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Topshelf

- Debated on the local, state, and national circuit

- I'm fine w speed but slow down on interps and analytics

- Default to comparative worlds over truth testing.

LARP

This is what I'm most familiar with. I have read counterplans, disads, PICs, etc. and am comfortable voting for any of them. In these debates, clear weighing between impacts and strong evidence comparison are what are most likely to win my ballot.

Ks:

A good Kritik has three things in my opinion: a framing argument/ROB that frames why I should prioritize the impacts of the Kritik, link specific to the plan, and an alternative that I can easily understand and that actually does something. I primarily went for the cap K, and soft left affirmatives from time to time, but am comfortable evaluating most Ks, unless they involve high theory. However, I will have a high brightline for the explanation of the K.

T/Theory:

Prob won't vote on dumb theory arguments but comfortable evaluating t debates. I think 2 condo is fine but ill vote on the theory argument. above 3 condo, I'll prob err aff. I default drop the debater, competing interps, no RVI’s. If shell is frivolous, I'll lean other way.

Phil:

I went for phil sometimes in highschool, and I think phil debates are actually fun. However, I prefer phil arguments will a few well explained and carded warrants rather than a bunch of blippy warrants.

Tricks:

I have a very high threshold for voting on these.

Coppell 22

LD-

I compete in LD and extemp, so I'm good with basically any arg, just be nice and not sexist, racist, etc.

some random things:

- put me on the chain- natashabanga@gmail.com (and click reply all!!!)

- pls keep theory to a minimum...frivolous shells are annoying

- extend clearly/signpost

- give me some sort of framework (burden, value, standard, etc) to evaluate impacts

- weigh under your framework

- weighing impacts and evidence comparison is good

- collapse on just a few args

- speed is no problem but speaks go up or down based on clarity

- be funny if that's your thing, don't get too sassy (i.e. this is not PF)

Good luck!!!! You got this :)

General: Send cases to agbasinger@gmail.com.Trained through NSDA and NFHS. Will disclose through writing immediately after the round.

LD/CX:

Generally speaking, things I like to see:

-VCV explicitly stated and aligned to arguments and evidence throughout the case.

-a classical approach to debate that values depth of argument over speed and spread.

-Negative has the burden of rejoinder. No rejoinder, no win.

-CX that challenges to the links between definition and framework, evidence and impact, and VCV and framework.

-Clearly stated impact calculus (probability/substantiality, magnitude, severity, timeframe).

-direct and sustained clash that leads to clarification of positions.

-Voters being mentioned early and often.

-Players agreeing on fiat if we are not focusing on real world.

Things that I think weaken or sink a case:

-Poor definition work from generalized sources or definitions that play little role in case development.

-Citing specific data as 'common knowledge'.

-Hodgepodge cases: your definitions come from Blackwell's Law, your C1 cards come from 1980's Russian Nuclear scientist, your C2 cards come from The New Yorker, your c3 cards come from an experimental geological research journal and your framework is util and justice. Stick to a lane and work from that lane- legal, scientific, popular theory, something consistent holds more weight that trying to link disciplines that require multiple degrees before you can read the industry material with any level of comprehension. In other words, good cases require continuity of understanding and depth of knowledge.

Kritiks:

-Jargon-heavy kritiks that lack definition work and teams that don't challenge these kritiks.

-Deconstructive kritiks, particularly in their anti-colonialist form, have their place in debate as red flags in our collective conscience, but they do not constitute a counterplan. You must provide an alternative.

-Kritiks are inherently philosophically loaded positions. If your K shifts the debate from policy to values you must define and defend your values. Kritiks require strong linking and framework not just a cut card of implications.

Case sharing and good sportsmanship:

-If your team asks to see a case, you provide the case first.

-You provide the case you are running, not cards that 'you might run'. Unethical.

-There is no rule that says you MUST provide a case to an opposing team. You can provide a framework if you wish, either on-clock or off-clock.

-Agreeing to share cases then sharing your case moments before you compete? Bad taste.

-Frustration and anger are expected but don't let it turn to sarcasm or passive aggressive remarks. How you react to a poor competitor reflects your confidence in your case and abilities.

SPEECH EVENTS

DX/IX

Generally I prefer analysis and sourcing to style and delivery. Clearly structured is more important than having exactly three points. State your question and take a side. Bonus points for setting context and complexity through historical references and present/future impacts

POI/OO/DX/PO

Clear characterization and the elements of plot will always outweigh emotional or forced dramatization. Creating building tension, owning the stage, and balancing verbal/nonverbal elements of drama is important to me. Filling the entire clock is less important than the art of storytelling, but generally I don't rank sub 5 minute piece well.

