I am a current high school speech and debater with experience in parliamentary debate, interp, impromptu, and am familiar with most events.

DEBATE PARADIGMS:

Off-time roadmaps are appreciated, and I am fine with mild spreading. I want to hear logical contentions, and for you to explain the reasoning behind your contentions with as much context as possible. I should not be confused by your standpoint or by what you are addressing. In other words, explain your arguments to me like I'm a five-year-old.

I value tech over truth arguments. Regardless of whatever you say in your point (unless it's offensive), I will go along with it! I believe that in the case of such arguments, it's up to the other side to disprove any claims made.

SPEECH PARADIGMS:

I look for speeches with minimal filler words/hesitations, and meaningful body language. To me, having an engaging speech is what matters most. For interp, I look for pieces with significant blocking, vocal variety, and skillful emotional portrayal.

SOME GENERAL DETAILS:

Timing: I would recommend that you time yourself, but I'm more than happy to provide time signals if needed.

Conduct: I expect you to be respectful to your opponents. I will reduce speaker points if you are disrespectful to anyone.

+0.5 speaker points for any time you make a reference to rubber duckies when speaking.

Most importantly, I want you to have fun! Good luck with your rounds!

pronouns: she/her
hello! thank you for taking the time to read my paradigm (I hope you weren’t expecting too much).

I competed in Oregon Speech & Debate for all four years of high school (mainly in impromptu, prose, DI, some public forum, and a dabble of parli and Lincoln Douglas). This means that while I understand the fundamentals of debate (excluding policy and congressional), I’ll probably have a hard time keeping up if you use speed and/or jargon excessively. Please keep that in mind if I am in your round! Thanks.

Some miscellaneous notes:

- I appreciate sign-posting and roadmaps (very much so)
- I don’t flow cross-ex.

Hey! My name is Suhani and I’m a high school Varsity Speech and Debate Competitor. I am a Nationals and States competitor, and my events include Duo Interpretation and Radio Commentary. Here are my paradigms!

Speech:

• Interp: Articulate clearly!! I want a loud, appropriate voice for your piece, so make sure to emphasize important points of your story with meaningful body language to make the audience feel as if we’re living through it.
• Platform: Minimal hesitations- even if there’s a big pause, that’s okay! As long as you’re not “uhmm” -ing your way through your memory, it’ll keep me engaged.
• I’m looking for active blocking, an exceptional depiction of emotions, and a clear voice.

Debate:

• Ask questions in cross ex. It’s very important you do so and I will be flowing so make sure if there are any points you will be refuting to let me know and connect.
• Clear and loud voice. This means minimizing your stuttering and pronunciation correct most of the time! Please don’t spread (speed read), important points will be lost in translation.
• State your cards/sources. I want to know where you got your information from and don’t hesitate to ask your opponents for their cards! Especially for PF as it’s fact-based, I appreciate a smooth transfer either in-person or from an email/doc/AirDrop.
• Kindness. Debates can get very messy; I’ve been in one myself. Make sure to keep yourself composed and remember that this is a DEBATE and not an ARGUMENT.

You WILL be marked down if you are:

• Being offensive to your opponents.
• Disrespecting the performer while they’re presenting.
• Being toxic.

Lastly, make sure y’all have fun! Good luck in your rounds :D

Hi! I'm Daniel Lee, a senior at Sunset High

I've been doing debate for two years and I'm experienced in pf, and can kinda cross-apply to other debate events.

I take real-world issues pretty seriously, as in if anything racist/sexist/homophobic is said I will be stopping the round.

I can take spreading, but if your opponents request you to slow down or if they say "clear!" you should slow down. If you continue, at best your speaks get dinked at worst I drop you if your opponents just cannot comprehend what you're saying. Go crazy for fellow spreaders. It's probably good courtesy to ask before the round though, just to be sure.

DO NOT TAKE 2 MINUTES TO ANSWER A QUESTION IN CROSS!! This is my biggest pet peeve, and if you want high speaks, you will need to answer questions concisely. I understand that every question is a pointed question, but you don't need a summary speech in order to dispute it. Although if you still do it, I won't drop you, I'll just be sad.

Defense for me is NOT sticky, you need to bring something up every speech if you want me to flow it through safely. If your opponents point it out I will drop it.

I don't flow cross, but I really like it so I pay pretty close attention.

I am super inexperienced with T's, K's, and trix, but I more or less understand K's and I will buy T's if there's actually something worth running a T for (sexism, spreading, rudeness, abuse of time/prep). I'll buy trix if you buy me a car.

I am a tech > truth and I'll try to be tabula rasa as much as possible. If you tell me the moon is green I'll buy it until your opponents say literally anything about it.

Add me to the email chain, I will be calling for cards if there's ever a dispute and I will be checking evidence! So stay strapped with the proper, cut cards. If it looks ugly and is just a massive text dump with a link I will read it but will be very sad.

