Has anyone here ever been on a debate team or been a debate judge before?

[ButterflyBlood]

I'm wondering because I'm interested in how such debates are scored.

I'd like to be able to actually score that debate, and then see just how badly Kerry whooped his ass.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

1. Problem is, it wasn't really a "debate" per se.

So I don't know if you could actually score it.

[medeak]

2. link to debate judges

Both my kids were into Forensics big time and we judged meets.. this was posted on DU

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=877200

[RoyGBiv]

3. I've been a debate judge ...

In college ... some members of advanced speech classes were asked to help judge high school scholastic meets. We were a bit more lenient on certain things than a college level debate judge would be.

We usually used a form provided us by the speech department. It had various categories we were to score, which we added, leading to a final score, which was ranked. Then the judges' rankings would be compared and weighted leading to a result. The different elements were things like organization, presentation, strength of argument, use of sources, creativity ... the list is long.

Anyway, as SeveneightyWhoa said, this wasn't a debate in the classic sense, so it would be very hard to judge it according to debate contest standards.

But, I will say, Shrub lost it on presentation and organization alone.