http://www.debate.org/debates/?order=1&sort=&member=whitesoxfan450 Customize this RSS feed by going to http://www.debate.org/rss/ en-us 2013-05-21T15:32:42-08:00 2013-05-21T15:32:42-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Paying-to-be-a-debate.org-member-is-a-fundamentally-good-idea./1/ (Voting Period) No, it's not currency I speak of, nor is it anything tangible which you must give up. My proposal is simple, I am advocating a payment of 1 instigated debate per month. This means that to keep a membership on this website you must instigate at least one debate per month. I feel this would be overall advantageous. http://www.debate.org/debates/Paying-to-be-a-debate.org-member-is-a-fundamentally-good-idea./1/comments/ 2008-05-20T19:08:06-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Halo-3-has-more-gameplay-value-than-most-games/1/ (Voting Period) I say this because halo 3 can be turned into A. a raving game by making a track on a map and then making a VIP vatiant with one vip and with a car B. it can be a regular shooter. C. it can be somewhat of a survival-horor* shooter with the infection varient and custom map. or D. a sports game courtesy of the geys at roosterteeth. if anyone thinks differently please respond intellegently* *probably spelled wrong* http://www.debate.org/debates/Halo-3-has-more-gameplay-value-than-most-games/1/comments/ 2008-05-19T18:29:16-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Wii-has-better-games-than-the-PS3/1/ (Voting Period) The Wii has WAY better games than the PS3! There is a bigger variety, and that variety lets EVERYONE play! The PS3 is full of shooters, and sports games mainly. http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Wii-has-better-games-than-the-PS3/1/comments/ 2008-04-03T16:01:37-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Nintendo-is-the-greatest-game-developer-out-there/1/ (Voting Period) When you think of games, what do you think of? Master Chief, Sonic the hedgehog, pac-man, and Rayman are answers for some people. However, most people would say "Mario," More people know Mario than Mickey Mouse, and Mario has become a phenomenon. From his 2D games, such as Super Mario World, to his revolutionary 3D platformers, like Super Mario Galaxy, Mario has had some of the greatest games created. But the company behind Mario, Nintendo hasn't just created the Mario masterpiece. They created Zelda, Metroid, Animal Crossing, Star Fox, Kirby, Donkey Kong, the Wii games(Wii fit, wii sports, Wii play, Wii music) And the infamous Super Smash Bros. These series have been some of the most influential series in gaming, and no other developer has come close to the magic of Nintendo. Nintendo games have been played by all of us at one time, and they have impacted gaming so greatly, that without Super Mario Brothers, and Super Mario 64, gaming wouldn't be near what it http://www.debate.org/debates/Nintendo-is-the-greatest-game-developer-out-there/1/comments/ 2008-04-01T07:04:55-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Wii-is-better-than-the-PS3/2/ (Voting Period) Wii has better games, features, and sells more! Not to mention its by NINTENDO, the first people, besides Atari, to make a system! Sony's PS3 has sold terribly, and will continue to Advantage 1: Games Wii has better games. Titles like Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Zelda Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 3, Wii Sports, Rayman Raving Rabbids, Resident Evil 4, Warioware Smooth Moves, and the upcoming Mario Kart Wii prove this. PS3 doesn't have NEARLY this amount, and i barely said half the good Wii games! Advantage 2: Features Not only does the Wii have the great games, but it also has the Wii Channels. Weather, News, Online Polls, Miis, The Virtual Console, Wiiware, Mii Contests, and Photos are included. And also, an Internet Web Browser is available for download. Advantage 3: Variety of Games The Wii has games for violent gurus, like No More Heroes, kids, like High School Musical: Sing It!, sports fans, like Wii Sports, Nintendo fans, l http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Wii-is-better-than-the-PS3/2/comments/ 2008-03-27T15:30:00-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Flight-vs.