Paradigm

H Niemas
Olympia High School

Introduction

Hi, I’m Lucas, I have done LD for three years at Olympia High School. Most of my experience is with traditional LD but I have done and can understand most progressive arguments. I am fine with speed/spreading as long as your opponent is ok with it, and you send a speech doc.

-Yes, I want to be on the email chain: lniemas1@gmail.com

-I will disclose as long as the tournament allows it.


Traditional Lincoln Douglas

Framework

-Make sure you understand the philosophy you are running.

-Please read evidence and thoroughly warrant your frameworks.

-Framework is not a voter, please don't claim it is.


Cross Examination

-Cross is for you and your opponent to ask questions. I will not give any weight on the ballot to anything said in cross unless you bring it up in a later speech.

Contention Level

-The most important component to success is strong relevant evidence and strong warranting for your arguments.

-Most tournaments it seems like everyone runs the same stock arguments, bonus points if you come up with unique arguments for your cases.

-You must properly extend your arguments in EACH rebuttal for me to take them into account on the ballot.

-I will not evaluate new or responses to dropped arguments in the 2nr/2ar.

-Clash is good.

-Don’t just say your evidence is better WEIGH, explain to me why/how it's better.

-Voters are great, preferably given throughout your rebuttal and not just at the end.

-Use all of your speech time, it doesn’t matter if you’re rambling about nonsense, it’s better than conceding time.

-Use all your prep time, literally no use in conceding it.

-Try to avoid making ad hominem arguments.

Progressive Lincoln Douglas

-Tech>Truth

-I will vote on pretty much anything if you warrant it properly.

-Not a fan of non topical cases, the resolution is there for a reason.


LARP

-Most of my progressive experience is with LARP.

-Bonus speaks for creative/unique counterplans.

-I will 100 percent vote for impact turns if you win them, Spark, warming good etc.

Theory/Tricks

-There is no such thing as frivolous theory, I’ll vote on anything if you win it.

-Go for the RVI.

-Tricks are fine, have to have some semblance of a warrant.

-Bonus points for new creative tricks.

Philosophy

-Quite enjoyable, make sure to send a speech doc if its some obscure or dense stuff.

-Familiar with Rawls, Locke, Kant, Hobbes, and a few others.

K’s

-Not my favorite style of argument, I’ll still vote on it if I have to.

-If it's super dense, make sure to clearly explain it (If it's obscure I probably don’t know it).

-If you read an identity K you must be of that group.

Misc

-Aff gets permissibility.

-Neg gets presumption.


Extra speaks

-If it was a genuinely good round and everyone was polite, I’ll probably give both parties higher speaks.

+0.5 speaks if you tell me your favorite country music singer.

Other

-Hate speech or slurs against your opponent will result in me dropping you.

-Don’t spread without consent/speech doc.

-Be nice and have fun, we are all giving up our weekend for this.

Public Forum

I have experience with both competing and judging public forums.

-I have both competed and judged pf before; I am fine with pretty much everything, note the following.

-Not a fan of Paraphrased evidence, just cut the card.

-If neither side reads the framework I will assume util.

-Don’t use progressive arguments, there is no need to turn pf into LD or Policy.

-I value strong weighing and evidence comparison


Extemporaneous Speech/Debate

-Pretty cool event.

-Fine with pretty much anything.

-Have fun.


World Schools & Big Questions

-Do a real event, I don't really care what happens you do you.

-I will try my best to not fall asleep.


Speech/Congress

-If I am judging this, it is against my will. I almost certainly will have no idea what I am doing. Good Luck!