I'd love to be on the Email Chain- matthewlauwcxdebate@gmail.com

I'm a Varsity Debater and Crossings Christian School and have debated for 6 Years and this is my 3rd year in Varsity

I debate at TOC qualifying tournaments

Novice

Impact Calc ! Impact Calc ! Impact Calc!

Personal Preferences

Depth>Breath

Clarity>Speed

Please be Nice, you can be smart without being rude

Every Argument needs a warrant, claim, and impact. I'm not going to do the work for you (unless I have to)

" The more work I do, the more my decision is up in the air for both teams. I really try and judge debates how the debaters tell me how I should judge the debate. Absent that judge instructions I will default to whatever little framing there is in the round and come up with a decision from there but you don't want this to happen because I might not see the debate in the exact same way as you so you should tell me why I should see things your way. If you want me or any judge to vote a specific way, then my RFD should line up a lot with your 2R. Also I'm more tech over truth but will only give dropped args a the full weight of the arg explained.- Kyle Wendland "

K's

Familiar with most K's

They're fine.

K Aff's

Let's just say you got a lot of work to do...

but I understand the basics of K Aff's and in fact ran one for a little bit but if you run one I'm already neg leaning. Ya gotta do a lot on Framework

Policy

My partner and I are a flex team so don't mind it. Please extend your impacts !

Big on Evidence analysis and making it a cohesive story

Speed

Clarity>Speed- I'll tell you clear if I can't hear the tag clearly

Theory/FW/T

I am not a fan of FW-only debates so if you are neg and hit a non-topical aff I will vote on FW if won, but that shouldn't be your only off-case. Contesting the theory of power is a good strat for me.

T isn't my favorite but if an Aff is blatantly untopical I'll vote on it

Garrett Martin

Two Rs two Ts

He/him

Have debated for 5 years at Crossings Christian—

Add me on the email chain @garrettmartindebate@gmail.com

Accomplishments:

62 Fortnite wins (16 wins in solo)

Used to be able to solve a Rubik's Cube

Ate the level 4 Nashbirds spicy hot chicken sandwich

I've had a full beard since junior year

6000+ trophies in Clash Royale (I'm a beast)

Can almost touch my toes when stretching

I know every Pop Smoke song

My Grandma said I'm handsome

Hardcore carnivore (save the plants)

Basic-

Obvious tech over truth

Clarity over speed; though I can handle speed, just don’t speed through analytics

Usually give decently high speaks if it’s pleasant to hear, persuasive, and has a comical element to it

I just bought some land in Scotland for a charity, so if you refer to me as “Lord” or “Lord Jeffery the 4^th” I will give you +0.2 speaks.

Overall, I’m a flex debater. I’m a weird breed between a K Hack and a Policy Dweeb—so I'm willing to vote on both. So run whatever you like to run, I’m down.

Im familiar with most-all ks except for certain identity Ks. The most I know about antiblackness is from a friend, but I am definitely no expert.

Policy Affs:

Got to love them, the foundation of debate. Just make sure you provide a clear story of how the aff works and EXPLAIN your extinction scenario. I’m more of a stickler than others, but for you to access extinction, you must provide a clear-cut analysis of how that’s going to happen. Extinction is thrown around a lot in debates these days but bears no weight…. please explain.

Nontopical Affs:

Mixed feelings throughout the community, but they chill. I like participating in and judging KvK debates and find them fascinating. Also, love T on the neg. Framework is always good. Aff - Make sure you thoroughly know how to debate a k on the aff—don’t make this a wash.

Impact Calc

Do it. Your impact, the other teams, how they relate to each other’s, which one is worse, etc. I hate being a judge and having to decide for myself which one is worse. It will win you rounds, so please do it. Especially you novices where clash can be nonexistent or when it's just a complete mess on the flow---impact calc looks very tempting to vote on when there has to be a ton of deciphering to decide the round.

Offcases

DA’s

Great, love voting on them, remember to explain your exact scenario of how the aff will cause the impact. Uq, link, brink, impact. Otherwise, I think they are the “bread and butter” of debate and are essential for the neg.

CP’s

Going be honest, probably the weakest link in my arsenal. I believe they can be pretty abusive sometimes, so If your read agent counterplans and process cps, you will have to make a good argument about how you didn’t cause some type of abuse in the round. Otherwise, they chill. Especially advantage cps. I naturally always default to judgekicking a CP if I think it's bad in the 2nr.

K’s

Love K’s—one of my favorite arguments. Ever since I ran Agamben 8^th grade year, I’ve been a sucker for different Kritikal arguments. That being said, I have a high standard of how its run, reading blocks without engaging the aff’s arguments will NOT win you the round. Make sure to contextualize your links to the aff specifically and not to the status quo. That’s lame. Also make sure to understand what your reading, it really does show in CX, and I will deck speaks.

Also, for FW, make sure it’s not a wash lol.

Theory

Usually a wash reading huge blocks in the rebuttals. I do understand the utility of them though, especially on the aff. Best theory args imo: Condo, Perfcon, Multiplanks bad, Process CPs bad, Conventions CPs Bad. All the other ones are kinda wack. Respect the YOLO Fullsend in the 2ar lol. Been there.

T

Hate T debates, but I will vote for them. Please clash with each other’s interps and standards.

Final Note: don’t read death or suicide good. Never have seen this in a round and let's keep it that way.