Cupertino '23, copped a bid or two

abhayacharya1@gmail.com

Regular flow judge I guess, I'll evaluate basically anything if it's warranted. Tabula rasa to a reasonable extent.

Dont's:

- Extend through ink

- be racist/xenophobic/homophobic etc

- Bring up new stuff in FF (Unless it's directly responsive to the prior speech)

- Disguise delinks and turns as wEiGHiNg in FFs (e.g. saying "they never give you a brightline so prefer us on probability")

- Go over 250WPM, especially if your opponents can't keep up

Do's:

- Extend with warrants in every speech (besides rebuttal obv)

- Link comparisons, fire weighing, metaweighing

- postround me as much as you want

- Signpost specifically (stuff like "on their c2 about drones, go to their link about perception")

- Number your responses pls :)

- Clear your opponents as much as you need

- Call out abuse

Prog Debate:

Not much to explain here, but I default yes RVIs and reasonability. DON'T be exclusionary and read theory for the easy W against teams who have no clue what you're saying. I'll probably still vote for you, but I will hate you forever and probably give you bad speaks.

IF YOU ARE RUNNING A KRITIK OR REALLY ANY APRIORI THAT HAS A DISCOURSE IMPACT, MAKE IT AT LEAST SEEM LIKE YOU CARE. If I get the feeling you're commodifying the ballot, my threshold for voting on it will be significantly higher, and you'll probably get low speaks no matter who wins.

But most importantly, have fun y'all. Debate is a game, so play to win.

Speaks:

+1 if you read clever impact turns (dedev, death good, ice age, etc)

+1 if you sing/play music/read a poem/ etc

Auto 30 if you bring me food/coffee

-1 if you read evidence indicts more than one speech after you call for the card

Highlights

Email: eric.clarke2019@gmail.com + swwpolicy@gmail.com

The 1AC needs to be in my inbox at the start time.

Good for Ks and policy. I prefer policy, but I'm fine with whatever.

I don't love evaluating theory debates to resolve the round, but I will. More below.

Love framework v K AFFs+ T v policy AFFs. Love = like hearing them, not that I'll automatically vote for it. Most good K AFFs have offense to framework embedded in the 1AC, so chances are if you hide behind framework without engaging case you'll lose terribly.

Good with speed. If you're unclear and I don't catch something, it is what it is.

Don't steal prep. If a timer isn't running, you shouldn't be typing, writing, or going over speech docs. I'm not usually pressed about watching debaters, but some people are so egregious about stealing prep that I can't help but notice.

Please track your time.

Experience:

Debated policy throughout high school and college (Georgetown). The strategy was usually policy, but I have some experience going for the K at both levels. I also have some experience judging PF and LD at the high school and middle school levels.

General:

If there are any unanswered questions, definitely feel free to ask me before the round starts, and I'm always happy to give follow-up comments after rounds if you shoot me an email.

Make sure acronyms are full written out somewhere in the card.

I'll usually be paying attention during cross to help wrap my head around arguments. Cross usually helps me contextualize the arguments being made (especially true for kritiks). Cross is binding. Cross is also where you can get a decent bump to speaks - go in with a strategy.

I won't read your evidence at the end of the round unless I'm instructed to. Debate is a communicative activity, therefore you need to be able to verbally convey the key warrants in a piece of evidence to me. If I have to read the evidence myself to find the warrants, you haven't done your job. I will also read evidence if there's an evidence indict. Please make evidence idnicts. A lot of people try to get away with reading terrible evidence, and you shouldn't allow it.

Kritiks:

I typically enjoy judging k debates. I can be on board with the concept and ideas of most kritiks, but you need to be able to explain it in a way where I understand all of the mechanisms and nuances tying it to the aff. At the end of the round, I want to be able to put the thesis of the kritik into my own words.

I'm not the biggest fan of kritiks that are gimmicky, BUT I will vote on it if you execute and do everything you need to on the flow. If you have to ask if your K is gimmicky, chances are it is.

