Skills Debates Spring
2022 — Lansing, KS/US
BQD Paradigm List
All Paradigms: Show HideThey/Them. You can refer to me as Bailey or Baikey.
I debated at Lansing High school for four years. I am at my second semester debating for KCKCC. In high school i did only did lay debate, but in college I do IPDA, Parli, and LD.
Speed: I am very new to speed as I had never really done it in high school. I can keep up for the most part but I will clear you if needed. Do not go super sonic though, I apologize for my lack of experience in this aspect. I really value my flow now so being able to know what's happening in the debate for me is awesome. I also do expect y'all to be sign posting, I see no reason with y'all having cards to not be sign posting. It also just makes your speech sound cleaner for me.
Ks: I am very new to Ks unfortunately but I really love them! When running them I do think that the framework debate is rather important. Feel free to run them though! For K affs I do not mind them but I'm not a big fan unless there is a good reason. On top of that I feel like the framework is super important and would like that to be touched upon.
T: make it make sense, I think going for T is a a good strat. I like it tho
CP: Run them if you like!
Das: Run them, I like em lot. I think they are really important for impact weighing
#1 thing is don't be mean . I will comment on it and it will change my view on you if you are being for real evil.
Run whatever you like at the end of the day and try your best!
bailey.debate18@gmail.com
they/she
lansing '24
ask me for my email before the round or use a speechdrop – either is fine
novices
make arguments! you will be a lot more successful (at least in front of me) if you focus on arguing why you are winning your arguments and why that means you win – if you only read cards, that doesn't prove why you win the debate – the cards are your evidence, now you can use that evidence to make an argument to convince me to vote for you
extend arguments in your rebuttals instead of making new arguments – answer your opponents responses and tell me why you are winning the arguments you made earlier in the debate and why that means you win the round
use your rebuttals to resolve loose ends in the debate and prove why you are winning yours' and your opponents' arguments
if you flow, i’ll boost your speaker points! it’s a really good habit to start early and greatly improves your debating (please flow the debate)
be nice to your opponents – tournaments are really long and we're all tired
top level
tech > truth
depth >>> breadth
in-depth off case > more off case – don't sacrifice the depth of args just to read more and spread your opponents thin
spreading is fine, but make sure that you are clear and everyone is comfortable with you spreading – clarity is important and should be prioritized before trying to spread faster than you are able to – if you sacrifice your clarity to go faster to add like one more card to your speech, speaks will get docked
debate however you are comfortable and be willing to accommodate for your opponents – if you rely on tricks to win rounds, you probably won't make it very far
i'm pretty familiar with both policy and k debate, so read the args you want
i will try to evaluate the debate as a tabula rasa judge unless given a different role in the round – if you do read a role of the ballot and/or judge, explain it and tell me how it implicates my decision
judge instruction is important – tell me how i should vote because i won't do the work for you
pls be nice to everyone in the round, this should be fun and educational, not something that people dread showing up to
i'll write a lot of feedback on the ballot, but if you have further questions feel free to email me abt it
disads
the more specific the link, the more i will appreciate the disad
evaluate the story of the disad and how it affects the rest of the flow – how does it implicate the aff? why does it win you the round?
impact calc is important, esp to tell me how i should evaluate the impacts
counterplans
needs to have a net benefit in the 2nr – this doesn't have to be a disad, but there needs to be offense that the cp avoids for this to be a reason to not do the plan – i think counterplans should be used to solve some/all of the affs impacts to lower the threshold for a neg ballot on the disad/offense that the cp doesn't link to. win a disad/offense to the aff plan and then use the counterplan to solve some of aff's impacts to make the disad outweigh the affirmative's advantages (e.g. if aff has a climate impact, a disad that says the aff causes nuke war likely wouldn't outweigh the climate impact, but having a climate advantage counterplan that solves climate change would zero the aff's impacts making the nuke war impact against the aff the only impact left which definitely outweighs at that point)
perms need analysis and warrants on both sides – i won't be convinced by "perm do both" without an articulation of what that world would look like and my threshold for the neg's answers will be lowered, but if the 2a articulates what the perm actually does, it would increase my threshold for neg beating the perm – it should answer: what does the perm look like and how does it solve the link?
kritiks
you should win a link to the aff plan, research practices, etc. – however, i can be persuaded to not evaluate a link based on how you debate framework
do analysis between the flows about how the k functions (e.g. what your theory of power means for the aff's impacts – are they non-unique? does the k outweigh?)
