Hi guys,

My name is Ashwika Bansal and I’m currently a PF debater.
A few things:

1. I will flow your round, but not crossfire. If you would like anything from crossfire to be considered, it must be brought up in another one of your speeches

2. Weigh, weigh, weigh! Weigh in your summary and weigh in your final focus

3. Also make sure to extend your arguments in both final speeches, if you do not bring an argument again, I will cross is of from my flow

4. Please try to keep crossfire civil, I understand y’all can get heated but try to keep things calm.

5. Absolutely no spreading

As for speaker points:

I will start at a 28 and either raise or lower from their. You will lose speaker points for being rude, speaking too fast, or stuttering and having long pauses. I will raise speaks if you speak with confidence and articulate your words.

Any racist, xenophobic, or just downright rude remarks mean an automatic loss. No questions asked.

Best of luck and have fun!

Hey! I’m Sreehi, and I’m a high school PF Varsity debater with 3 years of experience.

In a round I prefer,

tech > truth
I am a Flow judge
I can flow Spreading, as long as clarity is preserved
Signposting is VERY IMPORTANT, make sure to Signpost so it makes flowing easier for me.
I will not approve of racist comments, hatred, this results in very low speaker points.
Please keep the round professional and fun for both your opponents and myself.

I will keep track of time during rounds, but make sure to keep track of your own time to make sure you don’t go overtime.
I will stop flowing after the time ends.

Make sure to have your cards ready to be share if needed. Make sure to add me to the email if sharing a card.

My email: bellamkonda.sreehi@gmail.com

I am not going to flow cross, anything important brought up during cross should be brought up after during speeches inorder for it to count!

Important reminders:

Second Rebuttal Speech:

should frontline
be sure to implicate all your cards and warrants; don’t just read cards and make me assume what you meant

First Summary Speech:

should frontline
please try to collapse on contentions and turns
make sure to weigh
weighing should be comparative
explain clash and why you win
no new cards or responses after first summary

Final Focus speeches:

only what is said in summary can be extended into final focus
once again, weigh
use ballot directive language to tell me why i should vote for you

good luck and have fun debating! :)

Hi - I've judged several tournaments over the last year and I love hearing different points of view.

First -- make sure I can understand you. If you go fast and mumble, I won't hear your points and will have a hard time following your arguments. Ideally, enumerate your points so I can follow them and keep track of them throughout the argument. If you go fast, make sure I can get your points! Otherwise, focus on what's most important and share that with me.

Second -- use your time! If you have 4 minutes, make the most of it.

Third -- Cite your sources. It is important that you do this so I can compare evidence. Then tell me why those points are important.

Fourth -- (but probably most important) Be respectful. Good sportsmanship and being kind is important to me. If you insult or talk down to the other team, I will not be impressed.

Lastly, listen to the other team.

Good luck!

Hi my name is Edalene. I am a student judge. I did MS Public Forum for 2.

Some Other Notes:

I will be keeping time, but feel free to do so too.

Don’t bring up new information in the summary/ final focus

Weigh your argument. Why is what you said important? Why should I vote for you?

I will not judge based of crossfire, so if any important points were brought up mention them in your speech.

I appreciate signposting

Be respectful to one another

Bring through your argument to your final focus, otherwise I will consider it dropped and will not consider it towards your overall argument, even if th opponent never addresses it.

I am not going to judge based of speaking but please speak clearly and not too quickly so that I can understand.

Good luck and have fun!!

Hello!

Here are some pointers to take into account when I judge a round of PF:

• Weighing is a MUST --> must be comparative
• Strengthen links WHILE de-linking your opponents points
• If you bring up a framework, carry it throughout ALL of your speeches
• I do allow off-time roadmaps
• Try not to be TOO repetitive --> I take note of as much as I can so if I catch a strong point, I will take that into account so there isn't a need to spend too much time going over the same point
• Make sure to refute directly --> In other words, try not to beat around the bush
• If you can, I strongly encourage you to front line, although I understand it may be difficult for Pro teams
• Logic AND Evidence

I understand that this may be a LOT to do in a round but try to do as many as possible. In addition, I will usually be judging based off of how well you did for the division you are in.

