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Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Cuddlemii: 8:05pm On Jul 19, 2012 |
Freiburger: @ cudlemii did you received my mail? No, I did not. Tgirl4real: Obviously! This thread was just for planning & preparations. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by freecocoa(f): 10:15pm On Jul 19, 2012 |
Odunnu: So enough cinema has been on and here I was thinking e'body is just registering names and taking seats waiting for tomorrow.Choi , I been think say na only me see am. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Chrisbenogor(m): 10:42pm On Jul 19, 2012 |
Good responses guys, it seems option two is popular, one one thing remains to be sorted out. How many topics are we talking about? Would all sets of two debate about the same topic from beginning till the end? so if we have four pairs are you guys saying you would prefer to hear the same argument over and over again 4 times? Another thing that is paramount is the appetite of readers and judges alike, are the judges willing to do this for as long as it would take? As a modified option 1 how about tag teams! two people for the motion and two against less people to manage and more fun. Reduces elimination time and process by half. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Sagamite(m): 10:56pm On Jul 19, 2012 |
Cuddlemii: Aunty, I need the 6th rules to be part of the rules before I can join. It is really critical. Chrisbenogor: That is the kind of shyt I want to avoid. There are 5 judges, one will draw their attention to the funeral of the person I am debating with's argument and they will vote. There will be a 24 hour quorum, any judge not present to vote or not voting on the funeral within 24 hours will have their vote count discarded. The majority vote of the judges will be the decider if I should say "ashes to ashes" or whether I am performing a vivisepulture. AHHH! RONKE! MO TI GBE GRAMMAR DE O! (I don bring the grammars) |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Sagamite(m): 11:08pm On Jul 19, 2012 |
Chrisbenogor: Dear All, Individuals, mate. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Chrisbenogor(m): 11:35pm On Jul 19, 2012 |
Sagamite:Alright point taken, this would be passed on to the judges. Jarus and panel of judges please comment on this ASAP. Option 2 wins, anyone with an objection speak now. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by OAM4J: 1:53am On Jul 20, 2012 |
Thank you all for your patience. Here is the structure for option 2: Debate Structure: There will be 3 rounds and the whole process should last 2 hrs and maximum of 3 hrs We propose that the debate should start by 6pm Nigeria time Depending on the final number of participants that show up: First round will include 14 participants Second Round will include 8 participants Third/Final Round will include 4 participants Round 1 Exactly 6pm the debate thread will be opened, we will supply the link on this thread. We expect each participant to have composed his arguments before 6pm, so all the participants are to post their arguments between 6.00pm and 6.10pm Between 6:10 and 6:25pm, all participants are to pick at least 1 opposing participant and oppose/rebut his arguments. *The chairman will signal the beginning of each stage *No member of the audience will be allowed to post between 6pm and 6:25pm *Any post from the audience will be hid at this time From 6:25 – 6:40 Audience are now allowed to post and can comment on the arguments of the participants, while the judges scores each participant Each of the judges will mail his/her scores of all the participants to the chairman who will collate the scores and post the final scores on the thread latest by 6: 45 Only the Top 8 candidates will proceed to the next round Round 2 Round 2 will start by 6:50 Between 6:50 and 7:10 the top 8 candidates will at this time defend/react to as many rebuttals as possible from the previous round Again *The chairman will signal the beginning of each stage *No member of the audience will be allowed to post between 6:50 and 7:10pm *Any post from the audience will be hid at this time From 7:10 – 7:20 Audience are again allowed to post and comment on the arguments of the participants, while the judges scores each participant again and the chairman will again collate all the scores and post the final score on the thread latest by 7: 25 The top four candidates will proceed to the final round The final 4 contestants will be paired even if they are arguing on the same side Final Round Final round starts by 7:30 From 7:30 – 7:40, any of the judges can post questions for any of the participants; also each opposing pair will post questions for his opposing pair 7:40 – 8.00: The final four are to respond to all the questions asked and freely exchange banter with each other and with any other participants in the final four (This is the climax, and we may give more time if need be) And Again *The chairman will signal the beginning of each stage *No member of the audience will be allowed to post between 7:30 – 8:00pm *Any post from the audience will be hid at this time From 8:00 Audience are again allowed to post and be part of the polls that will be set up for the final 4 participants, while the judges also send in their final scores for all the participants. The chairman will collate the final scores from the judges and post, also at the end of the 20min poll, the % for each candidate on the poll will be divided into 2 and added to the judges’ scores to determine the final positions of the top 4 participants Judging: There will be 5 judges Each judge can score a participant maximum of 10points at each round Each participant can score a maximum of 50points in the 1st and 2nd round and 100points in the final round (maximum of 50 points from the judges and maximum of 50 points from the audience poll) Words Limit: Maximum of 1000 words for each participant post at any time. Good luck to all participants, you can start preparing now. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Cuddlemii: 2:10am On Jul 20, 2012 |
ATTENTION Please all the Judges and Participants should forward their email addresses to nairalandjudges@yahoo.com. Sometimes the NL pm services messes up, I will need to get your scores on time to post cos we wont have much time in between. There needs to be a smooth means of communication between me and the Judges/Participants. No need to fret, this is highly Confidential! Thanks! |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Odunnu: 5:23am On Jul 20, 2012 |
See how i'm about to miss this show. I'll have to use my phone all the way. The timing for me is wrong for a weekend. [s]na almost by this time I dey go set trap for any available maga[/s] |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by dabrake(m): 7:25am On Jul 20, 2012 |
