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Openness to critical/performative styles <strong>of</strong> debating:<br />

I have no interest in performative debate (unless the resolution specifically calls for it). A<br />

K may apply but I'm not a fan.<br />

Any additional comments:<br />

Ross, Scott<br />

Hired<br />

I did parli for the now-defunct <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Missouri squad and the<br />

now-defunct Drury <strong>University</strong> parli squad. I went to three NPTEs, with<br />

decent success at my last one. The type <strong>of</strong> debating seen at that<br />

tournament is what I enjoyed when I competed and what I like to see<br />

when I watch/judge rounds.<br />

Policy debate is far and away what I prefer to see, and I approach it<br />

as a policymaker via net benefits. Stock issues never made sense to me<br />

and I don't care for the trichotomy. T<strong>here</strong> are times when value is a<br />

defensible format, but I would STRONGLY discourage running fact<br />

debates and will vote on 'fact bad.'<br />

As a label count me as a flow judge, concerned only with<br />

argumentation. Presentation doesn't matter and I don't need on-case if<br />

you don't want to give it. Follow the line-by-line and cover<br />

everything. That being said, I'm not a tab hack. I view rounds with a<br />

wide-angle lens and I think arguments become intertwined all over the<br />

flow: if you say something in three places and they only answer it<br />

twice, that doesn't mean you get a free ride with the third. Likewise,<br />

if an argument relies on several steps to be true, your opponent<br />

doesn't have to answer every level <strong>of</strong> analysis if they take out the<br />

foundations. And just because someone doesn't say "T is a voter" in<br />

the LOR, doesn't mean T goes away. Essentially I'm saying arguments<br />

are interdependent and stretch across positions and taglines, and I<br />

view them thematically. But still be sure to cover.<br />

My requests for you are:<br />

1) Make sense/don't make dumb arguments. I'm a flow judge, but I will<br />

get and have gotten lost when I don't know what a debater's saying<br />

because it's nonsensical or irrelevant. If it doesn't make sense I<br />

don't know how to weigh it.<br />

2) Debate what you can win. If you're running stuff you don't like<br />

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