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So the first time I ever told a girl I loved her was in my freshman year of high school.
We first met, like high school debaters usually did, in the cafeteria while we were waiting for rounds to post. She was twirling a pen around when she dropped it and I picked it up for her.
Her name was Alex. I was 14 and a debater, she was 15 and a debater from another school. She was really, really pretty, half-Japanese, and had this cute librarian look about her--thick glasses, long, straight black hair, big brown eyes and pale, almost porcelain skin.
We got to know each other over the course of the day. It helped that we ended up squaring off in prelims, where she beat me, and then the next day I beat her in the quarterfinals. I remember she said: "you're only a freshman, you aren't supposed to be doing this well", except I was thinking it too, so we said that last part of the sentence together. She smiled at me for the first time that day.
I lost in the semis and we spent the rest of that Saturday sitting together and watching episodes of The Wire on portable DVD player. When the day ended, we swapped phone numbers; she called first. I was so surprised I remember running towards the phone, tripping, and falling flat when my mom told me that some girl named Alex was looking for me.
So after that we went out on a few dates. Her school was a private college prep school; her dad was a judge and her mom was an international trade lawyer. She always paid.
Summer came around and I started to hang out at her house. That was the first time I ever got to sit in a Jacuzzi. We worked out this routine... each morning, my mom would drop me off at this library branch close by her house, and I would call her from the library payphone to see if I could come over. We used to sit on her parents' bed, fool around, naked (she taught me a lot in that department), and watch TV (mostly old movies) until around 4PM, when I would sneak out of her house and bike back to the library to pretend to my mom that I'd been studying for the PSATs (gotta love Chinese parents lol.)
I remember her miso soup and sushi... so good. She used to make this sushi roll with scallops, spicy mayonnaise, avocado, jalapenos, and tobiko. I gained 10 pounds that summer, ruined my swimming times for the entire next season. It was after one such meal, where we were just sitting on the couch, that she told me she loved me too. I believed her.
Near the end of that summer, she stopped picking up my phone calls. I didn't get it until the school year started and we met at another debate tournament and she was holding some other guy's hand. She never told me why, and I never asked.
We had dinner in San Francisco two weeks ago. She ended up going to Stanford Law School and now she's going to clerk for the 9th Circuit Court. She has an old-money Japanese boyfriend. We reminisced about old times and people long past, before she went back to her place, and me back to the hotel room. Dinner was still sushi, but at least I paid for it.
 
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At least you can pay for sushi now. Better to have loved and lost and all that stuff.
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My days of high school public forum debate were some of the best of my life. I used to so look forward to slappin on my finest suit and hanging all Saturday with many of the most intelligent kids I knew growing up. Excellent story, I have a few that are quite similar 
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On September 03 2012 10:15 farvacola wrote:My days of high school public forum debate were some of the best of my life. I used to so look forward to slappin on my finest suit and hanging all Saturday with many of the most intelligent kids I knew growing up. Excellent story, I have a few that are quite similar
Awww you were a PFDer? I tried that for a quarter but I could never get used to it because I never got the hang of the crossfire segment. I was always too quiet, lol
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On September 03 2012 10:09 Jaaaaasper wrote:
At least you can pay for sushi now. Better to have loved and lost and all that stuff.
Yepyep. Love and lost...
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Delicious blog entry.
So... your mom never knew about what you guys were doing at her place? Forever thinking that you were studying? 
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On September 03 2012 10:32 sorrowptoss wrote:Delicious blog entry. So... your mom never knew about what you guys were doing at her place? Forever thinking that you were studying?
Yeah... as far as she knew I was a really studious kid growing up, since I never did badly on the tests, and she was really busy with her job
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On September 03 2012 10:26 Shady Sands wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2012 10:15 farvacola wrote:My days of high school public forum debate were some of the best of my life. I used to so look forward to slappin on my finest suit and hanging all Saturday with many of the most intelligent kids I knew growing up. Excellent story, I have a few that are quite similar Awww you were a PFDer? I tried that for a quarter but I could never get used to it because I never got the hang of the crossfire segment. I was always too quiet, lol
Yes sir, crossfire was one of the reasons I took to PF as well as I did, I was a smart-ass, loud-mouthed fat kid with a loud voice and a knack for excellent impromptu 1 minute closers. Winning debates and nerding out with kids who loved to "talk smart" fed my young ego like no other. I take it you were in LD?
