IE:

Extemp- The biggest thing I’m looking for is whether or not you’re answering the question and how you break down your response. Formatting in a way where it’s clear for me to understand the roadmap of your points is important. Points should flow together but be distinct enough to stand on their own. Content is more important for me because this is an event where presentation is usually the least difficult part and is something most people in the room have down. Lastly, being about to connect with your “audience” is something I rank higher for, for example, if it’s a question on economics and you’re able to break down terms, I value that more. If you can explain something, you’re clearly well-versed on it and a more reputable speaker, as opposed to just quoting an article.

Interp/Public-Speaking- presentation is so important, having energy in your voice and sounding like you want to be here/have passion for what you're performing goes a long way. The more likely I am to be entranced by your performance, the higher I am ranking you.

Debate:

WSD- I follow my flow so unless you directly say in argument, I’m not going to make the connection that PROP’s point A is a rebuttal to OPP point B. So if you decide to talk fast, do that at your own peril. Content and structure is important for flow for not just me but your team. How your team argues, whether as individuals or as a team, is something else I consider. Speaking is important but also that’s a default skill so with expectation that both sides are good speakers, content is most important. Bonus points for summary speeches that tie everything together and that are able to condense the round into three clashes but even more points if you weigh, (which should be given but just in case).

Background

I debated for Cypress Woods highschool in Houston in LD for 3 years, and dabbled a little bit into policy my senior year. I primarily went for the Ks and LARP throughout my career, but did all forms of debate.

Short Overview

sophia.a.larsen@icloud.com - email chain

Do whatever you want. None of the biases listed below are so strong as to override who did the better debating.

Spreading is fine.

Read whatever you want!

UPDATE: ive judged almost every bid tournament this season including some elims so dont be afraid to run things.

tech > truth

Prefs Shortcut

LARP - 1

Less Dense Ks - 1

Phil - 2

Theory - 4

Dense Ks - 4

Tricks - 5

Specifics

k's:

I specialized in the Fem K and know most about that field of literature. I read it on both aff and neg. I also read other kritiks like the cap k and abelism.

k v k debates

• these are my favorite form of debate. I LOVE a good k v k round where both debaters know what they are talking about and go down the flow well.

pol v k

• I really like this form of debate. A lot of things that go missing in this debate is either why the k is necessary to solve and or why the plan solves the impacts of the k.

TO NOTE: I will NOT vote on kritiks involving social death if you are not from that identity group

LARP

• I will vote on almost any impact IF AND ONLY IF it makes sense and isnt abuse.
• I like this form of debate. make sure there is a clear link chain and impact weighing. make sure your clear down the flow. Ive seen a lot of debaters this season forgetting their solvency claims and or dropping impacts. be careful.

Phil

• This form of debate is fine. if you are going to run philosophers like DNG make sure you explain it well to me.
• I did a lot of research on philosophers like Kant, Rawls, locke, etc.

SPEAKS:

I was screwed a couple times in my career due to low speaks so I tend to give higher ones. I will give you additional points if you win the debate and sit down early, but dock points if you lose the debate and sit down early.

Hello, I am Chris Lester and I have done LD debate for 4 years. When I judge a debate I judge off on how well your case was presented and the amount of clash there was in a debate. Debate is all about fun so in the name of education of your peers I ask that the debaters not spread (only in Novice tournaments). In my opinion, clash is the bread and butter of debate, so without it, I will always default Aff. At the end of the day, debate is about fun and education so any personal attacks or reductive actions will be met harshly. Make sure to extend clearly and give voters in your final speeches.

Argument Scale:

1 - Phil/ Trad - The most basic and simple form of debate. When done at a higher level it makes for a fun debate. Just make sure your making the FW and Impact debate clear. I was a Structural Violence debater so do with that information as you will.

1 - CP, DA, Plan, etc - I mostly ran DA's and CPs as Neg and have lots of knowledge in the area.

2/3 - K &Theory - Don't assume I know most K lit. I will only evaluate Theory relevant to the debate (so no Christmas Clothes or no dress shoes debates.) Also no K/ Theory in a Novice debate.

5 - Tricks - Tricks are for kids. Don't do them. That is all.

