As a judge who primarily coaches speech, debaters should know the following about my paradigm:

• I appreciate clear and strong evidence for any and all claims. Personal anecdotes are effective at garnering empathy but do very little to strengthen a point. Proper sourcing from credible sources (authors and dates) are effective for me.
• I like learning about the contexts of resolutions. Tying your framework to existing examples or case studies might help me visualize your argument better.
• I like clear analysis and speakers that demonstrate active listening in their rebuttals.

I am a PF Debater with 4 years of experience, and I am probably somewhere between a flow and tech judge.

Spreading is ok but discouraged as I will not weigh anything I miss on the flow. Kritiks are fine as long as they are topical, but I will generally vote against you if you run theory (disclosure theory is extra cringe, I will never vote for that). I expect both teams to keep time properly, but I will still keep track. I will stop flowing at 10 seconds overtime and drop speakers at 20 seconds overtime. Please keep track of how much time you take.

I believe debate should solely be argued off of facts, so while I will vote on a false argument if it is conceded I am far more likely to buy it if the other team tells me why it is false. I do flow cross if it seems important, but I will not vote off of it unless it is explicitly brought up in a speech that isn't final focus. I will listen to final focus but I will likely not flow it, so don't be surprised if I don't flow during final focus.

You've probably already heard this already but being racist, sexist, homophobic etc. will get you dropped on the spot.

Hopefully this isn't too intimidating, the main thing is just to have fun and don't be rude.

P.F.

I am a parent judge, so please talk slower than you would with a tech judge. If you talk too fast, it won't make it on my flow anyway.

Make sure you have effective weighing in your summaries. if I don't hear your impacts, then I can't effectively decide if you won.

Please be kind and respectful. Clash is good, but being rude is not.

Congress

Please address and announce your name slowly and clearly, I am judging many students, so anything that's clear and effective will make my job easier.

Congress is a debate event, presentation is encouraged, but content is prioritized. Having good presentation won't make up for having inadequate content.

Don't ever be rude in the chamber, it will reflect poorly in my reflection of you in your ranks.

P.O.: If you P.O. fairly and well, you should get ranked accordingly.

If you're speaking after 3rd aff, you should only be bringing refutation/crystals. No constructive should be said after 3rd aff. I am not a fan of students who don't make enough eye contact/look on their papers too much. Looking at your speech Is fine, but don't be glued to every word you have to say.