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On September 03 2012 10:42 farvacola wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2012 10:26 Shady Sands wrote:On September 03 2012 10:15 farvacola wrote:My days of high school public forum debate were some of the best of my life. I used to so look forward to slappin on my finest suit and hanging all Saturday with many of the most intelligent kids I knew growing up. Excellent story, I have a few that are quite similar Awww you were a PFDer? I tried that for a quarter but I could never get used to it because I never got the hang of the crossfire segment. I was always too quiet, lol Yes sir, crossfire was one of the reasons I took to PF as well as I did, I was a smart-ass, loud-mouthed fat kid with a loud voice and a knack for excellent impromptu 1 minute closers. Winning debates and nerding out with kids who loved to "talk smart" fed my young ego like no other. I take it you were in LD?
Heh yep. I loved philosophy and trapping people with their own logical holes. Always viewed LD as a something like the verbal equivalent of a chess match or a fencing match. And yes, I was an egotistical bastard too haha, though very quiet about it
Good times. I might post a case I used to run sometime, we'll see if I can find it
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I assume this isn't the one you screwed over since you were able to meet up and whatnot? Unless she doesn't know about it do this day? :o at least it wasn't awkward even though you guys had fooled around naked in high school or what have you.
This thing reads like a short story interesting stuff, can't say I've ever had a quarter as interesting of an experience overall, compared to most of TL's high school or general youth stories.
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On September 03 2012 11:28 Aerisky wrote:I assume this isn't the one you screwed over since you were able to meet up and whatnot? Unless she doesn't know about it do this day? :o at least it wasn't awkward even though you guys had fooled around naked in high school or what have you. This thing reads like a short story interesting stuff, can't say I've ever had a quarter as interesting of an experience overall, compared to most of TL's high school or general youth stories.
Nope, that was girlfriend number two
three gfs in high school
freshman year was the half-japanese girl
sophomore year was the indian girl
junior-senior year was a white girl
no chinese girl, much to my parents' disappointment
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Oh I see. Your poor parents.
Yeah your guys' lives are way more interesting than mine. Maybe one day something crazy will happen to me that's worth sharing.
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On September 03 2012 11:41 Aerisky wrote:Oh I see. Your poor parents. Yeah your guys' lives are way more interesting than mine. Maybe one day something crazy will happen to me that's worth sharing.
Don't worry, your life is more interesting than mine :D
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I'm really intrigued that you were supposed to be studying for the PSATs. The only place those are useful are for Nat. Merit Scholarship. And even then you don't need much, at least not compared to what you need on the SATs. You sound really smart, or at least studious.
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On September 03 2012 11:50 obesechicken13 wrote:
I'm really intrigued that you were supposed to be studying for the PSATs. The only place those are useful are for Nat. Merit Scholarship. And even then you don't need much, at least not compared to what you need on the SATs. You sound really smart, or at least studious.
Actually it was just my parents being strict, lol
I didn't mind it. It was summer and the library had free internet tucked in a corner room
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On September 03 2012 11:45 TehTemplar wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2012 11:41 Aerisky wrote:Oh I see. Your poor parents. Yeah your guys' lives are way more interesting than mine. Maybe one day something crazy will happen to me that's worth sharing. Don't worry, your life is more interesting than mine :D
Aww no worries, I'm sure you've had interesting stuff happen to you too ><
I dunno, guess his parents figured that studying for PSAT is more or less equivalent to studying for the SAT or something?
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On September 03 2012 11:54 Aerisky wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2012 11:45 TehTemplar wrote:On September 03 2012 11:41 Aerisky wrote:Oh I see. Your poor parents. Yeah your guys' lives are way more interesting than mine. Maybe one day something crazy will happen to me that's worth sharing. Don't worry, your life is more interesting than mine :D Aww no worries, I'm sure you've had interesting stuff happen to you too >< I dunno, guess his parents figured that studying for PSAT is more or less equivalent to studying for the SAT or something?
