i'm a senior at state college area high school (debated LD one year, PF for three).

tl;dr: be nice, weigh everything, clash everything, impact everything, and feel free to ask questions.

basic prefs

speed: i can handle it, just slow down when you're reading tags and authors. i'll yell clear three times -- if you haven't slowed down, i'm done flowing, too. if you seriously have to go over 350 wpm (this is PF, pls don't), send me speech docs and make sure to read cards in full.

if the round is flighted or i'm the only judge and not in the room yet, go ahead and flip if all teams are present. i probably won't have a coin on me because i lose everything and anything i touch.

do off-time roadmaps before every speech.

weigh through the entire round. clash through the entire round. impact everything you say.

what the round should look like

all speeches should be signposted. i prefer line-by-line debate -- just let me know during off-time roadmaps how you intend to structure your speech and we'll be okay.

all arguments should be extended in full -- impacts, links, warrants, all of it -- through final focus. it's much harder to vote off of partially extended arguments, so please don't put me in that position.

i am okay with flowing dropped defense through the round until it is responded to by your opponents, but anything you want me to vote off of must be brought up in final focus. turns should be extended through each speech if you want me to treat them as offense, otherwise they'll be terminal defense.

i'm not okay with new off-case offense (over/underviews or whatever else you conjure up) in second rebuttal.

how to get the dub

i evaluate the round as tech as long as everything is properly warranted and impacted, unless there are squirrelly or questionable arguments (i will call for cards on these, probably) and the truth behind these is too far-fetched. i like unique arguments, but if you're going to argue that ending capital gains tax triggers a nuclear war with china with biotech innovation links, i'll probably get annoyed.

i'll vote off of anything if you warrant, impact, and weigh it.

i default status quo (on feb topic, con) if there are no impacts on the table.

T and K's are cool in varsity. T -- make the interp/violation/standards/voters clear.

i don't like disclosure theory. if disclosure is important to you, disclose/share docs in the room and with opponents + me.

be respectful in general, too. don't be condescending or offensive. words in the debate space have an influence outside of the ballot. i will drop debaters for racism, sexism, misogyny, and other forms of structural violence. it's a happy weekend, we're all happy, let's have fun!

what makes me happy

being nice.

avoiding paraphrased evidence (i may dock speaks and make comments, but i won't make a decision off of this).

don't bring up new offense in the back half, don't bring up new arguments in final focus.

i will call for cards at the end of the round if something is questionable or i am explicitly told to call for the card in round (don’t abuse this, i won’t call for twenty of them)

speaks

30 means you're the goat, 29-30 means you're 85% goat, 28-29 means you're 60% goat, 27-28 means you're 40% goat, 26-27 means you're a goat that didn't read my paradigm, below 26 means you're not a nice goat and we have a problem. all goats >27 are really cool and are doing/will do great in debate!

i give more speaks if you: quote vampire weekend, brockhampton, or any of my other fav artists (don't stalk my spotify); give your opponents and me food; act nicely and respectfully; send speech docs/disclose to your opponents and me (before the round AND in the room, not on the wiki); dab; help me get good at corrin on smash.

Overall - I will vote on anything I can understand - this includes speed/spreading. I won't tell you if I can't understand you. Speed at your own risk. I'm mostly non-interventionist, although if you're making grossly false statements about empirical facts, I reserve the right to not accept them. You can be aggressive, but at all times remain respectful to your opponents. Argumentation and logical reasoning are the foundations of debate. I don't care about your cards or meta-analysis unless you tell me why I should. Shake hands with your opponent, not with me.

LD Specific:

LD is a value debate. LD is a value debate. LD is a value debate. If upholding your value isn't the point of your case, I'm not going to vote for you. A value is not a "framework." Your contentions should link to your VC and your VC should be measuring your value. LD is not 1 person CX - don't talk to me about plans or solvency. LD is a value debate.

PFD:

Don't turn your presentation into policy-lite. Make arguments, don't just read evidence. I don't inherently care about any of your evidence unless you tell me why it matters.