Hello! I'm mainly a speech judge with some experience in the debate events. I'm currently competing on the Texas Speech Team in Austin.

SPEECH: I love to see clear and composed confident speakers who teach me something new. I need to see good content and delivery that showcases your ability as a speaker. If you include solutions, I care about tangibility and how realistic they are. If you're utilizing VAs, I love to see something creative that puts something fun into the piece but also meaningfully adds to your rhetoric.

INTERP: Speakers should be able to embody their character and commit to the performance while maintaining a clear line of rhetoric throughout the piece, not just POI. Don't take advantage of trauma, but give me a meaningful performance.

DEBATE: In the case I'm thrown into a debate event, my RFD will be based on the standing arguments that are the strongest at the end of the flow. Try to treat me as a lay judge, but I can keep up with most progressive arguments as I have some experience in PF and LD.

Have fun! You are here because you deserve to be--- be proud and show off your research and incredible writing skills. :)

email: areeshalrahman@gmail.com

Hello! My name is Anastasia, and I'm primarily a speech judge who dabbles in debate events. I competed in high school and now compete for Texas Speech at the University of Texas at Austin.

OO/INFO

I'll make my decisions based on a combination of content and delivery. Does your topic have significance, and if so, how effectively do you communicate that? If you're giving us solutions, I'm looking for something tangible, rather than blanket statements that diminish your argument. Don't throw away the work you did establishing the importance of your topic with implications/solutions that aren't well-thought-out. As for visual aids, I appreciate creativity as long as the visual supplements your argument in some meaningful capacity. Have fun with your speech! This is a showcase of your research and knowledge on the topic and that is certainly reflected in your performance.

Extemp/Impromptu

I rank on the competitor's ability to answer the question and conduct an adequate analysis of each main point. While delivery is important, the content is most important. Are you giving me the names of people, places, events/etc.? Specificity is appreciated in extemp. I'm also not a huge fan of examples/AGDs that aren't based in reality (i.e. a SpongeBob AGD). Why should I care about the analysis if it's not rooted in the real world?

Interp

A good interp is dependent on how well the performer can embody their character. Are the decisions being made in your performance motivated by the character and their story? How well can the performer follow the rising action/climax/falling action in their piece? I also appreciate attention to the argument you're making with your piece across all interps, not just POI. What does your piece selection say to the audience?

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QUICK PREFS

5

spreading (makes judging hard. I'm here for a good time not a long time), friv or heavy theory, tricks (will evaluate under views only - makes lbl hard to follow and usually requires spreading to do which idc for)

1-2

trad/lay,larp,Deleuze and Guattari/POMO, decent amount of common K lit,PICS/CP, phil, REAL ABUSE THEORY not some random mumbo jumbo, psychoanalysis K

3-4

id pol or dense K lit like racial cap (just don't have a lot of experience with these and I can get lost)

random for qkprfs

My default layering is Theory ≥ ROB > Substance > Presumption

maybe 2ar Hail Mary maybe not

tech≥truth

Order is General Expectations, VLD, Novice LD, PF, and then Speech at the bottom!

GENERAL EXPECTATIONS

Please do not go past your times for over 10 seconds because I will dock your speaker points. If you say anything racist, sexist, homophobic, use the wrong pronouns after being corrected more than once, or make any sort of comments towards the person you are debating to make them uncomfortable or upset you will be held accountable. Your coach and/or tab will be notified. Please don't make me do this. Debate is supposed to be fun and friendly. I don’t tolerate you interrupting their speech to talk over them.

I will run a stop watch to ensure no prep time is stolen or lost and that things run on time.

Yelling doesn't make you sound better and being extremely aggressive doesn't either. Confidence is important in debate but talking so quickly in round that nobody can understand you, speaking so quietly that nobody can hear you, or yelling to where you're incomprehensible, also, won't get you anywhere.

VLD

Tabula Rasa all the way although there are arguments I won't buy if you're being problematic to any group of people which includes everyone. I'm not going to sit there and listen to you tell me why the alt is good when it's literally exterminating able-bodied people or people who believe in a God - lets be serious people.

