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Mortal Kombat is better than Street Fighter

Now for the retort: It takes just as much skill to play the Mortal Kombat servers. Because Mortal Kombat has a more mature audience, the opponents online are bound to be more serious about training, which makes for opponents that are harder to beat. The combos may be hard to perform (sometimes they may even be down-right rage inducing), but that just makes it feel so much better when you've got it down to the T. That goes for the trademark "fatalities" as well! In street fighter (or at least, on the 3ds version), all you have to do is press a button to unleash a powerful finishing blow, but with Mortal Kombat it takes a series of button presses and joystick rotations in order to utterly obliterate you're opponent. (Let's face it, if you've been fighting a troll for the entirety of the match, there's nothing more satisfying than tearing their spine out and beating them with it!) In a way, Mortal Kombat brings out the very essence of fighting games: senseless violence and devastating victories! To add a few new elements to this debate, I'd like to bring up the topic of in-game soundtrack and other media. While the Street Fighter soundtrack is pretty darn good, I just get more pumped up and ready to fight when I hear the cry of "MORTAL KOMBAAAAT!" followed by the fast paced action music accompanied by it. And then there's the movies..... yeah, I think we can agree Mortal Kombat has a better track record when it comes to the silver screen. That's all I need for round 2! ROUND 3! FIGHT!!!
Mortal Kombat is better than Street Fighter

Thank you for accepting. 1. Skill Players who play Street Fighter usually have high amounts of skill. In order to get good at Street Fighter you need to spend hours upon hours before you even have a chance to play online. This does not make the game frustrating though. The game encourages you to practice, the game gives you people who are 10 times better than you. This makes the player eager to get to higher level of play, and every win feels earned. 2. Tactical Gameplay Once you stop mashing buttons (which you're going to have to eventually) and start learning combos and counters the next step is to know when to use them. This is why I like Street Fighter. Now, instead of trying to see who can do the most damage, the battle is seeing who can outsmart their opponent. In order to win, in order to use those combos you practiced for hours, you need to lure your opponent into the right spot. Maybe fooling your opponent into throwing a projectile, so you can use your jump-in combo. Or maybe getting them to DP (Dragon Punch, or Uppercut) so you can punish him with one of your grounded combos. As you can see, Street Fighter makes you think and outsmart your opponent. The gameplay gets much more in-depth and it becomes really fun. 3. Kid Friendly Atmosphere Mortal Kombat's sole attraction is it's blood and gore. Street Fighter has a kids friendly atmosphere. The fan base is larger since parents is ok with their kids buying Street Fighter. You can meet more diversity online. It also helps the gameplay out. Since Street Fighter doesn't focus on any aesthetic the main attraction is the fast paced, tactical gameplay. Which would make a better and more interesting game. Plus, have you seen the ultra combos in Street a Fighter 4? Unlike Mortal Kombat's slow-motion, one-two combo x-Ray moves, Street Fighters ultra combos have the fighter totally owning and brutally attacking the opponent, and some of the are pretty out of this world. But it's still kid friendly, and these moves can be used in combos. Adding satisfaction for you and lots of damage for your opponent.
Those who support bull fighting are backwards and ignorent, or simply selfish and cruel. Or all.

Bull fighting is cruel, therefore anybody who supports it is cruel. They may not be cruel individually if they are ignorant to the cruelty they are supporting, but then they are ignorant. People who cannot recognize the injustice, are bereft of a sense of morality that my 5 year old already shows. For me, this demonstrates an extreme lack of awareness, bordering retarded. I understand that human culture has a history of extreme ignorance, and its considered a cultural sport that dates back, but I think people in the modern world are not excused by such things. This is because the knowledge is there that animals are creatures and that love is good. To be honest, I don't know what life lessons need to be lacking, to allow for acceptance of bullfighting. For 'love' is an ancient message, 'not to be cruel' is also pretty ancient. One who thinks bull fighting is fair and should be continued, is if not cruel, pretty socially/mentally lacking from a philosophical perspective. also as a side-note: Its not a 'fight'.
Pre-marital sex

