I debated for Sioux Falls Lincoln for 4 years. I have competed on the National policy circuit during my last two years of highschool on a regular basis. I am currently the assistant coach at Lincoln Southeast high school where I coach Policy, LD, with some PF and Congress. I am most familiar and comfortable with progressive LD and more Traditional Policy; however I will listen to almost anything if it is explained and argued well.

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LD:

-I prefer contention level debate over standards debate, so any effort to consolidate the standards debate would be much preferred.

-I default to tech over truth

-I encourage creativity with K's, DA's, and CP's to be run within LD, as long as they are run correctly and give me a reason for why that type of position is justified.

Policy:

K aff vs Policy aff: When I was debating, I stuck to traditional policy debate with topical policy aff's over K affs, therefore I prefer to see that type of debate. I prefer to hear a well-warranted and thought out policy aff's over a jargon heavy K aff that provides no justification outside of "the USFG is bad" or the "structure is flawed". I understand and value the importance of an applicable K aff to the topic, but as a general principle I am more persuaded by a policy aff, especially in Nebraska when unfortunately a Policy Aff is rarer then a non-topical K aff.

DA's/ CP: I love to see a great CP and DA combo to an aff over a 1-off K in the 1NC. I feel like a good CP and DA is undervalued in policy debate currently, and would love to see them make a come back. Therefore, from a neg strategy perspective, I will find a team reading an applicable CP over a generic K (such as cap, imperialism, anti-blackness, identity politics, set col, etc.) more persuasive.

K: Again, I am not the biggest fan of 1-off K's in the 1NC, however I do believe K's have a place in a debate when in conjunction with other off-case positions. If you plan on reading a K, either A. read other off case positions such as T or DA's, or B. if you do read a 1-off K, PLEASE do case work. Show me how the K interacts with the aff by indicting the solvency of the aff with the K in the 1NC or turning it, etc. For the K itself, I prefer more pragmatic alts over vague Utopian ults. I am a fan of kicking the Alt and using the K as a linear DA.

T: I love a great T debate, as do most judges! However, key word 'great'. Reading shells in the 1NC and 2AC are fine, but after those speeches I do not want to hear shell extensions, I want to hear real analysis and comparison between your interp and your opponents. I default to competing interps over reasonability.

FW: Against K aff's, I want rather see a good FW debate over a K vs K debate. Again, I would rather see real analysis over shell extensions after the 1NC and 2AC. For me to pull the trigger on FW, I really need a TVA. As I did traditional policy debate over K debating high school, you need to go a little slower on FW and explain arguments more as I am not as familiar with them as I am with more traditional theory and T arguments.

If you have any specific questions about arguments, please ask me before round.

Email: pranavpalli42@gmail.com, please include if using an email chain.

Meme Cases: If I find it funny, I will give you 30 speaks.

If you have questions, just ask before round.

TLDR- Do whatever and be nice.

General-

- I don't have any topic knowledge- don't use abbreviations w/o introducing them.

- I will not vote for an argument without a warrant or an impact.

- Presumption goes Neg unless 2NR has CP or Alt.

- I usually won't time you so please time yourselves.

- I don't judge kick CP or Alt unless told to.

- Perm is a test of competition and not new advocacy.

- If a piece of ev/arg is bad, then beat it. But, I won't vote on a 2016 Elections DA.

- I'm not the fastest flow in the world- please go slower since its online.

- Include analytics in your speech docs you send the other team-- I'll give 0.5 extra speaks.

- I don't like new affs bad theory.

- Fairness can be an impact but can also be an internal link to other things.

- I don't flow cross and will listen depending on how bored I am.

- If you accuse your opponent of cheating(stealing prep, going way over speech time, clipping, etc.), bring evidence and I will give the cheater 0 speaks and contact tab. If you accuse someone but don't have evidence, you will get 0 speaks and I will contact tab.

Policy-

- Framework: Aff- weigh case offense against framework's. C/I w/ standards are much good- do line by line on standards and voters. Neg- Extend an interp and do LBL on C/I and standards. Weigh your standards against their offense. I find TVAs really persuasive.

- T: I have no topic knowledge and don't know what core aff/neg ground is. Explain what the debate looks like with your interp and you will be fine.

- CP: Make sure that there are certain net benefits of the CP and give specific and warranted reasons why it would be better than the plan.

- DA: Fine with everything from generic to aff-specific DAs.

- Theory: I lean neg on Condo. I'll reject argument unless its condo or new affs bad or I'm told to.

- K: I understand cap & security the best. I've hit afropess, set col, and Puar so I'm familiar with them, but please still explain the Ks. DON'T use jargon. I'm fine with Ks w/o alt as a linear DA.

- Affs: I think the aff has be related to the res in some way (the more specific the better).

PF-

- Collapse onto one or two pieces of offense.

- Please weigh and/or extend defense- otherwise I will presume(squo).

- Front line in second rebuttal.

- Do clean line-by-line.

- Paraphrasing is fine.

- Ks and theory args are fine.

- Spreading is fine if both teams are ok-- ask the other team if you want to spread and send a speech doc.

- I won't call for ev unless told to by a team. The team asking me to call has the burden of telling me exactly what's wrong with that piece of ev or else I will not read it.

- In the roadmap, just say which arguments you will start on .

LD-

- refer to Pratham Soni's paradigm for most of the stuff about LD: https://www.tabroom.com/index/paradigm.mhtml?judge_person_id=107127. I share most of my opinions w/ him about LD.

hau, oyásin. jaime waníyetu chetán emačiyapi. ma hunkphápa lakhóta.

a bit about me: i'm Indigenous, bisexual, and non-binary. i did policy debate for the duration of my high school career, i was district champion in cx, went to nationals, and was state runner up. judged through college, and now work as a data scientist, writing neural network and deep learning ai codes.

my judging paradigm is pretty straightforward:

tabula rasa. tell me how to vote and why, prove that's the best way to vote and that's how i vote.

aff has the burden of proof unless neg runs cp. speed is fine, ks are fine, framework is fine, tag team cx is fine. just know your stuff and make sure your cards say what you claim they say

i do call for cards if the card is referenced heavily enough or used enough in round.

as an aside, i am personally fond of well run decolonization ks, and a bit more critical of "do nothing" alt ks. if you run t poorly as a time suck, i will probably lecture you about that in my rfd. that being said, i do keep my personal biases out of the round as best i can, but no one's perfect and i know what my tendencies are.

i don't take prep for sending/flashing , unless it reaches the point where it becomes excessive/more than like, three or four minutes to send. be reasonable and make sure everything works, and i'll do the same. also, dont steal prep. if i catch you stealing prep, i'll start the timer without telling you if it happens a second time.

long story short, know your stuff, come prepared, and don't be a jerk. hateful/discriminatory language results in getting an earful in the RFD from me; former district champ and state runner-up, nationals competitor, and exhausted adult with a Real Job.