please, weekend won't be on point for me. modem subscription don exhaust. abeg. make e be monday as I go need post from office. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Jarus(m): 8:05am On Jul 20, 2012 |
Guidelines digested. Email sent to Cuddlemii. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Nobody: 9:20am On Jul 20, 2012 |
There's light at the end of the tunnel? Whoa |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Afam4eva(m): 9:21am On Jul 20, 2012 |
Hasn't the debate started already? |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Tgirl4real(f): 10:22am On Jul 20, 2012 |
Pataki: Oh wow! Hey u! Come back here.lol |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Tgirl4real(f): 10:25am On Jul 20, 2012 |
tpia@: I agree It's good though. Brings in more traffic. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Cuddlemii: 12:30pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
dabrake: please, weekend won't be on point for me. modem subscription don exhaust. abeg. make e be monday as I go need post from office. We can only have it on Saturday! Are you still game? |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by ayox2003: 3:59pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
I'm in, I'm in, I'm rah rah! Frawzey |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by ayox2003: 3:59pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
ayox2003: I'm in, I'm in, I'm in rah rah! |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Freiburger(m): 4:06pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
cudlemii, is it going to be on Saturday ar on sunday? |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Cuddlemii: 4:15pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Freiburger: cudlemii, is it going to be on Saturday ar on sunday? Saturday, 6pm Naija time. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Freiburger(m): 4:30pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
oops! i'm not sure i will be albe to make it at that time because of other commitments, but i'll get u informed b4 noon tomorrow if i ' will be withdrawing. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Roland17(m): 6:19pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
The quality of Handles debating tells me, we be would reading intelligent and hopefully mature comments devoid of hate and insults 2moro.. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Roland17(m): 7:09pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Having carefully read through the guidelines and procedure for the debate, i must say am very impressed with cuddlemii and everyone involved in the planning of this debate, but i need some clarifications with regards to Round 1 of the debates.. (1) Would there be a sequence for submiting papers? or would participating debaters submit their arguments all at once, if the latter is the case, am worried there would be too much information on display at once for judges.. (2) Lastly, if participating debaters are allowed to pick opponents for rebuttals it might end up lobsided as some debaters might pick interest in a particular opposing argument, i would suggest the plannning crew pitch contestants against each other based on the side of coin they support, thus they are aware of their opponents and do not have to scramble for one opposing argument. Good Job guys.. Looking forward to 2moro. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by OAM4J: 8:28pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Roland17: Having carefully read through the guidelines and procedure for the debate, i must say am very impressed with cuddlemii and everyone involved in the planning of this debate, but i need some clarifications with regards to Round 1 of the debates.. 1. They will all submit at the same time withing a frame of time. The Judges will be given enough time to read through. 2. We thought same, so we resolved that we will do the pairing when the time comes. Thanks. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by violent(m): 10:17pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
I would encourage OP to lift the restriction on the use of words such as "idiotic", "moronic", "silly", “cretin”, “dimwit” etc. In my opinion, there are are often times when these words are not intended as an insult but a genuine reflection of the opinion presented. It also appears that females are largely underrepresented on the list of the debaters. I wouldn't imagine that this is an intentional omission, except of course in the bizarre case where OP strongly believes that there isn't a single female on this forum that is capable of making a strong reasonable articulate argument. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by maclatunji: 10:40pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
^ Your argument for inclusion of women is almost flawless. However, let's roll with this tomorrow and see what lessons we can learn from the process. The Chief Organiser is a woman and one of the judges is a woman, let us just say the women involved in this process are powerful including those that are in the reading panel or is it audience. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by chucky234(m): 10:07am On Jul 21, 2012 |
Here we are,the D-day for the political showdown we all have been waiting for. Audience keep the time and make sure you take you sit inside the main auditorium at the scheduled time,thank you all as you join us to make this day a fun filled day for Nlanders around the world. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by cheddarking(m): 10:21am On Jul 21, 2012 |
Really looking forward to reading sagamite's 'inteligent' comments... |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Abbey2sam(m): 10:31am On Jul 21, 2012 |
i fink i'm liking this already,can i be one of the judges ? |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by MissyB3(f): 10:37am On Jul 21, 2012 |
violent:It was earlier stated that it's a deliberate omission. 4. No harsh wording.You put Sagamite on the list of debaters and prohibit the use of the abovementioned words? This is going to be more interesting than I thought. Sagamite darling, yes, you can! |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Nobody: 10:52am On Jul 21, 2012 |
Where the hell is my thinking cap. |
Re: Nairaland's Literary & Debating Day - You Are Cordially Invited! by Sagamite(m): 10:55am On Jul 21, 2012 |
cheddarking: Really looking forward to reading sagamite's 'inteligent' comments... Please put your name forward for the list of debaters and let me select you as the person I want to debate with. Come on! Do it! I drop the gauntlet! Don't wait to read my intelligence, experience it. Come on, put your name forward! Don't be a coward! I dare you. I dare your father, your mother and the whole line of your ancestors. Volunteer and put your name forward, don't disgrace them. |
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