It is more desirable to vote for me than to vote for my opponent

1. Ability"While I do agree that you have a very high elo. I will say that you are a good debater, but this does not make my ability any worse. "This view of my contention is premature. I don't doubt that my opponent is a competent debater, and I'm in no way arguing that she is bad simply because she has no debates. My contention here relies strictly on empirical evidence, and since there is no evidence for my opponent's debating abilities, looking at the evidence we do have, it's more likely that I will show stronger debating skills in this round. "you with have to trust me on this next point. I am currently on my schools debate team. I have won a round 8 of the 10 debates so far and one of the best debaters on my team. I have read around 70 or more debates on here in the last few days. "You have to trust me on this next rebuttal. I am also currently a debater at my school. I placed thirteenth in the nation in Public Forum debate and sixth place in Lincoln-Douglas debate (also first place in Humorous Interp, but that doesn't really pretain to debating ability). I've slain sixty-three dragons, demolished four entire kingdoms, and killed a black belt with a pea shooter and a bag of dog food. Not only that, but a cult shrine has been built to me in San Francisco where over seven hundred thousand people come to worship me every day. I killed Tupac, built the pyramids, brought an end to the age of the dinosaurs, and can ride my bike with no handlebars. Some of what I said is true, but this is the internet. Who actually knows who did what without proper citations? How do we know the debating ability of my opponent's region compared to mine? Without present criteria for the voters to judge on, there is no way to know who is really the better debater. The only criteria present is Elo, and that shifts in my favor. If I really wanted to argue who had better debating skills, I'd go so far as to say that my contentions are well-typed and efforted, whereas my opponent's sole additional contention consisted of one sentence. You voters don't even have to look at the Elo, you just have to read this debate to see who has the strongest ability.2. Experience and Community"This is simply an opinion. "Well, that's just your opinion, silly. Just kidding. But also, it's not just an opinion. Numbers equal experience, and experience is more desirable. The argument is as sound and factual as it gets. "Sadly I have only found out about website recently, so my numbers are very low. "The situation my opponent is in is completely understandable. However, this only strengthens the desirability to vote for me over my her. My stronger weight in experience, interactions, and ties to other users inherently tend to cause voters to think, "Hey! This debate is by MassiveDump! Let's go see how he managed to win this time! " Yes, it's unfortunate, and it's certainly not my opponent's fault, but poor circumstances don't change the fact that when voters click on this debate, they tend to have a slight bias to vote for an experienced user over one who has joined only days ago. It's the way things are, and as horrible as it is, it makes it more desirable to vote for me over my opponent.3. Appearance"This is just an observation but you have a name in which certain people may dislike. "A certain demographic might not find my username appealing, that much can be understood, but a larger portion of the community would surely beg to differ. Let's go back to the leaderboard for a moment:. http://www.debate.org...;Having a silly username has shown no effect on who votes for which debater. The front page consists of people with names like "JustCallMeTarzan," "Grape," and as much as it makes me wince, even "STALIN. "There is, however, a much more deciding factor when it comes to appearance: the profile picture. What you'll notice from the leaderboard is that none to nearly none of the users who make it to the DDO Elite use pictures from the default collection of photos. Rather, they have uploaded an image of their own, be it a historical figure, an anime character, or even a picture of theirself. The reason for this is that people who have a default profile picture tend to carry a bad rap. when someone goes to look at a debate, a default picture screams out, "I'm not taking this debate seriously," and "please vote for my opponent. "Once again, this is unfortunate, but no less true. It's more desirable to vote for a user who has a unique profile picture over one with a generic, run-of-the-mill avatar.