articulate clearly as I am 40yrs old and have 3 grandchildren. (count me as a tech judge though as I have had debate experience since 1996)

"I'm not a lay judge, I'm a slay judge. "

my gmail: manasiavdhani@gmail.com

My name is Jonathan! I am going into 9th grade and I am pretty new to debate. I like slow debates more because they are more intellectual and understandable in my opinion. In my opinion, the most important speeches are the constructive and the final focus. I am really unbiased.

hi

General Info

pf-er

don't spread, if you're going too fast im interrupting your speech

unless you bring smt up from cross to your speech idc about cross

set up speech doc/email chain before debate so it doesn't take up time

my email is vivianweijia.chen@gmail.com

pls don't do theories or k's

dont be mean and __-ist n stuff

speech stuff

on MP if you don't get to read your impact im not evaluating it

go down on flow for every speech so it's easier to flow

frontline in second rebuttal

COLLAPSE!!!!

do it in second rebuttal if you want

start weighing in summary at least

FF should tell me what the voters are and why you win on them

if you want me to evaluate it in my decision you should probably extend it throughout the entire debate

comparative weighing is best

tech > truth

speaks:

if you speak good high speaks

if you speak bad low speaks

My name is Ava Choi. I started debate around a year ago in a different country but I started again this summer. I am a rising freshmen at Chattahoochee High School.I feel like the most important speech is rebuttal because I think it really determines which sides' points are better and which side will win the round. I like how you can socialize and practice public speaking in debate. Overall, I really enjoy debating.

I consider myself a flay judge that has done pf debate for a bit over a year as of now. I've attended 2 national tournaments.

Things I prefer:

-Clear signposting

-I'm okay with speaking decently fast, but don't spread.

-A clear weighing mechanism. (I prefer pre-req over other mechanisms)

DON'T break obvious rules like cheating and bringing up new responses in summary and final focus as well as addressing fake responses. Obviously, no cursing during the debate especially during crossfire because it's straight up wrong.

I tend to pay explicit attention to the response and summary speeches, so try to commit more to those speeches and execute it.

Don't read contentions and frameworks with unreasonable impacts.

My name is Sritha. I'm in 8th grade and I have been debating for a 2 year. I am a JV student and I competed a locals and at nationals. Overall I would consider myself a flay judge, but i lean more towards the tech side.

Novice

Make sure you have a good speaking pace

Able to defend your argument well

Don't bring up new arguments in summary!!!

Jv/ Varsity

Main point speeches: have a good pace and speak clear, you can speak fast but just make sure it's understandable.

2nd rebuttal: make sure you frontline and cover all points of your opponents case

Crossfires: Just make sure you're able to defend your case well. I do not take crossfires into consideration, but I just wanted to put it on here so you guys know kinda what I will be looking for.

Summary: DO NOT BRING UP ANY NEW ARGUMENTS, extend your case and responses, cover points of your opponents case, and WEIGH IMPACTS, i will dock points if you don't.

Final Focus: Just give me a good reason on why I should vote for your side. Again don't bring up any new arguments, obviously weight your impacts.

Make sure to have fun because that's the most important thing. Remember that winning or losing doesn't determine who you are and what your debate skills. Everyone is good, just put the effort in and I am sure you guys will do great!!

My name is Hansika Guntipalli. Currently, I am a rising sophomore at Innovation Academy. I have been doing debate since middle school but, had a short break during Covid 19. I recently started back in the summer of 9th grade at Ivy Bridge Academy. In debate, I really love crossfires because it gives the competitor more chances to explain themselves and defend their side. I also love how we can pick which side we want to be on whether that means either pro or con or, 1st or 2nd. All in all, debate has improved my public speaking skills and made me have a loud and clear voice to voice my opinions and to strongly defend myself. It has been an extremely fun experience and I hope to continue it through my college life.

My name is Aditi Hemanth and I am a 9th grader at Lambert High School. I've been doing PF debate for a while and have competed in different nationals. Here's what I look for in a debate:

Main Point: You need to speak well, have strong cases with credible evidence. I need to hear warranting; explain to my why each piece of evidence is connected or how your link leads to the impacts actually happening.

Cross: I do pay attention to cross, but it won't be a part of my flow. You need to be dominant and I notice if you can't answer a question. This doesn't play a big role in my decision, but it still does matter to me.

Response: If you are going second, FRONTLINE. Your responses must be signposted and I prefer an offtime road map. I don't like getting confused with what you are saying and putting it on the wrong flow. I really like seeing good analytics with logic behind them.