Nah, they said something along the lines of: "we are poor, if you get the national merit scholarship, you'll save the family money"
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On September 03 2012 12:03 Shady Sands wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2012 11:54 Aerisky wrote:On September 03 2012 11:45 TehTemplar wrote:On September 03 2012 11:41 Aerisky wrote:Oh I see. Your poor parents. Yeah your guys' lives are way more interesting than mine. Maybe one day something crazy will happen to me that's worth sharing. Don't worry, your life is more interesting than mine :D Aww no worries, I'm sure you've had interesting stuff happen to you too >< I dunno, guess his parents figured that studying for PSAT is more or less equivalent to studying for the SAT or something? Nah, they said something along the lines of: "we are poor, if you get the national merit scholarship, you'll save the family money"
Well, that does make a lot of sense, for what it's worth
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Do you resent the new boyfriend? You mention that he's old money. When people talk about old money they usually mean they don't like them because they'll never have to work hard in their life.
Entertaining read nonetheless.
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On September 03 2012 12:48 obesechicken13 wrote:
Do you resent the new boyfriend? You mention that he's old money. When people talk about old money they usually mean they don't like them because they'll never have to work hard in their life.
Entertaining read nonetheless.
Nah not really. Can't really hate rich people. Alex was old money too... her mom was actually related to Yoko Ono, who herself comes from the Yasuda family of Japanese finance.
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Great blog dude . I hope my life doesn't go this way haha, my gf is a sophomore, she told me she loved (still does) about 5 months ago, 3 months into us dating and I haven't stopped loving since. Though I'm glad to hear that you had some fun nekked times  .
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On September 03 2012 13:05 docvoc wrote:Great blog dude . I hope my life doesn't go this way haha, my gf is a sophomore, she told me she loved (still does) about 5 months ago, 3 months into us dating and I haven't stopped loving since. Though I'm glad to hear that you had some fun nekked times .
If she's the right one, don't let her go, don't let her go.
But most girls aren't the right ones lol
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So jelly about the girl and the debate experience.
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Seems like debating is quite popular these days.
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Or there are many debaters on TL.
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On September 03 2012 14:46 Azera wrote:
Or there are many debaters on TL.
Fact. Sooo many debaters on TL :D
Prae is as well I believe.
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K so how did you end up in a dinner with her. I know it's a very drama-esque thing to just go to the shot 10 years later where they're mutual friends now and having a pleasant dinner and then the ending theme comes up, but something happens for that to go down and that in itself is probably a whole season.
Would like to know, will be useful for me personally. I mean like, keeping the friend thing.
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I wish my school had debate. I love to argue lol. Nerds at my school just have quizbowl instead.
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On September 03 2012 15:24 Aerisky wrote:Fact. Sooo many debaters on TL :D Prae is as well I believe.
why don't we have a big debate thread then
sigh...
i'm a current high school pfer.
Interesting story, but like others, I'm wondering why it wasn't ultra awkward for you guys :O
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On September 03 2012 15:53 The_LiNk wrote:
K so how did you end up in a dinner with her. I know it's a very drama-esque thing to just go to the shot 10 years later where they're mutual friends now and having a pleasant dinner and then the ending theme comes up, but something happens for that to go down and that in itself is probably a whole season.
Would like to know, will be useful for me personally. I mean like, keeping the friend thing.
Wonders of facebook, I guess. Had a vague recollection that she was going to Stanford Law, so I decided to give her a call and see if she wanted to meet up. Turns out she had a bit of spare time, and that was that.
The dinner wasn't awkward because neither of us brought up the break-up. We just talked about other stuff. I mean, we talked about mutual friends we had while we were dating, but nothing directly related to our relationship.
It also helps that both her and I are involved with other people right now
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On September 03 2012 16:02 aRyuujin wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2012 15:24 Aerisky wrote:On September 03 2012 14:46 Azera wrote:
Or there are many debaters on TL. Fact. Sooo many debaters on TL :D Prae is as well I believe. why don't we have a big debate thread then sigh... i'm a current high school pfer. Interesting story, but like others, I'm wondering why it wasn't ultra awkward for you guys :O
I think having a big debate thread is a cool idea, only I'm not entirely sure what would be discussed, how the discussion would be carried out, and whether or not a thread full of debaters could remain open for long
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On September 03 2012 16:02 aRyuujin wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2012 15:24 Aerisky wrote:On September 03 2012 14:46 Azera wrote:
Or there are many debaters on TL. Fact. Sooo many debaters on TL :D Prae is as well I believe. why don't we have a big debate thread then sigh... i'm a current high school pfer. Interesting story, but like others, I'm wondering why it wasn't ultra awkward for you guys :O
FUCKING YES. DEBATE THREAD. I WILL DO IT. GIVE ME TIME.
