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General
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Northwestern
He/Him
Last Updated: April 2024
Quick Stuff
My name's David
Good for clash debates
CX heavily influences my perception of an argument
I know 0 topic literature
Post-rounding is fine
Sympathetic to novices
Non-negotiables
Blatant racism/misogyny/homophobia/transphobia/etc -> lowest speaks + L
Clipping claim -> one team gets lowest speaks + L
Presumption = NEG by default
Speech times and CX times = tournament standards
I will not evaluate anything that happened outside of the round/pre-round disclosure
General Preferences
Be nice and kind
Short functional sentences > poetry
Too much jargon -> harder to follow
Offense defense thinking -> happy judge brain
Argument = claim + warrant + impact
Tech > truth
Cross applications should be verbal
Spin > evidence quality
All links are fine, but closer to plan bad = better
Fairness is impact if fairness -> increased participation/changing opinions
I don't care much about evidence ethics arguments that don't change substance/spin
K AFF vs Framework
Explain what predictability means
Will vote on middle ground C/I
Impact turning everything is fine too
Good for presumption
Policy vs K
Ks should either rely on a causal chain or a indict AFF's entire thesis
Framework > everything
Explain your model and what ballot does
Equal FW debating = weigh AFF impacts + ALT matters
Good for "you link you lose" and "extinction outweighs"
K v K
Framework
AFFs probably get a permutation (i.e. win a link)
Specific alt explanation is better
Topicality
Probably my favorite debates
Caselists, please
You are probably not factually correct
I weigh limits/predictability vs arbitrariness
Reasonability is technically strategic but means nothing to me upfront
Counterplans
Specific counterplans, PICs, re-highlighted-1AC-card advantage counterplans = great
I'm like 60% aware of what functional/textual competition is -> go slow
Probably won't reject competitive CPs
If you have an internal NB/process thing I need to know what the key difference
I default to judge kick
Good for creative perms if explained well
Disadvantages
Politics DA = a thing
Specific DAs = great
Turns case should be contextualized to the AFFs internal links, not just impact cards
1NR with spin and less cards >>
Idk what intrinsicness is, explain slow
Case
Contesting case is good!
If the 2NR goes for case, 1AR is binding
Theory
Not condo/ethics -> reject the arg
Machine gunning -> I stop flowing
Misc.
Inserted re-highlightings are fine
Don't read into my facial expressions
I flow CX
Quick decision = decisive round
Might forget to set timers
For lay circuits - spreading's okay, open CX is okay, Ks are okay