I am going to start out with the same three points on made in my previous debate and let you do a better job of arguing pro's side. I do keep an open mind so lets begin. My first three points are: - It will help your marriage to have had only sex with the one you are going to marry. Rather than 10 others before marraige, which if you do train your body to have sex with multiple people then it will be hard to refrain these bad habits once you are married. -There is NOT a 100% surity that you will not get/make someone pregnant. Preventives do fail people quite offten. -Disease if you are going to decide to have sex before marriage, who is to now say when to stop? Therefore, you are bound to run into a disease sooner and later, and preventives surely can't stop the spreading of the countless amout of disease with the abilitly to spread through means of any type of bodily fluid. (this explains a lot of why diseases are indeed becoming more rampid as it becomes a more popular look at have pre marrital sex). POINT #1- If you begin to have sex before marriage you will weaken the relationship with the one you do indeed marry. If you are sure she/he is the one then go ahead get married or wait just a little longer or intill you are able to get married, rather than running the risk of having sex with the worng one. Now, we come to the point if you do decide to have sex before marriage then what is the surprise and fun of marriage? What does "you may now kiss the bride" really mean if you have already gone much futher than this. Not to mention, say you did have sex with the wrong one, now when this relationship splits by having added that much more emotional drama to both parties it becomes a much bigger scar in your life and can send you into a declining sprial. Also if you begin to have sex with multiple women/men before marriage do you believe you will just be able to stop once you've found the right one and have been married for several years and have trained your body to be "ready" for someone new? Why creat the bad habbit? POINT#2- POINT#3-If it is exeptable to have sex before marriage then knowing that not all Diseases can be stoped by preventives then eventually you to will have some type of disease if you "gamble" enough. If your are not ready for marriage then you are not ready for sex. You can never be 100% sure that the preventives will always work. Therefore, everytime you have sex your running the risk of getting the countless number of diseases out there and starting a family. So if you are ready for sex and marriage then GET married. I'll leave with this to think about and wait for your responce. This is just a start to see where I"m comming from. Good Luck!!
Intelligent design ( pro ) vs evolution ( con ) with regards to the origin and diversity of life

Debate topic is clear: Evolution ans abiogensis which would be the stance of my fellow con. While i will argue for intelligent design as pro. Bop is shared by both sides. Definitions : Intelligent design - origin and diversity of life created by a supernatural force Evolution - change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. Structure : Round 1 - acceptance Round 2 - opening arguements Round 3 - Rebuttals Round 4 - Closing statements ( no new arguements ). Good luck con as you will need it
Payday lending Services should be banned

I debated this topic maybe 6-7 months ago and it was mostly one sided. The few who were actually against this method had an argument but it was confusing and all over the place. Also none of these people moved on to the next round in my event (congress). I am debating this again to see if there's new arguments on the negative position that are easy enough to comprehend and that are worth listening too. First round is simply for clarification/acceptance debate starts with me on round 2 This topic isn't as hard as it seems btw it's hard to make a straight up case though because the evidence over it is a bit yeah. Kind of all over the place but the topic itself isn't hard to comprehend it's also not purely just economical. Other areas are big in this topic as well. Trust me I am not a economics guy but this topic I can do. What is payday lending= A payday loan (also called a payday advance, salary loan, payroll loan, small dollar loan, short term or cash advance loan) is a small, short-term unsecured loan, "regardless of whether repayment of loans is linked to a borrower's payday." Pro's burden= Prove that pay day lending should be banned, I don't have to provide a method for banning this or provide a way of enforcing a ban just that the method itself should be banned. (I can also provide alternatives to this) Should is a key word in this debate Con's burden= Prove that pay day lending shouldn't be banned. Also of course effectively address reasons provided by the pro of why it should be banned an maybe address the alternatives pro will may present as well.
Resolved: Abortion, the removing of a fetus (3 months or earlier), should be banned in the U.S.

