[Ravishing Rick Rude]

Hey Guys,

Ok, Xantar and I have thought of the idea to make all of our members think, and what better way to make someone think? A Debate!

Simply Put There Will Be 2, 5 Member Teams, 5 that best represent Purevideogames.com, and 5 that represent gametavern.net

the PVG team has already been selected, it consists of:

Myself
Xantar ( of both GT and PVG)
Nitorious_1 ( Admin of PVG)
Jesterspawn ( Mod Of PVG)
and Indigo Montoya ( Mod Of PVG)

Now, Further Down This Announcment are the rules, when you want to submit your 5 man team, give Me a PM and i will add you.

Deadline is July 27th 2002, The Debate Starts On The 29th, and Ends On The 31st.

The procedure for the debate is as follows:

After Marc ( The Ibrox Fox) posts the question, the teams will have one day to prepare an opening
statement no longer than a paragraph. This opening statement will lay out in
general terms the team's position on the matter and their reasons for taking
that position. Teams are not allowed to address each other in their opening
statements or address each other's positions. To help this along, the opening
statements will not be posted by the teams but send as a private message to Marc who will post them all at once when he receives them all.

After the opening statements are posted, the teams may begin debating. This
consists of making posts as normal. The group of 5 must alternate
making posts. In other words, if a member makes a post, he cannot make another
one until his team-mate makes a post. Team-Mates are encouraged to communicate with
each other, and a member is allowed to address points directed at one of his team-mates

To keep the debate within reasonable limits (we all have lives, after all),
there will be a character limit on posts (30,000)

All the normal forum rules are in effect for this debate (i.e. no flaming,
post-cramming, advertising etc.).

Because some debates are very substantial and others are not so much so, the end
of the debate will be called by the moderator. Judges will then make their
decision as to which team performed best in the debate.

Judges will ignore the actual position taken by the team and concentrate solely
on how well it is argued in making their decision. A team that takes an
unorthodox position and successfully defends it will therefore be well rewarded.
The panel of judges will each vote for who they think had the best argument and
the teams will be awarded one point per vote that they receive

Thank You


* NOTE* One Member Cannot Be Selected Twice, Even if registered to both forums