MisterChris

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MisterChris has been an integral part of DA for quite some time as both a contributor and a moderator for the site. What really separates him from others, though, is a continual commitment to excellence in all that he does. Especially given how relatively new he is to debate, it’s incredible to see how his capabilities have improved so quickly. He’s constantly working to improve, not just for his own sake, but to elevate discourse on the site and to help others improve

      -Whiteflame

Dr. whiteflame always rises to meet the challenge, such that it is not hyperbole to say he is the apex member of this debating community. That he still makes the time for this, even after finishing his PhD and getting married, says a ton about his dedication. The core thing to understand about whiteflame is that he loves every aspect of debates. The overwhelming quality and thoughtfulness of his own debates speaks for themselves. As a voter he takes equal delight in following an epistemological kritik down the rabbit hole, or just appreciating a well executed comedic argument. Even with short notice, he honors requests to vote on even the most verbose offerings. With sufficient notice, he frequently casts several page votes, periodically being more detailed and knowledgeable to the subject matter than said debates themselves; with the quality of such further magnified by him doing that without assigning points for outside content.

Put simply, whiteflame is the very best of us.

      -Ragnar

fauxlaw is truly the master of semantics. He overwhelms any opponent with his wealth of knowledge to minute details others would overlook, and bedazzles voters... The depth of complexity and insights he reaches in his cases can be a double edged sword, making his cases both hard to defeat but likewise hard to judge.

In his relatively short time here, the magnitude of his contributions in both debates and forum posts are immense. He is in the top ten of the debates leaderboard most metrics (rating, votes, comments, total debates, debates won, and of course debates tied); and similarly for the forum leaderboard (top ten for topics created and liked posts, top twenty for posts made and mentions).

      -Ragnar

When an RFD on a debate is over 15 pages long, that tells you something about the debate's quality and intensity. Little needs to be said about the two debaters in this one: both MisterChris and Undefeatable are strong debaters, and I would go so far as to say that this is Undefeatable's best work I've read to date. Each approaches the topic via multiple avenues and works hard to both defend their arguments and assail those of the other side. There are many debates that could fit this description, but what sets this apart is the degree to which both sides commit. I've seen extensive debates like this play out over multiple rounds before and watched multiple arguments either dwindle or fall by the wayside when things got complex. It's incredible to watch these two debaters juggle all the arguments and keep all the balls in the air throughout.

      -Whiteflame

When you take two debaters of this caliber and have them compete, you know the debate will be of fine quality. This debate is no exception. Both oromagi and Fruit_Inspector are highly skilled and highly ranked, and their clash is truly impressive to watch. An argument could be made for the debate’s inclusion in the HoF based on the former alone, disregarding the debate’s outcome entirely. Yet, what makes this debate truly iconic and historic is the extraordinary upset victory pulled off by Fruit_Inspector, ending oromagi’s colossal sub-100 debate win streak in a rather close debate. Both the achievement of attaining such a gargantuan streak and the achievement of ending that streak are indisputably HoF worthy, making this debate a no-brainer for the Hall of Fame.

      -MisterChris

One of the earlier examples of many debates on this site about systemic racism, I see this one as emblematic of much of the arguments both sides give on the topic. While this might make it seem similar to other debates on the topic, including several others by Undefeatable, it is this debate that perhaps tests the concept of systemic racism best, with Undefeatable wielding a multitude of studies against an opponent whose arguments are largely built on de-linking those examples from systemic racism. What plays out is an examination of how society and culture have affected various peoples, and while there is agreement here on so much of what has gone wrong, it's in the details of where these stem from that the debate yields its most fascinating discussions.

      -Whiteflame

Why did I vote for "WHY are we BANNING WYLTED?" as one of the top topics of the year? 

 

• Highly representative of our little cadre and how we do
  
• 25 different posters across 288 posts.
  
• Posted in the wrong forum
  
• Focused on the limits of free speech (we have this conversation almost constantly in a lot of little ways)
  
• Erred on the side of free speech
  
• Lost the thread of our thesis many times
  
• devolved into irrelevant dogfights and crosstalk frequently
  
• continued arguing long after the question was decided
  
• I like that minds were changed by way of debate- that rarely happens on this site but persuasion is our ultimate purpose here so it's nice to see a bit of friendly persuasion on display occasionally
  
• Dramatic tension dénouementing in Wylted's return.  Has anybody alt'd harder than Wylted and still been allowed to return?  Drama.        
  

      -Oromagi 

Within this legendary thread, we uncover possibly one of the most shocking and disturbing revelations in all of DART history: every DebateArt user is secretly an alternate account of Sum1hugme. Yes, you read that correctly. Everyone is him. I am Sum1hugme. You are Sum1hugme. Even Sum1hugme is Sum1hugme! Pretty creepy, right?

 

      -MisterChris

A mafia game that can garner over 1000 posts certainly deserves to be credited for some honor, and the Hall of Fame. With Speedrace’s game being the only mafia game to ever hit 1000 posts on this site and with the integral core mafia plays on this site, without a doubt, this thread deserves it

      -SupaDudz

one town CC to catch scum is a fair trade. People need to stop thinking roles matter. 

