Lockwood,+Andrew

Chattahoochee `13 Emory `17

I'm usually able to convince myself what is going on - most things that are read in round I can get.

D ** ebate Stylistically ** - Prettier and wittier debating comes before ballin' evidence. You're supposed to convince me orally - if not you should just stay home and write research papers with all the cool evidence you have. - Make my job easy and keep the debate neat and organized. - Connect. Connect. Connect. In highschool, after almost every rebuttal redo I gave my coach (Abelkop) always told me to look up at the judge and slow down a bit at a crucial rebuttal moment. I'm not saying stare at me for the entire speech - probably would creep me out - but I suggest you utilize this as well.

- Presumption flows neg. If there's a CP it's aff until told otherwise. - Write out my ballot - I should be able to cite the 2NR/2AR defining moment that made me give one team the W and the other the L
 * Actual Debate Leanings**

Theory generally begs the question of conditionality - PICs can be bad but that in and of itself is probably a reason to reject the argument not the team (unless debated otherwise)
 * Theory**

Yes.
 * DA's**

I think I get it and grasp most of its intricacies. Again compare VIEWS of the topic and not just random buzzwords
 * T**

When I was a 2N I went for a the process counterclaim and the politics SAID at least 70 percent of the time. That being said you still should prove the counterplan is germane to the topic - as I've had more experience with debate I've become aff leaning on questions of counterplan legitimacy (I.e. the state's counterplan is probably a bad thing)
 * CPS**

I've seen a lot of extremely good and techy k debates (I can thank Viveth for that) so I can usually figure out what is going on. Apply the K to the aff. My favorite K debate is when a team can embed really smart case arguments/impact defense arguments on the kritik and explain why that means the aff can't solve/why only the alt can solve. Floating piks can be okay but I'm likely to lean aff the more vague the neg is about the pik - for example if a negative specified a part of the aff that was problematic and explained why not doing that part of the aff but doing the rest is still a good thing is a great way for alternatives to go down. Hiding the pik on the 8th subpoint of framework is not a good way for alternatives to go down.
 * Ks **

You'll get what I think you deserve - points generally range from 28 - 28.8.
 * Speaker Points**

Otherwise I'm pretty tab - have fun yo