A high school debater/speaker/judge. I have mostly competed in Parli, but other debates that I have done/am familiar with include, Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas, and Congress. I have also competed in speech events like Impromptu and Dramatic Interpretation. Overall, I am qualified and will be comfortable with most formats/styles/arguments.

Debate: Some things that I look at/weigh on: I view logic as very key during a debate round. However, it is always better if your logic is backed up with evidence or data. Being a speaker and debater does make me more inclined towards paying attention to the way that you speak during a round, however, my decision in a debate round will be based on the debate itself and not who spoke better. I appreciate offtime roadmaps and would really like it if you signpost during your round. Please be considerate and respectful of your opponents and try not to go too much over time. When deciding the win, I will look at your impact calculus and how well you have tied in all of your arguments and refutations to make your impact stronger than the other side. I like complexity in a debate, but please make sure that you organize your arguments. Organization is essential in all aspects of debate whether it is framework, argumentation, extensions, rebuttals, rejoinders, or impacts. However organization is more of a speaking skill, so it will count towards your speaker points, but for win or loss, I will be taking a look at the content of the debate itself. During POIs, crossfire or cross ex, please be respectful of your opponent when taking their time.

Speech: This is a very fluid set of events, so there isn't really much for me to give you a framework of my preferences. But here is a general list of things by category.

Platforms: Just be articulate and clear. What you say and the way you say it both matter. Smile and be confident!

Interps: This is where your facial expressions and overall manner are of utmost importance.

Hi, I’m Julia James. I compete in Speech in OO and INFO at Fullerton Union High School. I’ve been competing since middle school and this is my fifth year of competition. I’ve competed at over 20 tournaments at the high school level.

Email (for evidence sharing): reyshankar9@gmail.com

Hi! I'm currently a student at UC Berkeley and I did both speech and debate for 5 years. I mostly focused on speech (mainly doing informative and program oral interp), but I have experience in PF, LD, and Parli debate.

That being said, please treat me like a lay judge. I don't flow much, so it's really on the competitors to speak clearly and make sure you emphasize voting points at the beginning and end of the round. READ WEIGHING, tell me why YOUR arguments are more important than your opponents, don't just restate your argument! I know tech and theory, and I can keep up if you feel as if it's necessary to run it, but the burden would fall on you to make sure that I, your opponents, and other judges in the round are able to adequately understand what you are doing. Personally, I am pretty familiar with most high theory lit and phil and I find it really interesting, but it's pointless if you can't relate it back to the topic at hand.

While who wins the round will be determined by the arguments read, speaking skills will influence how your arguments come across, so please keep this in mind! A general rule of thumb for weighing for me is that things like social well-being and human life are more important than economy or tech innovation, so, if your arguments center on the latter, please try to connect it back to how it would impact the people.

I will not vote for any team that is rude or discriminatory towards their opponents

Email chain: sun616448@gmail.com

Experience: she/her, 4 years PF, don't really compete in LD but ik how it works

TLDR:

I vote off of impact calc, tech > truth, spreading is fine as long as you're clear and send a speech doc, speaks avg 28.5 goes up/down from here, also please signpost and warrant or else I won't flow it.

for speech: make it interesting. If you can throw in a harry potter reference I will give you an extra speaker point

PF:

Weighing:

- plz weigh in FF and Summary, impact calc - magnitude timeframe probability, weighing of 2 worlds, etc

- impact is really important - even if your opp drops all their args but u have no impact then they still win

Rebuttal

- neg frontline

- tech > truth, so use cards/evidence

Summary/FF

- anything you bring up in FF must be brought up in summary or else it won't be weighed and will be dropped from flow

- plz don't extend thru ink

- no new arguments and no new evidence in FF

Cross:

- I don't flow cross so anything important in cross that you want on the flow must be brought up in later speeches

Calling for cards:

- you can call for cards in prep/cross idc

Framework:

- if its something other than CBA, yes bring it up

also plz warrant and extend warrants

LD/any other format

- Did not compete in it but knows how it works

speech:

- talk clearly

- be interesting