Framework:

Absolutely love hearing framework speeches. Easily my favorite position in debate to talk about and listen to speeches on.

While I enjoy framework, know that neg teams won't have a leg up on the affirmative. They still need to debate it well. My personal feelings are irrelevant during the round. What ultimately matters is what both teams do on the flow.

Theory

I have miscellaneous thoughts about various issues. If a particular issue isn't listed, it's because I don't have strong feelings about it. None of these are set in stone (except condo). These are just starting points I have when thinking about these theory arguments, but I can always be convinced to change my mind. Just keep these predispositions in mind if you decide to go for the position.

a.) PICs bad - lean neg but can be convinced otherwise depending on the PIC.

b.) Process CPs bad - lean AFF but can be convinced otherwise.

c.) Condo - three conditional positions is where I become open to voting on condo.

d.) Perf con - neg gets multiple worlds + contradictory advocacies are fine as long as it's resolved by the block.

e.) Disclosure - I think it's silly unless the other team is genuinely being really shady with their disclosure practices.

Misc:

When thinking about your big-picture strategy in rounds, think about what would be the easiest thing for me to pull the trigger on. I love it when teams make my life easier by going for the most strategically sound combination of arguments at the end of the round.

Does fed follow-on mean states links to politics? Talk to me about it depending on the DA.

Tend to lean tech over truth

I prefer teams go for substance rather than spraying each flow with theory arguments and hoping one of them gets dropped.

Please be ready to put together and send a card doc that only includes the cards you think are relevant at the end of the round. I'll usually ask after the 2AR if I need one, but more often than not, I'm fine.

Speaker points:

Hopefully, nobody needs this reminder, but don't be rude. If you're blatantly disrespectful to the opponents and/or your partner, I will tank your speaks. I get that ethos is big for some teams, but that doesn't excuse being a terrible person.

Let your partner speak for themselves. Jumping in on occasion is understandable and expected. However, don't jump in to the point that you make me think your partner doesn't know what they're doing or talking about. More of a pet peeve than anything else.

Policy debater at SLC West (2017-2021)

Vassar College '25

Coach for Northwood

She/her

Add me to the chain - madelinegalian@gmail.com

General stuff -

- I'm open to any argument/argumentative style, and don't have any strong predispositions that will influence how I evaluate debates.

- Please call me Madeline, not judge.

- Tech > truth.

- If my camera is off, I'm not ready for your speech to begin. Also please keep your cameras on throughout the debate if you can.

- I was a 2N for all 4 years of highschool and ran policy arguments about 95% of the time. I read a variety of hard right and soft left affs, but can't say I love big framing contentions.

- Also not a fan of super long overviews for K's or framework.

- Organized line by line and clarity will be rewarded with high speaks.

- Fav kind of debate are fun impact turns.

- No death good.

- Most importantly, treat your partner and opponents with respect and have fun! :)

T -

- Probs not the best on the water topic unfortunately, but any interp is winnable if debated well.

- I tend to lean towards competing interps but can be persuaded otherwise.

CP/DA -

- Creative, aff-specific CP/DA strategies are my fav.

- Adv CP and impact turn is so fun.

- Include full perm texts in 2AC for any funky perms.

- Condo is generally good, but condo 2AR's are probs under-utilized. Don't spread crazy fast through your blocks and do LBL on CP theory.

K -

- I am most familiar with cap, settler colonialism, security, and anti-blackness. I'm much less familiar with most other K literature; that doesn't mean that i won't vote on it, just be clear in explaining terms.

- Specific link analysis on both sides is key; links should not be explanations of structural conditions of the world, but unique warrants about why the aff directly makes an ongoing problem worse.

Relatively new to judging debate, definitely a lay-judge. Speak slowly and clearly, absolutely do not spread. I will take notes on the debate and make my decision after the round concludes, so if I don't write one of your arguments, it didn't happen.