Summary: If you are going first, FRONTLINE in this speech. I want to hear impact weighing (ie. probability), case extensions, and either frontlining or extending responses. I am okay with collapsing, and think it is a good way to focus on what you think matters most in the debate.

Final Focus: This is your final chance to convince me for your vote. I want you to cleanly extend the cases you decide on as well as extend the weighing.

Speaker Points: I default to a 28 or 29, but will give you extra points for doing well in cross, speaking loudly, your general behavior, and your confidence while speaking. You need to know your own arguments and the topic well.

Overall, I consider myself to be a flay (mostly tech) judge. Good luck on your rounds!

tech judge

I judge everything in the debate.

try your best

im in 7th grade. been doing debate for 2 years

Hi, my name is Abigail Kim.

I'm in 8th grade and I go to Jones Middle school.

I have been debating for about half a year.

I feel like the crossfire, impact, and summary, are the most important speeches.

I prefer you to speak clearly over speed.

That's about it.

Greetings, my name is Roy Yejun Kim (m). I care about the economics and political stability. I think that the US is in a good place at the moment so prove the status quo is bad first if you want to argue it. I value truthfulness. Feel free to use casual terminology but do keep it serious. I don't care how you speak as long as it's coherent. Feel free to bring up anything, I'm willing to listen to any argument.

I value global thinking in a debate and not losing focus of what is actually important. I have about 4 months of debate experience. I am in 10th grade. The most important speech is the final focus. I have no biases. I am fine with fast talking as long as it is very clear. Also, I really like good crossfire questions. Make sure there is no dead time there.

I consider myself as a lay judge. I have been debating for more than one year. I'm in 9th grade. I am fine with speed, however don't speak so fast that it is difficult to understand. I have a preference for structure and sign posting. The most important speech is final focus. I have no bias.

My name is Aditi Pabbidi and I have had almost a little over a year of debate experience. I'm a rising ninth grader who is willing pursue my public forum debate career throughout highschool. I am looking forward to signposting and proper word usage. All in all I would consider myself to be a flay judge!

SPEECHES IN THE DEBATE:

MP: I look forward to contentions that have arguements that have a good impact and a good link to them.

Rebuttal: If its is second rebuttal, frontling is very important to me. Debaters who counter every arguement and respond to each point clearly tend to have a stronger base for their side.

Summary: If you are going first, frontling is important. Make sure you weigh your arguements (magnitude, scope, timeframe etc..)

FF: DO NOT BRING UP ANY NEW ARGUEMENTS. Extend your responses and weighing. This speech should tell your judge why your side wins overall.

Speed: I am not a fan of spreading, make sure to be loud and clear when you are speaking.

My name is Shiven Sadhu and I am a rising 8th grader. I go to Ivy Bridge Academy as a JV. I think the most important speech is the Summary and weighing in it. When you weigh make sure you also compare your impacts with the opponents. A few things in the main point I like are how clear you are, how confident you are, and if you are making eye contact occasionally. Please also be as organized as you can so I can keep up. Those few things will most likely give you my ballot. Most of all, make sure to do your best.

Going to 8th grade, about 1-2 years debate experience. Pretty much value everything equally, but just don't repeat the same points over and over. Reading quickly is fine, as long as I can still understand the words (read clearly). Most important speech: Final focus. Potential major bias: None.

I've been debating for 4 years, but took a lot of time off, I am in 10th grade. It's important that I get off-time roadmaps to keep my flow organized. I am ok with whatever speed, but not too fast to the point I cannot understand what you are saying. The most important speeches in my opinion are summary and final focus. I am not very biased to anything, just don't slander your opponents too hard.

I have been a PF debate coach at Ivy Bridge Academy for the past 7 years and I also did policy debate at Chattahoochee High School and UGA. Here are things that are important to me in debates and will influence my decision:

1. Debate is fundamentally about winning arguments, so make good arguments. I will do my best to evaluate your argument as objectively as possible but make sure contentions are well-developed with clear warrants, evidence, and impacts. The more unrealistic the argument, the less likely I’ll vote for it, but I do also believe it is the burden of your opponent to clearly articulate why the argument is wrong.

2. Frontlining - while not doing this isn’t technically against the rules, I highly encourage it and will reward teams that do it effectively with better speaker points. I don’t consider something dropped in the 2nd rebuttal, but I do expect teams to cover everything you plan on extending. I also like teams condensing to one contention in the second rebuttal if it makes strategic sense.

