FTN - Judge Philosophies

Judge Philosophies

Amit Sanyal - Golden State

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Charles Schletzbaum - MHS

Co-Director: Milpitas High Speech and Debate PHYSICS TEACHER History Myers Park, Charlotte N.C. (85-88) 3 years Policy, LD and Congress. Double Ruby (back when it was harder to get) and TOC competitor in LD. Summer 87: American U Institute. 2 weeks LD and congress under Dale Mccall and Harold Keller, and 2 more weeks in a mid level Policy lab. St. Johns Xavierian, Shrewsbury, Mass 88~93 consultant, judge and chaperone Summer 89 American U Coaches institute (Debate) Milpitas High, Milpitas CA 09-present co-coach Part of what you should know about any of the events <a href="https://www.nflonline.org/uploads/AboutNFL/Competition_Events_Guide.pdf">https://www.nflonline.org/uploads/AboutNFL/Competition_Events_Guide.pdf</a>   <h1><a name="It is a mark of the competitors skill to adapt to the judge, not demand that they should adapt to you."></a>It is a mark of the competitors skill to adapt to the judge, not demand that they should adapt to you.</h1> All events, do not get into a definitional fight without being armed with a definition..... PUBLIC FORUM: While I was not able to compete in public forum (It did not exist yet), the squad I coach does primarily POFO. Its unlikely that any resolution will call for a real plan as POFO tends to be propositions of fact instead of value or policy. I am UNLIKELY to vote for a K, as I have seen a bizarre one once, and I don't even vote for K in policy. Moderate speed is fine, but to my knowledge, this format was meant to be more persuasive. USE EVIDENCE and make sure you have Tags and Cites. I want a neat flow (it will never happen, but I still want it) I WANT FRAMEWORK or I will adjudicate the round, since you didn't. Remember, Pofo was there to counteract speed in Circuit LD, and LD was created to counter speed, so fast is ok, but tier 3 policy spread is probably not. POLICY: I *TRY* to be Tabula Rasa (and fail a lot of the time) I trained when it was stock issues, mandatory funding plan spikes (My god, the amount of times I abused the grace commission in my funding plank), and who won the most nuclear wars in the round. I ran Glassification of toxic/nuclear wastes, and Chloramines on the H2O topic Legalize pot on the Ag topic CTBT on the Latin america topic. In 3 years I have never voted neg on K, mainly because I have never seen an impact (even when it was run in POFO as an Aff).(Ironic given my LD background) I will freely vote on T if it is run properly (but not always XT), and have no problem buying jurisdiction...... I HAVE finally gotten to judge Hypo-testing round (it was fun and hilarious). One of my students heard from a friend in Texas that they are now doing skits, feel free, BUT DON'T EXPECT ME TO VOTE FOR IT. I will vote on good perms both ways (see what I said above about XT) SPREAD: I was a tier B- speed person in the south. I can flow A level spread *IF* you enunciate. slow down momentarily on CITES and TAGS and blow through the card (BUT I WILL RE TAG YOUR SUBPOINTS if your card does not match the tag!!!!!!) If you have any slurred speech, have a high pitched voice, a deep southern or NY/Jersey drawl, or just are incapable of enunciating, I will quit flowing and make stuff up based on what I think I hear. I do not ask for ev unless there is an evidentiary challenge, so if you claim the card said something and I tagged it differently because YOU slurred too much on the card or mis-tagged it, that's your fault, not mine. LD- I LOVE PHILOSOPHY so if you want to confuse your opponent who doesn't know the difference between Kant, Maslow and Rawls, dazzle away :-). Clear VP and VC (or if you call it framework fine, but it is stupid to tell someone with a framework they don't have a VC and vice versa, its all sematics) are important but MORE IMPORTANT is WHY IS YOURS BETTER *OR* WHY DO YOU MEET THEIRS TOO and better (Permute) IF YOU TRY TO Tier A policy spread, or solo policy debate, you have probably already lost UNLESS your opponent is a novice. Not because I can't follow you, but because THIS EVENT IS NOT THE PLACE FOR IT!!! However there are several people who can talk CLEARLY and FAST that can easily dominate LD, If you cannot be CLEAR and FAST play it safe and be CLEAR and SLOW..... Sub-pointing is still a good idea, do not just do broad overviews. plans and counterplans need not apply as LD is usually revolving around the word OUGHT!!!! Good luck claiming Implementation FIAT on a moral obligation. I might interrupt if you need to be louder, but its YOUR job to occasionally look at the judge to see signals to whether or not they are flowing, so I will not be signalling that, I will just be making up new tags for the cards I missed tags for by actually listening to the cards, and as the average debater mis-tags cards to say what they want them to, this is not advisable. I repeat, Speed = Bad in LD, and I will not entertain a counter-plan in LD If you want to argue Counterplans and Plans, get a partner and go to a policy tournament. GOOD LUCK and dangit, MAKE *ME* HAVE FUN hahahahahah

Hari Kannan - Miller Middle

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Helen Han - Miller Middle

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Hess Choy - Miller Middle

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Honey Maharana - Golden State

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Jenny Wang - Miller Middle

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Kai Lai - Golden State

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Linda Lee - Miller Middle

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Manvendra Mishra - Miller Middle

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Marc Naddell - Terman

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Rajeev Madnawat - MHS

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Rohit Kumar - Kumar Academy

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Satish Agrawal - Miller Middle

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Satish` Fernandes - Miller Middle

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Shilpa Shanbhag - Miller Middle

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Shivakumar Chonnad - Miller Middle

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Shobha Srivas - Golden State

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Simon He - Communication

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Sudeep Surender - Communication

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Sunil Kothari - Golden State

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Suresh Balasubramanian - Communication

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Suresh Velayudhan - Miller Middle

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Vish Agarwal - Terman

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Xinyu Zhang - Terman

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muna khanna - Champion

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sameer khanna - Champion

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sandeep khanna - Champion

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2015 SJND Middle School Public Forum Tournament