Desert Oasis
2023 — Las Vegas, NV/US
Policy Paradigm List
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TLDR: Ive been involved in debate for over eight years. Explain your arguments well, esp. your links to your impacts. I prefer logical lines of thinking over card after card, Im big on framework and impacts, but i'll vote on majority of things (read list under augmentation for more).
Qualifications I am a theater major, President of the UNLV Debate Team. LD and DI college national qualifier and a graduate student for a M.A. in Communications.
Overarching Idea for debate etiquette
Being mean = terrible speaks.
Try and keep me entertained. Try and be energetic and do something every so often to get my attention. Bonus speaks if you can make me laugh
Argumentation (1-10 scale on how much I enjoy it.
Impact/Weighing (10/10)
T/Procedural : (9/10) (I need a in round abuse story)
Framework: (8/10)
Theory: (Be careful, 6/10) (will NOT vote for disclosure theory)
Performance: (7/10) I would love to see a good fun performance :p
K: (4.5/10) I need a real good explanation, will vote on them - after you read your cards, take a beat and explain it to me in simpler terms, i get the K and how it functions but sometimes the cards make it muddy. Explain your alt and why it matters.
Narratives : (4/10) It's unfair for a opponent to defend against your own personal story. Use it as an impact not a voting issue and ill value it more.
Triggers: (X/10) Depends on violation - be realistic.
For LD I believe that fundamentally
1) Good FW is an ultimate truth and is the most important thing of the round.
2) it is the debaters job to prove a general principal. I am generous with AFF fiat but not unrealistic
3) the proof is in the logic, plans cant be proven and so use your skills to explain it to me with logical lines of thinking. Go over the line by line, give me good overviews and explain where your winning and why.
Safety
If you feel as though you cannot continue the round for any reason and have the ability to knock on the table 3 times please do so and the round will end immediately and a discussion can occur about where to go from there. (I get it, my anxiety attacks freeze me up entirely)