3. Summary - condensing down to a few key voting issues is important to me. If you don’t do weighing in rebuttal, then it should start here. Anything, including defense, must be in the summary if you want me to evaluate it. Don’t drop responses or contentions in these speeches. I will reward summary speakers who make good strategic decisions and manage their time well.

4. Final Focus - Clear voting issues and weighing are important to me. I will only evaluate arguments extended in the summary here. Having a clear narrative and focusing on the big picture is important, as well as answering extended responses. This is also your last chance to win key responses against your opponent's case. Make sure to not just extend them, but explain them, answer the summary, and what the implications are if you win x response.

5. Paraphrasing - I’m fine with it, but you need to be able to produce either a card or the website if asked. If you can’t produce it in time or deliberately misrepresent the evidence, then I will ignore the argument, and in extreme cases, vote the guilty team down.

6. Weighing - this is important to me, but I think debaters overvalue it a bit. The link debate is more important in my opinion and realistic impacts are as well. Try and start the weighing in the rebuttal or summary speeches. Comparison is key to good weighing in front of me.

7. Crossfire - any argument established in crossfire must be brought up in the subsequent speech for me to evaluate it. I will reward creative and well thought out questions. Please don’t be rude or aggressive in the crossfire. That will definitely hurt your speaker points. Civility is very important to proper debate in my humble opinion. You can sit or stand for the grand cross.

8. Speaking - I will give higher speaks to passionate speakers who are good public speakers. I did policy, so I’m fine with speed, but I don’t like spreading unless you absolutely have to cover. Please clearly signpost which argument you are responding to and when you are moving to the other side of the flow or weighing.

9. Prep - I will do my best to keep track of it, but please, both teams should also be tracking the time.

10. References - any well-executed Biggy, Kendrick, J. Cole, Drake, or Childish Gambino reference will be rewarded. Don’t overdo it though and I reserve the right to decrease points if it’s way off point.

11. Speech docs - if you share your case with me, then it will help me flow, understand your arguments, and I won't have to call for ev, so I will give both speakers 2 extra points if they do so.

<3 ATL

Call me "jsp" or "Josh"

joshuasp.debate@gmail.com

Recent Coaching/Debating Affiliations:

Coaching: Ivy Bridge Academy (PF), Thomas Kelly College Prep (Policy)

Debating: Western Kentucky University (2024-present), Georgia State University (2021-2024), Sequoyah High School (2017-2021)

Artificial Intelligence Rule: I will automatically vote against you if you are caught using AI or chat gpt as speech material in round (Do not quote bard, bing, etc.). Debate is an activity for skill building, a win does not change your life but the skills you gain do change you. This is hard to enforce, but email chains are more important to me because of this. If it is suspected I will get tabroom involved and have them request to check search history. Only exeption is performative reasons to use it.

Bottom line: I am a 3rd year out debater doing policy, I did 4 years of LD in high school and I have been coaching PF at Ivy Bridge Academy. I can follow jargon from across those 3 events. Whatever you are doing will likely not be new to me in all honesty. Some people call me a tabula rasa judge even though I think the phrase tabula rasa is a conservative debate dogwhistle (I spend a lot of my time thinking about why we do what we do in debate, I think this makes me decent at judging method debates).

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Quick Prefs (CX):

I am 50/50 for framework, flow on paper and don't look at the doc, I am super flex, condo is good but I will vote on theory if its debated well. Plans are cool, no plan is cool. Just like... make good arguments. If you are confiden

Quick Prefs: (LD)

1- K, Plan, DA's

2 - Theory, Pomo

3 - Phil/CP's

4- Tricks

Strike- Out of round violations, frivolous arguments

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Translation for PF Debaters: this means I am a "tech judge". Speed is fine and prog is cool. Just don't be a jerk, be a sensible person.

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I have given myself 5 things to say about how I evaluate debates, no more, no less:

1. I need pen time, i flow on paper and by ear

2. I will not vote for arguments that had no warrant/signaling. Such as ur fiat K's that ngl was not even in the block

3. It must have been in your final speech for me to vote for you on it (including extending case vs T)

4. I evaluate impact level first usually unless told otherwise (whether its education or nuke war, etc)

5. My ballot will likely be determined off who i have to do the least work for, i do not usually vote on presumption

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Evidence shenanigans:

this is the only stuff that will change how I vote directly, everything else is flexible.

