Term XIII Debate for March: Results~!

[omfgerbear.livejournal.com]

RESULTS: I totally did NOT expect the outpouring of comments from Slytherin. Really. >.> YOU GUYS SPAMMED MAH INBOX. XP But, all in all, good job. ♥

Top Debater: *drumroll* absolutelybatty of Slytherin with 81 comments! :D :D WOOOOOOOO~! ♥

Point Totals:
Gryffindor: 80 points
Hufflepuff: 102 points
Ravenclaw: 520 points
Slytherin: 598 points

...wow. Just wow. *faints* I counted 522 on-topic comments, which was NO EASY TASK, PPL.


Participation: (pts/kts)

Gryffindor:
alohachary1851 - 10/5
corky_dork - 14/7
pack1ife - 22/11
planetgal471 - 34/17

Hufflepuff:
andromeda0604 - 12/6
chewyyyyyy - 62/31
classical_wolf - 18/9
miss_un_known - 10/5

Ravenclaw:
13cellardoors - 44/22
accountingwitch - 18/9
caketime - 10/5
et_tu_lj - 78/39
khokhmah - 12/6
nfgs - 20/10
ravenclawbest - 72/36
sanggre_habagat - 22/11
singer_midnight - 28/14
smilingplatypus - 56/28
twilight2shadow - 98/49
whitestar_alpha - 62/31

Slytherin:
absolutelybatty - 200/100 O_O
avocado_love - 12/6
djmayhem_aubrey - 36/18
pretty_liquor - 26/13
silveredaccents - 98/49
slyfoxesq - 84/42
supremacy_born - 142/71


And that's it for this month, people! :D Watch out next month for a debate where, hopefully, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor step their game up? :3

Gerry//Ravenclaw//Your Ded Debate Leader

Comments

[alohachary1851.livejournal.com]

I totally did NOT expect the outpouring of comments from Slytherin.
LOL REALLY? Grats Snakes.

Watch out next month for a debate where, hopefully, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor step their game up?
If you want that, for Gryffindor at least, you'll probably get the most out of us (that are have drifted over here) to reply if it's "Would the Marauders be a fan of David Bowie, especially his more psychedelic stages, Queen's melodic escapades or are they strictly classic rockers (or present rockers, for them) like Led Zeppelin etc etc."

or even better "Would introducing Mr. Weasley to Youtube be a good idea, why or why not"

[omfgerbear.livejournal.com]

...

I'm stealing that last one.

[alohachary1851.livejournal.com]

you mean stealing and giving bonus points for.

[twistedpuppetog.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. I just had a flashback of trying to teach my dad how to use a mouse. o_0

[ex-absolute.livejournal.com]

Holy mother of batman. I didn't actually expect top debater this time around. That's actually rather snazzy.

I'm really proud of all mah debating Snakes. You guys are the best. :D

Also, holy crap Ravenclaw. Tons of participation there! ♥

[chewyyyyyy.livejournal.com]

Congrats Sam! ♥

[ex-absolute.livejournal.com]

Thank youuuuuu. I'm still waiting for a cookie, btw. ;D

[et-tu-lj.livejournal.com]

I didn't actually expect top debater this time around.

SRSLY? You were on fire.

[ex-absolute.livejournal.com]

I thought you were going to win it, actually. xD

I went through looking at things, and your name was everywhere. :D I was all ready to congratulate you and stuff.

[silveredaccents.livejournal.com]

*huggles* CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ex-http://alight.livejournal.com/839]

I wanted to participate, but ... my brain ... kept ... breaking ... and ... yeah. D:

I'm really not surprised that Slytherin won. THIS WAS YOUR TIME TO SHINE, BBS.

[rhye.livejournal.com]

Just my honest opinion, but I felt this debate was pretty divisive. It very quickly turned into 'all the ways Slytherin is better than Gryffindor.' It's not really a great surprise to see that Gryffindors didn't really want to take part in a discussion that just had us defending our house repeatedly. Right now, Gryffindor/Slytherin tensions among members of HiH are at an all-time high since I joined nearly a year ago. It's a totally valid discussion topic and I support that. I guess I'm hoping that in the future we won't have debates that exacerbate current problems in HiH? We're lucky the Gryffindors went tl;dr on this one, I think.

[omfgerbear.livejournal.com]

Noted. :) Not being a member of either house, I guess I just didn't feel that this could heighten current problems. I'll try and consult with members of all houses before picking a debate topic - it would be more fair that way, yes?

[ex-absolute.livejournal.com]

What does tl;dr even mean? *has been wondering this for ages*

[et-tu-lj.livejournal.com]

It was problematic for me too, but I can see how it would be even worse to be defending your own house. It just felt like there were a few times it was impossible to counter an argument without wondering whether it was going to sound like house bashing. I've never had a debate where I was as hyperconscious of my wording, and how it might be interpreted.

[darthsarah.livejournal.com]

That is exactly why I avoided this debate like the plague. No amount of points is worth people getting their feelings hurt.

I saw this topic and was like, "Whoa. I'm not touchin' this one."

I'm aware that it's just the internet, but sometimes, I take offense and I know other people do too. It's more than butthurt, sometimes.

[twilight2shadow.livejournal.com]

Congratulations Slytherin! It was a wonderful question silveredaccents and congratulations Sam. ♥ We can all admit that it was a lot of fun. I mean, everyone had plenty to say and thats always a sign of a good debate right? Futher more, views were changed and we all learned from one another's opinions, so yay!

Yay Ravenclaw! Now how many reminder posts did it take for us all to jump in again?

Cookies for all!

[omfgerbear.livejournal.com]

FINALLY the coding's coming out properly. XD XD That took a few tries - and all of them were sent to my e-mail. WOOO.

[ex-absolute.livejournal.com]

Poor Angie!

I'm glad you got it all fixed coding wise.

[silveredaccents.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I just hadn't realized how divisive it was going to be. I learned a LOT from this debate, and I have even more to think about now. I love thinking about interpersonal dynamics.

You guys were awesome! I saw the number of comments and went "WOW"

[smilingplatypus.livejournal.com]

You have my deepest respect for dealing with all those comments. :O

Well done, Slytherin! Way to swarm dominate the debate.

And... YAY for Ravenclaw is very nearly catching them up! Okay, it took awhile, but still... Pretty darn CLOSE! :D

[arobynsung]

Woo..close one!
CONGRATS TO THE SNAKES FOR DOMINATING LIKE WOAH!

[avocado-love.livejournal.com]

Congrats absolutelybatty, you are the bomb!!!!

And honestly, I don't know what all the hub-bub is about. This was everyone's chance to shine. Everyone had an equal chance. Although in my biased opinion I think Slytherin would have still come out on top with a different subject (because we are cool like that). After all, the point of debate club is to debate. Stating you have opposite feelings of one posters is not a reason to not debate.

Also, we have Batty, who is awesome.

[chanteur-dombre.livejournal.com]

Yeeaah... sorry bout that! XD

[whitestar-alpha.livejournal.com]

Nice job Claws! Very close second ^_^