Mostly been judging Parli, so I am slightly familiar with how the different resolutions are debated, but do not assume I will understand jargon (general and much less event-specific). I will consider interfering in my decisions if I feel an argument is blatantly untrue or if a side is rude and unprofessional.

I am not familiar with theory; if you make a theoretical argument you must tell me what it is before you expect me to vote on it. This includes topicality - I have considered arguments like that before but am not quick to vote on them.

On that point, your first priority should be to have a debate. If you are going out of your way to be non-inclusive or display a clear lack of sportsmanship, do not expect a favorable result in my ballot.

I am a parent judge who has judged at local tournaments. I have experience judging PF debate and LD debate at local tournaments. Please speak clearly and at a moderate speed.

Second time judging. I have a background as a Law Professor which means I highly value well-constructed arguments (if it doesn't make sense, I won't like it). I'm an English learner; I understand it, but refrain from saying words that I wouldn't understand. It's easier to make and favor arguments for which the speaker is passionate about. Be articulate so it's easier for me to judge.

This is my 3rd time experience as a Judge. So i still feel i am novice at Judging.

I prefer participant to articulate their content in a clear and in the right pace(neither fast nor Slow).

Personally i do not prefer very fast speaking speech as its difficult for me to comprehend the content.

I am a traditional judge.

I would like to hear clear analysis of why you should win in the final rebuttals.

Respect your opponent, no insults.

I don't have a lot of requirements when it comes to judging, but please keep these few things in mind:

-speak slowly and clearly so I can understand what you are saying (no spreading)

-be dynamic and articulate your arguments well

-be respectful to your opponent(s)

-please don't cut your opponent(s) off during cross examination periods

Thank you for keeping these things in mind, and I can't wait to judge you!

General Guidelines: Speak clearly. Avoid spreading. I flow the arguments reasonably. Signposts are appreciated.

Don'ts:

Don't bring new arguments/refutations in your last speech unless it is to address the opponent's previous speech.

Don't overstate (e.g opponent don't have evidence or didn't address - if they actually have or did) - especially in final speech of the debate (when your opponent doesn't have chance to respond).

Winner: Main decision factor for me to decide on who wins is based upon which contentions are remaining (and their impact). If that does not decide a clear winner, how convincing the arguments were (including evidence), how well you understand the case (both sides - to defend yours and weaken opponents), debating skills (cross ex, rebuttal, summary) will play a role.

Speaker Points: I assign speaker points based according to tournament guidelines.

Feedback: I want to really help the contestants to do better in their remaining rounds and future debates. So I give feedback after the rounds orally (unless time pressed) and don't disclose results unless needed.

chocolatecookieswirl@gmail.com

West High 2020'

University of Utah 2024'

B.S Economics

B.S Political Science

One of my core principles about debate is accepting a variety of arguments, so I encourage that students have in their strategy whatever they are comfortable running and won't let any of my predispositions or bias of an argument affect my views of the debate, so I default to tech > truth unless told otherwise.

BUT over the few years I have encountered two positions that seem to be an uphill battle for me.

1) Conditionality -- I have a firm belief that conditionality is vital for negative teams to have an effective strategy in any debate. Please posit a reason why

2 Ks without ANY case defense -- Unless you are making you link you lose arguments on framework. I have a hard time evaluating the K when there is a huge risk of the aff.

Debate is a game at its core but can be easily convinced otherwise. I have run primarily k affs during my junior and sophomore year and only well versed in cap and security. I typically went for policy arguments and framework as a 2N. I enjoy watching the affirmative make clever counter interpretations to eliminate or at least minimize offense on framework, coupled with link or impact turns to the negative model of debate.

Labeling of arguments has become increasingly important to me. It is the clearest way to communicate what argument you are extending for me.

I try to follow this rubric for deciding speakers.

http://collegedebateratings.weebly.com/points-scale.html

Specifically, I look for line by line clarity and organization, overall argument deliberation, and awareness in the debate, in that order. I also reward good disclosure practices on your caselist and in round, so let me know if you believe you meet those criteria, so I can reward you. :)

I have not debated in years, and judge on and off, but I try my hardest, and I am not Michael Wimsatt BUT I do take Judge instruction VERY seriously.

