PF Judge

I like a good, clean debate with clash and coherent reasoning and logic.

Don’t spread (It’s my biggest pet peeve)

Speak clearly and slowly, and LOUDLY

If you are asking for evidence from the other team; make sure to bring it up don’t ask for evidence just for the sake of it.

Make sure you weigh in summary and final focus, I choose the winner based on overall consistency through the round and whichever team carries and extends their arguments throughout the whole round. Logic and coherent reasoning are super important.

Don’t just say “I have a card” explain to me the significance of it

Cross-ex should be civilized

Good luck :)

Hi Everyone, My name is Srinivas Potluri. I am a pharmacist by profession and the topic you all are debating today is something that I can closely associate with in my work setting. I find many debaters think excessive speed helps their case. However, they tend to lose fluency and some of their case is lost because of this. I prefer quality to quantity of arguments. Logical well supported arguments, when using moral values convince me why I should believe it is either moral or immoral. Provide me with a weighing mechanism to determine who wins the debate. I like good clash during cross. Use this time to clarify the details of your opponents.

I am a Science Teacher and an attorney. I have coached debate for 2 years and Mock Trial for 7 years. Please remember to be confident and courteous in your argument. You must respect debate as well as your competitors and colleagues. I have been judging debate for 3 years.

I look for structure and clarity in your arguments.

I am a parent judge.

I value organization and clarity--in speaking and in debating. Numbering your theses or points you are making helps me and the rest of the teams to understand your point. I know you have a lot to say, but make sure you are speaking at a conversational pace. If you speak very quickly, you might stumble over your words and thoughts, so be thoughtful about what you want to say and don't jam in every single possible argument.

I did 4 years of PF and Speech with Unionville and graduated in 2010, and have judged national circuit regularly since. Most recently, I judged PF at Yale 2021.

I appreciate evidence, but value argument structure and critical thinking/logic more. Cards should be used as support for, and not in place of contentions. Please set up a weighing mechanism for the round as early as possible; I will expect the round to be distilled into voting issues by the time we get to Summary and Final Focus.

If frameworks/definitions are a crucial part of your case, I expect it to come up in the first constructive and reiterated throughout the round.

Likewise, key contentions and responses must come within constructives/rebuttals. Summaries and Final Focus are for refining arguments, not for raising entirely new points your opponents have no time to respond to.

If you do not extend your arguments, I will generally not include them in the final weighing. If you do not quantify your impacts, i will have to use a judgement call to decide what each one is worth.

Cross fire will not be flowed, but will be evaluated in speaker points. If you make a point in Cross fire that is important, please include it in the next speech.

The round will be flowed, and I'm generally ok with speed, but if you spread to the point where I can no longer flow, I will stop flowing.

Calling for evidence is fine, but I expect you to have your cards organized and accessible enough that locating them when called for is straightforward. If it takes an excessive amount of time for you to find the card, I will drop it from the flow.

Being professional/not condescending means I won't slash your speaks.

shubo.yin@aya.yale.edu

Flow judge. Clean rounds are nice. Please have evidence. Please display critical thinking.

I generally favor evidence based debates with clear impacts, and much appreciate it when debaters can, at the end of the round, synthesize their voting issues and why I should go aff/neg. While I am alright with speed, I do also generally favor more traditional type Public Forum debate.