John Hale

(He/Him)

Judging for Wichita East, I have limited experience with debate and am not familiar with acronyms or excessive debate lingo. I evaluate the round based on the number of points made and on which team has the most persuasive argument. I don’t flow, but I will take notes on the round and will always be as unbiased as possible.

Speed: I understand the theory behind Spreading, but cannot follow an argument made by someone using it .

K’s: As I have never debated before, I have no experience with K lit and I will probably not understand it whatsoever.

CPs: I have trouble understanding confusing perms and CP theory, please be thorough if you go for either of these strategies.

The use of racial/sexist/homophobic/transphobic slurs, in any way other than as used by individuals who are affected by those slurs, results in 0 speaks and a loss. Be mindful of problematic (non-slur) language. Mistakes happen, but so must sincere apologies.

Hi! My name is Prakriti, she/her. Head coach at Wichita East High school.

Add me to the chain: prakriti.ravianikode@gmail.com. I'm also fine with SpeechDrop.

Policy:

General--

I will not evaluate anything that happens outside the round.

I follow along the doc - if I see you clipping its an automatic L.

Speed is fine, please add analytics to the doc if you're going fast. If I can't understand you, I will clear you! If I still cannot understand you, I will start dropping the speaks.

If you have any other questions about specific arguments please ask before the round.

I don't like case overviews. Just debate down your flow.

I flow cross-ex! I also stop paying attention to cross-ex and speeches once the timer goes off.

I'll vote for anything. Tech over truth. You should be well-versed in your arguments. Nothing annoys me more when debaters stand up for speeches after the 2ac and just read cards/analytics straight down without interacting with your opponents' arguments. Please use judge instruction and tell me exactly how I should evaluate the round.

Kritik--

More familiar with policy args, as far as K's, I'm familiar with Cap and Fem. Other than that you should over-explain. I am not the best with theory so I will need clear judge instruction and voters for K theory args. Also if you are just using jargon without explaining it, I won't understand what you mean and I cannot vote for it. I want to know what the world of the alt looks like and why I should prefer it to the aff.

Topicality--

I default to competing interps. Explain what your model/interp means for the topic. That will convince me more than generic blocks. Pls slow down on the T flow.

DA--

Impact calc is important!! I evaluate the link level of the DA first and weigh it with the impacts of the aff. I am not very familiar with economic literature. If the 2NR is the Econ DA, please give me a story on what exactly the economy will look like in the world of the aff/DA.

(these are my thoughts translated into debate lingo by my daughter)

I am a lay/parent judge and evaluate stock issues. Please use judge instruction and tell me why you do/don't solve the aff. I prefer listening to DA's as they make the most sense to me. If you run a CP, I will not understand the rules of things like perms, linking to net benefits, etc. and will likely only evaluate whether or not the aff or the cp is a face-level better idea. Please do not run K's.

I like good public speaking skills, persuasion, and confidence.