As a first time judge, I am engaged by the talent of so many young minds. Being a new judge, I've already determined reducing the speed of your speech (just slightly) will give me a bit more time to grasp everything you are trying to say in such a short amount of time. The more of your points that I hear and absorb allows me to make a decision on your content.

And just remember to have fun!

I am a Georgia Tech CS student and debated public forum for the Milton High School Debate Team. Here are the things I would like to emphasize:

-Any speed is fine, but clarity is needed. I cannot judge on what I cannot understand. Please try to refrain from spreading if you can though.

-Make sure to weigh and use off time road maps so I can better comprehend and create my RFD.

-Time yourselves, though I will also keep track of time myself as well, so watch your time and do not go over. Prevent any down time so that we can finish the round on time. That includes calling for a card, which should be minimal.

-Be respectful. This should be self-explanatory.

-I habitually place the rebuttal and summary as the most important speeches so make sure those are solid.

-I have been screwed by judges with personal opinions before, so you can be certain that I will not place any personal bias against you or the opposition. What you show me is what I decide from.

-Preflow before the round.

-Disads, kritiks, and theory are fine by me.

-Speaks: Do not become "insufferable," and you can expect a fair score.

-I mainly give oral feedback rather than written.

Any other questions should be addressed before start time.

Please be respectful to your opponents. I'm looking for clear and concise arguments. It is ok to speak faster but be clear.

Likes
- Make sure I can see the relevance in what you're saying and the topic of the debate
- Clear contentions

Dislikes
- Counterpoint-based cases, you should have your own case that I can vote on, not entirely based on your opponent's case
- Spreading, this is discouraged because I prefer if I can understand you and be able to get a feel of what you are arguing.
- I have no tolerance for any arguments that discriminate against certain groups
- Taking extra prep time

I would like to be in the email chain if y'all make one. My email is kadiyalasaanvi01@gmail.com.

I prefer well-supported arguments with sufficient evidence and reasonable impacts. I will give you speaker points based on enunciation, creativity, confidence, and eye contact. Stealing prep time will be counted negatively in your speaker points. Pre-req weighing is also the most important in my opinion.

When evidence sharing, prep time starts after the team receives the card they're asking for.

Tech> Truth. I am a tabula rasa judge, but any offensive speech will be an automatic loss and will take a major toll on your speaker points.

Impact weighing is really important to me, but it won't matter that much if you don't tell me why your impact will become true.

If something is not extended in both the summary and final focus, it will not be counted in my decision. I also flow the entire debate, so I will know what you dropped and extended throughout the entire round.

Good luck!

Hello!

I was a PF debater for several years and broke at a few national tournaments for JV, including Harvard, Stanford, and Yale. I am no longer in the debating scene, but I am still familiar with how PF debate works. Treat me as a flay: I understand the tech and lingo, but I have absolutely zero topic knowledge.

For Varsity: I detest theory and K's. Do not run them in front of me. If you do, I will default to the other side.

TLDR: Obviously, no racism, homophobia, sexism, etc. Please respect opponents. Generally, I vote for whoever has the best weighing and whichever case is still standing. I expect a clear warrant to buy a case. Speaks depend on how well you execute your speeches and cross. When calling for evidence, please send a CUT CARD. Include me on any email chains. Signpost all speeches following 1st rebuttal.

Cases: I like comprehensible cases with some nuances. If you do happen to be reading a squirrely case, send me evidence beforehand. Don't read faster than 200 wpm. I'm not a huge fan of spreading, but if you really need to, send me a case doc beforehand. otherwise, do whatever.

Responses: Destroy your opponent’s case on the uniqueness, link, and impact level. I like aggressive rebuttals. Turns are fantastic. Make sure to sign post, so I can flow all your responses. 2nd rebuttal must frontline some arguments or at least the turns. Weighing here is a bonus, but not required.

