Middle School PF

important stuff

Weighing-If you don't weigh your impacts I will assume they don't hold significance to the debate

Clash-I won't do judge intervention and try to cross apply arguments that you didn't explicitly say responded to your opponents argument

Extending-If you don't extend your winning arguments and say why they are important I will not evaluate them

Layers- LARP<Framework<Ks<Theory<Tricks

My preferences

Don't spread please be nice

I will evaluate Tricks, Ks, ad Theory just make sure that you understand your arguments

Ks

I know the basics but for more complicated Ks don't expect me to understand the material

Theory

I will assume DTD, Competing Interps, and no RVIs

make your theory warranted

I understand theory if you feel like running it for some reason

Phil

I understand Phil

I do like hearing some Phil so I will give you +1 speaker point if you run a non consequentialist one

Tricks

I have a high bar for giving tricks a win

I will view you as a worse person if you them

I will give you auto lose if you do a nail bomb( just have bro)

LARP

have good link chains

extend!!!

Clash

Weigh

Crossfire/CX

I will not flow this

it will be binding

Flex prep :)

Binding

I will not flow

For middle school PF:

TLDR:

I'm a mainly LD guy so I don't fully get the structure of PF but I'll try to adjudicate as well as I can

tech>truth

Long:

Presentation

First and foremost, presentation matters! Debate is, at its core, a game of communication and persuasion. This means your main goal is to convince the judge (not your opponent) that the side you're advocating for is the best. To put it simply, you should annunciate, speak clearly, and most of the time face the judge.

Weighing

Look, I don't care about whatever impacts you're pushing, and genuinely I don't really see why they matter. You need to do as much work as possible in your speeches to explain to me why your arguments mean what you say they do. Besides death bad (though I'd fs vote on death good) you should attempt to explain why an impact is good or bad.

CX/Cross fire/Grand cross

I'm not flowing your cross, it's entirely your responsibility to bring up cross arguments and develop them in following speeches.

Misc argument stuff

I'm ok with anything you want to read, some general opinions and biases though.

1. I'm willing to buy arguments about evidence (ie. fear mongering, biased/flawed source, etc)
2. I'm less likely to buy nuke war arguments (I'll still fs evaluate them) if the link chain isn't super explicit
3. If you obviously don't understand your argument speaks will probably be affected
4. New stuff in your last speech isn't going on my flow or influencing the ballot, it just wastes your time.

Speaks

I kinda just feel it out, my baseline is like 27.5 and I evaluate them based on a mix of strategy and eloquency

altogether, just try your best to debate and get your points across to me