ID pol ✓ (just be sure to explain afropess/afro opp I never really saw those things in debate so I don't really understand them as well as other things and impact it out)

POMO ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ 100% yes (I will be your best friend if you read this unless you read it poorly ???? I will say, however, I'm not sure familiar with Bataille. I mostly read/saw DnG and Baudrillard (I did those actions respectively))

T framework meh

Theory... just please put it in the doc. I can't vote off of what I can't get down/remember

/\ - For any theory type of debate I didn't really do a whole lot of that when I debated so I can assess it but if there are going to be theory debates that are like super layered and confusing I'm not really the judge for that. So, not good for super intensive theory debates that get messy very fast but I can assess regular theory violation shells. I will not, however, buy waterbottle, laptop sticker (unless it is actually bad), or shoe theory.

I like speechdrop, email chain, or tabroom's version of speech drop too. Everything works just let me and your opponent know what you're using and let us join if we ask. Say it with me. ADDING YOUR DOC TO THE EMAIL/SPEECH DROP DOESN'T COUNT AS PREP TIME - THAT IS MEAN. The 15 seconds it took you to attach your doc to the email isn't going to make the tournament run late OMG people.

Extending is a big deal to me. Don't extend your ROB okay... then why does it matter? Don't extend your amazing 1nr/1ar impact calculus showing me why extinction is bad okay... why did you bother doing it in the first place? If you think something is important on the flow TELL ME. I will not judge hack. If you want something to be a key voting issue lay it out for me. There are too many eager judges and lazy debaters who want to rely on what they did well in one speech to magically go into the flow of the next one without having to point it out.

Framework is also a key voting issue for me (depends on type of debate). If you ignore your ROB or FW and just tell me why something is bad without showing me why your FW says its bad or why your opponent doesn't meet your FW then how do I have a way of knowing that 3 million starving children is bad? If you want a tabula rasa judge that means you need to pretend they are a little kid with no knowledge. Give me my morals to operate with.

I will honestly listen to any kind of debate. I'm fine with Ks, POMO, ID pol, theory, lay, policy, etc. I don't vote more one way or the other I just evaluate the round as it is and decide who did better strategically and who overall should have won. My emotions and personal views do not get in the way. I am pretty centrist and don't really believe in politics in general.

NLD

As a (previous, now graduated)varsity debater I'm not expecting varsity level debate like K's, phil debate, T debate (either topical or theory), counter plans or the like, or anything advanced really, so just do what you know how at this point!

Something I've unfortunately seen in even varsity debate is cases that are essays. A case is NO place for your own words except for taglines and even then those are supposed to be describing the card, NOT your opinion on the card. A speech is the only place for your opinion and even then it should be based in moral reasoning with your framework.

Before round, I also recommend reflowing your case so you can write their responses right next to your cards so you know what to address. It makes flowing much easier for your judge and that increases the likelihood that the judge will know to vote for you if they can see what arguments you did and/or did not address.

A basic case should be in this order most of the time:

1. Resolved: TOPIC

2. FRAMEWORK (if you do not have a framework or value and value criterion your case will be weighed under your opponents and you will make it very hard for you to win because I will not point out that you need a framework until after the debate. If you are on the neg this is normal to concede to the affs framework so don't worry about it being difficult to win.)

3. Contention 1

4. Tagline, citation, and then card. This process should be repeated for however many cards in the case.

4. If you have any other contentions then they still need to follow this format but only one contention is absolutely necessary in your case on the aff.

I want to see a debate, not two people giving argumentative speeches… This means come back to your framework, respond to arguments strategically, and respond based on the importance layer.

PF

I've judged one or two PF rounds and only participated in my first year of debate once so I basically know nothing about PF. Please either give me the times so I can know how long to time you for.

SPEECH

I have never done speech but I know what to look for.

1. Try to keep the 'um' and 'uh's to a minimum and none if possible
2. Try to not move your hands around a lot - keep it to a minimum
3. Move slowly between points without turning your back to the judge
4. Looking for clear and normal conversation paced speaking
5. Try to be funny- if your humor comes at the expense of others I probably won't find it funny.
6. Looking for a good AG that is related to the question without actually stating the question in the AG.
7. It won't let me delete this one :)

Hey debaters, my name's Connor Taylor, he/him. I'm a freshman at the University of Arkansas and a former debate for Cypress Woods High School. I'm good with all kinds of debate (I've done LD, Policy, and Pf) but here's my listing for LD bc that's what I'm doing now. I qualified for UIL Regions, TFA State, and broke at UT to trips in 2021. Jacob Koshak was my coach, if you want to have a good understanding of my background go read that. I wanna be on the speech drop or email chain: cjtricky04@gmail.com if ur using gmail or cjtricky@icloud.com for others. For online, lets just use the online speech drop. Its way easier. I probably will disclose speaks if you ask.

