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About Debate
By: jamesgames Date: January 21, 2015, 9:55 pm
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((If anyone gets thoughts on deleting this, don't you dare. I
put effort into this.))
This topic describes debate. Even experienced debaters
should read this, it makes some pretty good points.
A 'debate' is "a formal discussion on a particular topic in
a public meeting or legislative assembly, in which opposing
arguments are put forward." To sum that answer up, a debate is a
formal discussion on a topic of the Instigator's (see Roles)
choosing where multiple people argue to determine who is most
likely correct.
First, we can start with all the roles in Debate.
Instigator: The person who starts the Debate
Contender: The person who joins a Debate
Pro: The person who agrees with the Claim. The Pro is supposed
to make convincing arguments on why (s)he believes this.
Con: The person who disagrees with the Claim. The Con is
supposed to make convincing arguments on why (s)he disbelieves
this.
Secondly, I shall describe essential "items" in a debate.
The Claim: The Claim is the most important thing in a debate.
Without it, it is impossible to debate. The Claim is what the
Pro and Con are debating.
e.g. "Time Travel is Real"
Rules: This is the second important thing in a debate. This
contains info on how your debate works and what you can and
can't do. If you want your debate to be more organized, you can
select a pattern to use in the rule section (See "Arguments and
Rebuttals"). You cannot use rules like "You are not allowed to
win", "You are instantly the loser", etc...
e.g. Rule 1; Don't use Yahoo or Wikipedia as sources. Rule 2; No
going off topic. Rule 3; ARAR Etc...
Arguments and Rebuttals: Arguments and Rebuttals are
automatically in a debate. Patterns tend to be "ARAR", "AARR",
"ARAARR", etc... An Argument always begins a debate. An Argument
is when the Instigator writes a few convincing paragraphs to
start off. A Rebuttal is where the Contender tries to prove the
Argument wrong. Then, the Instigator can either try to prove the
Rebuttal wrong (Another Rebuttal), or make a point that usually
makes the Rebuttal look stupid and describe the new point in
detail (Argument). The easiest pattern is ARAR (my opinion).
Voting: This is how the winner is decided. I personally believe
that polls should not be used, because anyone who is obsessed
with winning can create (or use) other accounts and vote without
the admins knowing they cheated. I believe that when the debate
is declared over others can comment and choose who to vote.
Grammar: This is important in a debate. You don't need the best
grammar, but it's important to have good grammar. Your arguments
must be readable.
High Quality Debates: This is extremely important. If you make a
low quality debate, no one will join it. Examples for low
quality debate(s) are below. Mods, feel free to add your own.
[spoiler=Low Quality Debate: Bacon Is Good]
[font=arial]Pro: [font=arial]Bacon is delicious. Prove me
wrong.[/font]
[font=arial]Con: Dude bacon sucks because it tastes bad.[/font]
[font=arial]Pro: Uh, no. It tastes delicious.[/font]
[font=arial]Con: No, it tastes bad.[/font]
The problem with this debate is that it has an opinion, not a
claim. Also, this debate makes it impossible to make good
arguments for both the Pro and the Con.[/spoiler]
A debate will go on until a player forfeits. Long debates are
not bad. However, when a debate reaches 50 pages I suggest that
another topic should be made to continue the debate.
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Re: About 1V1 Debate
By: Zenwarrior54 Date: January 21, 2015, 9:58 pm
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The vast majority of this thread goes without saying.
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Re: About 1V1 Debate
By: widm1999219 Date: January 21, 2015, 10:01 pm
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Note this only applies if the participants wish to partake in a
formal debate using the format of a more competitive style.
[s]Informal debates are likely to be the norm in most cases.[/s]
No debates will likely be the norm.
I disagree with the vote system. Debates generally do not have a
winner unless one partakes in a competition. Panel of judges
will have an inherent bias and that's hard to control.
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Re: About 1V1 Debate
By: Epsilon Date: January 21, 2015, 10:03 pm
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Re: About 1V1 Debate
By: jamesgames Date: January 21, 2015, 10:17 pm
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A panel of debate judges is not a bad idea. This would make it
even harder to cheat. I believe that the Instigator should
choose the debate judges, what do you think?
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Re: About 1V1 Debate
By: Epsilon Date: January 21, 2015, 10:25 pm
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Re: About 1V1 Debate
By: jamesgames Date: January 21, 2015, 10:29 pm
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Re: About 1V1 Debate
By: Epsilon Date: January 21, 2015, 10:31 pm
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Re: About 1V1 Debate
By: nitrox116 Date: January 21, 2015, 10:31 pm
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How about just everyone who didn't participate in the debate
votes in the thread? Of course, that's if we decide that a
debate needs a winner.
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Re: About 1V1 Debate
By: jamesgames Date: January 21, 2015, 10:35 pm
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That's what I said Nitrox.
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