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 Freedom
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 Adding to the debate bullpen idea 
#11624953 - 12/10/09 04:20 PM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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I like the bullpen idea, what about adding these features:
Lets make a debate contest. This can be separate from the bullpen thread. The OP puts something like [debate] in the post title. Someone else agrees to debate the topic, and there is a time limit set, like a half hour. The person who started the thread makes an opening statement, followed by the responder who makes an opening statement. Then the clock is started and the two debate back and forth for the allotted time. At the end of the time, the two can make closing statements summing up their arguments. After this, a poll is added to the first post. The poll has two questions: 1. Was your original opinion in agreement with the OP or the responder? 2. Is your current opinion in agreement with the OP or the responder? The winner will be the one who changes the most opinions. The poll is tallied at a determined time after the debate (1 day?)
I think this has a couple of advantages:
1. You can start a new debate at anytime without having to wait for a spot in the bullpen to clear up.
2. There is a winner! This makes it fun and exciting, even daring!
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Freedom
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Re: Adding to the debate bullpen idea [Re: Freedom]
#11626158 - 12/10/09 07:25 PM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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I see you're all afraid of my overpowering intellect.
Don't worry, I'm not going to totally destroy you. 
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Edited by Freedom (12/10/09 07:25 PM)
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Lakefingers
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Re: Adding to the debate bullpen idea [Re: Freedom]
#11627718 - 12/11/09 12:38 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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I don't think any moderator is up to keep time on this in any event. The clocks would have to be set by those debating.
It's going to be difficult to find someone who will answer to the OP at the same time you're online, then to continue debating, answering within half hour intervals...
I think it's too messy though and probably won't working considering how the Bullpen is now...
Taking your idea further: how about a poll at the end of very post. Like or dislike. Then you can see the masses booing or cheering for you and it makes for a more entertaining, Colosseum-like experience.
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 Icelander
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Re: Adding to the debate bullpen idea [Re: Lakefingers]
#11628246 - 12/11/09 05:09 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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Scary  Considering how hard it is for anyone here to ever admit they're wrong about any little thing I doubt many would chance losing in a forum battle. It was dead before it began IMO. Mostly we just want to fuck around and play in a safe, controlled, warm and fuzzy atmosphere.
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― Ernest Becker
"Beneath the civilized veneer, man remains the supreme predator. Cursed with what he believes is understanding, his true soul blossoms godlike in the heart of the nuclear inferno."
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Grapefruit
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Re: Adding to the debate bullpen idea [Re: Icelander]
#11628257 - 12/11/09 05:16 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeh, haha, I was certaintly far too scared for it anyway. Lame, I know.
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"So man's insanity is heaven's sense; and wandering from all mortal reason, man comes at last to that celestial thought, which, to reason, is absurd and frantic; and weal or woe, feels then uncompromised, indifferent as his God." - Herman Melville
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Lakefingers
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Re: Adding to the debate bullpen idea [Re: Grapefruit]
#11628271 - 12/11/09 05:24 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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I prefer the regular threads. I didn't think the Bullpen discussions turned out better than any engaged debates that I occasionally stumble upon in the forum.
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Grapefruit
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Re: Adding to the debate bullpen idea [Re: Lakefingers]
#11628282 - 12/11/09 05:28 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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True that. Bullpens happen anyway.
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"So man's insanity is heaven's sense; and wandering from all mortal reason, man comes at last to that celestial thought, which, to reason, is absurd and frantic; and weal or woe, feels then uncompromised, indifferent as his God." - Herman Melville
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Icelander
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Re: Adding to the debate bullpen idea [Re: Grapefruit]
#11628287 - 12/11/09 05:31 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
Grapefruit said:
Yeh, haha, I was certaintly far too scared for it anyway. Lame, I know.
One of my favorite things about you Grapefruit is how honest you are about many uncomfortable feelings. It's a good quality and rare.
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“What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough to follow its own commandments: I mean, not to kill, not to take the lives of others to justify itself.”
― Ernest Becker
"Beneath the civilized veneer, man remains the supreme predator. Cursed with what he believes is understanding, his true soul blossoms godlike in the heart of the nuclear inferno."
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Grapefruit
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Re: Adding to the debate bullpen idea [Re: Icelander]
#11628316 - 12/11/09 05:40 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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I don't know what to say when I get praise but I always look for it, wtf is that about. 
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"So man's insanity is heaven's sense; and wandering from all mortal reason, man comes at last to that celestial thought, which, to reason, is absurd and frantic; and weal or woe, feels then uncompromised, indifferent as his God." - Herman Melville
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Lakefingers
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Re: Adding to the debate bullpen idea [Re: Grapefruit]
#11628323 - 12/11/09 05:43 AM (2 years, 5 months ago) |
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You know, Icelander's right.
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