History:
I have judged South Dakota debate for the past 18 years. During my High School years, I competed in Policy, Public Forum and Lincoln-Douglas debate. I don't judge as frequently anymore, but do normally get a couple tournaments in each year.

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

I am a traditional LD judge looking for a value debate. Tell me why your value is supreme and how you better uphold your value or achieve your opponent's value.

Contention debate is important, but you need to win/uphold your value for the contention to hold weight.

Crystalize your debate in the end and give my your voters. Tell me how to vote and why you win. If you make the decisions for me and show me why, it is less decisions I have to make on the ballot and more likely to go your way.

Public Forum Debate

For an "On Balance" topic, I'm going to weigh out the two sides. You don't have to win every point in the round, you don't even have to argue every point, you need to show why, on balance, your side wins.

Write your ballot for me, tell me why you win this and why this is most important.

Speed:
I learn the older I get and less I judge, the harder it is to keep up the flow. I'm probably a 5 on a scale of 10 for speed.

To All Debaters:

1) If you have ANY questions, let me know before the round begins!

2) Please be kind during the round. Extreme aggressive questioning, condescension, or even insulting behavior will be marked on my ballot for your coaches to see. It may not affect the end result, but it is important to note.

3) I am an ex-speech kid, but mostly did oratory and info for the time I was in High School. However, I am now a debater in college, so I get the gist.

Public Forum paradigm:

It is hard to convince me unless me unless it is well-justified or the opponent fails to point out the fallacies. In short, I enjoy line-by-line and then impacts at the bottom. I like voters and impacts in final speec

Speed is fine, but dont speak faster than I can understand you. If you're stumbling and aren't succinct, that will not help you.

I don't know what a K is, if you have a K you will have to explain it.

When I look for a win, if you cover all points on a flow, make a strong case for/against a resultion, that is a sure win. A stronger case means that taking all the evidence together that has been introduced and extended throughout the round.

LD:

I did not do LD in high school, but I understand the discussion of value and criterion and philosophy. With that being said, stick to more "traditional" LD arguments since I have never done this before

Value/Criterion do matter more than contention-level, but I expect both to be covered effectively.

Line by line argumentation works for me

same speed as PF

Good luck! You will do outstanding!