Hey Y'all! Welcome to my paradigms:

Plan out your ideas: I will keep flow so please give me a roadmap of your contentions and stay organized.

Spicy arguments: If your aff or neg I'm open to hearing any argument as long as you can support your ideas

speeeeed: feel free to spread or talk as fast as you want. If I can't understand you I will let yall know by saying "slow down"

Online tourments: try to do a mic check before each round if you have headphones/mic that would be helpful ig you're in an echoey room.

Have Fun!

Debate: I do LD so I'm primarily focused on the main points of the debate instead of the minutiae. If you make an argument that destroys the opponent's case but you bury it in your speech, you will run the risk of me not hearing it. Hammer the facts as much as you can when you have them. Likewise for spreading: it's allowed, but if I couldn't understand your argument or you spoke too fast for me to write it down, you didn't make it.

Speech: My main goal in speech is to feel something. If your speech doesn't invoke any sense of emotion, whether it be emotion from a POI piece or a call for action from an Extemp. I should not feel the same leaving a speech as I did entering.

I am a parent judge. I have been judging public forum, Lincoln Douglas, and Speech for last 3 years. I work as a senior engineer in a defense industry.

1) I don't prefer spreading, because if I can't understand and follow you what you are saying, I can't judge you well based upon the content of your debate.

2) Be concise and clear, and present your contentions and arguments well.

3) Be respectful and civil to opponents.

4) For online tournaments, I would like to have all the contestants with their camera on during the debate round even when they are not speaking. Keep yourself muted if you are not speaking.

Please be respectful of your opponent and your judges at all times. I will not tolerate inappropriate behavior during speech and debate rounds.

Debate

Always be sure to ask your judge and your opponent if we are ready before you begin a speech.

Remember that presenting a clear argument takes precedence over speed.

If you are in the middle of a sentence and time is up (either during a constructive or cross-examination), I will allow you to finish your sentence.

I look for a well-developed case that includes clear identification of the value, value criterion, contentions, points of clash, and voting issues.

You may use your electronic device to time yourself, but keep in mind that your judge is the official timekeeper in the round. Please be sure that your device is in silent mode.

For virtual tournaments please mute yourself if you are not speaking. You can unmute during your speeches and cross-examination periods.

Speech

I will be happy to provide you with time signals. Please let me know before you begin the specific time signals that you would like (i.e.., 5 down, fist at 10, etc.)

Most importantly, have fun!

For virtual tournaments please keep yourself muted when you are not performing.

Please refrain from texting and playing on your phone during other students' performances.

World Schools Debate

As World Schools Debate is not the same as policy or Lincoln-Douglas Debate, please refrain from spreading during the round. Your speech should be delivered at a conversational pace. Be sure to make eye contact and deliver your speech instead of reading word for word from your paper. World Schools Debate focuses on both the quality of the arguments and the quality of speech delivery.

Please make sure that your POIs are limited to 15 seconds each. If you do not wish to entertain an opponent's POI at a given time, please do so respectfully. Use your discretion about when to address a POI, but please make sure that you are not rejecting EVERY POI attempt during your speech. There are no POIs during the first and last minute of each constructive speech. POIs are also not permitted during reply speeches.

You may use a cell phone (placed in airplane mode) to time yourselves during the round. The judge is the official timekeeper. NSDA does not allow the use of computers during the round, so please make sure that all computers are away.