• Feel free to time yourselves and your opponents but my time is the official time. (If you are timing your opponents, make sure your timer does not make a noise while they are speaking)

• No off-time roadmaps please, either include your roadmap in your speech or formulate your speech in a way where your intentions are clear.

• I don't flow cross, if there is a concession made or something important brought up during cross, bring it up in a speech

• Summaries should be composed of voters, at that point I need to see weighing, what the round has come down to, and why you won at each point.

• Make it a point to extend your arguments. If your opponents fail to attack a point, but you fail to talk about it after the first speech until the final focus, no one wins that point.

• Arguments introduced in summary/final focus will not be considered.

• I can handle speed but spreading is not okay, if I can not understand you, I can not flow your arguments.

• No need to be rude. Your speaker points will be docked significantly.

I am a judge of high school debate. I debated for 3 years (PF,LD,Impromptu,Extemp,O.O., WSD). Debate the best way you can, give adequate analysis and deliver with persuasiveness. Voting usually involves, but is not limited to, Framework, Rhetoric, & Argumentation.

Speed: I can't flow circuit-level speed and pushing that limit won't make me more likely to vote for you. I can flow fast conversational pace. Err on the side of not spreading.

Saying “My partner will bring that up in a later round”/“I will bring up evidence to affirm/deny ...”/any other variation makes sense as time is limited. However, make sure that the points or evidence is actually brought up.

IMPACTS > Other stuff. Evidence is great, but don’t read a card to me. Apply that. Abstract impacts are okay, but quantification of those will also be heavily preferred.

Being the loudest doesn't mean you're winning. It means you're loud. Debate is at the end of the day, civil discourse.

Being witty or making puns is great. These are very serious topics, but a big part of debate is persuasion. If you're serious the entire time, monotone, and boring, it will be hard to convince me to vote for you.

Overall- I like good argumentation, good rhetoric, and some clash. These will get you points. Signposting, well-constructed arguments, with properly linked evidence will get you points as well. Being rude, spreading, weak arguments that don’t get defended, and poorly linked evidence will cause you to lose points.