=>Regarding debate teams

**MareNostrum** · October 12, 2005, 06:18 PM

* There will be only two teams at the moment

"The Liberal team and the Conservative team"
The creation of other teams such as "Far Right" or a "Communist" one are at the moment not being accepted. The political mudpit is a place where members can discuss politics and not a place where 10 teams start topics about their political view.

* Rules, and teams

I want to have a full list of the rules in detail and the team-setup. How will the debates be organized? Topics? etc... etc... Based on that we can judge on whether this project can continue. I dont want to receive suggestions, just a clear list of rules and team-setup. You can make suggestions in the other topics. I highly recommend two leaders for each team to take the responsibility to give me that information within 7 days from now. Again, not a beta version. Staff members can then look into the idea and perhaps open a new forum section, or just cancel the entire show. All threads will get unstuck after 7 days.

So will both team leaders (which are?) just use this topic and give staff a good view on the entire idea behind this formal debate. Seven days is more than enough to build up your team and to define the rules.

Current Status updated at 17th October:

=> Rules

Rules As Agreed Upon by Prarara and Lord Rahl

Regarding Team Members and Debate Topics

The leaders of each team will do the following before each topic has begun,

I. List the names of who will be participating in the chosen topic.

There are ten members to each team and these members can,

I. Members from each team may participate in any number of topics.

II. Members from each team cannot switch in or out of topics while the topic is being debated.

III. Leave the team and then the team will continue with one less member. Teams may choose an alternative after a total of five members have left.

IV. Each topic has a post count limit of 50.

V. Each topic will last two weeks.

VI. There is to be no flaming at all. Rules regarding the formal debates are the same which falls under the rules and regulations of TWC.

VII. The formal debates begin on Saturday 12:00 PM GMT.

VIII. introductions and conclusions will be given before and after each topic. These will not be included in the post count and will include,
i. The members from each team that will be participating in the decided topic.

IX. The initial five topics will be,
i.China
ii.UN
iii.Iraq War
iv.Communism v Capitalism
v.War on Terror

*Latter topics will be decided after these "introduction" topics have been completed.*

X. These rules may be changed if required.

Sincerely,

Prarara and Lord Rahl, leaders of the Liberal and Conservative teams

=> Teams

Conservative Team -Factonis Constatum

I. Lord Rahl
II. Oldgamer -War in Iraq-
III. Nationalist_Cause -War on Terror-
IV. Erikin West
V. Justinian
VI. Rowan11088 -War on Terror-
VII. JP226
VIII. Wicked
IX. Count of Montesano
X. Major.Stupidity -UN-

and our Auxiliaries (will be contacted accordingly),

i. Centurion-Lucius-Vorenus
ii. -
iii. Farnan
iv. eXc|Imperator
v. Titus Andronicus
vi. -
vii. Trey
viii. -
ix. Aaron88
x. First Crusader
xi. Ummon
xii. Poltemly
xiii. crazyhorse
ixx. Achilles_47

Liberal Team
Updated Teams

Team
Atheist Peace
PacSubCom
*Prarara
menander
Squeakus Maximus
Manuel I Comnenus
Jacobus Maximus
Seleukos
The Kwas
Garbarsardar

Alternates:
Zuwxiv
imb39
Lord Saradin
Guderian
Erik
kungapa
sephodwyrm
Rosacrux Redux
Bovril
BassV2

=> Debate topics
being discussed

**Lord Rahl** · October 12, 2005, 06:23 PM

I have been wanting to know the same thing!

**Farnan** · October 12, 2005, 06:50 PM

Here's the thread when the rules are pretty much defined as of now. It seems to have got lost in time.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=34867

**MareNostrum** · October 12, 2005, 06:53 PM

Here is a second topic about what I suggested before, but it is different. It will be a formal debate with the following rules:
1. Two teams will be formed from each debate, both teams will have two members.
2. During the debate, each team will make 3 speech posts, after each speech post the other team may have a rebuttal.
3. Only members of the teams will be able to post in the thread during a debate. (this will need a mod's help)
4. After the debate a poll will be open, and everyone will vote on the winner, please vote on who made the best debate, not who you agree with.
5. Any flaming will result in the immediate ending of the debate, with the team that flamed immediately losing.

The first debate: Communism: Is it feasable in real life, or does it only work in theory?

Anyone interested please post. If you have a better idea for the first debate, post it and we will see which one is more popular.

Is it definite? If not, then post the rules in the "Suggestions and definement of rules topic" and show me the rules that the majority have agreed upon after 7 days.

**bigfootedfred** · October 12, 2005, 07:00 PM

A Simple addition to the signatures of everybody involved, listing everybody in their enitre debate team,
would make it quite simple to, "ignore" the posts of anyone not on the "current" debate teams, and easyer for a mod to find, and delete such posts.

a topic header such as "Debate team members only" would also be advisable, and once the debate ahd finished the thread could then have its title edited to remove the above seggestion, and allow anyone to post.

**MareNostrum** · October 12, 2005, 07:05 PM

2. During the debate, each team will make 3 speech posts, after each speech post the other team may have a rebuttal.

Time span?

So the process is,

Team L makes one post
Team C replies..

and that 3 times...

topic gets closed.
a poll is being add by a moderator.. and winner is chosen?

How is a team creating a speech post? Is it a combined effort? How long are you allowed to think about your inital post or a reply?

I am the leader of the Conservative team although I do not know of the full extent of the rules. I am currently deciding who will be members of the Conservative team since I have 10 slots and 15 entrants.

just post here when you are done..

A Simple addition to the signatures of everybody involved, listing everybody in their enitre debate team,
would make it quite simple to, "ignore" the posts of anyone not on the "current" debate teams, and easyer for a mod to find, and delete such posts.

a topic header such as "Debate team members only" would also be advisable, and once the debate ahd finished the thread could then have its title edited to remove the above seggestion, and allow anyone to post.

Ill need to talk to Sulla for the best solution and easiest solution..

**bigfootedfred** · October 12, 2005, 07:08 PM

remeber guys, the best debates are ussaly Free form.

try and minimanlise the "red tape"

i would suggest each debate topic last for a span of 1 week.
and only members from each debate team are allowed to post.

-just making suggestions.
im intersted to see what comes of this.

**Farnan** · October 12, 2005, 07:00 PM

Here is it all, sorry the first post on the old thread is out of date, throughout the thread the rules were remade and reformed.