tell me if the alt solves the aff or why it doesn't matter that it doesn't
perms need analysis and warrants on both sides
t
you need an interp and should have a warranted violation, don't just assume everyone else knows what model you are promoting and how aff doesn't meet it just from the definition
read standards/voters in the 1nc shell, and don't add new ones in the block. if you can read several other off case alongside t, you can spend an extra 30 seconds making actual arguments – pls don't sacrifice depth to spread your opponents thin
procedural fairness is an internal link, not an impact. tell me why unfair debates actually matter (e.g. education or burnout impacts probably result from skewed debates). if you win fairness as an impact, i will vote on it, but make sure you terminalize your impacts and use it as an internal link to your opponents' impacts (e.g. argue that education decreases under unfair debates and give examples)
both sides should give examples of the worst scenarios in their opponents' model, especially with k affs – what does their model justify and why is it bad?
debate is a game is not an argument on its own, but is a true statement – warrant out why it matters and how it implicates the impacts
Lansing '22
KU '26
please add me on the email chain: ryan.f.corrigan@gmail.com
pronouns: he/him
good judge for = policy v. policy, policy v. k
ok judge for = k-aff v. t-usfg, k-aff v. k
(I’ll do what I can to follow along but I just have the least experience with k-aff rounds so my comments and understanding of the round will not be as good as other judges. This isn’t to say to not read k-affs in front of me, but I may need a little more explanation than some judges.)
Debate the arguments that you want to debate. The best rounds come from both sides understanding their content and doing what they enjoy/have spent the most time prepping out.
I am pretty well versed on the lit people have been reading this year, but it is probably good to make sure it is clear and understandable for everyone in the round.
When I debated I did DCI and primarily ran policy affs, politics DAs, and more traditional Ks (cap, set col, anthro) if you care, but don't let that dissuade you from running what you want. As a coach/judge I am learning more about different types of arguments than what I typically ran, so you do not have to worry too much about judge adaptation as I will do what I can to follow along. If you have any specific questions though feel free to clarify before the round, but I will likely tell you to read what you are comfortable with.
Maybe this is a hot take, but I do think that not sending your pre-written analytics is kind of silly. I get the strategic advantage, but if you are scared of the other team having your analytics on a doc then they probably are not good and you are trying to capitalize off of them dropping it rather than just winning it upfront. I see it similarly to the Wiki in the sense that disclosing what you read is important to make it accessible for good debates.
Overall, you do you and I will try my best to keep up.
tech > truth, but truth influences the burden of proving an argument as false
depth > breadth
in depth off case > more silly off case arguments
specific links > vague links
speed is good just make sure it is clear and understandable
Impact calc and judge instruction are super important. Make it easier for me to evaluate your arguments the way you want me to rather than assuming I am perfectly understanding your argument and evaluating it like you are in your head.
Overall, be a good person and keep the space inclusive for everyone.
..and yes, I am Jack Corrigan's older brother
Hi, I’m Max DaMetz. I’m a three year debater. Usually when it comes to debates, I’ll watch everything and I’m open to hearing you out on your case as long as it isn’t completely stretched outside the realm of possibilities. I enjoy watching solid arguments as long as the team doesn’t leave the argument after the 1AC/1NC. I look forward to the debate. Good luck.
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email chain - austin.n.davis15@gmail.com
Lansing High School '23 / GMU '27
NDT qual x1
-- Truth over Tech -OR- Tech over Truth --
Tech >>>>>>>>>>Truth
-- DAs --
I don't have any specific preferences on what type of DA you choose to read. As long as you are taking time to clearly articulate a solid link/internal link chain story you'll be alright. Additionally, PLEASE impact out why your impact should be favored (i.e. why your ! o/w, how your ! means their impact can't be solved, etc). Once again no real preferences so do as you please.
-- CPs --
I mean, its a CP so I don't have any preferences besides, please don't read a CP-text w/o a solvency advocate. I'm just going to flow it as an analytic, so the Aff better punish them for this. Make sure you got a solid net-bene or I'm probably going to defer Aff on the perm pretty fast.
-- T -- policy v policy
Now I'll be real with you. I don't like topicality, I find those debates very boring. That doesn't mean I won't evaluate it, and if you are losing on T don't think I'm going to let that slide just cuz I don't like Topicality. With that being said, if you don't need to, please don't read T with me in the back. If its blatantly obvious, then go ahead. Regardless I won't tell you what to do, its your choice.