Edit: In the spur of the moment I forgot that I actually know next to nothing about standard debate formats.
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On September 03 2012 16:19 Azera wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2012 16:02 aRyuujin wrote:On September 03 2012 15:24 Aerisky wrote:On September 03 2012 14:46 Azera wrote:
Or there are many debaters on TL. Fact. Sooo many debaters on TL :D Prae is as well I believe. why don't we have a big debate thread then sigh... i'm a current high school pfer. Interesting story, but like others, I'm wondering why it wasn't ultra awkward for you guys :O FUCKING YES. DEBATE THREAD. I WILL DO IT. GIVE ME TIME. Edit: In the spur of the moment I forgot that I actually know next to nothing about standard debate formats.
Should it be under Sports and Games or TL General?
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On September 03 2012 16:08 Shady Sands wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2012 15:53 The_LiNk wrote:
K so how did you end up in a dinner with her. I know it's a very drama-esque thing to just go to the shot 10 years later where they're mutual friends now and having a pleasant dinner and then the ending theme comes up, but something happens for that to go down and that in itself is probably a whole season.
Would like to know, will be useful for me personally. I mean like, keeping the friend thing. Wonders of facebook, I guess. Had a vague recollection that she was going to Stanford Law, so I decided to give her a call and see if she wanted to meet up. Turns out she had a bit of spare time, and that was that. The dinner wasn't awkward because neither of us brought up the break-up. We just talked about other stuff. I mean, we talked about mutual friends we had while we were dating, but nothing directly related to our relationship. It also helps that both her and I are involved with other people right now
Huh, being civil. That's quite a novel idea. I should really try that sometime.
I swear this is going to happen to me in a few years. The plot of a drama is being written as I type. I will keep your advice close to heart.
Thanks for the heads up!
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On September 03 2012 16:30 Shady Sands wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2012 16:19 Azera wrote:On September 03 2012 16:02 aRyuujin wrote:On September 03 2012 15:24 Aerisky wrote:On September 03 2012 14:46 Azera wrote:
Or there are many debaters on TL. Fact. Sooo many debaters on TL :D Prae is as well I believe. why don't we have a big debate thread then sigh... i'm a current high school pfer. Interesting story, but like others, I'm wondering why it wasn't ultra awkward for you guys :O FUCKING YES. DEBATE THREAD. I WILL DO IT. GIVE ME TIME. Edit: In the spur of the moment I forgot that I actually know next to nothing about standard debate formats. Should it be under Sports and Games or TL General?
General. "TL Debate Thead" I have an idea on how it's going to work, but if anybody wants to do it I'll be glad to help :D
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On September 03 2012 16:35 Azera wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2012 16:30 Shady Sands wrote:On September 03 2012 16:19 Azera wrote:On September 03 2012 16:02 aRyuujin wrote:On September 03 2012 15:24 Aerisky wrote:On September 03 2012 14:46 Azera wrote:
Or there are many debaters on TL. Fact. Sooo many debaters on TL :D Prae is as well I believe. why don't we have a big debate thread then sigh... i'm a current high school pfer. Interesting story, but like others, I'm wondering why it wasn't ultra awkward for you guys :O FUCKING YES. DEBATE THREAD. I WILL DO IT. GIVE ME TIME. Edit: In the spur of the moment I forgot that I actually know next to nothing about standard debate formats. Should it be under Sports and Games or TL General? General. "TL Debate Thead" I have an idea on how it's going to work, but if anybody wants to do it I'll be glad to help :D
Same here!
