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debate out.
Openness to critical/performative styles of debating:
I have grown to love critical debates. I will begrudgingly listen to performance debates.
Any additional comments:
I am a topicality fiend. I love it more than most judges do. I have been known to vote on
potential abuse when argued. Also, most Opposition teams will lose my ballot because
they come out with no offensive
arguments. Try to keep it simple in your refutation. Most teams forget to say "perm"
when
answering counterplans. Many teams don't even try to turn DA's. I would love that. Much
of the
above, with some tinkering, can be done with value resolutions. Just give examples of
how your
value is the best in the round and why.
Gardner, Kasey
University of the Pacific
Background of the critic:
Experience : First Year Grad Student High School: 1 Year of Policy College: 4 Parli, 2
NFA-LD School(s): Moorpark/WKY Feel free to use all positions and arguments that
you wish in front of me and I will do my best to evaluate them fairly and honestly. I don’t
think it is the purpose of a judging philosophy to tell you what I will and not “like” in
debate but rather how to discuss it. Speed is not an issue as long and you are clear and
make sense. This argument applies equally if you are not fast but unclear as a whole. In
order to enhance your clarity you should use examples, theory, or well warranted
analysis. The above being said I find myself not voting for a lot of performance but that
doesn’t mean I don’t think it is legitimate, just poorly run often. I appreciate being told
how to evaluate arguments especially if they are on different planes (critical, case, theory,
ect.) Standard tools of impact calculus are paramount as well; such as magnitude,
timeframe, and probability. You should call points of order in front of me, but save them
for instances that matter. If the round is a slaughter, let them go, you will be fine. There
are a few things I don’t find persuasive, one of them is excessive prompting and tooling
of your partner. Another is rudeness to the other team on a personal level, as opposed to
the argumentative level. Finally, please get to my round on time. I will enforce the
tournaments forfeit rule, being excessively late is not cool. As for my own rule, it is about
5 to 7 minutes if the tournament doesn’t have one.
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