WriterDave Will Melt Down
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| Started: | 5/15/2012 | Category: | Miscellaneous |
| Updated: | 1 year ago | Status: | Post Voting Period |
| Viewed: | 3,049 times | Debate No: | 23603 |
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 Con Innomen predicted, when I returned to DDO, that "It's just a matter of time until the next melt down." Such open-ended predictions are win-win for those who make them; if not proven, they are forgotten, and if proven, the predictor is hailed as a prophet. So this is a way of holding Innomen accountable for his prediction in a manner consistent with the primary dispute mechanism on this website -- as well as holding me accountable for my behavior. Full Resolution: WriterDave will melt down before there are less than 3 days left in the voting period of this debate. "Melt down," in this context, means to explicitly convey the immanent presence of a life-threatening psychological distress on my part. If before the time when this debate has 3 days left in the voting period I have melted down, by the definition above, all 7 points should go to Pro. If not, all 7 points should go to Con. There should be no voting prior to the last 3 days of the voting period.  Pro To protect Dave, I will be taking this debate and forfeiting. Dave, I care a lot about my record, so I just did you a huge favor . . . Dave, please stop this. I have sent you private messages that you do not respond to, as has TUF. There are people who support you and want to comfort you, but you are not accepting our aid. There is only so much we can do. |
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Vote Placed by Ron-Paul 11 months ago
| WriterDave | royalpaladin | Tied | ||
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| Made more convincing arguments: | | - | - | 3 points |
| Used the most reliable sources: | - | - | | 2 points |
| Total points awarded: | 4 | 0 |
Reasons for voting decision: No you don't.
Vote Placed by Doulos1202 11 months ago
| WriterDave | royalpaladin | Tied | ||
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| Who had better conduct: | - | | - | 1 point |
| Had better spelling and grammar: | - | - | | 1 point |
| Made more convincing arguments: | - | | - | 3 points |
| Used the most reliable sources: | - | - | | 2 points |
| Total points awarded: | 0 | 4 |
Reasons for voting decision: I have to fuel this fire....
Vote Placed by MouthWash 11 months ago
| WriterDave | royalpaladin | Tied | ||
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| Who had better conduct: | - | - | | 1 point |
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| Made more convincing arguments: | - | - | | 3 points |
| Used the most reliable sources: | - | - | | 2 points |
| Total points awarded: | 0 | 0 |
Reasons for voting decision: Cool. Mind if I twist one until it comes off with a bloody plop?
Vote Placed by Wallstreetatheist 11 months ago
| WriterDave | royalpaladin | Tied | ||
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| Used the most reliable sources: | | - | - | 2 points |
| Total points awarded: | 3 | 0 |
Reasons for voting decision: I have awesome tits
Vote Placed by ScottyDouglas 11 months ago
| WriterDave | royalpaladin | Tied | ||
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| Who had better conduct: | - | - | | 1 point |
| Had better spelling and grammar: | - | - | | 1 point |
| Made more convincing arguments: | - | | - | 3 points |
| Used the most reliable sources: | - | - | | 2 points |
| Total points awarded: | 0 | 3 |
Reasons for voting decision: Un-Tie.
Vote Placed by AlwaysMoreThanYou 11 months ago
| WriterDave | royalpaladin | Tied | ||
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| Who had better conduct: | - | - | | 1 point |
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| Used the most reliable sources: | - | | - | 2 points |
| Total points awarded: | 3 | 3 |
Reasons for voting decision: I hate ties
Vote Placed by bossyburrito 11 months ago
| WriterDave | royalpaladin | Tied | ||
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| Who had better conduct: | | - | - | 1 point |
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| Made more convincing arguments: | - | | - | 3 points |
| Used the most reliable sources: | | - | - | 2 points |
| Total points awarded: | 3 | 3 |
Reasons for voting decision: Tie
Vote Placed by TUF 11 months ago
| WriterDave | royalpaladin | Tied | ||
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| Made more convincing arguments: | - | | - | 3 points |
| Used the most reliable sources: | | - | - | 2 points |
| Total points awarded: | 3 | 3 |
Reasons for voting decision: Tie.
Vote Placed by Microsuck 12 months ago
| WriterDave | royalpaladin | Tied | ||
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| Made more convincing arguments: | - | - | | 3 points |
| Used the most reliable sources: | - | - | | 2 points |
| Total points awarded: | 1 | 0 |
Reasons for voting decision: Edit: Keeping debate a tie
Vote Placed by daytonanerd 12 months ago
| WriterDave | royalpaladin | Tied | ||
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| Who had better conduct: | - | | - | 1 point |
| Had better spelling and grammar: | - | - | | 1 point |
| Made more convincing arguments: | - | - | | 3 points |
| Used the most reliable sources: | - | - | | 2 points |
| Total points awarded: | 0 | 1 |
Reasons for voting decision: From what I have seen of you on my time at DDO, it's almost assured you will melt down. Regardless, conduct point to pro.
I disagree, you'd improve the site by great measure by staying silent.
Maybe I should have called the debate "WriterDave Will NOT Melt Down" and taken Pro . . . or simply framed it around Innomen's predicition. But too late now.
Your motivations are off. The reason that you are committed to not melting down is that innomen predicted that you would melt down. You should stop yourself from melting down because you respect yourself, not because innomen issued a challenge to you.
I won't discuss my medical condition in public here any further; you can PM me or email me if you want to talk about it.
I will keep protecting you because I try to be a nice person, but most people on DDO are getting impatient; you are already losing supporters. You are wearing people out, Dave. This is not even about you being attack mentally; it is about you seeking attention . . .
As for the worth of this debate, I'll grant it's far from the most substantive debate DDO's ever had, but have you seen some of the other stuff recently?
You don't have to be silent, but you don't have to be loudmouthed either. If you engaged with innomen in a PM, perhaps he'd be far more motivated to help you out in the best way possible. But nope, you decide to create numerous threads and rant endlessly. Then you create worthless debate about a vague prediction innomen made. Not worth it. If I were a moderator, I'd have banned you by now. You ask to ban people who break the rules. Well, so did you sir.
I would love to do as you say, and improve this site in a good fashion rather in a way that I evidently have been, but I can't do that by staying silent, can I?