Summary: Hardest, but also most important speech of the round. My ballot will likely be decided after this speech. I expect these 3 things:

1. Extend case. Bring up some key authors and the uniqueness, link, and impact.

2. Frontline. If you don’t frontline, I assume you concede. I especially love analytical frontlines, but be careful, because some things actually need evidence.

3. Weigh. Give me some good warrants and evidence. I love, love, love pre-req/short circuit. If you weigh like this and your opponent doesn't address it/weigh similarly, then I will vote fore you. Meta-weighing is great, but not needed. This is the most important part of the summary, so give me a clear heads-up when you start weighing.

4. Extend responses. If a turn goes unaddressed, please extend it! Don't go for all responses, just pick 1 or 2 max and properly implicate them

Final Focus: As I almost always have my ballot by summary, I rarely flow this speech. Don't bring up new evidence/responses. I will not even consider them. Please spend at least 30 sec weighing here, as this is one of the main purposes of this speech.

Cross: This is not a key voting place for me, but I will use it determine speaks. If some important point is made in cross, just bring it up at the beginning of any speech and I'll consider it.

i award points to ppl who...

-seem confident. doesnt mean you know whats going on, but if you keep your game together and make it look like you’re still in control, thats pretty good. thats kinda tough sometimes, man.

-not boring voice. dont be monotone. imma fall asleep at the very beginning then.

-hand gestures. love these. more, more, more

-either be assertive or friendly. no aggressive and no passive. and obviously be respectful.

-knows what they’re talking about and can actually debate. you’d be surprised by the number of people who fail to get points from this category. be a good debater guys. stop calling out dumb technicalities

-80s song references

i take away points from ppl who…

-are disrespectful, rude, disgustingly mean, or have bad behavior. i will hack the system to give you a 25 BECAUSE APPARENTLY THIS POSSIBLE I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

-make it obvious that they’re not cooperating with their partner. your partner is like the other half of your brain. please respect them.

-mumble

-concede something that goes against them. good debaters never do this. be a good debater.

-give bad speeches. this is a kinda iffy category and its really hard to decide. if you have a significant amount of time left, i’ll dock points. if you consistently contradict yourself, i’ll dock points. dont worry too much about this part. you have to be rlly bad if i dock points for bad speech.

-any harry styles, olivia rodrigo, ariana grande, doja cat reference

okay, here’s what numbers mean to me:

30: never stop debating. move up to the next level. you’re actually so good. will rarely give this out

29: rlly rlly good. this is expected for excellent debaters and i encourage you to keep debating.

28: you’re getting there. at least you didnt screw up. will use this most often, especially for average debaters.

27: please try harder next time. follow the advice in my feedback

26: what are you doing with your life? i will almost never give this out because im too nice

yea and of course cant forget the "have fun debating!!!1!!1!"

just be a good debater :D

put #samisthebomb.com in the chat so i know you read my paradigm

Tech > Truth

Please don't spread if you can help it

Off-time roadmaps are always recommended, they just make it easier for me to catch all your arguments

Winning with slower talking speed helps speaks

If there is a problem with evidence, ASK ME TO CALL FOR THE CARD OR READ THE QUOTE DIRECTLY, otherwise I can't resolve

Tell a story with your case, not just a few random contentions and arguments.

Please number your responses

2nd rebuttal should frontline

Almost always collapse in summary

Extend offense and defense in Summary

start weighing in summary

Don't bring up arguments in summary that weren't in Rebuttal or Case

Don't bring up arguments in Final Focus that weren't in summary

Obviously no bullying, homophobia, racism, etc.

I'm a junior at South Forsyth High school and debate with Ivy Bridge Academy. I have a couple of years of PF experience.

Since I have debate experience considered me a tech judge.

General Notes: Please do not speak so fast that I cannot flow. If I can't flow I won't count it in the debates.

I don't flow crossfires but if something important comes up I will flow it.

I will keep track of your time(speeches, crossfires, and prep time), but I would recommend you also keep time so you know how you are doing time-wise.

