GTP Mass-Debating Contest Thread!

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Are you kidding?
Basically, you'd form teams of three.
There'd be rounds consisting of two teams given a topic or subject, and each team would be given either "for" or "against".
Each team would ultimately submit a 200 word arguement, debating their point.
The 200 word arguement would then go to a poll, to decide on a winner.

If you don't want a poll, I suppose a cabinet of judges could be decided upon, and they'd decide upon a winner.

Anyway, it would work tournament-style, with each winning team advancing.

Participants
Duke
Famine
live4speed
FoolKiller
danoff
TheCracker
Bee
CCX
kennythebomb
Touring Mars
Silverzone
MachOne
Casio
amp88
Swift
MatttheTuner
Blake
Small_Fryz

Judges
Famine
dougiemeats
Sage
a6m5
Radicools Mum (:))

Current Team Structure:
Team A: Duke, Small_Fryz and Bee.
Team B: Famine, CCX and MatttheTuner
AAMMM: danoff, live4speed and kennythebomb
Team D: FoolKiller, Swift and MachOne
Team E: Blake, Touring Mars and Casio
Team F: amp88, Silverzone and TheCracker.

The Order Of Stuff

  1. Thread is created with heat number in title.
  2. Team competing, topic, deadline and Go! will be in the first post of the thread.
  3. Teams have three days to come up with a 400 word initial arguement between them.
  4. One member of the team must post the arguement preferably on Sunday, but before should be okay. Note, teams must not use the oppositions 400 word arguement as ammunition for their own initial arguement.
  5. After the three days are over and both teams have submitted the arguement, they have 4 days to come up with a 200 word rebuttle to the oppositions initial arguement.
  6. Judges mull over both teams arguements and rebuttles.
  7. Judges PM me, with their vote for who to win and reason.
  8. I make an announcement with who voted who and why, and announce the winner.

Course Of Events (Bold= Completed)
Team A vs Team B
Team D vs Team E
Team E vs Team F
Team B vs AAMMM
Team D vs Team F
Team A vs AAMMM

Final
Team AAMMM vs. Team E

Team Points List
Team A-1
Team B-0
AAMMM-2
Team D-1
Team E-2
Team F-0

Stuff That Happened :)
Team E defeated Team D
Team A defeated Team B
Team E defeated Team F by default
Team AAMMM defeated Team B
Team D defeated Team F by default.
Team AAMMM defeated Team A by default.
Round 1:
Teams A and B

Round 2:
Teams D and E

Round 3:
Teams E and F

Round 4:
Teams B and AAMMM

Round 5:
Teams D and F

Round 6:
Teams A and AAMMM

Final Round...Fight!
Teams AAMMM and Team E
 
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Similar, Jack.

DWOP were the moral victors.
 
I'd be interested. I don't really need something else to take up my time, but this sounds good. I'd also be willing to serve as a judge if necessary.
 
MdnIte
We have one. It's called the Opinions forums :)
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Not the same. Here, you'd be given a topic to work on as a team, and it would be a contest.
 
I'd be up for it - arguing in favour of something with which you don't agree can be quite fun. I think I posted a thread along those lines, where the point was to disagree with something quite sane.
 
I'd be up for it, we did this as part of a team building exercise at work not too long ago, sometimes there's just nothing better to do :lol:.
 
I'd be up for it.

My only fear is that the poll would have too many people basing their choice on their opinion and not the validity of the debate itself. But since there is no real prize I doubt it matters.

God (or whomever/whatever you choose) help the team that must oppose Famine.
 
FoolKiller
I'd be up for it.

My only fear is that the poll would have too many people basing their choice on their opinion and not the validity of the debate itself. But since there is no real prize I doubt it matters.

God (or whomever/whatever you choose) help the team that must oppose Famine.
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A carefully chosen and briefed panel of judges would help this, but then there's no interaction with other users.
 
danoff
I'm in (big surprise!!!).
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I was wondering when you would jump in on this.
live4speed
It could be worse, danoff and Famine could be on the same team :ouch:.
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I just want to watch them debate each other on something, just once. You could sell tickets to that.
 
I like the sound of this mass-debating contest 👍

- haven't we already got a 'Soggy Biscuits' thread though?
 
Count me in, as Ashley well and truly knows, I like to debate. :)
 
Famine
I found it. It wasn't quite as successful as I'd hoped, with a few people missing the point of the thread and just arguing...
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Mine feel short of my hopes as well. I was trying to get a whole reverse argument going, but it didn't seem to work out. People typically limited their contributions to one (often sarcastic) post on a particular subject.
 
I've heard that mass-debating can make you blind.




:sly:
 
i'd love to do it if anyone would be on a team with me!
 
Talentless
I'm too long winded to make formal arguments in 200 words.
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Which means you will have to be to the point. State your facts and give your conclusion. It leaves little room for being repetitive or rambling about nonsense in an attempt to confuse your audience.
 
Or, it will have me presenting an opinion dishonest of my true belief, which tends to be one with nuance.
 
danoff
People typically limited their contributions to one (often sarcastic) post on a particular subject.
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Right, like we'd really want to make sarcastic comments and then leave :rolleyes:.

*runs away*
live4speed
It could be worse, danoff and Famine could be on the same team :ouch:.
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I'd be more interested in seeing danoff and Famine on opposite teams. That would become a war of attrition (and multi-quote posts).

Although, if they were on the same team, they might just end up arguing with each other over whose evidence is more compelling. Too much power on one side can be self-defeating :).

I think this would be just like the opinions forum, with one noteable exception: there would be a winner and a loser. That, I'd like to see. Just don't go near the Creation vs. Evolution thread. That would be igniting the powderkeg :sly:.
 
It wouldn't be much like that really, except maybe to somone who doesn't know what's going on. You'd be given a subject to argue a point on, whether you agree with the point you have to argue or not is irrelevent, you could well be arguing for something you are against. Secondly, your points would be limited in lenth, meaning you could only make so many points in your post, this would prevent too many multi-quoting and too much babbling and if your in a smart tieam you'd sort out who's going to take on what point before posting so you don't all post the same thing.
 
Anyone think this would work?-

Keeping the posts-per-round count down as much as possible?
Maybe teams having the chance to ask questions if necessary, but other than that, just one main post by one team member, that post being the 200 arguement.

It would keep threads clean and make judging easier.

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