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Yay! Thank you! (Also, are/were you a debater? I don’t remember if I’ve asked you).
1. Why did you join?
I was on a huge “join ALL the clubs” kick freshman year.
26. Do you have special methods for profiling judges?
I’m not very good at reading people, so, um, ask them what their paradigms are? I guess?
42. What was the most fun round that you had?
During my first ever break round at JV state, I hit one of the best people on the local circuit. This girl had beaten me at least three times at previous points in the season. Before the round, I wrote a shit ton of blocks, and, because her team is well-known for writing prep-outs of other teams’ cases, I basically rewrote my entire negative case. (She was confused by this and ended up reading an author indict for the author of some evidence I didn’t end up reading). I destroyed. Technically, I only won on a 2-1 decision, but the feedback from the judge who voted me down made it really obvious that she had voted on the other girl based on her reputation and was starting to regret her decision.
(The other girl in question is a lovely human being, btw, one time I was throwing up before the tournament and she just walked up to me and held my hair back, no questions asked).
