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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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