I would like to argue that abortion in the US should be banned (with possible exception to cases of rape or in where the mothers life would be harmed). 1.Part of making good decisions is knowing the consequences for ones own actions and by allowing abortion to exist, outside of aforementioned terms, we advocate poor choices since we remove the effects of an important life decision, and worse, we do so at the cost of a life. 2. If it is illegal and abhorrent after 24 weeks then it should be illegal before that, as most of the things that are present and determine that ruling, such as the heart, brain, and several other vital organs, are already forming or have formed within the first trimester. There are many things to mention, but what it all comes down to is life and that it is unhealthy for all involved to allow the practice of abortion to continue.
Resolved: Abortion, the removing of a fetus (3 months or earlier), should be banned in the U.S.

Resolved: Abortion should be banned in the United States. (EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF RAPE OR HARM TO THE MOTHERS LIFE) Abortion: the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy in the first 3 months. I will argue against this resolution and the opponent will argue for it. May the best debater win! -LDBen P.S. You can post your first argument below. DO NOT post an acceptance message. Simply offer your arguments. P.S.S. Please do not go off on an 8,000 character tangent with no stated arguments. It would make it easier for me and the judges to read you debate. I.E. 1. XXXX 2. XXXXX NOT 1. XXXXXXXAUISHDJASXXXASODASJLXXXXXASHDKASHDKJXXXXX XXXXASJLDHKHAKSLHXXXXLAJHSDKLJASHDKJLXXXX
That Goldeen is better than leaf

Leafeon is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Firstly Leafeon Has a wide range of Moves and can put pokemon to sleep. Leafeon looks really cool. His moves are Grass whistle, Razor leaf, tackle and solar beam. Are his main moves. Goldeen can only do water gun and horn attack and those moves SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Secondly, Leafeon can only evolve from Eevee if it gains a level while in Eterna Forest, so you must trade an Eevee over to Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum and evolve it there, since there is no Eterna Forest in HeartGold and SoulSilver. This is good because it makes the game harder if you want a Leafeon. Thirdly, Leafeon is better than Goldeen Because Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. — — — Tail Whip 30 0 100% Lowers the target's Defense by one level. — — Tackle 35 35 95% Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. — — — Helping Hand 20 0 — 5 Ally's next move inflicts half more damage. 8 8 8 Sand-Attack 15 0 100% Lowers the target's Accuracy by one level. 15 15 15 Razor Leaf 25 55 95% Has an increased chance for a critical hit. 22 22 22 Quick Attack 30 40 100% 1 Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. 29 29 29 Synthesis 5 0 — Heals the user by half its max HP. Affected by weather. 36 36 36 Magical Leaf 20 60 — Never misses. 43 43 43 Giga Drain 10 60 100% Heals the user by half the damage inflicted. 50 50 50 Last Resort 5 130 100% Can only be used after all of the user's other moves have been used. 57 57 57 GrassWhistle 15 0 55% Puts the target to sleep. 64 64 64 Sunny Day 5 0 — Changes the weather to sunny for five turns. 71 71 71 Leaf Blade 15 90 100% Has an increased chance for a critical hit. 78 78 Swords Dance 30 0 — Raises the user's Attack by two levels. Move Type Class PP Power Acc Pri Effect Tutor: Can be taught at any time by an NPC. Fury Cutter 20 10 95% Power doubles every turn this move is used in succession after the first, maxing out after five turns. Headbutt 15 70 100% Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch. Heal Bell 5 0 — Cures the user and the user's ally of major status effects. Helping Hand 20 0 — 5 Ally's next move inflicts half more damage. Knock Off 20 20 100% Target drops its held item. Last Resort 5 130 100% Can only be used after all of the user's other moves have been used. Mud-Slap 10 20 100% Has a 100% chance to lower the target's Accuracy by one level. Seed Bomb 15 80 100% Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. Snore 15 40 100% Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch. Only works if the user is sleeping. Swift 20 60 — Never misses.
That Goldeen is better than leaf

