Considering this one. Might finally put actual effort in a debate on this site for once. But I'm going to ensure my schedule is free enough before I do so.
I can understand why you don't want Shila and FLRW to vote on this, but having that same requirement against Barney is ridiculous. Barney is a quality voter.
The thing is, I didn’t even think of Googling it. Sometimes, obvious ideas are right in front of us, but we miss them. There’s nothing wrong with that. It might be embarrassing, but it’s certainly not any sort of intellectual negligence.
I don’t see it as a problem to be asked a question. Asking questions is part of conversation. It shows an interest in the topic.
Tip for Mall: If you're going to let your opponent choose the topic, you should make sure you know what topic they have selected before starting the debate. Otherwise, you get stuck with resolutions like this where you have a huge disadvantage.
Tip for Novice: If this debate were to have had more rounds, it would have been beneficial to your argument to provide at least one (preferably multiple) counties better than North Korea. That way, if Mall wanted to argue anything good about North Korea or argue that every country is equally bad (making it a tie between every country for the title of "best"), you would have specific countries where you could prove their positives outweigh their negatives more than what would be the case for North Korea.
It ultimately wasn't necessary at all for this debate, but my advice is good for a "just in case" scenario in the event you find yourself debating the same resolution again.
Well I wasn't done reading and pondering all the points of the debate, so I couldn't even decide who I thought won. If I had done that in time, I would've made a placeholder vote and explained my voting decision later in the comments. Oh well. It seems like somebody was able to vote in time, so it doesn't bother me.
I really do not think this is a winnable topic for Pro here. If you think he's in some kind of "emotional state" for this debate, then you and Vici are severely underestimating him. I think you guys would understand just how good Barney is if you saw him on DDO.
Interesting. I've always held the position that what changes the modern Hebrew/Greek Bible has had compared to the oldest surviving copies are small in number and do not change the doctrine of any book or verse, but I can't say the same with certainty here given how little I know about the Quran.
Goated debate. An instant classic if it goes all rounds without forfeits or a concession.
The way I see it, if your opponent forfeits, you still need to make at least some argument to capitalize on it.
It doesn’t matter the way in which a debater fails to make an argument. If they didn’t make an argument, they didn’t win.
This is a draw until someone makes an argument.
who tf lifted this lol
Ah.
Also, this debate is unrated (not sure if this was your intention OP)
Prepare for semantics!
I didn't even see Round #1 when I voted. Oops lol.
Yeah that would be tough. I would probably need to find a unique angle.
Ah, I forgot. Was busy with college assignments.
I might play devil's advocate and accept this. It depends on the time I have. I'm already doing one debate right now.
that rfd LMAO
this'll be something lol
Unless it's a meme debate, I'm not going to be accepting unrated debates.
Just noticed it was a full week. Yeah, I'll be fine.
If I have the time, I will actually do this one and put effort into it.
Considering this one. Might finally put actual effort in a debate on this site for once. But I'm going to ensure my schedule is free enough before I do so.
Bruh it’s a troll debate, there’s gonna be fallacies :P
Lol
It’s fine. I don’t think you can do related debates yet anyways (site requires 3 unrated debates first, I think)
Wish it was rated but sure
Lol. For 5 dollars, I would easily buy a copy of Chess Quest. DOOM re-skinned as Chess. Who wouldn't want to try it out?
Maybe I’ll call this debate Chessbox One, since that seems to be the natural progression.
Imagine we’re sitting at a chess board playing Chess, but the game is weird and the moves don’t have to make sense, so you’re just trying to goof off.
I don’t know, but to me it seems to come down to how one interprets jihad
interesting... I wish I had time to do a debate on this, but I never have time to finish my debates
Uhhhhh ok
what
It's a joke debate. Just make whatever moves you want. We're at the mercy of whatever satisfies the voters' desire for shits and gigs.
All of Kashmir?
I'll ask and re-evaluate this debate.
Deleted my vote since I am unsure about how to vote with a partial but majority forfeit.
I can understand why you don't want Shila and FLRW to vote on this, but having that same requirement against Barney is ridiculous. Barney is a quality voter.
I don't see "X vs. Y" debates as slanted in BoP. I would vote like BoP is even in this case. One of you two needs to make an argument.
I tend to view these situations as ties.
The thing is, I didn’t even think of Googling it. Sometimes, obvious ideas are right in front of us, but we miss them. There’s nothing wrong with that. It might be embarrassing, but it’s certainly not any sort of intellectual negligence.
I don’t see it as a problem to be asked a question. Asking questions is part of conversation. It shows an interest in the topic.
Also, I forgive you.
And you could be less condescending. Thanks anyway.
What is GPT-3?
Tip for Mall: If you're going to let your opponent choose the topic, you should make sure you know what topic they have selected before starting the debate. Otherwise, you get stuck with resolutions like this where you have a huge disadvantage.
Tip for Novice: If this debate were to have had more rounds, it would have been beneficial to your argument to provide at least one (preferably multiple) counties better than North Korea. That way, if Mall wanted to argue anything good about North Korea or argue that every country is equally bad (making it a tie between every country for the title of "best"), you would have specific countries where you could prove their positives outweigh their negatives more than what would be the case for North Korea.
It ultimately wasn't necessary at all for this debate, but my advice is good for a "just in case" scenario in the event you find yourself debating the same resolution again.
I felt like being high effort today
Literally just one of you needs to make an argument here.
Anyways, congratz Novice.
Well I wasn't done reading and pondering all the points of the debate, so I couldn't even decide who I thought won. If I had done that in time, I would've made a placeholder vote and explained my voting decision later in the comments. Oh well. It seems like somebody was able to vote in time, so it doesn't bother me.
damn a #1 vs. #2 battle
There are a variety of reasons to reject a debate. Don't confuse his refusal with fear.
I really do not think this is a winnable topic for Pro here. If you think he's in some kind of "emotional state" for this debate, then you and Vici are severely underestimating him. I think you guys would understand just how good Barney is if you saw him on DDO.
bruh why does this debate exist lmao
Interesting. I've always held the position that what changes the modern Hebrew/Greek Bible has had compared to the oldest surviving copies are small in number and do not change the doctrine of any book or verse, but I can't say the same with certainty here given how little I know about the Quran.
Possibly. It will really come down to what kind of time I have in my day.
Sorry. I don’t have time to vote on this one.