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On September 03 2012 16:35 Azera wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2012 16:30 Shady Sands wrote:On September 03 2012 16:19 Azera wrote:On September 03 2012 16:02 aRyuujin wrote:On September 03 2012 15:24 Aerisky wrote:On September 03 2012 14:46 Azera wrote:
Or there are many debaters on TL. Fact. Sooo many debaters on TL :D Prae is as well I believe. why don't we have a big debate thread then sigh... i'm a current high school pfer. Interesting story, but like others, I'm wondering why it wasn't ultra awkward for you guys :O FUCKING YES. DEBATE THREAD. I WILL DO IT. GIVE ME TIME. Edit: In the spur of the moment I forgot that I actually know next to nothing about standard debate formats. Should it be under Sports and Games or TL General? General. "TL Debate Thead" I have an idea on how it's going to work, but if anybody wants to do it I'll be glad to help :D
You do it. Read the bbcode thread beforehand tho for 1337 tips
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Blog bbcode formatting pro
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Making the thread now. Any useful links you guys want me to include in the OP?
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On September 03 2012 16:52 Azera wrote:
Making the thread now. Any useful links you guys want me to include in the OP?
nflonline.org
link to US high school debating society
probably also split the article into 4 sections by debating format-- LD, Policy, Public Forum, and Parliamentary
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On September 03 2012 17:02 Shady Sands wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2012 16:52 Azera wrote:
Making the thread now. Any useful links you guys want me to include in the OP? nflonline.org link to US high school debating society probably also split the article into 4 sections by debating format-- LD, Policy, Public Forum, and Parliamentary
As I said I don't really have much knowledge about the formats, and it's going to be hard to hold a debate online with those formats. I'll PM what I have at the moment. Still deciding how quick-fire rounds are gonna work.
Thanks anyway!
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On September 03 2012 16:52 Azera wrote:
Making the thread now. Any useful links you guys want me to include in the OP?
Well it is important we make a distinction between what sort of scope we are talking. In terms of high school debate in the United States, competition forms usually adhere to one of four standards:
Lincoln-Douglas Debate, being the OG form based on the 1858 hallmark exchanges between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
Policy Debate, a fast paced, content centric debate that puts an emphasis on extended source supported position and cross examination over delivery or rigor
Public Forum Debate, inspired by the old CNN show Crossfire, this form focuses on effective, concise delivery in addition to impromptu adversarial questioning in crossfire rounds
Parliamentary Debate, a logic focused form that prohibits quoted evidence and relies on pure persuasion through logical exposition. Questions are allowed but can be ignored by either side at their behest, very much unlike the other three.
We should pick a conventional form and tailor it to forum standards. Use word counts instead of time limits or something like that.
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Probably going to be Parliamentary Debate but with no questions.
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+ Show Spoiler +TL Debates - How is this different from just having random discussion?
- It doesn't differ from random discussion that much, but you will be able to easily find high quality arguments from the "official speakers", so you can easily filter through the bad posts to find the good ones.
- How will this work?
- 2 Teams, 4 people per team. Teams will work together via PMs. People can register by sending me a PM asking to be either the Proposition or Opposition. Only when you are officially registered will I send you a PM of the motion.
- What you just said sounds messy!
- Teams will not post their speeches on the thread itself. After I have given the teams the motion, each speaker must send their speeches to me via PM after 48 hours. I will consolidate all the speeches into one post and post it here. The motion will be released along with the first round of speeches. All speeches will be open to criticism. 72 hours after the first set of speeches are released, teams must send me another round of speeches. This will then be released along with a poll open to the public to decide the winner.
- Let the public decide the winner? Sounds ridiculous!
- Yes, but for now it is what it is. When things start going maybe I will be able to find 3 judges to determine the winner.
General Rules
- Speeches should be no longer than 1000 words long.
- No ad hominem.
what i have so far
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On September 03 2012 17:19 Azera wrote:+ Show Spoiler +TL Debates - How is this different from just having random discussion?
- It doesn't differ from random discussion that much, but you will be able to easily find high quality arguments from the "official speakers", so you can easily filter through the bad posts to find the good ones.
- How will this work?
- 2 Teams, 4 people per team. Teams will work together via PMs. People can register by sending me a PM asking to be either the Proposition or Opposition. Only when you are officially registered will I send you a PM of the motion.
- What you just said sounds messy!