Goldeen IS COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Goldeen is cool. He's a fish with spikes. All pokemon lovers know that Goldeen is the best Pokemon even better than polywhirl. Leaf is to green because he is made of leaves. My first argument was Goldeen is cool because he has spikes. My second argument was that Goldeen is the best pokemon and my third argument was that Leaf was made of leaves. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
obama is a bad president

Ill start with Obama's father. "You called Obama's father a communist!" I mentioned this because we learn from our parents. Obama's parents have every bit of reason to be mentioned in this argument. You cant argue that we all learn and most likely follow our parents beliefs and teachings. read below please. more about Obama's parents in this website >>>> http://obamaism.blogspot.com... <<<< please read carefully all facts and info my friend. ***Obama's Father Wrote About Socialism - His father wrote a paper called "Problems With Our Socialism" that advocates 100% taxation of the rich, communal ownership of land and the forced confiscation of privately controlled land. Obama's Mother Was a "Communist Sympathizer Obama's Parents Met in a Russian Class (Back then it was the Communist USSR) Obama Attended Socialist Conferences at Cooper Union I put some extra info that had nothing to do with my opponents argument that "Obama's father was not communist"to express my next point: Do you really need to take a socialist class to be in a Republic/Democratic nation? <<<< i urge you to watch this video about our RADICAL-IN-CHIEF Again my opponent mentions Bush. I didn't mention this in my last argument but i did implied it when he mentioned me: THIS IS ABOUT OBAMA. NOT ME, NOT YOU, AND DEFINITELY NOT BUSH I don't think mentioning that "Gays are sinners", "Bush has made many mistakes too", "This is how you sounded", "Can't you deal with him just for another 3 years", and "not the easiest job being president" is not detail. I call it failure to answer questions/ argue arguments. welcome to round 4 my friend.
obama is a bad president

True about the troops, but aren't the troops leaving by next December? Yes. He did it. They are not lies. Believe me, Bush has made many mistakes too. Obama's father was not communist. Do not say stuff that is not true. That is not what a debate is about. "Gays are sinners I know you think that too" this is suppose to be about Obama's doings NOT MINE. you sound like a perfect democrat changing the subject... now don't you. I was just assuming. You have said things just about equal to what I have said. You called Obama's father a communist! I didn't change the subject, silly, I gave more detail. NOW YOUR BLOODY TURN.
obama is a bad president

Okay ill begin this with Obama's lies... so far There is more in this website >>> http://www.endalldisease.com... <<< videos included in the website *"If we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home, we will end this war. You can take that to the bank." just before he became president in 2007 *In Obama"s campaign, he promised to "eliminate entirely" income tax for seniors making less than $50,000. Yet another blatant lie right to your face. *On an interview on The Today Show Obama claimed he won the Michigan & Illinois Primaries, which is a lie. GREGORY: But Senator you have not demonstrated that you can decisively put the nomination away. You have also not demonstrated that you can win some of the big states that"ll be important in a general election. California, New York, Ohio. OBAMA: Well David we"ve won Michigan and Georgia and Illinois and Missouri. *"My father served in World War II" Obama said in a campaign speech below that his father served in World War 2. Yeah, the communist Kenyan father that was 9 years old when the war ended. Obama was probably referring to his grandfather who did actually serve, but could the candidate who had written "dreams of my father" perhaps been trying to boost the image of his communist father seeing how most people rarely look into the facts? Probably. But why worry about who Barack"s communist father really was while Obama is trying to enforce the dreams of his father? ***????No more secrecy??? tell me my friend... what do you think about the NSA ****Promise to Cut Deficit in Half Soon after Obama took office he pledged that his administrated would cut the deficit in half. Closing in on the last year of his term his pledge made in February of 2009 is laughable, and just another item on his list of lies. but i allready listed this in my previous argument and you did not argue about how this wasnt a "BIG AS LIFE" LIE TO YOUR FACE YOUR FAMILY'S FACE AND EVERY AMERICAN'S FACE. *Obama Claims Border Fence "Basically Complete" but It"s Only 5% Finished "They wanted more agents on the border. Well, we now have more boots on the ground on the southwest border than at any time in our history. The Border Patrol has 20,000 agents " more than twice as many as there were in 2004, a build up that began under President Bush and that we have continued. They wanted a fence. Well, that fence is now basically complete." The Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congress"s investigative arm, reported in early 2009 that only 32 miles of double-layer fencing had been built. That means under President Obama, only 4.3 miles of double layer fencing has been built. This is woefully inadequate. "Gays are sinners I know you think that too" this is suppose to be about Obama's doings NOT MINE. you sound like a perfect democrat changing the subject... now don't you. MY OPPONENT CHANGES THE SUBJECT BECAUSE HE HAS NOTHING ELSE TO SAY AND HE DID NOT ARGUE ABOUT MY LAST POST. round 3 my friend
obama is a bad president

