Brown,+Robin

Judging Experience: 7 Years High school coach, 7 years High school policy debate, 4 years.
 * __LD__ **

**Overview**: My judging will emphasize how well you explain your value, how well you weigh your value against your opponent’s, how well you link your arguments to your value, and how well you refute your opponent’s case. I like to hear voters. You need to signpost and extend your arguments; if I don’t know where you are on the flow, it’s as if you aren’t making the argument. I am not likely to pick you up if you don’t spend any time on impact analysis. I would much prefer three solid cards with excellent analysis to thirty cards without any analysis. Be a debater, not a competitive librarian. I am not a fan of performance debates.

**Plans**: I will accept a case which offers some kind of loose plan, so long as that plan clearly and fully relates to the resolution. I see LD as being very different from Policy—I am not a fan of very narrow and specific plans in LD. If you are using a plan to show that there is a smart way to do whatever your side is, great. If you are using a super narrow and specific plan to show that you could come up with some idea the other side never thought of, that’s not ok.

**Kritiks**: I'll accept them.

**Values/ Criteria**: I strongly prefer a framework that allows me to clearly pick one position over another. If your value is “morality," make sure you can give me a good sense of what is more moral and what is less. You should have cards in your framework.

**Speed**: The extent to which you use speed should not interfere with your ability to communicate intelligibly. If you want me to put your arguments/cards on the flow, slow down. You’ll know you’re speaking too fast if I stop flowing.


 * Cross-ex: **Questions/Etiquette: If your opponent is abusing your cross-ex by taking too long to answer a question, you may politely interrupt; I will not consider you rude for the interruption. However, not every question has a yes or no answer, and your opponent is perfectly within their rights to say they need to give an explanation. The person answering the questions may only respond with questions for clarification (“Are you asking about my 1st or 2nd contention?” for example) and may not respond with substantive questions.