EPTTL Debates
#TLdebate on irc.quakenet.org
- Read the log of the Quickfire round here. [unparsable timestamp format]
- Read the first set of Proposition speeches here, and the first set of Opposition speeches here. Sorry for the delay.
Announcements
- LlamaNamedOsama has volunteered himself as the seconf official judge of TL Debates
- itsjustatank has volunteered himself as the first official judge of TL Debates.
Current Events
- First TL Debate is underway.
- Motion : This house believes that all governments should have the right to nuclear weapons.
Teams
Note that the numbers do not indicate which speakers they are.
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Opposition
1. Chairman Ray
2. farvacola
3. heroyi
4. sAsImre
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Proposition
1. ShadySands / 
2. Blazinghand
3. Souma
4. wherebugsgo / 
Format of Debate
- First round
- Teams will be PM'ed the finalized motion, as decided by public poll or otherwise, and will proceed to work with team members as well as members of the opposite team to define the terms of the debate.
- 72 hours after the PMs have been sent out, all members of both teams are expected to send a PM containing their speech and an indication as to which speaker they are (1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th) to Azera or an officially appointed TL Debate moderator.
- A total of 8 speeches will be released this round.
Second round - Quickfire round. Each team is to appoint 2 members to represent their team. The 2 selected debators are required to be in the IRC channel (#TLdebate on quake.net). Team mates are allowed to spectate, and are not allowed to interject at any point of time.
- The quickfire round will consist of 2 sub-rounds. Each sub-round will have 1 member of the Proposition and the Opposition duke it out. Each quickfire round will last for 7 minutes, with an additional minute given to each debator for a concluding sentence.
- A log of the entire session will be released this round.
Third round - After the quickfire round has ended, the entire log will be sent to all debators to review via PM.
- Each team is to select 2 debators to represent the team for the final round.
- 48 hours after the PM has been sent out, the 2 selected team represensatives are expected to each send a concluding speech to Azera or an officially appointed TL Debate moderator.
- A total of 4 speeches will be released this round.
Conclusion - A poll to decide the winning team will be released.
- The poll will be open for 72 hours.
- Yet to be implemented : 3 judges will post their remarks and grade each team as a whole with the maximum score being 50. Marking rubrics has yet to be decided.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
How do I participate? - Send a PM to to Azera or an officially appointed TL Debate moderator when registration is open.
- + Show Spoiler [PM Format] +
Topic : Proposition/Opposition
Body : Can be left blank, but it would be favourable if you could include 100 words or so about why you should be chosen.
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 do I apply to be a TL Debates Moderator? - Send a PM to Azera with a short description of yourself and why you shoud be a TL Debates Moderator.
How do I apply to be a TL Debates Judge? - Send a PM to Azera with a short description of yourself and why you shoud be a TL Debates Judge.
Useful links
- Logical Fallacies
- National Forensics League look for resourses
- Singaporean School's Online Guide to Debating
- How to Argue Effectively satire
Log
+ Show Spoiler +
This gun be good.
