Instigator / Pro
16
1266
rating
119
debates
15.97%
won
Topic
#187

Alliteration Battle

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
6
9
Better sources
6
8
Better legibility
3
4
Better conduct
1
4

After 4 votes and with 9 points ahead, the winner is...

RationalMadman
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
Three days
Max argument characters
30,000
Voting period
One week
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
25
1697
rating
556
debates
68.17%
won
Description

No information

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@Vader

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>Reported vote: SupaDudz // Moderator action: NOT removed<

3 points to Pro (arguments). Reasons for voting decision: RM does not follow the alliteration format where every word must be alliteration. He switches off causing to subjectively vote for Type as his alliteration was more straight forward and followed the rule. This is not a rap battle, and RM sets it up as a rap battle where barely anything alliterates, so PRO wins

[*Reason for removal*] As this is a non-standard debate, the voter's subjective assessment of who had the better alliterations is enough for a vote to not be removed. Even if this debate employed more in-depth standards, the voter explains why they thought Pro had better alliterations; thus, the vote is sufficient.
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@Username

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>Reported vote: armoredcat // Moderator action: NOT removed<

1 point to Con (conduct). Reasons for voting decision: Pro FF a round, so conduct to Con. Both had good alliterations.

[*Reason for removal*] A forfeit is sufficient reason to award conduct. Since this is a non-standard debate, the voter’s subjective assessment is also sufficient to vote a tie on arguments. As such, the vote is sufficient.
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@YeshuaBought

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>Reported Vote: YeshuaBought // Mod action: Not Removed

>Points Awarded: 7 points to Con

>Reason for Decision: RationalMadman has a brilliant mind.

>Reason for Mod Action: Troll debates are not moderated. So, no moderation action is appropriate for votes on this debate.
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oh wow bsh1 has the idiotic 'not moderating if i call it a troll debate' policy

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@Castin

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>Reported Vote: Castin // Mod action: Not Removed

>Points Awarded: 4 points to Con for arguments and conduct

>Reason for Decision: After some thought, I decided to judge this by how much you guys could alliterate while still delivering a coherent message of some creative skill. I figure it's pretty easy to just machine-gun a bunch of alliterated words out from the dictionary and throw them together. The challenge as I see it is balancing alliteration with meaning.
So I give this to Con even though Pro adhered more strictly to constant alliteration. Meaning and theme seemed less clear with Pro, with less continuity of message from one line to the next. He hops from the Illuminati to bouncing boobs to Jacque Fresco. Like "wet willy wank whacking wenus washing weak wimps" just looks like a bunch of random words thrown together to me. In contrast I thought Con did have nice continuity of message, putting descriptive insults and personal history to poetry. His R2 was pretty amusing.
I considered this a contest of creativity rather than an argument from facts or data, so I found sources N/A. Conduct point goes to Con because Pro forfeited a round. Grammar tied.

>Reason for Mod Action: Troll debates are not moderated. So, no moderation action is appropriate for votes on this debate.
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@RationalMadman
@Type1

You both did a pretty good job juggling alliteration and rhyme. I was expecting both of you to abandon rhyme because it would place further limits on you. Good show.

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@Type1

palate not palette, will correct before my R2 rap