Refutation is extremely important, but I am primarily a stock issues judge. I love speed as long as it is understandable. I will keep a perfect flow so I do not like debaters who are all over the place. Be organized and be clear with analysis.

I have nearly two decades of judging experience, primarily on the UIL policy circuit. I am a policy maker judge and will look for the most pragmatic and real world situations in round.

It is the role of the negative to provide sufficient clash, and I'll vote on most issues in the round if you are believable and persuasive. Feel free to run any argument and make sure you provide impacts to weigh on the ballot.

I am okay with speed in the round but will signal to you if I am unable to flow. However, I am ultimately not concerned with the number of arguments in the round. I am looking for quality, depth of understanding, and educational clash. Make sure both teams are listening to arguments being ran in the round and respond accordingly.

Above all, be respectful to each other.

Policy:

In short form, I’m tab. Problematic speech tanks speaks. I’m fleshing this out a bit later, so forgive me.

Ive debated in high school for 4 years, mostly policy, been around the block a time or two in Texas. Familar with most circuit styles. I love hearing a good debate. It’s a strategy game, and should be played as such. Have fun!

T: T is a priori as a voting issue in round unless framed otherwise by the affirmative, so i'd suggest that. I want to hear substantial weighing on standards and voters on neg, explain how this negatively effects the round in question or the debate community as a whole. Concession of any part of the T debate is almost always a loss. Some TVAs and RVIs never hurt anybody. I would suggest some consolidating of the 2NR, but that's up to you, not me.

DA: Disads are cool, Strong link chains are very necessary. Neg and Aff please do some impact calc. Do some framework when running against soft left/k affs please. Other than that, there's not much to say about disads.

CP: CP's are best used to compound existing arguments such as turns and external net benefits. Internal net benefits are cool too. Be ready for some theory if you're running a PIC.

Theory: Please do some work on theory please. Reasons for even valuing the theory is often neglected by both sides. Use it if you want to, don't if you don't.

Framework: This is a make it or break it. I LOVE a good, in-depth framework debate. I want to hear a clear lens to view the aff or neg, not just surface level card reading without textual analysis. The framing flow shouldn't be neglected in favor of anything, I treat it as a pre-fiat argument.

K: K debates are my personal fav. This is not a go ahead to just run the cap k without being familiar with critical theory. Strong link chains, analysis, and framing are necessary. Alt debate is key.

On Case: No question, you need it. Even just some generic solvency is better than nothing.

K Affs: Go for it!

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