-- K --
I read afro-pess, afro-futurism, vampiric necropolitics, Taoism, queerness, cap, + ableism in HS. But by no means do I know everything about all of these topics, just enough so that I understand the language and general theory you will be arguing. So make sure you are taking the time to explain your theory, what it means for the round, and what my voting Neg is going to do to resolve or address these impacts. The most important part of the K debate is the link debate. Please try to have topic-specific links. Links of omission (the Aff doesn't mention X-thing so they exclude it) are not good links, but sometimes are all you have. So, if the Aff doesn't bring it up, then I'll give it to you but if they do, you better have a valid reason why you should get this link; but that'll be tough. Rejection alts are alts. MAKE SURE whether your impacts are physical or metaphysical that they are contextualized and impacted out in the round, this is where you will win SO MANY DEBATES. I am a lot more persuaded to vote for an alt that solves or mitigates the impacts of the Aff in some way. Lastly, I'm not gonna kick the alt for the team. If you don't want it, do it yourself.
sidenote: would love to see some KvK rounds :D
-- K Aff --
- have a strong TOP, winning this will keep you in almost every debate you have
- i'd prefer the aff have a topic link, without one, FW becomes very convincing. It doesn't mean I'll vote Neg on FW 100% of the time, but you'll need to really articulate why not having one is good. So, make it easier on me, urself, and your opponents, and jus have a topic link, so get creative. [example #1: Is the topic about nukes? (queerness) nuclear family bad, (anti-blackness) resolution is a nuclear bomb on black folks in the community, etc - example #2: Is the topic about the econ? (queerness) debate = libidinal econ = violent, (anti-blackness) black markets, etc.]
- Judge instruction!!! what is my role as the judge? why do you need the ballot? does the ballot resolve ur impacts? why is this round key? 2ARs, I need you to draw a clear path to aff ballot and tell me what tf u need me to do.
- You should know/understand your Aff, if you don't get it you prolly shouldn't read it.
-- Clash Debates / T-FW --
I'm going to vote for who T-FW. At the end of the debate, you need to be clearly explaining how your interp creates the best model of debate. I think limits and clash are very compelling impacts. Fairness isn't an impact, its a I/L (but if you win fairness is an ! that o/w the aff need for being, good for u, but it'll be an up hill battle).
if aff, make sure you are impact turning T to use the Aff to leverage offense on FW
Unasked for opinion: I think these debates can provide a much-needed discussion about the current state and future of this activity and what debate could and should look like. At the end of the day, we need to realize that debate is what we make it, and at the end of the round, rather than seeing each other as opposites due to debate style that instead we are all just people here who care about debate and want to grow. So, please stick together, and have fun in these debates, because these will be some of the most educational conversations you will have.
Goodluck!!!
jackson.jackson@lansinglion.org for an email chain- though I prefer SpeechDrop
Hey, I'm Jackson Jackson (he/him)
This is my 3rd year doing policy debate. I have made it to state every year and have gone to Nationals in PFD my freshman year and World Schools debate at NSDA my freshman and sophomore year. I've judged tournaments at my school before. I like to think that I know what I'm doing in the realm of debate.
Policy:
First things first, I will be timing everything. Please let me know when you are taking prep, because if there's anything I don't like, it's stealing prep. If it's an online tournament, I will especially require integrity and you not being sneaky and stealing prep.
I'm not necessarily a flow judge, but I will be flowing and will take that into my decision.
Clarity of speaking is super important to me. If I can't understand what you're saying, then I'm probably not going to take into account what you're saying (which should be pretty obvious).
I am open to pretty much any argument as long as you can outline to me how it pertains to the debate (ie. link chain, violation, relation to resolution). If you drop all of your arguments besides one, explain why I should still vote for you. This also relates to role of the judge. If you make it clear why I should vote for you and not the other team, it exponentially increases the likeliness for you to win.
Overall, don't be a bad human. If you are rude to the other team and it affects the round, it will be applied into my decision in the debate. Have fun and no stress!
Email (For Email chains): natalieriggs05@gmail.com
Pronouns: They/Them
Policy Debate
I am mostly going to be judging based on knowledge of your resolution, speaking skills, and ability to answer arguments. I have done both debate and forensics throughout High School.