Tomatoes area fruit. I won't deny that the debt had increased more with Obama than Bush. It is not the easiest job being president. I thing you should take in consideration. And I can bring up all the things that were bad Bush did, But I will not because I hate talking bad about him. He has had enough abuse and hatred in his life. JUST LIKE OBAMA! Obama has about 3 years left of his term. Can't you deal with him just for another 3 years? You will never throw him out of office, because he hasn't done anything bad. And yes, I thought you were serious about the impeachment, because MOST republicans, yes MOST, believe he should be impeached and I knew you were thinking that because that is how republicans think. This is how you sounded. "Let's impeached the President! All he wanted was Equal rights for people, but we do not want people to be equal, like gays. Gays are sinners" I know you think that too. JUST SAYING And no, this person who is president is not the definition of crime or misdemeanor! And can you give me an example of what he had lied about?
obama is a bad president

ask your self this?.... are tomatoes a fruit or a vegetable... then ask yourself "have the low class citizens increased or decreased since obama care was put into action. and i was just joking on the impeachment part... i just said that because its a quote that i bet over half of america are saying and those aren't the only things that obama has made worse in america: the president has almost doubled our national debt in just 3.5 years, something that has never happened in American history. We've accumulated more debt in the past 42 months than all of the previous 232 years of this republic. that's impossible to overlook President Obama is absolutely terrible at diplomacy. He's convinced the Iranians that the US won't stop their nuclear programs and we'd never attack them unless they attacked us. An Israeli ambassador even said "they aren't afraid of us"! You know that the president is sending a weak message when any nation isn't afraid of the world's superpower unemployment is higher than when President Obama first took office and income is down. These stats should be much better. The president has been limiting economic growth because he has been limiting economic freedom for the job creators !!!this person we call president is the definition of a crime/misdemeanor!!! he also lies... just saying but we all knew that
obama is a bad president

1) I understand about Obamacare. I do not think it is right for them to make people sign up for something. However, if you are a very poor family and cannot afford any other healthcare service because that company is to rich and expensive, wouldn't, in that case, Obamacare help the family? Or should the family just not sign up, and then get even more poorer? Maybe they are just trying to help people. 2)And what about this? From where did you here this? They are not hiding anything. That accident has nothing to do with the government, of which I know. 3)Okay? He did not do it earlier, but he did it. And what is wrong with him trying to get support from Hispanic people? Lastly, let me explain to you what a president needs to do in order for him/her (someday we'll have a female president) to be impeached: Offensives of impeachment: Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution says, "The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." According to constitutional lawyers, "High Crimes and Misdemeanors" are (1) real criminality -- breaking a law; (2) abuses of power; (3) "violation of public trust" as defined by Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers. (About.com) In the past, Congress has issued Articles of Impeachment for acts in three general categories: -Exceeding the constitutional bounds of the powers of the office. -Behavior grossly incompatible with the proper function and purpose of the office. -Employing the power of the office for an improper purpose or for personal gain. _____ President Obama has not done any one these offenses. And no, I would not say that "making people sign up for Obamacare" is "exceeding the constitutional bounds of the powers of the office."