FOR CX:

Hi! My name is Emily Abrego, and I am a student at TAMUCC. I am a state-finalist CX debater who competed up until my graduation in 2021. I have provided a few paradigms below, but if yall have any additional questions, dont hesitate to ask! P.S. Remember to have fun :)

Overall: Speed/spreading is fine, just please slow down on taglines and authors/dates out of courtesy for your judge and opponents. Unless specified, I weigh all args equally and it is up to the teams to provide voters in rebuttals for how I should weigh the round and why, coupled with an impact calc if applicable. Open or closed CX is up to both teams to agree upon, but I will notice if one person is clearly answering/asking all of the questions, so try to not use your partner's time unless necessary. Flashing between your partner during one of yall's speeches is also up to your opponents, but no verbal prompting. New in the 2 is fine unless it's excessive.

Topicality: I don't vote on T unless it's run properly with all its planks and the plan is clearly abusive. If you're running it as a time suck, please do so properly; I've seen teams waste time on their own time suck.

K: Same as T, I do not vote on unless ran properly. I also think that a good alternative should be provided; if you can't answer the K, why should they.

Theory: I think theory is an "I don't have anything on their case" argument and doesn't reflect well, but I am open to hearing it out if ran properly. The only thing that is a hard no is "FIAT bad" theory as I believe that it ruins the educational aspect of debate.