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Hi!! If you’re making an email chain, add me to it (davievdebate@gmail.com)

My pronouns are she/her. Call me “Davie” or “judge.” I’m a college freshman and I will feel weird if you call me ma’am.

TLDR:

TLDR for people too lazy to read the details: I’m Davie (she/her) and I debated at Seven Lakes High School in PF, LD, and CX. I’m fine with whatever you want to run, just actually explain your args. Tech>truth but I will complain about blatant untruths in my RFD. Speed is fine, but check with your opponent first. I love evidence sharing!!! Do it please!!! And if you’re in CX, that’s non-negotiable!! Any isms will get you downed (racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc) so just try to be respectful. Feel free to sit or stand!!! Just do whatever you think is best for you.

How to Increase Your Speaker Points:

Be organized!! Give a roadmap and stick to it. If you move away from it, verbally direct where to flow whatever it is you are saying. Speaker points are mostly based on strategy/organization rather than “speaking style” to avoid any potential bias affecting your points, but that’s not a reason to disregard clarity and intelligibility. Spreading is fine, just please check with your opponents first because it can be an accessibility barrier.

Some things I’m picky about:

• (CX only) If you don’t make an email chain and send speech docs/do a file share of some kind, your speaks are going to be -1 from whatever they were otherwise going to be. I’m so serious about this

• Don’t steal prep time. It does not take more than 30 seconds to send out the speech doc after you have finished writing it. If you’re waiting for it to send, lower your computer screen or take your hands away or something so I can see. Your “off the clock road map” should not take more than 15 seconds. Your breath before you start speaking should not take 10 seconds. Prep stealers are the thief of joy (my joy, specifically).

• Don’t paraphrase, don’t clip evidence, don’t make up cards, etc. All of your cards should cut either the full article or the full relevant section for complete transparency and there should be a link back to the original so it can be checked it you want.

CX:

• This topic seems cool but I know nothing about what’s being run/any of the args so don’t assume I have topic-specific knowledge.

• I’m personally probably better at judging policy affs because that’s mostly what I read in HS, but you can read whatever you want so long as you explain it. I’ll vote on basically anything, so long as I get it and follow along. If you read a more complicated K aff, you might want to over explain the basics in the constructives to make sure that I get it so that the debate can be evaluated as fairly.

• I LOVE topicality. If their aff is non-topical, PLEASE read T. Especially if the aff is blatantly non-topical, my threshold for voting on T becomes very low. Topicality debates are a dying art form. Make sure your shell actually has a good definition, violation, standards, and voters. The violation should be specific to the aff. Also, please answer T well. A conceded T shell means you’re basically cooked so long as it's extended unless something wack happens.

• Condo is probably good but if you want to argue that it is bad, be my guest.

• Read things that make sense together. Like yes, please “test the aff from multiple angles” but maybe don’t read cap K and a disad with “econ collapse” as the impact because it feels weird.

• Ask good questions in CX and reference their answers in your speech. CX is binding, but you do need to bring it up because I’m not going to do the work for you.

• Case debate is underrated and if your 1nc is just 8 minutes of case turns and stuff, I’ll be so happy. In all serious though, love case turns, love impact turns, love actually interacting with the material of the 1ac outside of those 8 minutes. Please do it.

• CPs are good, DAs are good. The more internal links you have to reach an impact scenario, the easier it is to poke holes in.

• CPs should have a plan text and it should be read when they’re first introduced!! That should not be something I have to say but you’d be surprised.

• If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask before the round. I want it to be as educational and accessible as possible for all the participants, so please don’t be afraid to ask for something if you need.

I’ll make my pf paradigm later lol but in case I get thrown in a PF/LD round, read whatever but don’t paraphrase and please extend things.