Hippo Parli 0301
2024 — New York City, NY/US
Public Forum Judge Paradigm List
All Paradigms: Show HideHeyy! I debate for Hunter in NYC! I'm tech > truth with experience in PF and LD. I'm very flexible and will adapt to your style.
3 easy things you can do to get good speaks + the ballot.
- Be strategic and be kind -- try to make the round accessible and don't be shady in cross / spew unnecessary remarks/comments about your opponents or the arguments they are making. Good strategy = 30s, making the round a good environment boosts your speaks significantly.
- WEIGH WEIGH WEIGH WEIGH WEIGH WEIGH WEIGH. I can't emphasize this enough but the first place I look to is weighing. It needs to be comparative (i.e. we o/w because of this... the other team doesn't have access to this weighing mech bc xyz). This should start EARLY in the round :). Really compelled by prereqs/shortcircuits and turns case args, just implicate them to the other side :).
- Befunny!make silly metaphors (i.e. West Asia is on fire and the US is the fire extinguisher, OR The US is playing a game of chess... we're in check and its time to castle!). I'll probably laugh and clown on you but I think they are silly and will boost speaks if they aren't common/cringy!
Args you can read in front of me (1 = very familiar, 5/S = my brain will be imploding and u will have to deal with an incoherent RFD):
1 - Policy (Substance), Framing
2 - DAs, T, Theory (Disclosure, Paraphrasing, Round Reports)
3 - CP, K (i know security, cap, and set col. I've read some Asian Melancholy but anything complicated is more of a 4/5)
4 - Tricks (I'm never voting on these but you can read silly ones to boost speaks)
5 - Friv. Theory, POMO, High Theory, Phil (friv theory, esp stuff abt clothing and unpredictable violations is educational and gets irritating. For POMO and high theory, i am not the right judge and your complicated jargon will turn into a mess of words <3)
No theory defaults -- just read paradigm issues and I'll evaluate the debate.