- Teams will not post their speeches on the thread itself. After I have given the teams the motion, each speaker must send their speeches to me via PM after 48 hours. I will consolidate all the speeches into one post and post it here. The motion will be released along with the first round of speeches. All speeches will be open to criticism. 72 hours after the first set of speeches are released, teams must send me another round of speeches. This will then be released along with a poll open to the public to decide the winner.
- Let the public decide the winner? Sounds ridiculous!
- Yes, but for now it is what it is. When things start going maybe I will be able to find 3 judges to determine the winner.
General Rules
- Speeches should be no longer than 1000 words long.
- No ad hominem.
what i have so far
How many speeches per round, and when you say that the motion will be released in the first round, does that mean the topic is unknown to the thread previous?
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Yes. New motions are unknown until the first round of speeches are released.
4 speeches per team, 8 speeches in all. 8 speeches make a set. Only 2 sets of speeches until debate is concluded.
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On September 03 2012 17:24 Azera wrote:
Yes. New motions are unknown until the first round of speeches are released.
4 speeches per team, 8 speeches in all. 8 speeches make a set. Only 2 sets of speeches until debate is concluded.
I feel like there may be too great a possibility of redundancy with so little back and forth amongst 8 speeches, maybe more splitting so we get at least some clash? And to emphasize the nature of a "rebuttal" it might make sense to reduce the second round in size and require each team to choose its two best "speakers". Just my two cents
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On September 03 2012 17:28 farvacola wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2012 17:24 Azera wrote:
Yes. New motions are unknown until the first round of speeches are released.
4 speeches per team, 8 speeches in all. 8 speeches make a set. Only 2 sets of speeches until debate is concluded. I feel like there may be too great a possibility of redundancy with so little back and forth amongst 8 speeches, maybe more splitting so we get at least some clash? And to emphasize the nature of a "rebuttal" it might make sense to reduce the second round in size and require each team to choose its two best "speakers". Just my two cents
Sounds like a great idea!
It's kinda hard to get the "clash" into this, I'll mull over it.
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This story is quite perfect romance.
So envious!
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On September 03 2012 11:45 TehTemplar wrote:Show nested quote +On September 03 2012 11:41 Aerisky wrote:Oh I see. Your poor parents. Yeah your guys' lives are way more interesting than mine. Maybe one day something crazy will happen to me that's worth sharing. Don't worry, your life is more interesting than mine :D
you worked with the legendary FlaShFTW on ur sc2 maps. the interesting part of your day was when you heard him say "SHITTY THIRDS!"
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Once in a while, perhaps only a few times a year
Someone is born, someone special. One of the unlikely few to become e-famous on TL for something other than starcraft. These brave souls are armed with qualities that us mere mortals only dream of.
Qualities such as socialising, being cool and an interesting person, or being able to post 300 times a week
That person lies right in front of us right now.
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On September 04 2012 00:08 BrTarolg wrote:
Once in a while, perhaps only a few times a year
Someone is born, someone special. One of the unlikely few to become e-famous on TL for something other than starcraft. These brave souls are armed with qualities that us mere mortals only dream of.
Qualities such as socialising, being cool and an interesting person, or being able to post 300 times a week
That person lies right in front of us right now.
He still hasnt passed the test of time though.
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On September 04 2012 08:38 Azera wrote:Show nested quote +On September 04 2012 00:08 BrTarolg wrote:
Once in a while, perhaps only a few times a year
Someone is born, someone special. One of the unlikely few to become e-famous on TL for something other than starcraft. These brave souls are armed with qualities that us mere mortals only dream of.
Qualities such as socialising, being cool and an interesting person, or being able to post 300 times a week
That person lies right in front of us right now.
He still hasnt passed the test of time though.
Who has?
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On September 04 2012 08:39 Shady Sands wrote:Show nested quote +On September 04 2012 08:38 Azera wrote:On September 04 2012 00:08 BrTarolg wrote:
Once in a while, perhaps only a few times a year
Someone is born, someone special. One of the unlikely few to become e-famous on TL for something other than starcraft. These brave souls are armed with qualities that us mere mortals only dream of.
Qualities such as socialising, being cool and an interesting person, or being able to post 300 times a week
That person lies right in front of us right now.
