now, Ive come to notice that when tournament results come up that some1 has to complain about some debater being horrid at debate, but doing extremely well at a tourney. All I have to say is that these people (like Walt, sry to generalize) got to late outrounds for a reason, they debated better than almost everyone else.

I just want to ask ppl to stop posting these stupid comments on VBD. It turns into everyone posting responses to them and not using VBD for what its here for. So can we plz just put a stop to the stupidity? And if some1 is being stupid, why not just not respond at all. It’s common knowledge that whoever theyre complaining about is probably good, and theyre just sour about it.

And as for ?????
Walt is a good debater he took out me and Andrew both of whom are very progressive and he never went fast it just goes to show you a little adaptation and some good skill will get you a bid so congrats Walt good luck

Heck of a tournament yall

`carlos

BC

Your comment about Walt Johnson getting to finals is quite disturbing and obnoxious for four reasons:

1. Having spent a full two days with Walt, I can say that he might just be one of the nicest and most humble debaters out there in contrast to some people aka like you who may be alittle to cocky about their debating success or lack thereof.
2. Just because you have debated Walt before and may not think he is talented, that is only your opinion and since it is a negative one you shouldn’t be posting it online for everyone to see. People with nasty things to say about other people like you should keep it to themselves, especially because I know Walt wouldn’t be saying that about you.
3. Just becase you may think that Walt is “bad” because you have a more progressive style of debate doesn’t mean he is bad. He is probably one of the most talented slow/traditional styled debaters today, which definently displays true talent because LD is consistently becoming more “progressive” and those that are still debating traditionally and can do it effectively are in the minority.
4. And last, you really should shut up because a. it is possible that people improve as they debate more and more, so your statement is quite hasty and b. YOU WERE NOT THE ONE IN FINALS THAT GOT A BID AT VESTAVIA SO DONT RAG ON SOMEONE ELSES SUCCESS.

Corey Metzman is also intense.

I know. I’m a debate coach, not a typist.

BC

(5) Salpointe Catholic CO def. (12) Ravenwood SZ (Sasha Zheng)
(11) Monticello KR def. (6) Harker AK (Anuj Kamdar)
(10) Harker SS def. (7) Mountain Brook SF (Sam Frank)
(9) Highlands Ranch AJ def. (8) Harker AU (Akshay Udiavar)
(16) St. James BH def. (1) Battle Ground TL (Trent Linville)
(2) Montgomery Bell CM def. (15) Oak Mountain SG (Scott Gray)
(14) Harker DR def. (3) Monticello SS (Siegel Spencer)
(4) Montgomery Academy WJ def. (13) Battle Ground AH (Allison Herren)

my last name is iluzadA.

thanks!

flying to alabama turned out well for you :)

HOUSE A

Qualifier–Sundeep Iyer from Ridge HS

Alternates—
1st–Eric Meyers from Randolph
2nd–Sam Hocking from Randolph
3rd–Patrick Keating from ALJ
4th–Alex Zhao from Randolph
5th–Bharat Ayyar from Ridge

HOUSE B

Qualifier–Jackie Kang from Ridge HS

Alternates–
1st–Deepa Cherla from Ridge
2nd–Casey Buckley from Ridge
3rd–Victoria Fang from Montville
4th–Christopher Gibson from Randolph
5th–Joseph Broccoli from ALJ
6th–Michael Calavano from ALJ

SENATE
1st Qualifier–Joshua Meah from ALJ
2nd Qualifier–Reid Spitzer from Ridge

Alternates
1st–Aravind Sreenath from Randolph
2nd–Paul Bennett from Ridge
3rd–Nick Iluzado from Randolph
4th–Dean Fleyzor from ALJ

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL COMPETITORS AND THEIR COACHES!

congrats sid

the judge disclosed the carlos W 30, and Jarrett L 28.5, but wrote it flipped on the ballot

what a screw up :(

here were the speaker awards:
1) Trent Linville – BGA
2) Andrew Jarrett – Highland Ranch
3) Siegel Spencer – Monticello
4) Walt Johnson – Montgomery Academy
5) Siddarth Satish – Harker
6) Kaitlin Rubin – Monticello
7) Evan Mayo – BGA
8) Alisha Tolani – Harker
9) Sasha Zheng – Ravenwood
10) Alok Choksi – BGA

congrats to my former roommate sid, on his well deserved qual. and pimp-ness.

I seem to have congratulated 7/8 of the outrounds field. I’ve never seen Blake debate, but I am sure he is very solid as well. Good job to all 8 of you! :)

Good luck Andrew! You totally deserve this!

Andrew Jarrett is the one of the nicest, most genuine, and most humble people I have ever met, not just in debate, but in life. Good luck!