UT Austin 2025

Policy debater for 4 years at Dulles High School (class of 2021), TFA State for 3 years, NSDA Nationals for 2 years.

Please add me to the email chain at adrienne.li1034@gmail.com

CX Paradigm

I'm a tabula rasa judge; I flow all arguments and will only evaluate them as much as you ask me to (even if you tell me to drop the argument). Make sure you do impact weighing and write out the ballot for me; the less work I have to do in choosing which arguments to prioritize, the easier it is for you to win my ballot. I mainly default to tech over truth; I want to minimize judge intervention as much as possible. Every argument needs a claim, warrant, and impact.

In terms of speed, feel free to talk as fast as you are comfortable. I'm generally fine with speed, but it's been a while since I've debated and judged rounds, so I might be slower than before. Just make sure to slow down on the taglines and clearly emphasize the arguments you think are the most important.

Aff

I'm not super familiar with this year's resolution (2021-2022), so make sure you explain your solvency mechanism well. I believe the burden of the aff is to provide a plan that's better than the squo. As a 2A, I mainly read policy affs and occasionally read K affs, but feel free to read whatever it is you're most comfortable with. I will have to say that I'm not the most familiar with performance affs, but I definitely will still evaluate them. Make sure you prove to me why your specific performance of the aff can solve the impacts you outline (solvency mechanism).

Neg

As a 1N, I mainly took Topicality and Counterplans, so those are the off cases I debated the most. With that in mind, feel free to read whatever you're most comfortable with. I've read Ks, DAs, CPs, Topicality, Theory, and Framework, and I'll evaluate whichever combination you choose. In terms of Kritiks, I'm not the most familiar with some of them, so treat every K like something I've never read before. I'm definitely not the best judge for K tricks, so I probably won't evaluate them the way you want me to. Again, this year's topic is new to me, so fully explain your DAs and CPs.

All Other Events

For all other debate events, treat me as a flay judge. I've judged a few PF and LD rounds, but not enough for me to be super knowledgeable on the topic. As such, make sure you give me adequate voters and tell me what I should be evaluating in the round. Feel free to read whatever you're most comfortable with; I'll try to adapt to you.

For speech events, do whatever makes you comfortable. I've done impromptu and extemp, but other than that, I'm not the most familiar with certain speech events. I'll try to judge to the best of my capabilities.

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Overall, read whatever you want and write out the ballot for me (overviews are also great). I try to adapt to the debaters, but regardless of any round, voters are crucial in the round (evidence comparison can be used to your benefit!). Feel free to ask me any questions about my paradigm before the round and remember to have fun!

I debated LD for Dulles for 4 years. I mostly did national circuit debate (with varying levels of success) but i also dabble in trad debate in my local circuit so if u wanna impress me w/ ur amazing lay debate skills im down for that too.

Email: pandazh13@gmail.com

note for ut: i have like a surface level understanding of the topic so any like topic specific vocab/abbreviations will probably have to be explained. I have also not listened to spreading for a hot minute and i still flow on paper so pls keep that in mind when u talk.

Quick summary:

1. I'm tech> truth but tbh I can't really promise that im like 0 truth. I'll evaluate any argument (problamatic ones notwithstanding) but those arguments have to have warrants (it would also be helpful if those warrants went past 2-word phrases like "chilling effect"). For example, saying eval the debate after the 1ac because time skew isnt a warranted argument, you would have to explain how evaluating the debate after the 1ac is an appropriate measure to make up for the time skew (along w justifying that the time skew exists). Basically conceded does not mean its automatically true. "Args start at 0% truth level and move up/down depending on the warranting done" (credit 2 srey 4 this quote)

2. I did mostly k debate, but dabbled in phil a tiny bit and also the occasional larp round for those policy judges. I also do like local circuit stuff which i guess u can file under larp(?) and most of my other knowledge comes from whatever my teammates do and i just kinda tag along with.

3. I am familiar with most general norms on the circuit (like probably u should disclose) but not rlly the in depth ones (like do round reports is good now?)

4. Please trigger warnings for things like violence especially if you’re going to have graphic descriptions. You can read anything in front of me but pls lets try and make debate a safer space ?•?•?

5. I don't time oops if u don't call out ur opponent when they go overtime thats on you

6. Safety is one of my top priorities. If I ever feel like you have made the round violent for your opponent I will drop the offender with an L20. In my eyes there are independent voting issues that are stop the round issues (like calling ur opponent a slur or misgendering) and "independent voting issues" that can be debated out (ie. t-fw). Not saying the second can't be read (bc i went for these a lot too), but they are just simply on a diff level as compared to the first. Generally the way I handle misgenderin is if you do it once and immediately catch it and apologize, I might dock your speaks but if it's not called out I won't insta drop you for it. Do it more than once and I will be less lenient. I try to be pretty cognizant of misgendering when it occurs, but please call it out when it happens, as I don't want to miss it.

