal feedback. Please give me a few minutes at the end of the debate to allow me to choose the winning side. During these two minutes, I will also call for cards if the round is too close; just want to be careful :)

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I am in my senior year of high school. I will vote for the team that better adapts to my paradigm.

• I am a regular civilian you are trying to convince;

• I will not understand any debate jargon

• Please explain your arguments clearly (tell me why x leads to y)

• Do not talk too quickly or mumble -- I will miss many points

• I am a tabula rasa judge and will buy any argument that is clearly articulated

• I am a minimal interventionist;

• I will not interfere with the round

• You are responsible for timing yourselves and each other

• Since you are all competitors, I will assume you know the structure of Public Forum and will leave it the flow of debate to you

• I will take notes during the round and will evaluate the round based on them

• If it’s not on my paper, it is not being evaluated

• That being said, I do not purposely ignore points said by teams

• All speaks will start at a 27 (average) and I will work my way up or down from there

• Any new arguments brought up in the final 2 speeches will not be evaluated

• Weigh the round for me through direct comparison; tell me why your impacts are more significant and why your links are clearer and stronger than your opponent's; the clearer, the better and more likely I'm going to vote for you

I am not a genius and cannot consume every bit of information presented in the round. Whichever team provides a clearer narrative and boils down the debate with clearer impacts in the round will win.

Hi there! This is my fourth year debating in Public Forum; I also have minor experiences with CNDF, BP, etc.

For email chains, please remember to include me at b.moon@columbia.edu!

Preferences:

Content comes before style for me; I want to see a solid debate with credible cards to back up your claim. With that being said, I would also like you to cut your cards at your pace, or else I'll be cutting them for you at my own discretion.

I hate debaters that spread, so please don't spread.

When you extend your argument, explain how you're extending your argument instead of saying "extend". I won't take it into my consideration if I encounter this during the round.

Weighing does not mean repeating your arguments, but please weigh your arguments so that things are easier for me.

Time yourself, especially during the crossfire. You may finish your question, but the opponent will not get a chance to answer. I won't be taking notes, so if you want me to put something into my flow, mention it in the next speech.

I am fine with speed but do not rush during the round. That's how I lost all my arguments from my own experience.

I prefer impacts over warrants.

Pet peeves

“Okay... time... starts... NOW”

“As an off-time roadmap I’m going to be extending the turn of their third contention, then going to our case and extending the CBO evidence off of our first contention and responding to the delink, and then outweighing on timeframe and magnitude.”

"Honorable judge", "They dropped the argument so that means they agree with it"

Nitty-gritty

Debate is all about having fun. Refute your opponents' arguments, but refrain from personal attacks. You'll experience magic in your speaker score if you don't.

My speaker score ranges from 25-29.5; a meme reference (not an attack though) or a physical 'turn' will get a 0.5 speaker boost :)

Be respectful to your opponents and your judge. As a debater myself, I don't want a rude opponent coming up with random numbers without any logic and evidence whatsoever.

I love giving feedback - feel free to email me after the round at b.moon@columbia.edu with your team name, and I'll be more than happy to provide you with feedback! Make sure to ask specific questions as well, or else I'm going to ignore your email.

Cheers!

Good luck winning your round, and have fun!

Please extend your points and rebuttals throughout the entire round. Don't ask me if you're allowed to do or mention certain things during the round. Time yourself. Any speed is fine. I'm not exploring or making assumptions based on where I think you are going, you guys have to explain everything to me.