Debate I Comment Thread

Bryan Moore · Post by **Bryan Moore** » Thu May 01, 2008 9:53 pm

Mikey wrote:OK, here it is: the long-awaited, often-imitated, never-duplicated, (and probably much-debated) result tally:

Team Seafort: 193 pts.
Team Teaos: 185 pts.

This is considering the waiver of the penalty for a substitute post which Teaos graciously offered. Congratulations to both teams for an enjoyable and well-done debate, and for a very close score - which, BTW, was NOT done artificially. Feel free to post here or PM with any questions; I have individual scoring for each post available. Thanks again!

Can you post the scoring? I know mine was weak, but I'm certainly curious.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Thu May 01, 2008 9:58 pm

Bryan Moore wrote:Can you post the scoring?

Seconded. It would also be interesting to know the categories you used, and how you decided on points within those categories.

KuvahMagh · Post by **KuvahMagh** » Thu May 01, 2008 10:12 pm

Agreed, the only way we can improve ourselves/the debate or fix things in the future is if we know everything.

Post by **Mikey** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:58 pm

OK. Please bear in mine that this is MY first time too; I thjink a PM is probably more appropriate if you'd like my thoughts on any individual post.

Captain Seafort (1): use of logic - 25
use of evidence - 15
ability to counter - N/A (I used a median of 13 pts.)
rhetoric - 20

Teaos: logic - 20
evidence - 10
counter - 25
rhetoric - 15

KuvahMagh: logic - 10
evidence - 20
counter - 20
rhetoric - 10

Bryan Moore: logic - 15
evidence - 5
counter - 15
rhetoric - 15

Captain Seafort (for Monroe): logic - 15
evidence - 10
counter - 20
rhetoric - 15

Cpl Kendall: logic - 10
evidence - 20
counter - 25
rhetoric - 10

At 100 pts. available per post, I simply weighted each of the four categories (which I had previously specified) equally at 25 pts. available in each. Any suggestions toward amending/improving that method are welcome.

Post by **Teaos** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:34 am

Can you define the rhetotic catagory? I'm not sure what you mean by that.

A nice indepth judging Mikey. I'll have to work harder at rigging the debate next time...

Oh and Congratulation to Seaforts team on winning

Post by **Mikey** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:56 am

Teaos wrote:Can you define the rhetotic catagory? I'm not sure what you mean by that.

By that I mean how you express yourself and how clearly you rlanguage denotes your ideas.

A nice indepth judging Mikey. I'll have to work harder at rigging the debate next time...