I am a parent judge, and this is my first year judging. Please use good reasoning and evidence to back up your claims. I will be flowing your arguments, so don't speak too fast because I won't be able to understand you. Most importantly, be respectful and good luck!

hi I'm aimee, I do ld and I've judged ld, pf and some policy before.

• I don't flow cross
• I don't time speeches- if you'd like me to time for you or your opponent, please let me know

be clear with impact weighing + warrants

speak clearly

don't be rude to your opponent and keep your own time

signpost

"No weapon formed against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you" - Isaiah 54:17

Hey! I'm Anika, current high school parli debater @ Evergreen Valley (Papaya LOL)

TL;DR: Literally just signpost and impact weigh and you'll be fine.

Side note - if I have debated you before just know it holds no influence over my decision

Some of my prefs:

1) This is arguably the most important thing on here: SIGNPOST I swear to god. If I don't understand where you are, I cannot flow what you are saying. Literally just saying "contention 1, my opponents say... however..." is perfect

2) Roadmaps: I'm cool with offtime roadmaps, actually prefer it if you tell me beforehand your speech order

3) I wish this went without saying but please give your opponents/me the text of your cps/plans/interps etc. (unless the plan is just res text lol then dw about it) Also if you talk fast, slow down to read these types of things plss thx

4) Warrants: (a) I am a firm believer that examples are not warranting and that if you are going to rely on examples to be the backbone of your argument you first need your warranting/logic as a foundation (b) please please explain and detail your warranting, don't just give me unexplained stats (c) I swear please don't fabricate your evidence it is extremely obvious

5) Impacts: impact out everything - and terminalize to death, dehumanization, or quality of life (especially if your new to debate and struggle with weighing - this will make everyone's lives a little bit easier) Also for LD - link you impacts back to the framework please, don't just drop the value/criterion after mentioning it once at the beginning.

6) Rebuttals: I love when you respond line-by-line, I hate blanket responses or responding to like one thing in the contention (the only time this works is when you explain why that singular point being untrue undoes the whole solvency of the contention). Whatever you do, don't just say "cross-apply" contention #_ as a response without actually giving said response/explaining further.

7) Weighing: Most importantly, please weigh. The earlier you start weighing in the round the better tbh.

8) POO: I don't protect so call the POO.

9) POIs: I know you have a lot to get through and don't want to take the POI, but I prefer when you take at least one because your opponents are trying to understand what tf is happening. That being said, don't abuse POIs by asking silly questions, its stupid and a dirty trick (especially if you are first time debaters)

10) Tech: idk Ks so please refrain from using them, I'm cool with theory so run it if you want but make it clear please. That being said I <3 friv theory lol

11: Speaks: you may or may not get a 30 (or 28 in nypdl) if you say a suits/white collar quote

Most of this stuff is for parli so if I'm judging another event, I probably don't know much about it (sorry about that) but I will def try my best to judge you fairly

Hello! I'm Aidan, a current speech and debater for Bellarmine College Prep (class of '26!)-- I'm happy to be your judge (:

Add me to the email chain: aidan.okyar@gmail.com

You can email me there or at aidan.okyar26@bcp.org if you have any questions about decisions.

I've done S&D for ~5 years: I did LD in MS but now do Policy and Extemp in HS.

Generally, in round, please be respectful, clear, and overall just enjoy your experience!

Now, onto more specifics:

Debate:

Generally, be a good speaker-- be clear, etc. I will time you and will stop flowing when time ends. In any sort of cross-examination, crossfire, POI, etc-- don't be a jerk!

Speaks: Be a good debater AND speaker-- make good arguments AND have good delivery-- one or the other is okay, but most times, only debaters who do both excellently will get high speaks from me. CX matters here too!

Follow general etiquette please. Any sort of homophobia/racism/etc = lowest possible speaks+L. As tabroom reminds me right above where I write this paradigm, "in other words, be mature, and good people."

General tips:

• I take CX seriously and into account! Use them to undermine your opponents' arguments!
• Be clear and clash with arguments
• Frame and impact out the round

Policy:

I love the realism of stock issue debate and how we really are debating over a policy as if it was going to be passed. Some notes:

1. delivery matters! don't just stare at your paper/computer and speak to it-- look at me (i won't bite, i swear)! be clear and persuade me-- that's the point of the debate in my opinion.
2. Give me burdens for stock issues/how each team can win the round/what the aff/neg burden is, etc.
3. be concrete-- don't get bogged down in hypotheticals or vague exchanges-- cite evidence and be direct
4. CLASH!! so often, as my amazing coaches always say, debates are like "two ships passing in the night" (don't make them like that)
5. PLEASE EXTEND WARRANTS AND IMPACTS-- it's not enough to just say that "x argument is dropped" or "x argument is true" but you need to tell me why and what that means for the round.
6. do some impact calculus. Why should I prioritize your impacts over your opponents? What does the plan causing some economic damage mean? Contextualize and compare.
7. Use CX to undermine your opponent's arguments-- you should be setting up your questions in cx and try to have a strategy of what you want to get out of it. Don't just scattershot a bunch of random questions and hope they trip up.
8. collapse in your 2nr/2ar: the negative strategy should be ironed out by this point in the debate, and only the core arguments should be extended-- on the other hand, the affirmative should be able to extend a coherent story which tells me exactly why a policy is needed, how it will work, and its effects.
9. have fun! too often we get stuck in the "extracurricular" or "college activity" aspect of debate-- have fun debating about the topic.

Speech:

Extemp:
I do extemp right now at the HS level, and I'm versed with the event's workings. Will be timing & will give you time signals from 5 down if I can-- please time yourself in case I ever fly off the rails. I care about both delivery and content, but generally, if you can hook me into your speech do it however you want-- be funny or serious-- whatever you can do for your speech. Some asks: have full cites with publication and specific date, have a clear answer to your question (e.g: if it's a "how...?" question-- outline what you would do, etc) and be CLEAR with your analysis-- make it unique and specific. Make sure you summarize your speech quickly but well in your conclusion.

Impromptu:
I love listening to good impromptus! Some tips: I will be skeptical on your "personal stories" because I can't validate those, a good intro related to the topic is always good, please make sure to relate your subpoints to your topic after every point. Be funny, be serious, do whatever you need to do-- I'm just here to listen, and I'm open to anything.

I know speech and debate can be difficult-- you got this! Just remember what I've said for your event(s) and have fun above everything else :D

Good luck!!