I did not debate in high school or college, so I appreciate cogent, reasoned, clear, and persuasive speech rather than technicalities and empty rhetoric. Please be polite to each other and to me, talk slowly, and enunciate. Looking forward to judging your rounds :)!

*Last updated 11/7/19*

Background:

Schools Attended: Boca '16, FSU '20

Teams Coaching/Coached: Capitol, Boca

Competitive History: 4 years of PF in high school, 2 years of JV policy and 2 years of NPDA and Civic Debate in college

Public Forum Paradigm:

TL;DR: You do you.

General:

1) Tech > Truth. If you have strong warrants and links and can argue well, I'll vote off of anything. Dropped arguments are presumed true arguments. I'm open to anything as long as you do your job to construct the argument properly.

2) The first speaking team in the round needs to make sure that all offense that you want me to vote on must be in the summary and final focus. Defense in the rebuttal does not need to be extended, I will buy it as long as your opponents don't respond and it is extended in the final focus. The second speaking team needs to respond to turns in rebuttal and extend all offense and defense you want me to vote on in BOTH the summary and the final focus.

3) If you start weighing arguments in rebuttal or summary it will make your arguments a lot more convincing. Easiest way to my ballot is to warrant your weighing and tell me why your arguments are the most important and why they mean you win the round.

4) I don't vote on anything that wasn't brought up in final focus.

Framework:

Frameworks need clear warrants and reasons to prefer. Make sure to contextualize how the framework functions with the rest of the arguments in the round.

Theory:

I will listen to any theory arguments as long as a real abuse is present. Don't just use theory as a cheap way to win, give me strong warrants and label the shell clearly and it will be a voter if the violation is clear. Also, if you're going to ask me to reject the team you better give me a really good reason.

If you are running theory, such as disclosure theory, and you want it to be a voter, you need to bring it up for a fair amount of time.

Kritiks:

I was primarily a K debater when I competed in policy in college, so I am familiar with how they function in round. However, I don't know all the different K lit out there so make sure you can clearly explain and contextualize.

Offense v. Defense:

I find myself voting for a risk of offense more often than I vote on defense. If you have really strong terminal impact defense or link defense, I can still be persuaded to vote neg on presumption.

Weighing:

I hate being in a position where I have to do work to vote for a team. Tell me why your argument is better/more important than your opponents and why that means I should vote for you. Strength of link and/or impact calc is encouraged and appreciated.

Evidence Standard:

I will only call for cards if it is necessary for me to resolve a point of clash or when a team tells me to.

Speaks:

- If I find you offensive/rude I will drop your speaks relative to the severity of the offense.

- I take everything into consideration when giving speaks.

- The easier you make my decision, the more likely you are to get high speaks.

Misc:

- I'm fine with speed, but if you're going to spread send out speech docs.

- Keep your own time.

- I will disclose if the tournament allows me, and feel free to ask me any questions after my RFD.

- I only vote off of things brought up in speeches.

Bottom line: Debate is supposed to be fun! Run what you want just run it well.

If you have any questions email me at joshschulsterdebate@gmail.com or ask me before the round.

Email: anik.sen@duke.edu.

I am a lay judge. Use weighing to write my ballot. Ask me questions if you want to know specific preferences.

Auto 29 speaks if you can speak at a conversational speed the entire round.

TL;DR Do whatever makes you comfortable (this includes reading any arg allowed by the tournament, tag-team cx, flex prep, and spreading)

Experience: This is my 7th year of policy debate (2 in MS, 4 in HS, 1st in College). For those who care, I debated at the TOC my junior year and qualled my senior year.

HS: SLC West

College: Utah/UTD DS

Add me to the email chain - westslcps[at]gmail[dot]com - also please use this email for doc requests, questions about a round or about debate in general (I really enjoy talking about debate so you will never be bothering me by sending me an email).

