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Updated 4/10/22 - Very slight tweaks, 99% the same

Lindale '21 U of Houston '25

Conflicts: Roberto Sosa, Leah Yeshitila, Anastasia Keeler, Ben Freda-Eskanazi, Adeeb Khan, Armaan Christ, Andrew Tsang, Sophia Tian, and Alyssa Sawyer

Basically a clone of, but slightly less smart than, Alex Yoakum and Holden Bukowsky

Tech > Truth to the fullest extent ethically possible

he/him

Quick Prefs:

Phil - 1

Theory - 2

Policy - 1

Tricks - 3

K - 2

History: I debated at Lindale for 4 years doing LD the entire time. I did traditional debate for a year and a half my freshmen year and the first semester of sophomore year. I was introduced to circuit debate my junior year and read some anti-cap lit all junior year with little to no success. Senior year though I read mostly phil and theory with the occasional DA 2NR or policy aff. I qualified to the TOC my senior year winning 2/5 bid rounds and broke at the FBK RR.

Senior year aff wiki - https://hsld20.debatecoaches.org/Lindale/Pittman%20Aff

Senior year neg wiki - https://hsld20.debatecoaches.org/Lindale/Pittman%20Neg

Phil

- Was my favorite when I debated

- Probably comfortable with whatever author you read

- Syllogism > Spammed independent reasons to prefer

- Dense framework debates should have good weighing and overviews to make them resolvable

- General Principle means nothing - just answer the counterplans lol

- default epistemic confidence

Kritiks

- I appreciate K debate and it's importance but it's not my personal cup of tea

- Almost all of my friends/co-working coaches are primarily K coaches so it's not like it's completely out of this world to me

- Not susceptible to K tricks (PREFIAT MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING STOP SAYING IT PLEASE)

- Please stop being cringe e.g copying Mich KM, edgy for the sake of edgy, being overly dramatic for *flare*, etc

- Do not read nonblack afropess in front of me. Just don't do it. Strike me if you plan on doing so.

- Alternatives should probably do something (eMbRaCe tHe DeAtH dRiVe means nothing) do material actions like joining the Communist Party or burning down the state

- Alt solves case/Link turns case are smart and I think underutilized

Policy Debate/LARP

- I've grown more and more appreciation for policy debate as I've coached and judged - I think it's my favorite now

- Complex policy debates will be rewarded with speaks

- Weighing is how you get my ballot (sometimes my ballot is literally x weighed, y didn't so x wins).

- Will evaluate your wacky impact turns

- Please do more case debate

- Perms are tests of competition not advocacies

- Uncondo means, unless going for theory or a higher layer, the advocacy must be in the 2NR

- I will judge kick if instructed but I really don't want too since I think that forces the aff to debate both the world of the CP and the squo

T/Theory

- pretty comfortable with

- Basically Hacks for Disclosure

- Don't think voters are needed (every standard can be impacted out independently and probably connects to both fairness and education)

- I think RVIs are great, underutilized and important for debate to deter bad theory and force substance

- Will vote on friv theory but it should be related to the round i.e I like AFC but I don't like "must wear x clothing" because AFC has some connection to the arguments in round but clothing does not

- Default on drop the debater, competing interps, yes rvis

T-Framework v K Affs

- Middle of the road - not hyperfash but not autoaffirm

- Err neg

- Not at all susceptible to debate bad affs as I think it's intuitive that debate is good

- 1AR probably needs a counter interp

- TVAs are overrated and usually don't solve the 1AR offense

- the 1AR should still do LBL and the 2NR should not be 3 minutes of an overview that can be summarized in "I think clash is cool"

Tricks

- I read tricks every once in a while and understand the strategic value in them but if your opponent missed something I probably did too.

- I'll evaluate it (sadly) but if you make me evaluate it please do it well and not just an old Testimonies aff from 2017 or something

- If you don't have too, please don't.

Speaks

Do not perceive me - "Why should Phoenix affirm" legitimately makes me squirm and I hate it

Default/Average is 28.5 but I am called a speaks fairy

Just have a good time - at the end of the day, you are all high schoolers yelling at each other about random topics whether it be Kantianism or International Relations in random classrooms or zoom calls this isn't as serious as you think it is, just have a good debate and everything will be fine :) Also non-CX clarifications are fine - I'm not someone who will yell at you and say "grr questions only cx!!!1111!!" I do not care. Also, don't be rude to your opponent for no reason, no need to be hyper aggressive or anything it's just a debate round.

If you harass your opponent (i.e asking them if they are single in CX) I will drop you with 0 speaks and contact tab. Absolutely zero tolerance of any forms of harassment in front of me. I will not hesitate. Any judge who is tech>truth should believe the same - since to be tech>truth assumes value in the game, and the game cannot exist without players. Players do not want to play if they are harassed while playing.

Stolen from Patrick Fox who stole it from YaoYao - "I believe judging debates is a privilege, not a paycheck. You work hard to debate, and I promise I will work hard to judge you and give a decision that respects the worth of that."

My favorite debates so far:

JWen v Max Perin @ Emory Quarters 2022

Daniel Xu v Miller Roberts @ TFA Prelims 2022 (Only ever double 30)

JWen v Anshul Reddy @ King RR 2022