Beaird,+Eleanor


 * I did LD @ Horizon High School (’15) in Arizona.**
 * Now I coach LD over the summer @ Southwest Speech and Debate Institute.**
 * I use she/her/hers gender pronouns.**

Overall, I am fine with most types of arguments/whatever you want the round to be. Most importantly, I do not think that the exclusion of your opponent is strategic. That being said, I am fine with speed/theory/kritical arguments/whatever makes you happy, but not if you are executing them in a way that it is contributing to a round where your opponent isn’t able to participate. **You should be able to explain your cases/arguments to anyone.** I probably won’t be able to justify dropping you, but it will affect your speaker points and my subconscious perception of you. L


 * Some things to be aware of if you want: **


 * As of January 2016, I haven’t seen/judged/participated in a debate round in about 6 months. I am totally fine with speed but I will need you to slow down for tags/authors/important parts of cards/etc. I’ll yell clear if I can’t understand you, but there will come a time when I will have to stop flowing.
 * UPDATE 1/9/15: I've judged 16 rounds on the Jan/Feb LD topic**
 * I have a very low theory threshold and I wouldn’t recommend running it unless it is legitimately necessary. Of course I will vote on theory if that’s what the round comes down to but I am also 100% comfortable voting off of paragraph theory. The format of how you read/respond to theory doesn’t make a difference to me. If anything, I probably prefer paragraph theory.
 * I like in depth frameworks that think outside the box. Impacting back to your framework is really important to me.
 * Just because your opponent drops/doesn’t adequately respond to something doesn’t mean you automatically win the round. I need really clear extensions that impact back to something (preferably your framework).
 * A brief summary at the end of speeches explaining why you’re winning never hurt anyone and it will probably increase your speaker points/my chance of voting for you, especially if it’s a close round.


 * & some other stuff:**
 * no, I don’t care if you sit or stand.
 * flex prep is fine but only for clarification questions and only if it is cool with your opponent.
 * please pre-flow ahead of time. <3
 * i’ll be timing the round, but please let me know if you want time signals ahead of time because that’s cool with me.
 * Like most decent people, I’m not going to vote off of something that’s offensive. If you’re thinking “is this argument offensive?” it probably is.


 * Feel free to ask more specific questions before the round. Yay debate!** ** J **