Gill,+Nick

**General **

I believe that debate is a game, and debaters can and should use any tricks to win. I’m also a fan of the line by line and I will never intervene unless it’s absolutely required. Speaker Points are awarded based on ability to give a good line by line, cross-x, quality of arguments, and clarity and general persuasiveness while speaking.

**Speed **

Go as fast as you possibly can while remaining clear. I would prefer that you slow down for the tags/cites. I will call clear if you get unclear and if you don't clear up, I'll flow what I can and dock your speaker points. I will not feel bad for missing an argument that I couldn't flow.

**Kritiks **

I think they’re extremely strategic, especially when they’re run as a floating PIC. But they’re also pretty abusive and most Alts have terrible solvency, so call the neg out on that.

**CPs **

I default to weighing the solvency deficit against the net benefit. I’ll entertain all CP theory, but you’ll have a hard time winning theory if a CP is both textually and functionally competitive.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 17pt;">DAs **

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 17pt;">I like specific DAs, but generics are fine. Extend warrants of the evidence, its way more persuasive than post-date arguments. Most DA evidence is absolutely terrible, and you should call them out on sketchy uniqueness evidence.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 17pt;">Topicality **

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 17pt;">I love topicality debates. Although it’s usually pretty obvious if an aff is topical enough, so don’t make your 1NC time skew your 2NR strat. I find reasonability persuasive, as I like to believe I’m a reasonable person. But I will vote on FX or Extra T pretty easily.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 17pt;">Framework **

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 17pt;">I default utilitarianism, because it’s easy. If you want me to switch, tell me.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 17pt;">Performance **

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 17pt;">Although I will vote for you, I’m not a good judge for this. Unless you’re willing to engage the other team on the line-by-line you will probably lose.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 17pt;">Theory **

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 17pt;">I prefer fairness over education, but just win the line by line on theory. I default reject arg not team, but if you say otherwise and its conceded you win.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 17pt;">Other Notes **

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 17pt;">I'm fine with teams debating paperless and don't count prep for flashing evidence over. If it takes you more than 30 seconds to save a document and hand it to the team you probably shouldn’t debate, or reproduce for that matter. I will dock you time if you steal prep.