About Me

Name Jacob Brown

Pronouns He/Him/His
Current school affiliation
Years of debate experience 3

Email you prefer to use in round

• Jacobbrown3716@gmail.com

Brief biography + history of your debating/judging/coaching experience.

• I have debated for 3 years and judged practice debates before this year where I was able to judge actual ones.

Tech and Arguments

What your knowledge, preferences, and beliefs are on the following aspects of debating, and describe how would vote for/against each of these aspects:

• Speed I don’t care how fast you read as long as i understand the jist of it

• Topicality if u don’t answer then i will judge on this but other than that probably not

• Disadvantages depends what is said in them for me to decide what i’ll judge it on

• Counterplans depends on what it is changing on the aff plan

• Kritiks and non-traditional affirmatives haven’t judged one of these yet so i’d have to listen to one of these debates first

• Stock issues / case arguments don’t really care about the stocks all that much but if you do it right maybe and on case is big because if u take out what they sya they have nothing

• Theory and framework haven’t judged a debate with these either

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What arguments you refuse to vote on or absolutely HATE. don’t really have one

What arguments you really ENJOY hearing. I enjoy hearing arguments that take out another team’s evidence

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How you believe prep time and cross examination should be conducted. Both should be used as much as possible

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Conduct

Your explanation of what good sportsmanship / behavior looks like in round, and what actions you find offensive/distracting/cheating/worthy of a round loss.

• Not treating each other like crap and just being there for the fun of it

Speaker Points

How you will assign speaker points according to this scale

30 = 1

29.5 and above = 1

29 and above = 1

28.7 and above = 2

28.5 = 2

28.4 and below = 2

28 and below = 2

27 and below = 3

Below a 26 = 4

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Random Stuff

Any unusual things about you / personality quirks debaters should be aware of (such as “mention chinchillas somewhere in your rebuttals and win the round” or “I would like you to address me as you would the president while in round”). Put something here to make yourself seem approachable and human to otherwise nervous/sweaty debaters who have never met you.

• I really don’t have anything here

The last word(s) for debaters. This could be literally anything that is appropriate.

Have fun

Former Newton debater, I’m good at following arts, but I’ve had some time off, so just be clear.

T: I dig topicality, don't drop the standards and voters and 1. aff better have counter s/v, 2. neg better address them.

DA: Just understand the story and be able to explain links.

CP: I don't buy a lot of CPs, but if its your strat, run it, just bring me along for the ride.

CX: Assertive, not mean. Use this to point out flaws.

I am a Kansas HS assistant debate coach. I am a science teacher that values logic and scientific fact. My background is not in debate however, I have been coaching for 4 years. I have judged for high school debates for 36 years. I believe that most anything is debatable however some styles of argument work better for me than others. I am more of a CP/DA Case debate kind of judge. Speed of my flow is far lower than what I would call fast. Clear tags/authors and quicker on text is fine. Also please tell where things go and how they apply. I enjoy most debates but not a fan of T debates. If the aff is not topical run it. If the aff is center of the topic then do not run T. IF they are off topic, I am easily swayed on T. Theory debates are kinda like T for me. Rather not see it unless there is a legitimate violation. I do not penalize teams for style choices. I am not a fan of Kritiks. I need to be able to understand the words. If you speak for your partner during their speech or tell them what to say during their speech, you will lose. If you get up and take your laptop to your partner during their constructive or rebuttal speech and have them read what you wrote for them to say, you will lose.