I debated at Lansing High School for 4 years
I currently do speech and debate at Western Kentucky University
email: nik.schintgentf@gmail.com
they/them
I don't care if you say judge, N, or Nik... just not Niklas
\\ I have an apd which makes it difficult to hear spreading so I'm probably not the best judge if you wish to do that, im sorry. Either way, you can go slow or spread in front of me but on the chance that you do spread don't blitz through the tags so I can actually pick up what you're trying to put down - the same goes for analytics or the rebuttals - if you need me to write make it so I can hear it. I cleared people at the end of my career as a debater and I will clear you now.//
General
Be respectful towards you're opponents
I think pre-round disclosure is good
Judge Instruction is going to be the most important for me. I want to know why you win the debate and how. Do comparative analysis, should be able to explain your evidence and why it is better than theirs and why this one thing means the debate goes entirely in your favor. If you don't then that's on you and will probably require me to do more intervening on my part.
I'm not going to read the evidence unless you tell me to. Don't just insert a rehighlight - tell me why it proves the aff/neg thesis to be false and then prove where that is in the ev.
I'm open to pretty much any arg - I've never had a problem with too many but if you as a debater think ev is bad and can be violent or exclusionary then tell me why. My debate partner and I in highschool made arguments like this in highschool so I can find them compelling.
IK this doesn't have a lot in it but I have a lot of the same debate philosophy as Jam Hoffman, Azja Butler, Joshua Michael, Alaina Walberg, Nate Nys, and some other folks as they have greatly influenced my debate career
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Tech/Truth
I always find myself to be tech over truth - unless you give me a reason not to be
Disadvantages
I like disadvantages and think the creative ones with a good link story end up winning my ballot the most. There are lots of tricks teams don't utilize enough, especially with ptx DAs. Do the impact calc and link work - you know.
Counterplans
I love counterplans and I don't feel like they get used creatively enough. I don't think a counterplan needs to solve for the entirety of the aff but you should have a reason why it doesn't need to.
Kritiks/K-Affs
I did K debate my last year of highschool reading Afro-Pessimism, Afro-Futurism, Vampiric Necropolitics, Taosim, Cap, Empire, and Ableism. I think the link debate is always important, you need to be able to answer questions like how does it link to the aff/topic? Impacts need to be impacted out- duh. You need to explain the alt/advocacy and how it resolves your impacts. Teams don't do this enough and just repeat the name of their alternative and other teams don't call them out enough on it.
T-FW/Framework
I don't think the negative spends enough time trying to frame aff offense out of the debate and that causes the negative to lose lots of rounds. Same goes for the aff, there are sometimes just lots of easily conceded arguments that can cause you to immediately lose the debate. I find these debates become extremely messy and make following very difficult so please keep it organized.
Topicality
A lot of the same stuff on T-FW applies over here. T violations are better when they are carded and I don't see people answering we meets well enough
MISC.
Clipping is an academic malpractice and will result in a loss and low speaks.
Same with slurs, etc.
I've noticed I have lots of feedback sometimes, especially for novices, so I'm sorry if you do not like that. Sometimes my writing tone can come off as mean or passive aggressive, I pinkie promise its not.
I've done debate for 4 years and have gone to KSHSAA state for two of them in the Open division. My style is primarily traditional, persuasive debate. Think of it like a courtroom, not a chess board. I will still judge heavily based on who wins the flow, but your skill as a public speaker will also play a role in if you win my ballot.
Arguments
Pretty much any argument is okay. I will catch any T argument, but if the T doesn't actually apply/make sense on a debate theory level, I may flow the T arg to the aff. Ks are also good, but you will have to do a lot of work to explain the K to me, b/c I generally don't run Ks in round. Role of the ballot is important to me in a K debate -- what does my vote do?
if you run a counterplan, make it unconditional. i don't buy that condo is good. that's probably the only argument I wouldn't bother running with me as a judge
Theory
i prefer tech over truth until it gets to very outlandish and obviously untrue arguments
cx is binding by default -- Anything you say in cross-ex WILL apply in future speeches
do impact calc on both sides -- if you can't explain the significance of your harms/impacts i won't vote for it. i am able to interpret pretty much any set of evidence you throw at me but if you can't explain it in your own words it will be harder for me to consider.
i will automatically shoot down any problematic behavior (racism or racist rhetoric, disrespecting pronouns/gender identity, etc.)
