2023 (NOF) Oak ***ASYNCHRONOUS*** Video Tournament

National Online Forensics - Oct 23-29 | Status: Completed | 3:00 AM Pacific

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Judge Philosophies

Adam Favuzzi - HASCS

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Alex Sorgini - Princeton Academy

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Alexandra Smith - Tourn Judges

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Alice Gilman - Tourn Judges

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Ana Simonelli - HASCS

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Audrey Ko - ModernBrain

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Beth Cole - Tourn Judges

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Colter Heirigs - Tourn Judges

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Danny Cantrell - Tourn Judges

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Ellie Kim - ModernBrain

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Erin Ritchie - SLVHS

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Gary Yablon - HASCS

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Jared Koch - Tourn Judges

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John Cho - IVC

  • First, thank you for taking part in this activity! I'm excited to hear what you have to say!
  • Next, clash is incredibly important. Make sure you clear about what arguments you're addressing and please attempt to engage with the heart of your opponents arguments as best as you can
  • Impact analysis is also big with me. Explain to me why and in real terms why your arguments matter in the round.
  • In rebuttals, I'm looking for comparative analysis. Don't simply review your case. Explain to me why you think your points are better than the other sides'.
  • Clarity: I need to understand your arguments. Make sure that you're providing enough clear analysis of your points that I can pick up what you're putting down. If the other side is less clear, I might even pick you up just because you were clearer than the other side.
  • Kritiks: I generally am not a great person to run Kritiks in front of, but if both teams are down for it I can be down myself. I would encourage you to ask before the round what my stance on Kritiks are if you would like a more detailed answer
  • IPDA: I believe IPDA should be performed in a manner that would be engaging to a lay judge. I don't believe terms like topicality, kritik, or tricot belong in IPDA. That being said, if you can rhetorically unpack your arguments in a manner that you think would be persuasive to a lay judge, I could certainly still pick it up. While I don't want to hear the word "topicality" for example, if you explain in simple terms how the Affirmative team misdefined a term, describe why it's unfair to you, and give me some reasons why they should lose because of it, I could definitely buy that argument.
  • Feel free to ask me before the round if there's anything I haven't covered that you'd like clarification with!

Jordy Barry - Princeton Academy

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Kaori Dadgostar-Shimazaki - Velasquez Academy

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Max Sun - ModernBrain

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Michael Stewart - Princeton Academy

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Nina Chen - ModernBrain

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Rachel Edwards - Princeton Academy

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Sandie Kim - ModernBrain

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Scott Hawklyn - SLVHS

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Sofia Jackson - ModernBrain

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Tanya Moss-Barry - Princeton Academy

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Travis Cornett - Tourn Judges

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Veronica Galvez - Velasquez Academy

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Vivek Rajdev - ModernBrain

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Xianzhi Jiang - ModernBrain

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Yimeng Yuan - Velasquez Academy

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