The email chain title should include the name of the tournament, round #, Aff Team Code and Neg team code (i.e. TOC R1 SLC West PS v Appleseed YZ) and the file names should be more descriptive than just '2AC'.

General

Warrants > Tech > Truth

If you lack clarity, turn it down slightly otherwise I may miss important arguments. Flowing/info processing time is real, if you are trying to speak at top speed with little vocal inflection, I may miss a whole lot. I don't flow off the doc but I will have it open to check for clipping (reduced speaks unless the other team calls you out in which case I'll do whatever tab says). I will say clear once and then stop flowing and make it obvious.

I genuinely hate bad disclosure practices.

Everything in my paradigm is a 'default'. If a team wins something that I shouldn't default to (debate isn't a game, competing interps < reasonability, etc.), then for that debate, I will accept the claim while coming up with my rfd.

I don’t care what style of debate you prefer. Instead, I’m interested in your ability to defend and advance the advocacies and arguments you find important and/or strategic. Some additional thoughts.

1. If your overview is long enough that I need another page to flow it, I heard oratory is running thin for competitors. Being a K-debater, I know it is tempting to read these overviews, but often, parts of these overviews can be read on line-by-line.
2. Good evidence is secondary to what a debater does with it. I really appreciate evidence interrogation in speeches and cross-examination. I don't like reading cards after the debate, so please put the important spin and quotations of the card "on the flow."
3. If there is an “easy” way to vote that is executed and explained well, I’m very likely to take it. This means that the 2NR and the 2AR should write my ballot for me and usually I will quote you in my RFD.
4. I’d prefer to judge the text of the round in front of me rather than what debaters/teams have done outside of that round.
5. I appreciate technical execution and direct refutation over implied argumentation (but cross-applying stuff is chill).
6. Well-explained meta-framing arguments usually control my ballot but aren’t a substitute for substantive impact comparison.
7. Less is more. The earlier in a debate that teams collapse down to lower quantities of positions and/or arguments, the more of a chance I have to really latch onto what is going on and make a decent decision.
8. Identifying what I have to resolve behooves you. Most debates are won or lost on a few primary debatable questions. If you are the first to identify and answer those questions thoroughly, you will likely be ahead in my mind.
9. Minimizing downtime is important. Go to the bathroom and email the 1AC before the round start time.

Argument specifics:

AFFs: I have the most experience in Baudrillard K-affs but I have also read a k-aff with a plan text we defended an entire season, I read a 'hard right' aff on CJR and wrote a couple of 'soft left' affs. I'm reading an Anti-blackness aff this season. What I'm saying is that I am a good judge for you no matter what your style is, just make sure you do it well. If your aff is 'soft left', you need to ensure you are always ahead on the impact calc debate (put framing on a separate page in the 1AC).

DAs: Offense > Defense. Idk if I will never buy zero risk, but offense can overcome a 1% risk if that makes sense. I love specific link debates and turns case arguments. Impact calc is crucial.

CPs: I'm pretty neg biased on theory. That being said, tech over truth insofar as warrants are there. An argument is a claim AND a warrant (plus the author, an author is not an argument). If you say judge-kick, I probably will. If judge-kick is new in the 2NR, the 2AR doesn't have to do too much work to win it's bad.

Topicality: I don't think that all T debates are boring. Usually, I will go for competing interps before reasonability. Topicality is just hard on every topic, but it is always good to have a very solid interp card. Fairness is an impact, just a terrible one. I think it is better to use it as an internal link to education or something but you do you.

Kritiks: Yes I have read Kritiks. I have read Kritiks from all over the spectrum- such as Abolition and Orientalism but also Baudrillard and Psychoanalysis. If you read K's, I am a good judge for you but that doesn't mean you don't explain the thesis as you would in front of a non-K judge. I will also know if you don't know what you aren't talking about, read what you know best. I think debate is a game with multiple educational benefits.