3rd year Lansing debater, I've mainly debated in tech circuits, but am doing more open debates recently.
add me to the email chain elise6713@gmail.com
she/her
In terms of general argument types, I'll listen to and vote on anything except bigoted/exclusionary args.
speed: I've debated tech for a couple years so I'll probably be able to keep up with whatever speed you're comfortable at, that being said, I do prefer clarity on tags for flowing purposes and won't be impressed by people trying to go faster than they can just because. Speak at a speed you can be clear at and always check with the other team's comfortability with speed
DO NOT be unnecessarily aggressive in round- we're here to debate, not attack each other.
I tend to prefer T or K debates but can also enjoy more generic policy rounds.
DAs: Disads are great, try and contextualize the link as much as possible and do a lot of impact calc
Kritiks: I love K debates, but they need to make sense and not be used as a way to confuse the other team. I am partial towards perf con args on the aff and will probably weigh it more heavily than other judges as long as it is warranted out properly and given voters. On the neg contextual links are super important and I like line-by-line after the 1NC.
Counterplans: Honestly I don't really do a lot of intense counterplan debates, so you'll probably have to do a little more explanation on why the cp is net good, but I'll still vote on them.
Topicality: I love good topicality debates, but if it isn't correctly done I'll probably end up disregarding it. Standards and voters are super important. I don't really like reasonability, but if it isn't answered well I'll weigh it.
Overall, just have fun and read what you want.
Lansing 25’ (he/they)
email: innocuous.email2@gmail.com
I'm a third year at Lansing, i've been in DCI and KDC each for a year and i've gotten to outrounds at Heritage Hall and Glennbrooks. I've gone to NSDA in LD and Extemp. Bottom line is, I'm flexible to whatever style you want to debate in. I'm pretty Tabula Rasa and would prefer to resolve the debate with as little judge intervention as possible.
Speed is fine as long as you SPEAK UP and ENUNCIATE. If I can't hear what you are saying then I won't factor it into my decision.
I will NOT tolerate any racism, transphobia, homophobia, ableism, etc. This activity is for everyone and language/actions that exclude people is an automatic L.
Please ask if you have any further questions
4 years of debate (KDC/OPEN) at Lansing High
add me on the email chain gagethompsondebategang@gmail.com however I'd prefer speechdrop.net its overall faster
Top Level: I've learned as I've began judging more that I don't necessarily like certain arguments over others just how the arguments are ran and extended. Right now I'm big into the K in pretty much every way. That doesnt mean you dont have to explain anything to me in fact I believe that the kritik is the argument that will always require the most explaining but basically I'm cool with whatever you'll do just make sure to explain the argument and respond to what the other team says against it extend the voter and do impact calc and youll basically win my ballot. And dont be racist/sexist/homophobic/ableist/or overall a dick it's prolly the fastest way to not only get speaker points docked but also to lose my ballot. Overall this activity should be fun and inclusive for all lets make it be that way.
More in depth version of how I evaluate
Judge intervention freaking sucks dont make me do it please that means extend voters/read voters and do impact calc/extend impacts. After getting screwed in a semifinals round because of judges intervening the idea of voting on something that never comes out of your mouth genuinely makes me like the worst human in the world.
T: On topicality I'll default to competing Interps unless you give me a reason to favor reasonability. I think competitive equity and education are the best impacts to run on T. IE: Its not necessarily about the ground you lose but the ground they gain bc lets be honest the aff already gets Infinite prep First and Last speech so they prolly shouldn't be getting another leg up on the neg. For the aff tho I find that "we meet" arguments are very convincing and if its pretty obvious you meet you dont have to win a counter interp for that. Also a lot of aff teams will read that Lit checks abuse ( I do this all the time LOL) but its not a good arg and is easily beaten with this line "Lit exists for everything just because the lit exists doesnt make what youre doing good for the activity" also if your neg focus on the impacts we see if affs can read untopical plans and win every aff round. Ie: they make being the neg impossible which means lower novice participation and lower rates of people coming into the activity. That's prolly the fastest way to win my ballot NGL because hey guess what if that happens I lose my job and the activity I love goes into the grave.
CP: ah yes this part of the paradigm oh boy put on your seat belt for this one... I like CP's I think that theyre a good test of the affirmative however too many people end up reading these and they develop into super complex theory debates super fast like lighting mcqueen fast. So lets break it down
Condo: Condo is good if the neg reads one cp i feel like they should be able to kick it and go for something else but if they read like 3 cp's come on G dont be like that please only read 1 cp so that way we all dont get confused.
