Gopaul,+Navin

Bronx Science ‘14/Northwestern ‘18 navinkgopaul@gmail.com

-I haven’t judged much so I won’t pretend I have strong biases towards or against certain arguments. You should feel comfortable reading anything you'd like in front of me – I have read arguments from heg/econ affs to 1-off K strategies/planless affs. That being said, I believe some degree of bias towards certain arguments is inevitable for any judge, which I’ll elaborate on below. -I don’t have much knowledge of the topic so please be clear (especially with acronyms) -If you have a speech impediment, see the “speaker points” section -I’ll probably be updating this as I judge more rounds -I’m willing to vote on cheap shot arguments but you have to impact it sufficiently throughout the round. I believe if arguments such as ASPEC, OSPEC, RVIs etc are really as silly as people claim then you should be fully capable of answering them -Lots of advantages don’t make a lot of sense and can be sized down with smart analytics – try to take a step back and think about the aff – (ie do you know how much has to go wrong for nuclear war to actually happen?) -beating an aff team on their own case is a major ethos appeal for me -impact defense is your friend -I find analytics a strong tool against disads. Many of them don’t make sense so take a second (or minute) to think about it. -Link probably controls the direction of uniqueness, but I can be convinced otherwise -The politics disad probably isn’t intrinsic but I’ll evaluate this debate based on the arguments in the round. -Specific CPs vs. an aff is great -I’m down for cheating cps as long as you justify it – though I tend to lean aff on questions of competition -I’d probably enjoy a topic specific K the most, but if you must go generic then try to apply it well to the aff <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-I’m familiar with most generic Ks. For something more complex it would be in your best interest to slow down and use less jargon <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-I’m willing to vote on dropped K tricks <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-I’m more a fan of a team that spends less time reading evidence and more time explaining their cards and applying it to the aff <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-Aff vs the K – your best bet is winning the truth of your aff and your ability to weigh it. Choose a strategy and stick with it. I’m down for heg good versus an imperialism K or cap good vs a cap K – if you link, just accept that you link and go for the impact turn. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-try to contextualize what the topic looks like under your interpretation <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-since I haven’t judged a great amount of rounds on the topic, try to make it as clear as possible (which includes going slower) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-reasonability vs competing interps is up in the air for me <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-Most theoretical arguments are probably a reason to reject the argument not the team unless you can explain why a certain practice hindered your overall strategy. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-I lean aff on questions of competition on consult/conditions/delay/XO/nice-aff-i’ll-take-it CPs. (aff teams, don’t let them get away with murder) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-Condo bad – went for it a fair amount and I’m willing to vote either way <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-I’m willing to listen to nontraditional theory arguments – ie topical CPs bad <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-I believe these types of affs are important for many reasons but at least try to relate it to the topic <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-I’m willing to vote on framework vs. these affs <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-I’m undecided on the question of whether or not performance based affs have access to a permutation – it can be argued that the function of a perm is to decide whether or not two policies are mutually exclusive not performances. However, if this argument is true then the debate could become very similar to “plan-plan” which is arguably irresolvable. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-I’ll probably give you above average points <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">-As someone with a speech impediment in debate I know how much it sucks when it comes to speaker points since it’s something you have very limited control over and can really screw up your performance. If you have a speech impediment, find some way to let me know (email me, tell me if you see me in the hallway before the round) and I will do my best to ensure it doesn’t affect my perception of you or the points I assign you. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Don’t do it. I’d hate to find myself in a situation where I have to decide something like this. If you are going to accuse someone make sure you have sufficient evidence to back up your claims.
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Disads **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">CPs **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Ks **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">T **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Theory **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Non-traditional/plan-less Affs **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Speaker points **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Cheating **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Questions? Concerns? **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Ask me before the round or email me: navinkgopaul@gmail.com