TLDR - go for pomo ks or larp, I don't know id pol outside of ableism, tricks and spikes will most likely not get you a ballot, use theory as a check not as a strat. Ill give high speaks I was a recent debater I understand how brutal it is rn

1 - Pomo Ks

As long as debaters thoroughly explain the link as well as the k itself, it is my favorite form of debate. It'd be my first voter. If you don't know the K don't read one please its a no bueno. I read a lot of DnG, Baudi, and Bataille. If you go for the K, tell me why you win on the ROB page. if the rob is textual to the k, that's sick, but why does the k meet the rob and why does the rob deserve the ballot? Don't run a k if it has a bad link that's no fun

1 - LARP

LARP is fun. I did a lot of larp, most topics are good for larp. Plz don't force it read ur best strat but larping is what I would say I was probably the best at. I think good larp needs heavy on the weighing page, and inherency is something I need to take from my policy days. Plz plz don't read an aff that has already passed. Make sure

2 - Id Pol Ks

I like ableism a lot more bc I can relate to it, but I am bad with other id pol lit. Doesn't mean I wont vote on it but most Id Pol args are pess and I do not enjoy a pess round. plz plz don't run an id pol you don't actually identify with... its super gross to claim you suffer from something you don't actually suffer from.

2 - Phil

I enjoy a good phil debate. I think debates w phil are hella fun instead of boring ol util v util all the darn time. Make sure to leverage fw and why it matters. If ur running phil and u lose the fw debate, its basically over, so make sure u don't just wipe out on fw.

3 - T/Theory

T is a good argument, don't force it. I like T as an answer to actual abuse, like if they run a non-disclosed K aff or something. However, don't come in w some garbage t interp that literally breaks the ground. If you do go for T, please do a good job. I feel that T can get washed out and super duper boring to the point that the round loses its whole meaning. Theory is a good check, but I don't like it as a strat. I'm not the judge for you if you mostly do theory, the K v theory debate is fun though.

5 - Trix/Spikes

Tricks are for kids and spikes are dumb. I would vote on them, but its a low threshold for answering them. I feel like they skew the round unfair for the debate, like the "cover" speech literally cannot concede an argument or the round is done basically.

Defaults

edu>fairness - debate is a game sure, but I debated to learn about new topics n crap. Like yeah fairness matters, but education serves as a method for us to understand what is fair. If we were not educated, we wouldn't know if something was skewed. Education is the only thing we can keep from debate in the long run.

competing interps > reasonability - Unless the shell is friv, competing interps makes for better debates. If the judge can reasonably decide whether the theory is good or bad bc the debater spends time telling them to, the debater can just give a counter interp that makes the round more fun.

tech>truth - its a game but if you play the game bad you have to lose. Theory does come on the highest layer unless told otherwise (i lost on that so i know). I will say that i prolly have theory and k closer than most for layer so just tell me where to evaluate it.

Other junk

Do underviews and overviews. It won't hurt to do either and is good, makes it an easy way to the ballot. I like rebuttals that are top down and not all over the place, tell me where to flow it/when to im on paper as of writing this idk if that if that stayed

If you have any questions ask. Make jokes if you can. Don't put those dog photos for speaks I'm gonna try and give high speaks bc ik how competitive making out rounds is. As for speech, you ought to be fine unless you aren't fine. If you aren't fine you'll prolly know. Just don't be racist/sexist/homophobic. I'm open to questions before and after rounds, plz just don't post round my decision. Ill defend it, and if im somehow wrong sorry :/. Ig u got judge screwed

Run anything, no tricks or friv shells

tech>truth always

quick prefs:

1)K-cap,security, basic ID pol, Deleuze, baudrillard

2)policy

3)real theory

4)friv theory and tricks

im good with speed

speaks start at 28.5 and move up or down accordingly