If your opponents are inexperienced don't angle shoot/bully them. PF is tough but stomping a team because they don't fully understand sticky defense or are stuttering in cross isn't what should happen. Be nice to new teams, if you try to win off a technicality or intimidate them to throw them off I won't buy it.

If opponents abuse going 2nd I will drop their points/pre-rebuttal so you don't have to bring it up. You will need to bring up lack of evidence though, I assume things have cards unless you tell me otherwise.

Hello!

I did speech and debate in Oregon in high school from 2019-2023. I primarily focused on parliamentary debate, but I tried out Public Forum and Lincoln Douglas as well, and will be familiar with the conventions of your event. Feel free to use whatever jargon you please, so long as a) it strengthens your argument by allowing you to be more concise, and b) a reasonable person would expect your opponent to understand the jargon you're using. A good rule of thumb is that if a 2nd year open debater can understand your argument, I'll probably be able to understand it too.

I will try my best to remain tabula rasa, but like anyone else I have my biases, some of which I may not be aware of, but I will always be moved by persuasive argumentation. I will be keeping a (hopefully) good flow, but my notes can only be to the quality that I understand your argument.

Disclosure

While I personally believe in disclosure, OSAA rules don't allow me to discuss rounds with you during the tournament. However, if you want my flow sheets, or have any questions about my ballot after the tournament is over, feel free to contact me at my email: bryson@petterborg.com.

I promise you aren't being a bother, especially if you go to a smaller school where opportunities to get feedback can be sparse.

DEBATE: No spreading please!!! Present your case loudly and clearly, and have good organization. Signposting is helpful. Keep a respectful debate, and explain examples if you’re going to bring them up: for example, if you use a historical event as evidence, give a brief summary of what it was and how it supports your contention.

I will judge the debate on both the flow / who had more solid and defended arguments, as well as speaking and structure. Just be confident and take a breath if you keep tripping up!

Have fun :)

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Hello, speechies and debabies! I am a current high school speaker and debater and my pronouns are she/her/hers. I compete in a wide variety of events including Public Forum, Parliamentary, Prose, Poetry, Impromptu, and ADS.

Debate:
Tabula rasa- assume I am coming into the debate with zero knowledge and explain everything to me, even if it seems like common sense. Off-time (or on-time) roadmaps are appreciated. Fast speaking is completely fine with me, but make sure you have super clear signposting. I want to hear exactly what argument you are addressing. I am a flow judge and most of the time, I will take tech over truth, as long as you provide me with evidence and a strong link. Weighing is probably the most important thing you can do. Tell me exactly why I am voting for your arguments over your opponents' arguments. I will mark you down for over-aggression and rudeness- I want you to attack your opponent's cases, not them.

Speech:
For platform-speaking events, the thing I most want to hear is structure. I need a thesis and a clear structure and signposting in your speech. Good speaking pace, articulation, and eye contact will also help your ranking. For limited prep events, I want clear, complete sentences. If you need to, take a pause but don't try to continue and just "um" your way through your speech. In Interp, I am looking for clear storytelling with a variety of emotions.

In General:
Speech and Debate is meant to be a fun, educational experience for everyone. I will not tolerate discrimination or rudeness and you will be marked down for those kinds of behaviors. Have fun, do your best, and show good sportsmanship. Best of luck to everyone!

I’m a Senior debater at Sunset High School and do both Public Forum debate and Extemporaneous speaking.

For Debate:

I am completely fine with speed, as long as you speak clearly and coherently. I did Parli in middle school but haven't done it in the past two years. If you’re doing PF or Policy, please set up an evidence exchange (Google Doc, Email, Dropbox) at the start of the round before constructive speeches. You’ll get extra speaker points if you say “Uh-Oh Spaghetti-Os” in any of your speeches. I tend to focus a lot on the flow but will vote on well-executed topicality and theory shells and more standard kritiks. Signposting during your speeches is important to me, and I am generally a tech over truth judge (as long as the argument is somewhat reasonable and has a clear link chain). For cross-ex, be respectful, don’t interrupt your opponents, be respectful, and be confident! In your final focus/voter speeches, I look for more weighing/impact calc over other voters, and I don’t need a re-explanation of all your points.

For Speech:
I’ll vote you higher if you have a clearly laid out speech structure and make your thesis clear.
If you're doing Extemp, make sure to cite your sources in an obvious manner and try to keep an equal time allocation for each of your points. If you're doing an interp event (POI, Prose, etc.), ensure your blocking matches what you're speaking about. For example, don't incessantly make pointless hand gestures or pace across the stage when you're not trying to emphasize a particular point.

For all events:
Speech and Debate should be a place to learn, have fun, and enjoy yourself. Don't be toxic, don't misrepresent evidence, don't take prep while you're sharing cards, and please be respectful to everyone!