OAM4J: Enough of this already.



na wa for you o. Your will be iyawo will need to be drinking a lot of "omi suuru".

OAM4J:
Anyways, am working with her now on this. She didn't drop your name out of spite. The aim is to have all those who are seriously willing to debate in her initial list, then give room for few more others who are not in her list but willing to participate.

If you are still interested say so, we will have your name back, if not its ok, you are welcome among our powerful audience.


@all

We are putting finishing touches to the structure/modalities and considering all your suggestions here. We will communicate them to you soon.

This debate will succeed!

maclatunji:

@Cuddlemii, I am sorry that I was harsh.

I choose to be a reader/part of the audience.

davidylan:

Nna bros that was my first surprise. But the OP tried to explain he/she wanted to leave the field open to diverse opinions. to be honest though, i see the point... giving it to the political heavyweights only would not present us with anything new... they might as well just copy and paste their former posts.

coogar:

they are not known in the politics section because many of them won't be caught dead engaging in a diatribe with the army of the bigoted lunatics in that section of nairaland. 99% of the regular posters in the politics section are flaming tribalists whose senses have been beclouded by the borders created by river niger and river benue!

Cuddlemii: RULES

1. All Nairaland Forum rules should be strictly adhered to. Extreme profanity or constant use of mild profanity is strictly prohibited. Debaters MUST NOT incite any form of criminal offence. This includes but is not limited to, threat of violence and incitement to RELIGIOUS and TRIBALISTIC hatred.

2. No personal attacks on other members would be permitted; debaters SHOULD NOT resort to personal abuse or harassment only comments relating to the subject being debated will be tolerated. Do not attack your fellow debaters! Specifically, members SHOULD address the argument and not the poster. Do not let them bait you into a rule breaking reply, if you feel you have been personally attacked call the attention of the Moderator to it so that it can be treated accordingly.

3. Do not assume that opposing teams are personally attacking you. Tone is difficult to interpret online especially in a debate setting.

4. No harsh wording.
a. Words like "idiotic", "moronic", "stupid", “cretin”, “dimwit” etc are not welcome here. You can debate without being inflammatory.
b. *NOTE: The words in quotations are an example only and not to be taken literally.

5. Word limits should be strictly adhered to.

Lastly, this is not another avenue to vent; we intend to rationally discuss topics of interest. If you feel yourself getting upset by a comment...take a step back and let other members of take over. Passion is great but don't let it get out of hand.

Cuddlemii: RULES

Lastly, this is not another avenue to vent; we intend to rationally discuss topics of interest. If you feel yourself getting upset by a comment...take a step back and let other members of take over. Passion is great but don't let it get out of hand.

Tgirl4real:

Nonsense! Why did u give in so easily?

Tgirl4real:

Nonsense! Why did u give in so easily?

Cuddlemii: RULES

1. All Nairaland Forum rules should be strictly adhered to. Extreme profanity or constant use of mild profanity is strictly prohibited. Debaters MUST NOT incite any form of criminal offence. This includes but is not limited to, threat of violence and incitement to RELIGIOUS and TRIBALISTIC hatred.

2. No personal attacks on other members would be permitted; debaters SHOULD NOT resort to personal abuse or harassment only comments relating to the subject being debated will be tolerated. Do not attack your fellow debaters! Specifically, members SHOULD address the argument and not the poster. Do not let them bait you into a rule breaking reply, if you feel you have been personally attacked call the attention of the Moderator to it so that it can be treated accordingly.

3. Do not assume that opposing teams are personally attacking you. Tone is difficult to interpret online especially in a debate setting.

4. No harsh wording.
a. Words like "idiotic", "moronic", "stupid", “cretin”, “dimwit” etc are not welcome here. You can debate without being inflammatory.
b. *NOTE: The words in quotations are an example only and not to be taken literally.

5. Word limits should be strictly adhered to.

Lastly, this is not another avenue to vent; we intend to rationally discuss topics of interest. If you feel yourself getting upset by a comment...take a step back and let other members of take over. Passion is great but don't let it get out of hand.

davidylan:

Did you really get taken in by maclatunji's phony use of smileys?

coogar:


without swear words and profanity, i tend to struggle to bring my A-game.
the panel of judges should please allow some subtle profanity. it spices up
the shebang. for fuck's sake, where is the beauty of
penmanship without the "f" word?

