New DDO members shouldn't be able to start debates right away.

I thank Double_R for this fantastic debate. Con doesn't address some of my arguments so I will summarize them here. OPENING ARGUMENTSA) Members better understand DDO Members will understand more about the rules and etiquette of DDO before they make mistakes. Reading through debates helps them understand how a formal debate must be written and the respect that they need to have for their opponent, while when they read the orientation, they will make the connections in their mind, as to how the orientation material had applied to debates that they read. All this, they can do without instigating debates and using DDO as an experimental platform thereby not cheating another member off a good debate which would happen if new members instigate debates right away and have no clue as to how to finish the debate competently. B) Finding Help Not being able to instigate debates directs the new members to the part of the site that they can immediately participate in. Here, they will get the help they need to start debating and be a contributing member of this site. They will know exactly what to do to start, learn how to debate and start debating with full understanding of how DDO works and the conduct to be observed such as no forfeiting, professionalism etc. C) Reduces forfeits Con doesn't really address the problem of forfeits. Instead he excuses this poor conduct as "not having enough time" and defends the rights of new members to forfeit on "their own debates". I don't understand how it is fair to the member who accepts the debate or completes it halfway through to have their opponent forfeit on them even if it is the forfeiters "own debate". Once a debate is accepted, it becomes both the member's debate.The Falcon Plan addresses the root of the problem by only allowing members who are not likely to forfeit, to instigate debates. If the members spent time reading and analyzing debates, and read through the orientation, they have the time and the interest to post arguments. The current system uses a band-aid solution by hiding the forfeited debates. It is also ironic that Con defends the rights of forfeiters when this debate only exists because Double_R's previous opponent had instigated a debate on the same topic and then forfeited on him halfway through, and I PM'd him asking to debate the same topic. Forfeited debates such as that one are littered across the site. REBUTTALS1) DDO purposeThe Falcon Plan upholds the purpose of DDO by providing a site where people provide intelligent arguments and expect their opponent to conform to the rules of the site. DDO is different from a youtube comments section which is full of swearwords and members who leave after posting a load of rubbish. The Falcon Plan makes this difference even more clear when it only allows members to instigate debates who have shown a commitment to learn what the site is about. The Falcon Plan will actually make it easier for members to engage in an intelligent discussion as they can be sure that everyone who posted in the challenge section has read a few debates and knows the standard debating rules of DDO, and alleviates their fear that a new member will forfeit on them halfway through. 2) Better Debaters & DebatesThe Falcon plan will lead to better debaters since everyone who instigates a debate will have already seen first hand how debates are done and have learned from the orientation how to deabte on DDO. Some of the members who came here to only debate a specific topic will want to learn. Others will be uninterested in learning how to debate, and put up poor quality debates on the site. Nearly 50% of members on this site have only one debate and nearly 80% of members never won a debate. DDO has become a place where a few hundred people do most of the debating and the vast majority quit after losing their first debates because they did not have an opportunity to gain the skills that they should before instigating a debate.The ones that leave because they don't want to read other people's debates or learn about DDO are no loss because they show that they don't take the site seriously and would have forfeited and left anyways. 3) Member accessCon says that as long as members follow the rules, they should access the site. The Falcon Plan agrees with this. As long as members follow the 3 steps, they will have access to the site. Any established member abusing their privileges will be reported to the moderators. This is no different from the current system where people can votebomb or plagiarize but doing so will get them reported. 4) Complicated The Falcon Plan is more complicated when compared to the current DDO system but it is not "too complicated". There are a few additional rules that members must follow before instigating debates and these rules help not only the member, but other members and the site as a whole.My opponent tries to convince you that new members will not understand words like "Pro", "Con" or "comments section". I was a new member once, and so was my opponent. It doesn't take more than 10 seconds to figure out what those words mean. a link to the Voting Guidelines page explains everything in more detail. The words "Pro", "Con" and "comments" are clearly written in big, bold letters and new members will not find them confusing. CONCLUSIONMy opponent's only issue with the Falcon Plan seems to be that it is complicated. My opponent conceded that being complicated is not necessarily a bad thing. Baseball, chess, and LD style high school debating are complicated. They should not be simplified. My analogy with multi-level video games holds true as well. The Falcon Plan will increase the number of intelligent arguments on the site, decrease forfeits and poor quality debates and actually make it easier for members to engage in an intellectual discussion without fear of forfeits. While there may be further questions, these must be answered as opposed to using the current system because we are afraid of the unknown.