• Oromagi - When Oro is SCUM his sole strat is to disappear. He has said so himself, stating he does this because he is not a talented SCUM player. So far, Oro has been scumhunting fairly actively. I'm pretty confident he's TOWN. 
  
• D_D - I'm not quite sure how he normally acts as TOWN but his sus on Wylted was more justified (targeting the fact Wylted wanted TOWN to claim) than Whiteflame's and he's been pretty active with his scumhunting and giving good contributions.
  
• iLikePie5 - pro-TOWN force, refocusing TOWN after the Wylted crap.
  
• Lunatic - from what little he's posted he has stayed pro-TOWN I think, especially with beating me to pointing out Whiteflame's behavior as I'll get more into below.
  

• Speedrace - The fact he never showed until he started receiving pressure is fishy, could possibly reflect being a part of a SCUM chat on Discord (after all he admits he only showed due to a Discord notif). However I'm also aware of the fact he's otherwise AWOL on the site and Supa asked him if he wanted to join over Discord, so ultimately my read is null. There's really not much to analyze from him. I like the fact he questions the Wylted lynch and refuses to hop on immediately.
  
• Wylted - Just standard Wylted shenanigans throughout the game that really don't reflect alignment either way. The only thing that gives me pause is his bright idea of the DOC and WATCHER (if present) to out themselves. Another product of pure impulse, or a strategic SCUM move? He gets a FoS from me.
  
• Earth - He's defensive but he was just the same during the TUF Villains game and what-do-ya-know he was TOWN. Don't think it indicates affiliation either way. Unless he gets CC'd by a protective role (which I still think is short-sighted), he is neutral with me.
  

• Whiteflame - As SCUM I'd think he'd be more supportive of Wylted's suggestion for everyone to claim, and meekly back down and reverse his position should the rest of TOWN disagree. However, Whiteflame's vote on Wylted is interesting to me. Whiteflame has observed Wylted do literally the same thing before for the exact reason Wylted stated... "It was an annoyed emotional vote. I also knew it was pointless, so might as well remove it at some point." It was pretty obvious to me this was standard Wylted just as we've encountered him the past 3-4 games. Like I said before, he is impulsive and doesn't really think his decisions through much. Whiteflame knows this. Wylted's done crazy gladiator gambits and Whiteflame never batted an eye. The fact that Wylted did this indicates pretty much nothing should be common knowledge among us all at this point. Whiteflame's sole saving grace is the fact he seems to be voting Wylted as an early activity-generator... "right now, he's the only person who have any suspicions of so far, so he'll be my vote for the time being." A problem though is it took him a while to relent pressure. He really only relented when TOWN agreed Wylted was just being Wylted and moved on. Now, to be clear, this is all could easily be overanalyzing minute details, but Whiteflame does retain a FoS from me. 
  

Is anyone a doctor or a watcher?

He’s still the most inactive. Plus we gotta move the game forward

There is no theme split. You are talking out of your ass.

• Theweakeredge - has contributed an insane amount of content to DART within the short time he has been with us, rocketing within the top 10 on the debate leaderboard and becoming the user with the largest post/like ratio by a landslide.
  
• Fauxlaw - despite throwing the occasional temper tantrum, he is a massive contributor worthy of a place within the HoF.
  
• Whiteflame - A high contributor overall, and has been consistently the most respected voter and the de facto "debate coach" of the debate community on DART for a good time now. He is also taking up the mantle in a voting mod position and he's someone I highly respect as an individual. Whiteflame is a no brainer for the HoF in my view.
  

• Undefeatable v. MisterChris - Resolved: Violent revolution is a just response to political oppression
  

• Oromagi v. Fruit_Inspector - THBT: WiKiPEDIA is a MORE RELIABLE SOURCE for INFORMATION than FOX NEWS
  

Sups seemingly confirmed the non existence of 3rd parties. Are 3rd parties not in meta in DART anymore?

You said you were serial killer last do. Serial killer is scum...

Chris

DP1 Lynch + Whitflame/Lunatic/Pie/Poly 

Total: 5 kills

So Chris shot me good to know.

One scum down. Hopefully only one to go

So what we are left with is this: Maybe town is being a little unforgiving about your behavior. But at the end of the day you made a mistake, and people latched onto it, as town tend to do with these things. I am left with trying to determine how authethic your raction to that pressure is, and I am still not sure how to read the fact that you are not being very understanding of your pressure, though it seems like it should be fairly obvious. Then we are back in the loop of "is this misterchris being defensive here mean he is scum, or just being an obstinate town?"

If it's to pressure poly, then you are kind of hopeless here. Poly's reaction even if you can argue is mis-led, or not taking into account town motives, or whatever you want to say, is an accurate and commonly held position nonetheless. 

I have a hard time grasping how the bolded above wouldn't be more of a priority than poly here... If there is scum in the mix, the wagoners should be much more suspicious here. 

The reaction just comes off as defensive because poly pointed out a "slip" that literally anyone else would have pointed out if they were online. This morning I was catching up and saw the same thing and thought the same thing as poly before I even read his reaction to you. 

Is your thought process that mafia are in their communications saying "Let's throw out some random votes and see who bites!"? Generally mafia don't do that.