Public Forum paradigm

I now coach speech (mostly extemp) and congressional debate, but I have judged PF and LD for the past 14 years in Ohio, Louisiana, and the national circuit. I never competed, but you know what they say about those who can’t…

I like to hear a well organized case—I value clarity and consistency. I prefer depth of analysis of one or two contentions rather than superficial treatment of a long list. Supporting evidence is important, but not as important as logical argumentation. Be sure that evidence actually supports or refutes and is not just thrown in to provide a source. I tend to vote on the arguments that involve impact and scope.

Clash is essential—nothing more deadly than listening to dueling evidence with no actual interaction. Do as much damage as you can to your opponent’s case and defend you own—sounds really basic, but that’s what I like to hear.

Crossfire is a time to ask questions—please do not use it to advance or restate your case (unless, of course, it pertains to a question you’ve been asked). I like to see teamwork in grand cross—please do not monopolize and let your partner get a word in edgewise.

I enjoy a nice extemporaneous delivery that demonstrates some real (or feigned) enthusiasm for your argument. Please do not spread—it is not impressive, and if I can’t follow you, the quality of your argument suffers.

And finally I value civility, courtesy, and respect—please don’t disappoint.

Lincoln Douglas paradigm

Similar to my PF standards, I am pretty traditional. I like a case that is well organized, clear, and consistent. Supporting evidence and depth of analysis are important, but logical arguments are essential. I really enjoy a good framework debate, and I appreciate hearing voting issues--tell me why I should vote for you. Why are your impacts more important?

I like an extemporaneous and conversational delivery. I am okay with some speed, but no spreading, please--if I can't follow you, I can't vote for you.

Civility, courtesy, and respect--always important.

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After a year of judging, I feel I am probably best at evaluating clash rounds than straight policy rounds, although I primarily judged the latter last year and enjoyed it.

Good judge instruction feels like a lost art and will be rewarded handsomely. The best debaters make my job pretty simple by accurately pointing out the key issues in the round, why those issues are key, and explaining why they are ahead on those issues.

I care far more about your grasp of the arguments you choose to read than the actual content of the arguments. Please demonstrate a high understanding of strategy, regardless of what you read. I would prefer if you stay away from exceptionally bad theory arguments.

Please do not be mean or say something offensive. I can tank speaks for the former and drop you for the latter.

Below are some preferences I have for rounds that are fairly malleable. Even though these were not my favorite arguments, I have voted for a state bad link, a "trigger warnings" theory argument, and Kant takes out settler colonialism.

1 - Always enjoy policy debates with quality research. These are my favorite types of debates. However, sillier impact turns (spark, CO2 ag) are more difficult to win if handled properly. IR-based impact turns are fair game.

2 - Really enjoy topicality. I think there is almost always a better violation than Nebel. Precision is still probably good.

3 - I like some kritik debates - I much prefer specific links to some portion of the aff instead of state good links packaged as having some relation to the topic. These 2NRs must draw lines from the 1AC/1AR to be persuasive.

4 - When done well, theory debates are enjoyable. I tend to think DTA is persuasive against most CP theory (except condo...) but it is up to the debaters to resolve this.

5 - I am least interested in judging arguments that rely on your opponent missing a barely-warranted argument or are attacks towards your opponent's character or background. Debate is about argumentative flexibility, not individual people. Please clash and weigh.

6 - LD philosophy debate, when substantive, is great. Under EM or EC, please be sure to compare offense.

7 - Clash debates are almost always interesting. I have been on both sides and would be happy to judge these.

8 - Disclosure is good, but I'm more convinced debaters should make a good effort to allow for engagement in round that meet an arbitrary threshold of disclosure (e.g. open source v full text, etc)

Hey! My name is Shrayes (he/him), and I'm a junior and current debater at Coppell High School

Please add me to the email chain: sxg2686@gmail.com

Firstly, BE RESPECTFUL — I don't condone racism, sexism, homophobia, etc and I'll drop you if you are. Also, respect people's pronouns (if not on tab... don't assume, either ask or default to they/them).

Speaks: Feel free to spread, just make sure your'e clear. I'll say clear if I can't understand! I'm pretty generous with speaks but it takes organization, clarity, and inflection for a 30!

Policy/Trad debates: I completely understand these debates, so go for it! Make sure to weigh the arguments and if more trade clearly articulate your framework and explain the story of your impacts under framework. Telling a clear link story is key to these debates!

Theory:

default to competing interps, drop the debater, fairness is an i/l to education

Don't run frivolous theory, I'll be easily persuaded to reasonability!

If your opponents actions in the round are abusive, make a theory arg or blip and I'll evaluate it as needed.