Good Luck!!!!

email: kguanoluisa05@gmail.com

Hi, my name is Kevin, I’m a third year policy debater at Brooklyn Tech, and I’m mostly a k debater. My pronouns are he/him.

Obviously don’t read anything racist, sexist, homophobic, etc.

I love ks but if you can't explain/don't understand your k, I probably won't want to vote for you, especially if your opponent points it out.

T is really fun. If you go for t in the 2nr make sure you kick the rest of your args and go on t and only t.

CPs and DAs are also cool

Random things:

CX is binding, but for something your opponents said to be put on the flow, say it in your speech. Open cx is fine.

Spreading is fine but please slow down for card titles/authors, analytics, and rebuttal speeches.

I try to avoid judge intervention, but I will throw out any completely new arguments made in the 2ar.

Write my ballot for me in the 2nr/2ar, and make sure to fully extend things throughout the round

~cred to Ruby for paradigm

BIGGEST LAY JUDGE THERE IS

be good debaters

champed BSD invitational (so i'm decently fine)

i'm an old senior age pf debater who's been circulating around the circuit for a few years now. i am strictly pf. if i am judging another event please tell me what certain terms mean. if i don't know something and it is never explained i will cry

please come to round with cut cards for ur case and anything else u read, if ur opponents call for a card and we hv to wait more than 2 min for a card i'll get angry n maybe dock speaks or smth idk yet

clarenceguo2005@gmail.com <- email chain or google dox (i prefer docs)

don't be any of the -isms and we'll be fine

hi! i'm smriti, and i'm a high school pf debater with 3 years of experience.

overall

• tech > truth
• flow judge
• tabula rasa
• i can handle spreading, as long as clarity is preserved
• signposting and offtime roadmaps are helpful
• i will not tolerate any insults, hatred, racism, or bigoted comments; this will automatically result in 0 speaks
• don’t prep when you’re not supposed to
• make sure to not go too much overtime, 10 second grace

constructive

• i can handle any arguments you run, including techy ones
• make sure to have cut cards ready when called for
• add me to any email chains for sharing cards/speech docs; email: skumar25@students.d125.org

cross

• i don’t flow cross, so anything of importance must be brought up in the next speech

rebuttal

• please signpost so that i know where i should be on the flow
• second rebuttal should frontline
• be sure to implicate all your cards and warrants; don’t just read cards and make me assume what you meant

summary

• first summary should frontline
• please try to collapse on contentions and turns
• make sure to weigh
• weighing should be comparative
• explain clash and why you win
• no new cards or responses after first summary

final focus

• only what is said in summary can be extended into final focus
• once again, weigh
• use ballot directive language to tell me why i should vote for you

speaks

<25.5 - disruptive in round

26 - you did not advance the debate much, or cost the round

27 - you missed some major arguments in round

28 - you mostly had good arguments in round

29 - you did great, but there was something more left to be desired

30 - you were an overall excellent speaker and only made minor mistakes

good luck and have fun debating!

Please be respectful. Being disrespectful will cost you the round. It's that simple.

Also, I have no specific preferences in terms of how you debate in the round, just whoever makes the more compelling argument wins.

Extra speaks for a cool zoom filter, ideally a weird hat. Extra speaks for calling pro contentions "protentions". Finally, extra speaks for literally cutting up a chain when you de-link in cross.

Good luck comrades, and please see Spencer Kolker's paradigm for more info on my preferences.

First and foremost please be respectful throughout the whole round.
I’m a flow judge, so make sure to respond to as many of your opponents points as possible while defending your case to set up clash. My decision will mostly be based on linking/delinking and impact weighing. I will go based on speaking when deciding on a very close round.

Public Forum coach for Horace Mann, competed for Miami Beach, senior in college.

I am writing this paradigm against my will because I don't think there should be paradigms in public forum debate! If you follow the rules and convince me, you will win the round. That said:

- Speed is fine, but if I look like I'm struggling to keep up or understand, slow down.

- I'm bad at getting down author names. Extend the institution name if possible (e.g. NY Times, not Smith).

- If you want me to vote on something, it should be in summary. That said, you don't need too much terminal defense in summary (but I would like to see some acknowledgment of your opponent's case).

- I prefer line by line, but obviously connect ideas, generate clash, address framework, etc.

