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Thu January 25, 2024 at 5:45 PM CDT
My name is Kyven Acevedo (He, Him), I'm 19
Qualifications:
4 year policy debater.
I debated all 4 years for Guymon Oklahoma.
I've been a state finalist in policy debate my sophomore, junior and senior year (COVID messed up freshman year :(
State runner up in policy senior year
Other than debate I am also a 4 year foreign extemper, also state finalist and runner up in the same years as debate.
In speech events,
State Runner up Dramatic Duet senior year
1st alt to nationals Programed Oral Interp Junior year
LOOK HERE IF IM YOUR DEBATE JUDGE!!!
Ks
Any K you want to run is fine as well, I've got plenty of experience with K to understand most kritiks.
Just make sure you explain the K well, if I don't fully understand a obscure kritik I have a hard time voting on it unless its just dropped.
I think alien / humans destroy the universe cases are dumb. I am willing to vote on them if the opposing team does a bad job answering but this will probably be rare.
CPs
Go crazy. As long as you can prove competitiveness and remain mutually exclusive, you can win my vote.
For the aff, I love a good Perm debate.
DAs
I don't like generic links, use specific ones. Most of the time I treat generic DAs as time succs and wont give a team a ballot for it.
T
The neg needs to do a good job convincing me that the aff is truly being unfair. And if you really believe that the aff is outside of ground and they should lose for it, then the T debate ought to take up most, if not all, of your rebuttals.
(The same goes for arguing abusiveness)
Case
Line by line please.
Procedural
Love one another and be respectful.
Don't curse please. I don't have anything personal against cuss words and they don't bother me. But treat the debate space in a professional manner. Cussing will be an automatic 25 speaks and potential report to tab.
HOW I AWARD SPEAKER POINTS.
Good tone and speaking voice will get you good points regardless of the outcome of the debate.
The less "ums" and "uhhhs" the better.
Use all of your speaking time, especially in the rebuttals.
Most important of all, line by line. The closer you get to a perfect line by line the better points you get.
I do give out 30s to those who I believe deserve it.
Rudeness or unkind remarks/attitudes made in the round will result in a big loss in speaker points. Despite the common trend of being rude or demeaning to other teams. Being disrespectful in debate does not impress me, it makes me think of you as a child. Be adults.
Just be nice, speaker points will be awarded for kindness and mutual respect, especially if your opponent is being rude and you remain kind. Let children be children.
My middle name is a Star Wars reference and if you happen say it at any point in the debate I will award bonus speaks :)