Kritiks:

I enjoy K debates! Feel free to go for it, especially if you want feedback, I'll do my best! However, don't just run a K to win the round if you don't understand—I'll dock speaks. I'm a K debater and read policy positions so I get both, but if you read dense lit be clear in articulating the K in the 1ar or 2nr—don't expect me to understand ah so tell the story!

Phil:

Crystallize and articulate it nicely so that I can understand; I haven't really gone for these positions so don't expect me to understand.

Notes:

- Do impact calc!! Weigh the argumentations and tell me why to give you the ballot, don't make me do the work

- Signpost and reorganized pleaseee!!! It's a habit that is best started young.

- I do disclose with a brief RFD! Feel free to ask questions! :)

I did LD for four years in high school. I really only competed in TFA and UIL. I am a traditional judge and I have basic knowledge of most events and I will do my best to give you detailed and beneficial feedback.

Don’t spread in LD. Period. If I can’t understand you then I will not flow your arguments even if you bring them up in your next speech. I am fine with Jargon but make sure to explain the word or meaning at least once that way I can follow more clearly. I want a framework debate if you throw your VC I will not be giving you high speaks and it will have to be an outstanding speech for me to give you the win. I want a more traditional case in the round. If you have a progressive case you should have a traditional backup. If not then your speaks will not be good. If you have a progressive case you will have to slow down and explain everything otherwise it will hold no value to me in the round.

CX tell me how to judge the round. I know nothing about CX so I will be relying on you in order to know how to vote.

IEs I have basic knowledge of speeches and acting performances. I want to be engaged and I don’t want to see you just represent a character or individual I was to see you be that individual. For speeches as long as you sound confident I will be pretty lenient with any mistakes when judging but I will include them in the ballots.

Hey!

IMPORTANT NOTE: PLEASE put me on an email chain for your rounds! vxk8484@g.coppellisd.com

General Information About Me

Coppell '22

I do LD Debate for my Coppell Debate team, and I have been doing this since 10th grade. I have competed in Policy Debate for my 9th grade. I have only competed in 1 tournament for Public Forum Debate in my 9th grade. For LD Debate, I have qualified for quarters, semi-finals, and finals in many tournaments throughout the years. I won 2nd place in the FosterFulshear National Tournament. I qualified for the North Texas Districts Tournament and NSDA all in 10th grade. I qualified for NSDA and TFA State all in my 11th grade. I am continuing to do what I love which is debate during this 12th grade year. For Policy Debate, I have qualified to quarters and semi-finals in many tournaments throughout the year. I won 2nd place with my partner for Policy Debate at the Coppell Cowboy Classic Debate Tournament.

I am super excited to be judging debate rounds! I love the whole concept of Debate, and I believe this is all a fun and safe environment where everybody can have fun and win! I DO NOT TORELATE any sort of racist, sexist, homophobic, or any type of disrespectful activity in the debate rounds! Your ballot will be reflected upon your actions so be careful! This should not be a big problem, because debaters are usually amazing people! Again, I just love debate so much and I am so happy that there are so many people just like me who love the world of debate. I will always do my best to provide a safe and fun environment when I judge debate rounds by being flexible, creating positive vibes, and giving important analysis and feedback for the debate rounds! DEBATE IS ALL ABOUT HAVING FUN so bring that positive energy and vibes into your rounds ! :)

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE LD Debates! I usually like clear traditional debates! There should be a clear framework debate between both sides. There should be good arguments on framework, and I do evaluate the framework debate when I am choosing who wins the round. Framework IS NOT EVERYTHING, but it is important so do not DROP IT and give me reasons why your framework should be considered in context with your case. K's, T's, and Phil's are fine, but I will only evaluate these arguments if you really expand on these arguments and give a clear reason why these should be evaluated in the round. I need a clear explanation for each of these arguments in order for me to use it in my final decision. I usually would not recommend running these arguments unless you are super familiar with the topic and know what you are talking about when you run these arguments. ORGANIZATION is key in debate. I have to be able to understand what your arguments are referring to, and if you are responding to the affirmative or negative. This makes my life A WHOLE LOT EASIER if you are organized in your speeches instead of jumping around. There will be DEDUCTIONS in speaker points if I do see a lot of unorganized arguments. THERE SHOULD ALWAYS BE CLEAR arguments presented throughout the rounds. You have to give me multiple reasons for why your opponent lost, and why you won. I am good with any argument that is fair in the debate world. I love traditional case debates so try to keep that in mind if I am judging your round! One additional note, I love jokes so throwing one in your speech would be so cool, and I would bump your speakers points depending on how funny I think it is. I am a super funny person, so I laugh at a lot of things but you have to REALLY try to make me laugh! :)

Policy Debate

I REALLY LOVE policy debates! Refer to my Lincoln-Douglas Debate paradigm for how I interpret policy debates. Again, I REALLY LIKE TO SEE traditional case debates and good arguments that clash on both sides!