- Second speaking team doesn't have to cover front lines in rebuttal, but it's nice if you do.

- Repeat crossfire points in speeches if you want them to be considered.

- WARRANT YOUR ARGUMENTS! Absolutely the most important thing. A good life skill too. Why does what you're saying make sense?

- Flesh things out for me! I don't want to intervene with my own thoughts/ideas, so if there's anything you want in my brain (even if its obvious, or even if you just want to express some healthy skepticism on a claim) say it out loud!

- Be funny but not mean :)

Hi! I'm a junior at Horace Mann School. I have been on my school’s PF debate team since 8th grade. Please include me on the email chain and send speech docs if you're going to spread (nikita_pande@horacemann.org). BRING ME FOOD FOR AUTO 30 SPEAKS!!!!!! Below are my judging preferences:

• Tech > truth nine times out of ten. I will always vote off the flow.
• Be organized during speeches, please please please signpost so I can follow you on the flow.
• Nothing is sticky! If there's something you want me to evauluate, it must be extended in every speech. Also, don't just extend contention/response taglines—remember to extend the actual warranting as well.
• Turns should be extended in the same way a contention is: uniqueness, warranting, impact, and weighing.
• Weighing is the key to winning my ballot. My favorite mechanisms are prerequsite and short circuit. Use specific numbers when doing scope or magnitude weighing.
• Do not bring up any new responses starting second summary. It is abusive to your opponents who do not have adequate time to respond in first final focus.
• I will be timing all of your speeches and prep time. I will allow max 10 seconds overtime to finish your thought. Anything mentioned after going over that time limit will not be written down on my flow.
• If you and your opponents have conflicting evidence, explain to me why I should prefer your evidence over theirs (date of publication, author credibility, etc.) If there’s still an evidence clash, tell me why I should prefer you on the warrant level.
• If you make me laugh, I will raise your speaker points. Debate should be fun and should not be taken so seriously!
• Crossfire is my favorite part of the round because it fosters a low-stakes, quick exchange of ideas that is truly in the spirit of debate. Thus, I believe crossfire should not be flowed. If you would like a point made in crossfire to be recorded on my flow, mention it in a following speech.
• Your evidence should be in cut card format, not just a link.
• If you are able to, you should stand up during in-person debate while speaking and during first/second crossfire.
• Although not opposed to it, keep in mind that I have minor experience with theory and progressive debate. You can definitely run it, but don't expect me to know exactly how to evauluate it unless you explain it in speech.
• I will not hesitate to deduct speaker points if you're being rude, condescending or belligerent. Remember: attack the contentions, not the opponent.

• ^ I am happy to answer any questions!

Hi everyone! I'm a sophomore and I debate PF for Stuyvesant. (she/her)

My email: sofiapisarevadebate@gmail.com

(I want to be added to the email chain)

How I evaluate:

-Tech>Truth

-Warrant all of your arguments.

-Signposting is very important, esp if you want high speaks.

-Extend your case through all of your speeches, otherwise I won't evaluate it.

-Extensions should not be blippy, you must extend your uniqueness, link, and impact.

-You must be consistent in the back half of the round; if you didn't bring it up in summary, don't bother bringing it up in final focus. I won't evaluate it.

-You must weigh. Please clearly state when you're moving on to weighing, and weigh your turns, or else I won't grant you offense.

-I will evaluate prog if you can explain it clearly and simply.

Some logistics:

-Please do not go over 10 seconds in speeches.

-I'm fine with spreading, but be reasonable lol

Be a decent person, or else I will give you low speaks. Let me know if you have any questions before round!

Hello everyone! My name is Valeria Proekt. I began debating in middle school and have continued debating through high school. This is also my third year judging middle school debate.

A few things to note about my judging:

1. Please fill most, if not all of your time in a speech. Personally, I see it as a poor reflection of preparation if lots of time is left over, or for that matter, used after the clock is up.

2. I much prefer a speech with purpose, confidence, and conciseness, over a speech with lots of crammed information that is read at lightning speed. It's easier for judges, and opponents, to flow a speech that isn't rushed through, and good pacing gives you time to elaborate on each point. Speed debating is a huge pet peeve of mine, so please read at a moderate pace, this should be practiced before a tournament.

