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TDL XXIX: HOPEFULLY BETTER (.....pweese) - THE CARD

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TDL XXIX: HOPEFULLY BETTER (.....pweese)

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TDL Wrestling Division Special Attraction Tag Match
Seabs & WOOLCOCK vs RealManRegal & ZOMBO

Who is more to blame for the rejection of Roman Reigns at the Royal Rumble, WWE or Roman Reigns?

PM Debates To [user]JM[/user]

TDL Social Division Special Attraction Tag Match
Anark & Magic vs RAB & Bearodactyl

Is world peace an achievable ideal?

PM Debates To [user]#Lexa's Beautiful Skin[/user]

TDL Sports Division Special Attraction Tag Match
Baxter & Curry vs BkB Hulk & Kiz

In an Ultimate Premier League XI with a 4-4-2 formation who do you choose for the 2 CM spots?

PM Debates To [user]Dr. Ian Malcolm[/user]

TDL Social Division #1 Contenders Match
Rigby vs SPCDRI

Was Edward Snowden right to release sensitive information regarding the actions of US secret services?

PM Debates To [user]#Lexa's Beautiful Skin[/user]

Aid & Stax Classic vs «OOOOOLADIPOOOOO» & The Rabid Wolverine
Out of OKC Thunder, Phoenix Suns or New Orleans Pelicans, which will make the Play Offs in the West?

PM Debates To [user]Anark[/user]

CGS & RugbyRat vs STEVIE SWAG & Elipses Corter
WWE blurring the lines between kayfabe and reality, good or bad for business?

PM Debates To [user]Anark[/user]

RAB & The Acquired Taste vs Aid & deepelemblues
Can we justify space exploration while there are still starving humans on the earth?

PM Debates To [user]#Lexa's Beautiful Skin[/user]

MichaelDD & obby vs Keepin It Stylish & A-C-P
Who will succeed the most in WWE, Enzo Amore, Kallisto or Kevin Owens?

PM Debates To [user]Dr. Ian Malcolm[/user]

KINGPIN vs JamesK vs PoyPoy14 vs CM Punk'd
Should WWE induct Chyna into the WWE Hall of Fame?

PM Debates To [user]JM[/user]

Stiffy vs SUPER HANS
Should England recall Kevin Pietersen from his England hiatus?

PM Debates To [user]#Lexa's Beautiful Skin[/user]

GitRekt vs TKOK vs JM's Daddy
Which free agent pitcher was the best signing between Scherzer, Shields and Lester?

PM Debates To [user]#Lexa's Beautiful Skin[/user]

  • Deadline for all debates is February 23rd. Basically February 23rd at ANY TIME BUT NO LATER THAN THE 1ST YOUR TIME. If the person you're submitting to doesn't have your debate by the morning on the next day then you'll be considered a no-show even if you submit after this time. Any no shows WILL RESULT IN PERMANENT EXCLUSION FROM THE LEAGUE.
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#14 ·
First debate back and i've certainly missed it, can't wait to get writing, and I don't think i could have asked for a better topic, really dig this NXT debate


Let's make something magical obby, either drop me a message when you're free or i'll drop you a message later and we'll start smashing out some ideas
 
#15 ·
@[user]RugbyRat[/user] and @[user]Anark[/user], thanks for the feedback on my dojo debate to get me prepared for my debut here! With that + reading the debates from the last card, I feel I'm adequately prepared to make a good start.

Fatal 4 Way is a tough start to my career but I'm here to make an IMPACT. *Cocks fist* I'm gon make it reign up in dis bitch.

:reigns2
 
#12 · (Edited)
Since Seabs can't spare the time (and does more than enough in this section), allow me to explain tag debating guidelines to those unfamiliar with the concept.


(1) Arguing the same stance


Tag debates are basically judged by which two individual efforts are the best combination, for example:

Team 1 - Debate A = 7/10 , Debate B = 8/10
Team 2 - Debate A = 4/10, Debate B = 10/10

Ergo Team 1 wins because they got 15/20 combined, despite Debate B of Team 2 having the best overall debate.

However, you MUST argue the same stance as your partner. This is an unequivocal fact which will result in an automatic loss of you fail to abide by it.

