Congress- For Congress, I'm mainly looking toward your presence in the round. If I see your name repeated, or you are actively engaging with the session I will rank you up. I absolutely love, rhetoric and refutation in Congress and both of those are key factors I look at when I am ranking. For middle school tournaments, I will usually be your presiding officer, and overall I wouldn't recommend Poing, because, between a good speaker and PO, I will always rank up the speaker. I prefer speaking style over content. I might or might not fact check so don't assume you can get away with fake sources, but I won't rank you last or anything if it makes sense logically without the source.

PF/LD/CX-I firmly believe that clarity within rounds is critical. There is minimal point in a debate where everyone is just spreading arguments and going for the quantity game. Furthermore, no real debate will ever involve speaking at an incomprehensible speed. Thus I heavily prefer better speakers because quite frankly if I don't understand your argument, I will not count it on the flow. I'm game for any plans, k, whatever again just argue it well and you'll do fine.

Congress:

it's a debate event so don't make sure to both refute + weigh/extend. Delivery is p important but content will win you the round. I love hearing good rhetoric and impacts! Please give time specific speeches (i.e. sponsor explains the bill; crystal sums up + extends the debate)

Extemp - I love hearing new info! If you give me a new perspective on the topic, that's really amazing. Make sure to clearly answer the question and back it with evidence. I don't really care about the amount of sources at MS level; just give me more than 3

I am a freshman at USC School of Dramatic Arts and a 6-year speech and debate competitor.

Extemp

1. ANSWER THE QUESTION!!!

2. Be organized, clear and structured in what you're saying. Your speech should follow the general extemp format that's easy and clear to understand.

3. Funny jokes and good humor will never hurt you!!

4. Always have logical links within each argument. Over-complicating a simple topic won't help you or me understand it any better. Additionally, the more simple you can make a complicated topic, the better it will be for your rank!

5. Most importantly, have fun and be confident in your speaking

Hi everyone! I'm a current freshman at UT Austin, and I'm excited to be judging you. I mainly competed in International Extemp in high school, though I'm also familiar with US Extemp, Congress, and Worlds.

For Extemp, PLEASE answer the question, and (if needed) preface how you're going to answer the question in your intro. In general, I value analysis more than presentation, but I always like a good joke.

In Congress, I care most that the speech you give matches where you are in the round. If you're beyond the first cycle, please refute previous speakers!

Have fun! I made my best friends from debate :)

Plano East 24’ & UT Austin 28’

I compete primarily in Congress but I have also qualified to TFA State & NIETOC in Extemp. If you have questions about the round or how you can improve feel free to text me after the tournament. (817)-691-9094. I love teaching debate so don't be shy to reach out :)

Congress:

I am a competitor that finaled national circuit tournaments like FBK, UT, Stanford, and broke at championship tournaments like the TOC and TFA State. You will be ranked well if you:

1. Make arguments that WIN the debate. Ethan Wilkes articulated this perfectly when he said, “The easiest path to my 1 is for you to stop making arguments that you think are decent or good and start making arguments that you think will WIN the debate. There is a very key difference. Answer that argument nobody else will and defend your side's winning condition if you want my 1.”

2. Frame your speech within the rest of the round. Zach Wu once said, “Congress involves many different debaters spewing many different facts at the judges -- the best debater is the one who can provide the judge with a coherent and advantageous arrangement of said facts.”

3. Say more with less. You have only three minutes to convince me you are the best. I don’t care how you “structure” your speech so long as it is signposted and easy to follow. Every part of your speech should be thought out and fit together. AGDs should flow throughout your speech and be tied back at the end. The “smartest best-delivering” speaker will get my 1.

Presiding Officer - If you make mistakes you will not break. If you do not make mistakes, you will break. If it is finals and you do not make mistakes expect a rank somewhere within my t6. If you are truly exceptional and/or no speakers stand out, you could get the 1.

Oral Interpretation:

When ranking an OI round, these are the things I consider (most important first):

1. Real emotions

2. A piece with good plot structure

3. Unique and good blocking

4. An intro with a universal message

Extemporaneous Speaking:

You will get my 1 if you do the following -

1. Answer the question well

2. Have zero fluency breaks

3. Include excellent structure and analysis

4. Are the “smartest best-delivering” speaker.

I've done Congress for 4 years, but have no experience in other debate events. I will be mainly focusing on speaking style and efficiency, so make sure you present your ideas well.

Keep in mind that I have no prior knowledge about the topic and LD jargon.

Bring me some candy from concessions for +1.5 speaks!

I will like you better in round if:

a) text your best pick up line to this number: (214) 263-6662 (and show me when you come into round)

b) you add taylor swift quotes/jokes to all your speeches

debated for 4 years for jasper + plano west

email case + rebuttal docs before speech to bradyzeng2005@gmail.com

for my paradigm, read Satvik Mahendra's; his view on debate = mine