Public Forum Debate

Public forum debate is cool. I will always evaluate the round based on the arguments presented to me at the end of the day. You should be clear about what you are arguing for, and give me reasons as to why the opponents lost and you won. Organization is SUPER IMPORTANT IN DEBATE. You need to specifically address what evidence, what arguments, and what side you are talking about. There will be a DEDUCTION in speaker points if you or your partner does not have an organized speech. I will choose whichever side upholds the winning criteria with whatever arguments are presented throughout the debate round.

Worlds Schools Debate

World schools debate is very interesting. You should have good arguments throughout the debate, and be very strong! Whichever side has the best arguments and responds to the opponents will win the debate round!

Speaks

I am very strict on speaking. Speaking clearly and smoothly is an INTEGRAL PART OF DEBATE. Spreading is good, but you have to be clear on what you are saying. If you are not clear, I WILL NOT EVALUATE YOUR ARGUMENTS AND YOUR SPEAKER POINTS WILL DROP. Be clear and be very strong! You have to be EXTREMELY CONFIDENT in debate, and I have to see that when I am deciding on your speaker points. If I do see any type of bad behavior, your speaker points are going to be SEVERELY AFFECTED so DO NOT BE MEAN! I start at 28 and move up or down depending on the strategies you use in the debate, delivery of the speech, in-round choices, communication, or any other information that I listed on my paradigms. If you get a 29, that means I think you are great but there are some small areas of improvement. If you get a 30, that means I think you are brilliant at speaking! If you get a 27, I think there are some good spots in your speaking but there is a lot to improve on. If you get a 26, you were not speaking well but there were very few times that I thought you did ok. If you get anything below a 26, you had a bad round or did something that REALLY made me MAD. I always give feedback speaking-wise after the round or in my ballot so check it out on what things I thought you did good on or what you need to work on. I also give strategies for how to improve your speaking so look out for that! Again, SPEAKING is VERY VERY IMPORTANT in debate so you need to give your best in the debate round and improve as much as you can speaking-wise!

Final Thoughts

Debate SHOULD ALWAYS be fun! Please reach out to me if you have any questions regarding the ballot or any questions in general about debate! My email is vxk8484@g.coppellisd.com . Debate is all about working together to improve oneself and those around you! I would love to help anybody out in debate because it is such an amazing event! One GREAT tip, HAVE FUN IN DEBATE AND SPREAD POSITIVITY! :)

I like flushed out frameworks but don't be abusive with fiat. If you run any interesting models then warrant why they are reasonable.

Warranting is important, especially in rebuttal speeches

Weigh as much as possible

don't make the debate boring, I know its harder with certain topics but please try to be entertaining and have fun

follow wsd norms, if you're confused please ask

HIII :) my name is siya (she/her) and I’m a senior at coppell high school in texas! i debated in both Lincoln-Douglas debate and world schools debate

add me onto the email chain: thesiyasangani@gmail.com

please respect your opponent—any offensive or discriminatory behavior docks your speaks/a loss before my intervention :) def message me before the round /shoot me a private message if you want my help in creating a safe space during the round. debate is a wonderful activity and your safety is my concern :) please message me after the round if you had any concerns.

unless it's super obscure criticism/phil literature, feel free to run anything! i'm most comfortable with policy/trad arguments but ill vote off anything.

write my ballot for me with concise voting issues and lots of impact calc in your last speech.

im good with speed as long as there's a doc for everyone in the round.

hey novices: focus on flowing well! don't drop any arguments

no tricks!

i disclose after the round

GOOD LUCK YOU GUYS GOT THIS EMANATE CONFIDENCE WOO and most importantly- have fun!

Please add me to the email chain, and feel free to email me if you have any questions!

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Online Debate:

- Speed: 70%.

- Don't cut arguments from twitter or medium.com that aren't written by trustworthy, researched authors lol

- I will evaluate all arguments based on how well it is weighed. Make sure you impact out your arguments and tell me WHY you outweigh.

General Info:

- Please make sure you have enough time to read the plan text!!

- Any argument you want me to weigh, extend it with a warrant and have evidence

- I will keep time for both sides and flashing/emailing won't count as prep (as long as you dont take too long)

- I am fine with open cross x, as long as the person who is supposed to be answering takes the lead

- Spreading is fine but clarity > speed

- You can prompt, just keep it at a minimum

- No new 2NR/2AR arguments