Put me on the email chain, i do like to read evidence because no one compares the evidence themselves. I prefer ev to be send before speeches and in cut cards. Your speaks are capped below 29.5 if there is no doc and below 28 if when you send evidence there is not evidence in cut card format. Paraphrasing is fine if you have cut cards to go along with it AND you send them out BEFORE. I make exceptions to this if you are part of a small program which has no way knowing how to cut cards and this is in novice.

If you send your case as a google doc, copying perms needs to be on. This is because I need to create a stable copy of your evidence, anything that you can edit without sending a new doc risks being problematic (ie changing highlighting mid round or adding ev and claiming to have read it). Strike me if how I deal with ev ethics is a problem.

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More Ranting

Every form of debate is full of brain rot and I genuinely care about voting for people who are capable of thinking of why they do the norms they partake, not only does it make you a better debater but also a better person. Idc what it is or how it got there, just get to the finish line. Any arg is a voting issue if made to be that way. I only vote on complete arguments. Stock args are very strategic in front of me because I am not better for random arguments but for good arguments you can defend well. The frontlines and weighing wins you the round, not the constructive.

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Speaker Points

Be clear, pen time gets speaker points.

Cross-examination/Crossfire heavily influences speaks. Do you use it

Strategic collapses that make my life easier are appreciated

Clear signalling/signposting helps

ive debated pf for 3 years with over 10+ nationals tournaments. speed is fine w me js tell me if you are going fast and send a speech doc. I vote off of weighing, but not regular weighing, comparative weighing. Explain to me why I should prioritize your weighing over your opponents.

I have been screwed in my rounds countless of time I will make sure the round is as fair as possible.

Gl and have fun

Hello comrades,

***Debate is an inclusive experience, and everyone deserves an equal chance and a fair ballot.***

An email chain is appreciated- Irene.tang.2006@gmail.com

I have 5-6 years of pf debate experience and have competed in several national tournaments.

The biggest thing I am looking for is a straightforward narrative. What are your main points? Why do they matter more than the opponent's main points? In other words, extend your contentions clearly and weigh impacts strategically. I will only evaluate points extended consistently throughout the speeches.

I do not evaluate cross, but I will evaluate points made in cross if you bring it up in a speech.

I do not call for cards unless a debater explicitly asks me to in a round or a card is being flamed extensively for fallacy. In other words, tech over truth.

I do not care how fast you speak, but make sure you speak clearly.

I default to 30 speaks unless you do something to compromise the opponent's equal chance to debate.

Lastly, I enjoy fun rounds, which means informal language and jokes are allowed in speeches.

background info

Olivia Wang.

Debate experience: about 2.5 years

7th grader at Riverwatch middle school.

I've been to national tournaments like Harvard and TOC and georgetown

Pf debater in varsity at Ivy Bridge Academy.

email: oliviawangq@gmail.com if you are sharing evidence then include my email too please.

Also If you are going to spread send me the speech doc

Whats important to me in debate:

Being neat and not going all over the place in RT, S, and FF so basically signpost and dont go to dif arguments.

If you forget to weigh then u basically lose even if u did a good job on everything else.

I don't like really fast speed or else I won't be able to flow ev.

On your MP, it can be really weird like nuclear apocalypse but make sure it has reasoning.

Be confident and signpost.

I will vote for whoever has better weighing and doesn't just repeat stuff and actually responds to stuff so basically don't spend half of your speech extending it, i care more about the actual offense and defense.

I dont care if you sit down or stand up

I hope you use a paper flow because it shows me that you are a more proficient debater.

most important speech in debate for me is FF and summary.

always do an offtime roadmap especially for summary and final focus, just do like" my case. their case. weighing" and I might stop you if you dont and sometimes people tend to say that after they say"judge start the timer on my first word" which doesnt make sense if its an offtime roadmap.

MAINPOINT

Read at whatever pace but make sure you can understand every single word.

Please dont do like 5 contentions with 4 subpoints.

be creative

REBUTTAL

If you're second then I recommend frontlining because it gives you an advantage and makes the debate easier.

If you're first, just try to read the best responses and dont send out like 10 respones then continue to read 1 for the other contention.

SUMMARY

Please collapse, it makes the debate better and easier for timing.

Give an offtime roadmap before you say"judge start the timer on my first word"

I care more about extending frontlines than cases

If you don't weigh, you lose, but if you weigh w/o acknowledging the other team's weighing, thats almost as bad.

Be confident and loud.

FINAL FOCUS

At the end, give a written ballot dont js finish with a random card about the opps contention.

Dont try to push in all responses and frontlines. dont extend frontlintes that the opps dropped and same for responses

make it a clean ballot and orderly.