3. I will be keeping time, but I recommend you all keep time for yourselves to make sure you don't go too far under or over the clock.

4. Remember, you can not add any new information in your final focus.

5. In regards to jargon and technical language, as long as it is clear that YOU understand what you are saying (and you aren't clearly just using words to sound more knowledgeable without knowing what they mean), I have no issue with it. Feel free to use any topic-specific language you feel is necessary, there is no need to define every term you use unless you feel it helps your case.

6. When determining who won, I examine weighing most of all, followed by scope and magnitude. If an argument is dropped mid-round and is not addressed by the other team, it will not be considered as there is no follow-through.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them! I love answering any questions you might have. Remember, work hard, but also have fun, be confident, and enjoy your experience. I wish you all luck!

Hi everyone!

I'm Dharma, I am a high school debater and a flow judge.

(For MS TOC - I have debated this Japan Resolution and am familiar with most common contentions)

GENERAL:

- You're welcome to speak fast (no spreading!), I will flow all that I am able to comprehend

- Be cordial, being rude does not get your point across

- Please give concise off-time road maps if you do

- Time your speeches! (I will as well, if you go past 15 seconds over I will stop you)

SPEECHES:

- 2nd Rebuttal should always have frontlines :)

- No new evidence in second summary and final focus (as per the rules of PF debate)

SPEAKS:

- I'll judge speaker points based on style, tone, and overall quality of speaking.

- I want to see collaboration between you and your partner!

• Good Luck!!!

My name is Sameeha Saleem. I’m a student judge. I’ve been doing debates in many different formats but specifically, I did public forum debates for two years during middle school.

Important things to consider:

• get to the round as soon as you can

• Be respectful and considerate of your fellow debaters (no discriminatory remarks)

• Before starting, please tell me your name, what speaker you are, and your pronouns

• try to be as clear as possible

• Everyone has their own speeds of speaking and understanding so try to speak at a reasonable speed

•  Will always keep time, but just as a recommendation debaters should also keep time.

• Cards might be called if felt that they are necessary. 

• Always state where you got your evidence for.

• Try to weigh in your summaries and definitely in your final focuses.

• I won't count anything that happens during crossfires unless someone brings it up in their speech. 

• No new points should be brought up during the summary or final focus. 

• Verbal feedback will be given if asked, as well as written feedback on tabroom

Hi, I'm Micah, a third-year policy debater at Brooklyn Tech, I'm mostly a K debater (don't stress if y'all don't understand the debate terminology yet), and my pronouns are he/him. My email is mscott3878@bths.edu, I would like to be on the email chain, but I mostly flow by ear.

I'm tech over truth.

Don't say anything racist, sexist, homophobic, etc... and we should be fine.

Again, I love K's but I'm not expecting them. If you're going to read one please be sure you actually know what you're talking about and be able to defend what you say, that goes for everything but especially K's in my opinion.

CP's and DA's are cool, I will for sure vote on them.

I'm not a crazy big fan of T and I personally don't enjoy running it, but I do try to stay unbiased, so I will vote on it because it is a theory argument, just make sure you can really explain it.

I'm chill with open CX, and I do believe CX is binding so feel free to bring it up in your speeches.

Spreading is fine, in fact, I love spreading, just slow down for card tags, authors, and analytics.

Don't bring up new arguments in the 2AR and don't try to give 3NR's. Also, if your opponent drops an argument, make sure to capitalize on it, and on that note; don't drop arguments your opponents make or arguments you plan on going for.

Pro tip: The 2NR and 2AR are the speeches where you should write my ballot for me. Tell me exactly what you want me to vote for you on and explain and defend it. My RFD should look like your 2NR or 2AR.

If you're winning the debate by a wide margin and concede 30 seconds or more in the 2NR or 2AR, I'll massively boost your speaks.

Hello,

I am a sophmore in High School and I have debated in several tournaments over the last two years. I am very excited to be judging. Here are some of my most important stances in the debate world.

1), Be clear and confident when you're speaking. It helps on my side when I can understand what you are saying as I can properly flow the round.

2), Use your time. You are give a set amount of time for your speeches. Use it. You will be able to fit more arguments in and possibly add more arguments into the debate.