He still hasnt passed the test of time though. Who has?
Torte and Probe1
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Even I ran out of steam for my daily blogs after a month or so.
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On September 04 2012 00:08 BrTarolg wrote:
Once in a while, perhaps only a few times a year
Someone is born, someone special. One of the unlikely few to become e-famous on TL for something other than starcraft. These brave souls are armed with qualities that us mere mortals only dream of.
Qualities such as socialising, being cool and an interesting person, or being able to post 300 times a week
That person lies right in front of us right now.
600 last week. I even PMed him about it, but he ignored me. I felt slighted. 
To: Shady Sands [ Profile | Buddy | Report ] Subject: o___O Date: 8/29/12 11:56 Show nested quote +Average Posts Per Day 17.18
Average Posts Per Week 120.26
Posts made in the last week 608 Holy fuck.
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On September 04 2012 10:22 babylon wrote:Show nested quote +On September 04 2012 00:08 BrTarolg wrote:
Once in a while, perhaps only a few times a year
Someone is born, someone special. One of the unlikely few to become e-famous on TL for something other than starcraft. These brave souls are armed with qualities that us mere mortals only dream of.
Qualities such as socialising, being cool and an interesting person, or being able to post 300 times a week
That person lies right in front of us right now.
600 last week. I even PMed him about it, but he ignored me. I felt slighted. Show nested quote +To: Shady Sands [ Profile | Buddy | Report ] Subject: o___O Date: 8/29/12 11:56 Average Posts Per Day 17.18
Average Posts Per Week 120.26
Posts made in the last week 608 Holy fuck.
Sorry man didn't mean to ignore ya... couldn't think of a reply and got too busy to check the PM queue again
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That hussy.
It must have felt awesome to pay. Nice read, thanks.
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On September 04 2012 08:38 Azera wrote:Show nested quote +On September 04 2012 00:08 BrTarolg wrote:
Once in a while, perhaps only a few times a year
Someone is born, someone special. One of the unlikely few to become e-famous on TL for something other than starcraft. These brave souls are armed with qualities that us mere mortals only dream of.
Qualities such as socialising, being cool and an interesting person, or being able to post 300 times a week
That person lies right in front of us right now.
He still hasnt passed the test of time though.
At this rate it will only take 6 months for him to beat konadora, now that's scary
Dude who are you, are you really an italian mafioso?
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Calgary25968 Posts
Fun story
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United Kingdom16710 Posts
Why didn't you confront her? I'm not talking about when you saw her again with another guy, but when she started giving you the cold shoulder. I realise at that age, it's easier to just let it go then make a big deal out of it, but weren't you even a little curious as to why she just froze you out? If I were in your shoes, I think my pride and curiosity would've demanded some sort of an answer.
In any case, I hope you didn't have much trouble moving on. First loves rarely work out, and at least it wasn't an unrequited love. You're just getting started, so chin up mate!
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On September 04 2012 23:26 Telcontar wrote:
Why didn't you confront her? I'm not talking about when you saw her again with another guy, but when she started giving you the cold shoulder. I realise at that age, it's easier to just let it go then make a big deal out of it, but weren't you even a little curious as to why she just froze you out? If I were in your shoes, I think my pride and curiosity would've demanded some sort of an answer.
In any case, I hope you didn't have much trouble moving on. First loves rarely work out, and at least it wasn't an unrequited love. You're just getting started, so chin up mate!
The funny thing, it was because I was trying hard to get caught up on the PSATs/I found out about The Atlantic at the time. I got more interested in trying to get a 240 on tests and reading about the state of America than repeatedly calling her and getting hung up on, lol.
I actually got into a fairly "vengeful" funk for a little while. I just hunkered down and hit the books. By the time I snapped out of it, I'd already met my second girlfriend, and I wasn't thinking about her any longer.
=) Thanks for the kind words bud, it's actually been nine years since I dated her.
I've found out that getting laid is pretty easy if I just act like a cad and dangle a girl by her insecurities, but actually caring about her and getting her to care about me is hard. Harder than anything else I've done before.
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TLADT24920 Posts
Really interesting story, thanks for sharing. Doubt anything as interesting will happen to me though lol ><
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