Speeches(Cases, Rebuttal, Summary) - Please warrant your case. In terms of time, it is okay if you go 20ish seconds after the time limit I won't count it against you. However, if you go above 30 seconds that is not okay and I will not let you read anymore.

Crossfires - Please give each turns to answer questions. Don't spend the entire cross on just one question, move on. Confidence is key in this speech.

Summary - This is the MOST important speech of the debate and this speech is WHERE I DECIDE WINNER. What is extended in this speech is what will be considered. If you don't extend something I will not weigh it.

I would like it if you frontline your case, respond to their case, and weigh in this one speech. I know it may be difficult but if you can do all of this it will make it easier for me to make a decision on the debate and it gives you a huge advantage.

Final focus - Weight your impacts and explain why you won the debate. This speech will help me finalize my decision. You cannot go more than 10 seconds above time limit in this speech.

Speaker points:

30 - no complaints about your speaking. Perfect.

29 - Really good but there may be something very small you can improve on

28 - Errors in speeches(some stuttering, a few pauses in between the speech, etc) and/or small gaps in understanding the topic and research.

27 - Errors in speeches(stuttering, long pauses in between speech, going under time by 1 min or more) and/or it looks like you didn't research the topic much.

26 - Something went wrong in this debate for you. It happens to all of us.

Hello! My name is Shivani and I am a current Sophomore and Psychology-Premedical major with double minors in Chemistry and Biology at Mercer University! My pronouns are she/her. It's nice to meet you! I have done both Public Forum and a variety of speech events for 4 years at Milton High School. I have also attended a few respectable debate camps such as the National Debate Forum and Emory's Barkley Forum so it's safe to say I do know a bit about debate hehe.

With that being said, I have a few things that you should keep in mind :)

*Speech- I am okay with any speed. As long as you speak clear and with confidence! This is public forum so please do not spread!

*Please make sure you are weighing and really impacting out throughout the round. I firmly believe that every speech is important but your summary and final focus really needs to drive the point home in order for me to consider it!

*I am huge on respecting pronouns so please let me know or correct me if I do not use your preferred pronouns!

*I am okay with off-time road maps but like it says in the title, do not make it too long or I will consider it part of your time!

*Please Please Please be respectful and nice! As Thumper from Alice and Wonderland said, "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say it at all"! I take this very seriously and if you say anything offensive or rude, I will immediately take off speaker points. I like humor but I also like professionalism!

*I will keep track of the time but please keep track of your time as well and be honest!

*Theory, Disads, and Kritiks....not a huge fan of using them personally but I am perfectly fine with them as long as they are reasonable and in boundaries of what you are talking about. Do not go overboard

*I like to go through the round at the end in my oral feed depending on time so if you do not prefer this, let me know! I will be more than happy to write up a more detailed written feedback!

*More than anything, I know how stressful and intense debate can be (trust me, I have gone through my fair share of heels by anxiously pacing up and down the hallways before rounds). So relax, try your best, and give it your all no matter how difficult the round may seem!

*If you have a questions, concerns, cries of woes, etc..., please ask me or let me know before or after the round! No question is dumb but please let me know beforehand!

With that being said, let's close this paradigm and debate! Good Luck!

-SDN

I debated PF for 6 years.

I judge off the flow.

I don't flow crossfire, but if something important comes up I will make notes.

Extend your responses and weigh in summary. If you don't extend in summary then I can't count it in final focus.

Answer turns and warrant arguments well.

Give me clear reason(s) why you win and outweigh the opponent.

Do off-time road maps unless your clearly stating where you are in the flow and make flowing easy for me because if I cant flow it then I'm not going to count it in the round.

Flow your strongest arguments through the debate while properly rebutting and frontlining. At the end of the debate, win in weighing.