3), Cite your sources! It helps me flow and compare evidence.

4), Please be respectful. I will not tolerate inappropriate or offensive language, and it will make me and the opposing team disappointed. I believe that all debates should be fair with each team treating their opponents with kindness and respect.

Thank you for reading and I wish you luck in your debating.

Hi! My name is Evelyn and I am currently a high school policy debater and judge. I competed in PF debate for two years, and below I provided a list of things I look for when judging both PF and Policy rounds. Feel free to read it over and take a few minutes to prepare before the round starts.

PF Preferences:

1. I flow each part of the debate, but I usually don't take crossfire into consideration. Make sure to state all of the necessary rebuttals in your summary and final focus.

a. Do not add anything new in FF. If you add a new thought or rebuttal in final focus I will take points off!

2. If you would like to pull any cards, please pull them during YOUR prep. Time will not be counted during the search.

3. Please refrain typing in the chat while the other team/your teammate is speaking. You are allowed to put sources in the chat if the opposing side asks your team for it AFTER they are done speaking.

4. Interrupting is fine when you are responding to an argument, but not when you are preventing your opponents from making one.

5. I will be timing the speaker, but I recommend you also time yourself. I will NOT warn you once time is up. If the speaker goes overtime, I will flow all claims ten seconds after time is up. After those ten seconds, I will no longer be taking note.

6. If the opposing side does not respond to a claim/response, there's no need to repeat it. It is a waste of time.

9. Weigh a lot in final focus (and summary). The final focus is the last thing I jot down from each team, so try to weigh as much as you can.

Speaker Points: Losing team starts at 26. Winning team starts at 27. I do not go any lower than 26 unless discriminatory and/or racial language is used.

Policy Preferences:

1. I use Bergen County Debate League judge sheets to flow and judge.

2. I am well aware of the five pillars of debate, but please be specific in both affirmative and negative when referring to specific details that pertain to the pillars, as it's easier for me to go back on my judge sheet and see your arguments.

3. Use up all your time, I take off a point every 30 seconds you go over/under in the speech.

4. You are not permitted but can answer questions in crossfire after time is up.

5. I've won multiple judge awards for policy debates so there is no need to remind me specific regulations during your speeches (such as the idea that you only need to break one pillar to win on NEG), it is a waste of time as I am aware of the rules.

6. If AFF and NEG tie, NEG automatically wins.

Speaker Points: I look at analysis, evidence, organization, and presentation and present individual and overall points for each category depending on the ballot.

If you have any questions before or after the round, please feel free to ask. I will not disclose the results at the end of the round.

Lastly, be confident! Good luck.

HI! I am a former public forum debater, so I flow my rounds. Make sure to be polite and respectful to your opponents during the round. I will be able to understand you as long as you speak at a tolerable pace and articulate your speeches. If I can't hear an argument properly I don’t include it in my flow, and it won't be counted towards my vote. I also don’t flow cross, so make sure that you bring up any of those points later in the round. Lastly, I award speaker points based on debaters who articulate their points clearly.

Hey!

My name is Srinidhi (but you guys can call me Sri!) and I'm a high school PF debater.

A few things to note!

General

- I will be flowing the round. Crossfire will not be included however if you would like a point from cross to be considered please add its your next speech.

- Weighing will play a big part in the decision, so please weigh during your summary speech and your final focus

- Remember to extend all your arguments to your final speech. If you don't restate the arguments again I will consider it dropped and it will be crossed off the flow.

-During cross please try to be respectful the entire time!

- Tech over truth!

Speech's

- Remember to frontline in all your speech.

- As well as no new evidence should be brought up after the second summary and ff.

Any racist, xenophobic, or just downright rude remarks will not only impact debater's speaker score but also the ballet of the round.

Good luck and have fun! :)

no formalities necessary, just Jax is fine

they/he

i give speaker points based on your actual speech and how well you did delivering your points, but the winner is the most convincing- or simply the person who had the fairest win.Not blocking arguments, or lacking evidence is an easy lose, and it can't be made up for towards the end. But, if the other side doesn't mention this, I won't give them the win just for that, when they didn't notice that you left an argument open, or countered with weak evidence. a junior at Leon M Goldstein high school for the sciences(probably will add more to this later)