Arguing against your partner weakens one of your entries, since if you argue for one stance and your partner the other, then any judge will concede one of your entries is better than the other, leaving the other looking less impressive.


2) The Formula to Success


Basic communication via PM with your partner is fundamental. How much time you spend collaborating largely will determine your success.

You have to at least establish the stance your team will take. Myself and Seabs went about it this way:

a) PM each other and set a date of 1-2 days to come up with potential pros/cons for the respective for/against sides.
b) having compared arguments, decide on our team stance
c) thereafter decide who will tackle specific arguments and whether one/both of ourselves would address counter arguments in our debates
d) PM each other a rough draft around 2-3 days before the deadline. Give concise and brief feedback, offering constructive criticism and ways to tinker with certain arguments

The final step after that was submitting our debate. Remember, tag debates are essentially a 1600 word debate comprised of two halves. Ever had a debate where you wished you could write more than 800 words? That's a tag debate. You absolutely need to ensure where possible that you don't repeat arguments your opponent has already made. Again, communicatiing and deciding who will argue what ensures this doesn't happen, and also ensures as a team you have a depth and variety of arguments which only increases your odds of victory.


(3) Structure


The beauty of tag debates is it's a team effort and allows you and your partner to share the workload and reduce weaknesses. Comfortable arguing for your stance but struggle with addressing counter arguments? Tag debates allow you and your partner to devise a strategy where one partner tackles arguing for their choice, and the second partner then devotes their debate to entirely addressing counter arguments. Again, tag debates are an extension of singles debates and are designed to allow partners to spread the workload and produce the best COLLABORATIVE effort.


4) Conclusion


1) Communicate with your partner frequently, but if you don't wish to then at least talk to one another to agree on your stance and arguments.

2) Try to ensure you don't cover the same arguments as your partner. Think about it, if you were granted a 1600 word singles debate you wouldn't repeat arguments you'd previously covered, so don't do it here. It's a waste since as a team you're wasting words by covering the same argument, rather than diversifying your arguments.

3) Your arguments must be your own. I would encourage partners to prepare drafts and share with the other, but you must ensure any feedback is constructive and designed to help you rewrite your own debate. Your final debate has to be your own work, you can't have your partner write an argument entirely for you and try to pass it off as your own. Believe me it's very easy to spot and it won't reflect well at all.


That's the basic formula for success in tag team debates. Those who have struggled in the past largely failed to communicate with each other, leading to dismal cases of partners either repeating prior arguments or even worse contradicting their partner. It's a combined effort, not two separate debates judged as an overall score.
 
#99 ·
Unfortunately, yeah.

I did it off a tablet and being so long since I used the app and so infrequently I respond to messages, I thought the grey box up top was to respond.

After the second time, I notice a message in my inbox is bold. I click on it and it's nothing but me quoting myself and adding on. Look at the top, it says "To Elipses Corter".

My stupidity just cost us 6 days of teamwork.
 
#106 ·
Fucking Corter :lmao And I thought you were not on all these days.

Sorry, but my college had a TDL of its own this week and we were supposed to send in paper presentations arguing for any one of the listed topics, with the best ones getting shortlisted for seminars regarding those topics, with the best one there winning the thing.

And just like here, I get shortlisted for the final round, come close in the end, but still fucking lose the big one :lmao

Speaking of the debate, I think I might need a day's extension Seabs.
 
#173 ·
Submitted my 800 words. Calling it a debate would a bit generous though, it was more like someone who doesn't know what they're talking about trying desperately to make logical arguments.

Well now that that Snowden nonsense is out of the way, I can't wait to judge some debates and really tear them to fucking shreds :nash
 
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#176 · (Edited)
This is a brutal one because it is very technical and I think a good argument can be made for either side,
though the stronger side is the one I argued.

:side:

The morality and the law one wasn't even a tenth as complicated as this submission and I got BERRIED for being a pompous, incomprehensible drip in that one so...

Yeah.

I live in Wisconsin and turned in a terrible debate about snow. I actually was in military intelligence in the U.S. Army for 5 years and followed the Snowden thing pretty well as it broke. This one had better get a warmer reception or I think I'm gonna have to commit seppuku.
 
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