-I have been doing pf debate for 4 years and around 1 year of policy before that (not that I remember anything)(so don't you dare lay adapt me, I know what im doing. most of the time)

bribe me with food and you will probably win because food=life (bring me boba for more speaks)

-don't give me bs cards and take 5748 years to fine them

OVERALL: Don't be stupid, dumb, drop cases, racist, homophobic, etc. I hate abusive ppl, dont be abusive!!!!

Case- Don't make crazy stupid arguments, stock contentions are better than arguments I don't understand. But if your running stock cases don't make it too boring or i'll fall asleep and you will not win. Also, try to run more than 1 contention. Extend your case throughout summary and ff or else I will consider it dropped.

Rebuttal- Frontline in 2nd Response. Go down the flow, and please signpost or I'll be sad. If reading a turn spend time on it and give me an impact, not some wishy-washy "we turn their case bc turkey actually supports terrorism. the end" You need to spend at least 15 sec on it if you are going to extend it. DON'T HAVE TIME LEFT OVER. This goes for all speeches but if you have like a minute left just weigh or do analytics, time is money in debate.

Summary- Don't bring up anything new. Just extend responses, defense, and offense. Summary is extremely important don't drop stuff. Dropping= Bad. In summary heres what I need to see:

1. Case extensions (your case) if you don't extend then i will say you dropped your case. Here you can concede on one contention, link, subpoint, etc. This is a good tactic but make sure to extend responses completely.

2. Frontlines. Yeah just frontline your case please, if you don't frontline in 2nd response then it this dosen't matter SO FRONTLINE IN 2ND RESPONSE.

3. Extend offense. yup do that please!

4. Weighing. YOU BETTER WEIGH. And please weigh more, don't just weigh on magnitude that's stupid. Also, make sure to give me warrants and quantification. Don't just be like: We win on magnitude because we save lives, We win on timeframe because our impacts come first. Please don't do that. see weighing section for more info)(also see charlie zhangs paradigm where he took the time to write a paragraph about it)

FF- Just basically say what you said in summary but don't make it boring. Make sure to weigh or else I won't count your impacts. Try your best to gimme voters.

Cross- It's useless unless you bring it up later

Weighing- Don't be ✨basic ✨. don't just weigh on magnitude or probability or timeframe. Also weigh on prereq, short circuit, etc. I'm fine with meta weighing Don't just weigh on 1 thing. When you got same impacts but dif mechanisms META WEIGH. WEIGHING IS IMPORTANT. Found this on someone paradigm i forgot who-

K/Theory: I HATE K'S WITH A DEEP PASSION, IF YOU USE ONE I WILL DROP YOU. THEY ARE STUPID AND USELESS. IF YOU DARE READ A THEORY IM GONNA FIND A WAY TO GIVE YOU NEGATIVE SPEAKS OR JUST GIVE YOU A 10 I DONT CARE IF TABROOM DOESN'T ALLOW IT. I WILL FIND A WAY.

Speed: I fine with talking fast, but don't spread. If I can't hear you I can't flow you. If you read faster than 300 wpm send me your speech doc.

Time: Keep your own time. Finishing your sentence is fine but I won't flow any other points after time. Also keep your own prep, im to lazy to sit there with a stopwatch. If you go over prep I will dock speaks. Please don't abuse time. I had teams go "im just finishing my flow" 20 seconds after a speech or making ff 4 min and making us interrupt them twice. Don't be like leaping learners please!

Other things:

Turns: If you want me to evaluate one you must extend it clearly with an impact. Dont just be like "they dropped this turn, vote aff."

Defense isn't sticky

disads bad

Speaks (speaker points):~~~~~~~~

I start you at 28

-speaks to fast= -1

-funny contention names= +1

-be rude= -3

-interesting to listen to= +1

-be not boring=+.5

30- rare

29- I will usually give out these if you are a great speaker.