Speaker points. I try to change the way I evaluate speaks based on the tournament, you might get a 30 for the same debate at a small tournament but only a 28 at a TOC qualifying tournament.

This is obviously a long paradigm, but if I missed something feel free to email me with questions. I would recommend looking at the paradigms of debaters like Seiji Aoki, Saathvik Pai, Isaiah Ortiz, Hanna Rice, and Madeline Galian in case I am not able to clear something up in time (jokes about any of them that make me laugh will get you +0.1 speaks).

Don't know how to eval theory, ks, cps, etc. Otherwise do whatever. Read wack weighing but it should have warrants.

I don't care if you paraphrase or disclose.

I refuse to intervene

Don't speak too fast.

For context, I am a Yale collegiate parli debater, former Southern California high school parli debater.

- Signpost signpost signpost

- If I can't keep up with your speed I'll stop flowing

- Analyzing evidence > relying on the quote to get you through

- Frivolous theory and Ks are part of the problem with debate. Don't run these unless there is a legitimate violation, and especially don't run it just to intimidate a less experienced opponent

- This is not a highly-developed paradigm. I have more developed thoughts in my head. If you have specific questions, please ask me

Hello! I am a parent judge. This is my 3rd year judging debate, I have judged a mix of PF and LD.

My debate philosophy is that if a normal person (like myself) with little to no knowledge of intense debate or the topic can't understand you, you don't deserve to win. NO SPREADING!

No K's or theory please! I prefer completely traditional debate but if you explain your advocacy clearly i can understand it. Please dont assume i understand anything or have prior knowledge about your topic, and explain everything clearly

Explain your framework clearly, and make sure there is clash between the two sides.

For bonus speaks make a reference to cricket or Amazon!

I have been judging for over three years and have judged, in addition to preliminary rounds, many ellimination rounds at Berkley, SCU and Stanford etc . I prefer clear and steady tone, distinct articulation of contention(s) and related sub-points.

I am a flay judge in that I have lots of experience judging, but I'm not an actual flow judge. I know how the debate process works, and I've judged in over 15 tournaments.

Good rhetoric and lay appeal and I will most likely vote for you. If you don't know something or are otherwise unsure/unready for something just fake it until you make it; I like seeing confidence.

I will not flow cross-ex but I will be paying attention. If you bring something up in cross-ex and want me to flow it, remember to say it in speech as well. Emphasize important points with speech inflections, as well as bring up things you want me to remember/write down several times. Don't put down your opponent (like in LD) and don't bully during cross-ex, although remember to be assertive and stand up for your partner (during grand) if you have to.

Speech

It doesn't matter to me what you do while you speak, as long as you make eye contact regularly. Sit, stand, meditate, doesn't matter to me. Please try to signpost as much as possible, it really helps, and it makes it a lot easier to follow what you're saying. It also helps your speaks (now you're listening, huh?). Gesticulate, use ethos, pathos, logos, talk loud, whatever you have to do to get my attention and my vote (and high speaks).

Kritik

Since I'm not a professionally trained judge, I don't have any specific policy against K's, but don't expect me to go with your point of view without strong rhetoric. I must need to know exactly WHY their view on a policy is wrong, and WHY your take matters more. If I were you, I would not run a kritik.

Etiquette

Insulting your opponent is DIFFERENT FROM arguing with them. You can say the same thing by yelling as you can by assertively speaking to your opponent. Please do not argue/yell/bully your opponent. That is a sure way to lose speaks and maybe the entire round.

Speed

I, like the vast majority of other judges, will have an easier time listening and understanding to you if you speak slower. Note: I prefer slower speaking, but I can handle faster speed to some degree. I may look confused/stop writing/not take note of important parts if you are going to slow; that means I do not understand you, and you may need to slow down.

Other

I can promise you that I will understand these issues more than most judges. Please make sure to time yourselves, if there is a discrepancy between the prep time, speech time, etc., try to work it out yourselves, although I will interfere if too much time is taken.

Thanks for reading this information, although I know it's long and boring. Good luck!