PICS: haha PICS are super bad if you read one youre prolly gonna lose the round so dont theyre one of the most abusive args you can read.
50 states: easily permable unless you read tix IG even still dont know how i feel about 50 actor fiat so the aff could maybe snag you on that but it also depends on the topic. the framers lowkey never like to give neg ground on domestic topics so 50 states and like federalism/tix is all you got so im chill with them then just explain how they do the same thing as the aff or are better and that they avoid the NB
net ben: please please please for everything thats good in the world read a net ben with your CP otherwise i have no reason to vote for your CP
Consult CP's: I view these similarly to PICS because thats what they are change my mind
Delay CP's : Same exact thing as consult cp's and PICS because its a PIC
DA's: Not a whole lot to say here tbh Da's are pretty straight forward um make sure to tell me that they outweigh case if your neg and if youre aff prove that theyre either non unique/ turn the DA's link/ Turn the Impact and um given the neg doesnt answer that youll win id say. also if youre aff tell me why your case outweighs i dont just want to hear the words i also want to hear why. overall tho I want to hear debate in each level as you condense the round.
Spec: I have an interesting love hate relationship lowkey spec args are one of the nit pickiest things in the book and are older than a dinosaur. but I also love them for that reason exactly. make sure like a DA or ig more like T provide an interp, violation, standards, and a voter/MPX. ill vote on spec given that you actually go for it fully in the 2nr. it can be an effective strat tho if you read a spec/vagueness arg in order to protect the links to a politics DA or to some like agent specific DA.
K: This part of my paradigm used to be super vague but now is not :) ya boi got some experience with the kritik finally. Alright so as the aff the things I think you need to do to in round is one respond to every link including links of omission if not they have proof that you cause the impact to happen. second weigh the impact of the aff against the impact of the Alt. Third, perm the Kritik unless the perm would create a link of omission then be careful. Fourth challenge Alt solvency if the alt cant solve for the root cause of its problem it means I shouldnt vote for it. thats prolly the easiest way to tell you how to answer. you can also give me a ROB arg which tells me how i need to frame the debate round IE: h=whoever has the best durable solvency or whoever prevents the biggest impact in terms of magnitude. or whatever you wish it to be. and on the negative be able to defend everything above and any sketchy things the aff might do.
Speed: im okay with speed but beware if its not on the doc slow down and sign post otherwise i will lose track and wont get it on my flow and whatever i flow is king IE: if i dont catch it i wont use it in my RFD
I'm Patrick Wong. I'm a debater at Lansing High School, currently a junior. I went to Michigan Debate Camp. I debate.
Please extend arguments.
Please give me an order that isn't confusing. Just say "case in order of adv 1 then adv 2 and then the DA then CP" or something. For the 1NC just tell me how many off it is.
Please look at the judge when doing CX you are attempting to convince the judge not the opponents.
I flow the debate, so don't bring any new args in the last rebuttal that were not previously stated in the prior speeches.
Don't steal prep time.
Don't be problematic.
Run whatever you want.
Pronouns: She/her
Lansing '22
4 Years Lansing HS Debate & Forensics
Lansing HS Assistant Coach
KU '
i don't really care what you run as long as you are clear about it, if i don't know what you're saying then i probably won't vote for you. i have a pretty good understanding of debate and basic arguments, if you run something confusing then EXPLAIN IT, jargon should also be explained if it's not a fairly common term just in case i don't know what you're getting at. i would rather you focus on fewer good arguments than try to run 9 off and not know how to explain any of it. if you wanna run a k or anything like that i don't care but i would prefer for it to be something you can clearly convince me of, your k should basically be an alternate reality and if i'm not convinced it can exist then i won't vote for it. win me on basic stock issues before you try to win me on some off the wall argument that is only vaguely relevant to the current debate. as for speed i'm not a huge stickler about speed but i do ask that whatever speed you go that you are clear. if i am left in the dust, cannot understand you, or it's unclear of what's going on i'll probably just stop listening and i'm guess you probably don't want that. if i am judging you then i definitely want to be a part of the document sharing however that may be done, if there's an email chain that's cool: alexa.ymker@gmail.com. i also believe that the 1AC should be able to send the speech out as soon as the round starts so please make sure you are able to do that