28- Ig my average if your 28 and over you are great in my opinion

27- Still good don't feel too bad

26- get better lol

VOTING:

how i vote-

have a strong case, read turns please, don't drop things, don't randomly point out the other team dropped things. And if you read a turn about nuclear extinction wiping west Africa off the map you will instantly win.

more paradigms

Eshawnvie Kallu, Charlie Zhang, Aditi Kothari, Spoorthi Kakarla, Ella Liu, Aanya Baddela and Paheli Patel. On second thought don't read Ella's paradigm. aka a bunch of ppl who raged after harvard

follow my ig (real)

@uheartfdiona

Alpharetta 27, PF for 4 years, novice in policy rn.

email chain: reyha09@gmail.com

spreading -- that's fine, i want speech docs tho. if you spread (like rlly rlly fast) without a speech doc, chances are, i'm gonna miss 30% of your speech.

PF JV & Varsity:

extensions -- links and impacts MUST be extended into summary + ff if you want me to vote on them. i like seeing arguments that are consistently extended throughout the debate. extend warrants, i don't extend only taglines. if you drop stuff that ur opponent calls you out on, i won't consider it.

weighing -- please weigh! i should have this word for word on my ballot. on that note, i won't vote on your impact without link + impact defense. link weighing good too.

args -- i'm open to almost all args, nothing morally bad.

k/theory -- full disclosure, i am mid at this stuff, and i don't have a good grasp on it. i can do cap and education v. fairness but that's about it. if you're going for it, explain it to me like i'm a 3rd grader. i won't vote on anything i can't explain on the ballot. i'll default to reasonability + RANT unless you tell me why not to. weigh interp and counter-interp.

other things -->

- be a nice person! it's just a debate, not the end of the world.

- i'll call for cards sometimes for a multitude of reasons, most probably at the end of a round.

- time your own prep & speeches

- no new ev after 1st summary

- in round v. out of round are 2 separate things. i draw a clear line between them both

tech > truth

- don't flat-out lie in cross/analytic just to put ink on the flow

-tech and at least a little bit of truth need to be better than the opponent to win. Part of being a good debater is having good analytics (THAT ARE NOT 100% LIES) - something is better than nothing.

PF Novice:

• weighing -- should be done in summary but 100% in final focus (don't drop summary weighing)
• evidence -- I'll vote on whatever ev as long as the opponent doesn't call you out.
• extenstions -- do this consistently!! I don't think people understand how important extensions are.
• your uniqueness, link, and impact shouldn't be that hard to identify
• flow -- flowing is really important! i'm a victim of bad flowing, so if you have good flows, i'll give up to + 0.5 speaks.

Speaker Points:

i think i give higher speaks than most? -- anything morally wrong is < 26. my average speaker points:

26-27 -- you have big things to work on, but keep practicing & don't get discouraged

27-28 -- good job! you have things to work on, but good performance

28-29 -- great job! few minor things, overall great round

29-30 -- wow! overall amazing, barely anything at all to work on. i've never given out a 30.

fun fact: 50% of this was kinda stolen from tessica selvaganesan (if ur reading this, hi tessica, sorry and i miss you) i don't agree with everything in her paradigm, just the stuff that i put in here.

I am a parent judge yet I have debated before. When I make my decisions, I look at each team closely and decide based on merit.

1. You've missed the round if I can't decipher your points and grasp what you're saying.

2. I prefer scientific evidence; attempting to win an irrational case would not win you the round.

3. I like a well-planned/thought-out case that makes common sense - I like being able to link the dots.

4. I'm able to flow, but not as well as anyone who judges PFD every weekend.

5. Do not be impolite. I can handle assertive people, but yelling, belittling critics, eye-rolling, head tossing, and general scorn are not appropriate. You will win the game, but only with 20 speaker points.

6. Please weigh at the end of your speeches or I will not take them into consideration.

7. Please do not talk monotoned, you will have low speaker points even if you do win the round.

8. 2nd rebuttal is required to frontline all of the opponent's responses.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me at zarinawang0518@gmail.com.