7. I'm not the best flow-er esp if its before 9 in the morning or after 10 in the evening so it's prob in ur best interest to have a doc n send it esp if uve got a lot of analytics that u want me to catch

8. ROB = Theory = t> Fw > substance. subject to change but this is what I default to.

9. The 1nc/1ar should match the speed of the previous speech. That means if your opponent doesnt spread and you spread through 6 off or something, I will dock your speaks, heavily. You can reads ks and stuff just slow down.

Speaks

At the previous tournaments, I've judged at I've accused many times of "egriougosly inflating the speaker point pool" by my teammates even after I've tried to reel myself in. I try to average a 28.8 but also i have no idea how to calculate averages so it probably will end up being higher. Heres the formula i will try to stick to:

29.6 - 30 - will prob reach late outrounds/win

29.1-29.5 - will probably break

28.5-29 - average, prob go even, might break

28.1-28.4 - congrats you debated

27.5 -28 - You did something, not debate though

Note that I will move speaks up/down the formula depending on behavior (ie. being nice to a novice will prob bump your speaks, being a dick, even if you were a good debater will probably lower your speaks, ill also dock your speaks if you did/said something problematic that wasn't a round stopper)

Shortcut

k =1

larp = 2

Theory/trix = 2/3 (j pls don't try to be too sneaky and slow down on important stuff or I might miss them as well :/)

Phil = 2/3

Long cut

Ks/K-affs/Performance

Love these. I would also like some engagement with k affs that aren’t recycled shells pls but if t-fw is ur go to i get it too. Other than that I’m pretty familiar with this style because it’s the style I tend to do most often just give me ur overviews don’t forget the line by line too much.

I’m most familiar with queer theory, wynter, and cap and I know my way around generic Ks but for others err on the side of explaining more (you should have some explanation regardless but just make it a little more elementary if it’s not something I’m familiar with). Especially for high theory/ more not material ks, like Ill probably understand it because i know the worlds kinda screwed up but i prob wont get ur big words w/o explnantion. That being said although I am most familiar with this style of debate doesn't mean I don't like other styles. I would much rather see a larp v larp round than a bad larp v k round

One big pet peeve of mine that I've seen done is debaters who debate about their identity but then forgo any intersectional analysis (ie. white fem debaters that read intersectional authors but purposefully cut out the parts regarding race, ppl reading affs reminiscent of Louisville style debating n then being anti-black in round, white ppl reading puar and then being super rude towards brown queer ppl, etc.). I don't think theres anything wrong with discussions of identity in debate but i think if you want to talk abt that it has to b abt identity in general.

A lil sketch about reading pess if your not part of that identity group but open to args that say the contrary will prob just be an uphill battle (esp if all u kno are generic backfiles and its p obvious u havent engaged w the lit outside of that).

.Larp

Im bad at math so u’re gonna have to do a lot of the weighing for me other than that I think this debate is pretty intuitive. The way I understand it is whoever has biggest internal link to extinction wins like 90% of the time unless u read sturctural violence or smthn so just have good extinction n u should b fine. Didn't read much larp so dont rlly have opinions on whether or not certain args are cheating so p unbaised when it comes to cp theory. Have good evidence do weighing maybe don’t concede T and it shouldn’t be too bad.

Theory/Trix

I was not good at reading theory, but I did know when I’ve lost a round and so maybe I’m better at adjudicating them than I am at reading it? I don't necessarily think tricks are intuitivley bad (annoying to flow yes, but i will evaluate them) esp since a lot of my teammates read tricks n i vibed w them. I will most definitely miss some arguments if u just blitz them out at normal speed so you’ll prob have to slow down. I would also appreciate if u put them in the doc idk why some ppl like to extempt like 17 point underviews but please do not do that. Other than that see my “pls warrant” point above and we’ll be good.

My defaults (open to change):

Competing interps

DTA

RVIs

ROB = Theory unless one is specifically indicting the other in which case it comes first (ie a k on spikes prob will b evaluated b4 the spikes absent any args made otherwise/ rob spec evaluated b4 rob)

Phil

I read a couple phil acs n ncs but tbh I don’t really know how these rounds play out. I know the basics (hijack, ____ collapses to ____, etc) but have no idea how these interact (ie what happens if both of u make hijacks?) so ull have to do that comparative work for me. I just assume I go in knowing nothing (not hard for me ;3) and whichever framework seems the most true based on what was said in the round at the end is the one I go with. Mayb that’s a bad way to judge these if u want me to do it differently ull have to tell me in round.

I'm also not that familiar with EM and how all the nuances with it works (like how a hijack/ collapses to arg affects the probabliity calculus that I have to do) so if you run em you just gotta be super crystal clear or I will just use my probably not very educated opinions and we'll all be sad. also i have no idea how to do basic multiplication outside of the times table we learned in 3rd grade so keep that in mind when you do your weighing

absent justification presumption and permissibility negates unless a cp/alt is read then it flips aff. I also never really understood the difference between the tow, again that can ghange but i figured id give u a heads up