Sagamite:

6. Accept a defeated point and stop using it.
a. No sticking to a point that you cannot defend and that has been killed.
b. No resorting to "exceptions" when making generic assumptions and grasping at straws with it.

Judges should watch out for this and be the ones to rule on it.

That is critical to a debate and fundamental to my participation. Especially since rule 4 is obviously a PDP attempt to block my flow.

Sagamite:

Well said.



Well said.



You have to add a 6th rule:

6. Accept a defeated point and stop using it.
a. No sticking to a point that you cannot defend and that has been killed.
b. No resorting to "exceptions" when making generic assumptions and grasping at straws with it.

Judges should watch out for this and be the ones to rule on it.

That is critical to a debate and fundamental to my participation. Especially since rule 4 is obviously a PDP attempt to block my flow.

Tgirl4real:

Can u please translate in English

coogar:


without swear words and profanity, i tend to struggle to bring my A-game. the panel of judges should please allow some subtle profanity. it spices up the shebang. for fuck's sake, where is the beauty of penmanship without the "f" word?

Tgirl4real:

hehehehe

They got u where they wanted

Chrisbenogor:
Falls from night school bench lwkmd

As for the 6th rule, is that not the whole aim of the debate? Our esteemed judges should be able to catch anyone doing this, at least lets leave that for teams who want to waste their time.
The whole template would be rolled out including how the judges would be ruling.

Gentiejag: Mods levels...@tgirl4real...i see u.

@cuddlemii...pele dearie..sho gbo? Dnt let 'em get to u...d debate must hold dis weekend weda d bad beles of nairaland like it or not!

O ma shele, eni ti o ba faramo, ko jowo ko lo ko si odo.

Sagamite:



I have my broom!

ACN forever!

The 6th rule has to be explicitly there. I am not wasting my time on "I no go carry last in public" debaters while I have a rule 4 holding me back.

If your argument is killed, you can't defend it or is shown not to be rock solid, just shut it and move on.

Sagamite:



I have my broom!

ACN forever!

The 6th rule has to be explicitly there. I am not wasting my time on "I no go carry last in public" debaters while I have a rule 4 holding me back.

If your argument is killed, you can't defend it or is shown not to be rock solid, just shut it and move on.

Cuddlemii: ACTIVE DEBATERS

Dabrake---------- Negative
Apocalypse------- Negative
Mrbrownjay------- Negative
Breezy047-------- Negative
Newacca---------- Negative
Orikinla--------- Affirmative
Chucky234-------- Affirmative
Coogar----------- Affirmative
Shymmex---------- Affirmative
St.Okolie-------- Undecided
High Chief------- Undecided
Freiburger------- Undecided
Sagamite--------- Undecided
Debosky---------- Undecided

We have these 14 people who have clearly shown interest to be part of the debate.

We are willing to accept more participants. Please if you wish to participate let us know on time.

We can only take maximum of 7 more.

Now we hope no one will accuse us of being godfathers again

The structure of the debate will be published soon

Thanks

OAM4J:

We have these 14 people who have clearly shown interest to be part of the debate.

We are willing to accept more participants. Please if you wish to participate let us know on time.

We can only take maximum of 7 more.

Now we hope no one will accuse us of being godfathers again

The structure of the debate will be published soon

Thanks

davidylan:

The list is too long already... 7 more people? How many arguments are we going to read before we get tired?

As long as you are adding more people... pls add Jarus. Another politically savvy dude.

Tgirl4real: Na wa o. What is it with all the hidden posts everywhere

davidylan: there are many ways to circumvent rule 4.

Cuddlemii:

Ha ha! You are so good with recommendations. Won't you refer yourself for a change?
Don't you have the capacity to handle a debate?

Jarus:
It's good you're not seeing them pls. I just viewed everything with my mod lens and chei, if they were not hidden, this debate podium may be hotter than House of Assembly ground on a money-sharing day.

ronkebp: @ Moderators, with the list of people you have there and the 7 more, you are looking to add, how are you going to eliminate guys that do not have strong points from both sides?

ronkebp: @ Moderators, with the list of people you have there and the 7 more, you are looking to add, how are you going to eliminate guys that do not have strong points from both sides?