Thanks for the kind words man. I'm the second speaker from the neg. I get that I'm not a debate god, I do. But, I'm proud of this win. I'm self taught (as in, I've got no coach, I've never been to a debate camp, and I've learned most everything on my own), which makes this state win pretty exciting for me. But hey, I've been to national circuit tournaments this year. I took 3rd at one (and only lost to the champions of Washington State; the RFD? I had too many contentions, I had 3, and my opponents had 3, but one of my judges just got "tired of flowing my case"). I took second at another one, and bid. (2-1 for Millard North JL. The round was close, but one of the coach-judges told the tournament director in front of our parent chaperone that he'd circled the ballot for them because I'd knocked out his school's A-Team earlier in the tournament. The director couldn't find another judge as it was 1 in the morning. But hey, I might've lost that one with a clean judge.) The third I mavericked. I beat one of the top teams in the country, as well as a few top California teams. I lost a legit round to Green Valley, I screwed that one up bad. The round I lost to Harker BC was much closer (who, I thought weren't quite as good speakers, but had better analysis than HL, everyone's got different strengths and weaknesses), and the judge told me he would have picked me up if I'd multiplied a number by 6 instead of telling him to multiply that number by 6 in the Final Focus. It was that close. I took top speaker, and as the bottom seed I beat the top seed 3-0. They wouldn't let me advance because I was a maverick, but hey, the team I beat bid at the tournament. I've gone to 15 tournaments this year. I've finaled at 13 of them. Of those 13, I've won 11. 10 of those I won with a novice, and I placed 2nd and 3rd at my other two national tournaments with a novice. I'm not a good, but I've been successful enough, and I have and can beat a lot of top teams on those circuits. And hey, for the fun of it, hit me up. I'll beat you too bro. 3-0.