tecoyah

Tilted Debate League

How it works:

Two team captains are chosen, each captain will choose two members of tilted forum project as fellow members of the team. Invitations for the team will take place through PM. Team members must be agreed upon by both captains before an invitation is sent.

The Rules:

Debate topics are chosen by Team Captains and League moderator. Fairness will be the guiding factor in topic choice.

All members will use integrity and respect in replys and topic debate. Only fact, and universally perceived truth will be used when addressing, or rebuttal of information used to set a point unless the post is clearly stated as opinion. Moderator will have final say as to validity of sources.

Outside input, from members not invited for the debate will be ignored, and the post deleted unless a full concensus is reached by all members and an invitation is sent to the individual to join the debate. After four rounds of comment (starting with the captain, and ending with the same) the moderator will declare an open thread, which will allow further discussion.

Degradation of the debate will result in no more than three warnings of topic violation before thread is closed by moderator.

Again, respect and useful debate are the guiding forces in this experiment


Captains will be chosen at random from the pool of members interested (please indicate if you are willing)
Interested Parties please indicate so here, ie: captain /participant, once the teams are in place.....you will choose your prefered Moderator. Who will work with the captains to choose a debate topic.

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politicophile

Question: What do you mean by "four rounds of comment"? Does each of the six debaters speak four times? Does each team create two amalgamated posts?

And yes, I am interested in being either a captain or a participant.

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tecoyah

The Idea is a Total of four comments from each team, Starting and ending with the team captain posting (though this is up to the team itself). The opening of the thread to all comments does not signify the death of the thread, rather, if all goes well.....the beginning of it.

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zen_tom

I like this idea too - I'd be interested in taking part in either capacity too.

tecoyah

Excellent.....Captains in place....first come, first served....

Anyone interested in participating will need to state so here
The Captains will inform you of which team (if any) you are on.

politicophile Team #1 captain

zen_tom Team #2 captain

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Elphaba

I am too backed up at work for this round, but I would like to be a participant in the next.

martinguerre

the format seems interesting...and i could be game. but it would probably depend on the topic...

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joshbaumgartner

I am interested in being a participant, in whatever capacity required. This sounds very interesting.

Josh

Elphaba

Tec, I have gotten through some of my major deadlines and should have the rest done by this weekend. I can participate sooner than I thought.

We have two Captains and two participants, as of now. Why not give it a go with just the four of us?

I can't speak for anyone else, but since you have shown an interest, I would cast my vote for you as the preferred moderator.

Is it agreeable to everyone that we move the Tilted Debate League forward?

tecoyah

Captains....Chime in

If you are ready...pick your teams and post your picks here

We will go from there

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zen_tom

It's a tough choice - Tecoyah, do you want to flip? Heads Elphaba, tails joshbaumgartner. Unless politicophile wants first choice?

politicophile

This round, I'm with joshbaumgartner and martinguerre. I await your picks, zen_tom.

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zen_tom

Well Elphaba, and assuming Tecoyah will be acting as moderator rather than joining in as a team member, who-ever signs up next...

aberkok

For this or future debates...

You have my sword ....and you have my bow... and MY AXE. Although I'd shy away from Captain at this stage.

I've got a lot of time on my hands these days.

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zen_tom

aberkok - you're in!
That makes Team #2
zen_tom
Elphaba
aberkok

Strange Famous

yo I'm in, but dont expect me to argue for anything to the right of Leon Trotsky!

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ubertuber

This is a great idea! I'll follow along closely, and after work slows down (they're sending me to Europe) I'd like to participate. Good on ya - I'm looking forward to this.

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Elphaba

Ok, Boss. What's our debate topic?

maleficent

That was the fun of debate in college... having to debate the complete opposite of what your core belief was... Now THAT makes for a fun debate...

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Strange Famous

I was in the debate club at HS, I used to win mainly through cheap grandstanding though!

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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."

The Gospel of Thomas

tecoyah

Captains are choosing a topic now.....at which point a new thread will be placed.....keep an eye open

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Elphaba

Tecoyah, I'm still not quite clear on how you envision the roll of the participants under each Captain. Do we help with research, offer debate points and such, and then the Captain chooses his arguments?

I'm a newbie to the whole debate protocol.

tecoyah

there will be discussion within your team....either thru PM or chat....hell, use Yahoo if you want. The Idea is to actually BE a team in this....and create a serious debate using the strengths of team members. How you do this is up to you as a team.....and the results will speak for themselves. Personally, were I doing this as a captain, I would open the debate myself....have each member work off the opening statement, and then work closely to create a close that blew the other side to pieces....


...but thats just me...heh

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Gatorade Frost

I'd be willing to help. I'm pretty moderate and all. I wouldn't Captain, though.

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