-Invisibility/1/ (Voting Period) I am Pro, but that does not mean much right now. This is a four round debate, so I will let my opponent choose the power he/she wishes to defend. Thus, if my opponent wishes to defend flight, I will fight for invisibility, and vice versa. What makes these powers unique is that neither is particularly heroic. Flight is just transportation, and invisibility is just disguise. Neither can do much to save someone from a burning building, or be used to fight crime. Yet, they are some of the most common powers people wish they had. Here are the rules: There are only the two superpowers, flight and invisibility. No strength, not x-ray visions, no invincibility, no talking to fish, just those two by themselves. They are the only person in the world to have this power. Flight: A person can fly. They can reach an altitude of 2400 meters without getting AMS, but can reach 8850 meters progressively, and travel at speeds up to 11-12 G's without blacking out. These are http://www.debate.org/debates/Flight-vs.-Invisibility/1/comments/ 2008-03-26T14:51:59-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/We-The-US-Government-should-not-give-monetary-aid-to-Africa/1/ (Voting Period) 1. America is in financial debt and we are already trillions of dollars in debt. Promoting monetary spending in any country is absolute fiscal irresponsibility! 2. African governments are corrupt and giving money to them only fosters authoritarianism/tyranny. The money does not go to the cause. 3. Empirically, foreign aid does not solve problems. The world is still combating avian flu, AIDS and HIV, west nile, etc. We have not solved these issues and monetary aid will not solve these issues still. 4. Because we are in debt, at war, and the money will not go to the selected cause, we should not give monetary aid to Africa. If we do give money to Africa, this is irresponsible and immoral!!! http://www.debate.org/debates/We-The-US-Government-should-not-give-monetary-aid-to-Africa/1/comments/ 2007-12-12T20:40:25-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/DS-s-are-fun-on-long-debate-trips/1/ (Voting Period) DS's are fun on long debate trip because they provide great interainment. they are small so they are easy to carry seeing as they are small they can also link together for multiplayer games. DS's also have a fairly long charge so they are good for trips, they also have many games . and as an advantage if you bring multiple DS's you can lend them out to substantly increase your popularty. http://www.debate.org/debates/DS-s-are-fun-on-long-debate-trips/1/comments/ 2007-12-12T15:15:25-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Video-games-are-not-bad/1/ (Voting Period) There is nothing wrong with playing video games. It is just an innocent hobby, and even an occupation for some people. Video game systems, such as the Wii, have actually helped people in Rehab! How can anyone say they are bad? http://www.debate.org/debates/Video-games-are-not-bad/1/comments/ 2007-12-11T19:37:20-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Dark-Knight-will-pass-up-Titanic-on-the-all-time-grossing-list/1/ (Voting Period) Dark Knight Primed to Topple Star Wars 'Dark Knight' stays on top with $26M 'Dark Knight' tops weekend again Fourth No. 1 helps make film the third-biggest of all time What do all these titles mean? The Dark Knight has made money, and lots of it. The movie has been number 1 in the box office for 4 weeks strait, and is showing almost no signs of slowing down. Even new movies, such as The Mummy, Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants, and Pineapple Express have failed to take the Number 1 spot. As of now, the Dark Knight is the 3rd best grossing movie of all time, with over 441 Million dollars made. The record it needs to beat is 600 Million, which is only 200 Million dollars away, and the movie has been out for only 4 weeks. Its pretty predictible, that the Dark Knight can, and will be the best grossing movie of all time. Another thing worth noting: It took Titanic a whole 4 weeks to earn just 400 million dollars, while it took the Dark Knight only http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Dark-Knight-will-pass-up-Titanic-on-the-all-time-grossing-list/1/comments/ 2008-08-15T05:53:28-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Resolved-Hate-crime-enhancements-are-unjust-in-the-United-States./2/ (Voting Period) I was hoping to have a real online LD debate complete with values, criterions and contentions. Pro=Affirmative and Con=Negative. I'm taking the first round so that we can follow the official format (Aff-Neg-Aff-Neg-Aff). The beginning of the 2nd speeches for both sides will be used as cross-ex and can only be 7-8 questions long. Each side must answer these questions in the following speech. Let the round begin... http://www.debate.org/debates/Resolved-Hate-crime-enhancements-are-unjust-in-the-United-States./2/comments/ 2008-05-24T19:00:21-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Mortal-Kombat-is-too-violent./1/ (Voting Period) Yes, I play Mortal Kombat. It is my favorite game. Many people think it is too influential. It is. But I think you would have to be insane or on drugs or something among those lines to do something like beat a 6 year old to death. This and many other murders are alike, because the murderers are teens on drugs and/or are insane who play fighting games too much. Everyone accuses Mortal Kombat. But why? Midway has all theese lawsuits, yet they are not the only ones. Namco, Sega, Nintendo, they have all made fighting games that are violent in thier own way. Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. recently created violent special moves that invole things like changing into a monster to annihalate thier opponent among other things which could have contributed to some of those murders. But perhaps not! The SSB series always manages to achive a T rating, so maybe not as much. Many othe fighting games like Soul Calibur, Tekken, Street Fighter, Virtua Fighter, and many others are v http://www.debate.org/debates/Mortal-Kombat-is-too-violent./1/comments/ 2008-08-21T15:57:16-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Surveillance-cameras-in-public-areas-should-be-substantially-increased./1/ (Voting Period) Round 2: PRO girr29 (vs) CON whitesoxfan450 I look forward to what should be a great debate and discussion about why surveillance cameras in public areas should be substantially increased. Before we start this round I would assume my opponent would accept the United States as the governmental system in which we talk about in this debate round. If they would like to make this a bigger issue in his next speech then I will address the issue there. I will first start off by defining three key terms to this debate that come to us from the Unabridged dictionary, from dictionary.com. Surveillance – a close observation of a person or group, especially one under suspicion. Public – open to all persons. Substantially – something basic or essential; fundamental. I reserve the right to define these terms again and any other terms that might become important throughout the rest of the debate round. Let's move to some argumentation. I: To start things http://www.debate.org/debates/Surveillance-cameras-in-public-areas-should-be-substantially-increased./1/comments/ 2008-04-20T09:01:05-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Wii-is-better-than-the-PS3/1/ (Voting Period) No doubt! The Wii is KILLING in sales, has great games, and almost all of the features the PS3 has! PLUS more! I challenge someone to explain why the PS3 is better! Here are my advantages for the Wii(Yes, I am on the debate team) 1) Better Games 2)Great Features 3)Cheap Price 4)Gamecube, and VC Games 5)Wide range of games Note: This debate is for FUN, so if ur gonna take this very seriously, and start swearing and stuff, plz don't join! http://www.debate.org/debates/The-Wii-is-better-than-the-PS3/1/comments/ 2007-12-14T22:09:37-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/guitar-is-better-than-rock-band/1/ (Voting Period) i think guitar hero is better because they have cool attacks such as amp oveload or whammy those are cool and guitar hero has 5 games. guitar hero is for the 360, ps2, ps3 and thats it. also you can play online with other people and also co-op mode and really nice songs please vote for guitar hero!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.debate.org/debates/guitar-is-better-than-rock-band/1/comments/ 2008-05-27T19:12:43-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Resolved-Hate-Crime-Enhancements-are-just/1/ (Voting Period) I believe that hate crime enhancements are just. Not only do they teach the criminal what they did is wrong, but they also keep society in check. Everyone is safe Note(If you are an LD Debater, please don't use your case! Just type against my arguments off the top of your head, it will be more fun!) http://www.debate.org/debates/Resolved-Hate-Crime-Enhancements-are-just/1/comments/ 2008-03-21T13:55:55-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/Video-games-are-an-innocent-hobby/1/ (Voting Period) There is nothing wrong with a video game! The chances of a kid going out and killing someone is almost not even existing! The Wii makes you move, so obesity is out of question. They are also a great way to communicate! Someone ready for a fun debate? Challenge me! http://www.debate.org/debates/Video-games-are-an-innocent-hobby/1/comments/ 2007-12-18T22:01:05-08:00 http://www.debate.org/debates/The-government-should-NOT-rate-video-games/1/ (Voting Period) The rating system used now is ok! The government would stereotype games! All shooters would automatically be M! http://www.debate.org/debates/The-government-should-NOT-rate-video-games/1/comments/ 2007-12-21T14:00:29-08:00