The DDO leader board does not accurately list the top debaters

Mirza first begins the debate by criticizing my definition of ‘top debater'. Since I provided a definition of ‘top debater' and he has failed to provide a different definition, his point is moot. It is not appropriate or sportsmanlike to reject a definition without providing a well defined alternative definition with a legitimate reason. Furthermore 1)Dictionary definition: a.Top - Of the highest degree, quality, rank, or amount It is quite clear that, for example, when one states ‘the top restaurants' or ‘top athletes' one is referring to the best restaurants or best athletes. One can also look in the thesaurus to find the synonym of ‘top' is ‘best'. This makes my definition legitimate through both dictionary and thesaurus. While it is true that the definition of ‘top' has alternative meanings, and semantic debates are perfectly legitimate, the mere fact that I DEFINED ‘top debater' in the 1ST ROUND makes this semantic debate unnecessary and ill-spirited. CON accepted the debate, which means CON also accepts PROs parameters of the debate, including definition. If CON wanted the definition changes, CON could have posted it in the comment section or messaged me. For a further analyze of my definition, there are always people that are considered to be the ‘best'. Tiger Woods is considered to be the best golfer. Muhammad Ali at his prime was considered to be the best boxer. It is clear why these people are considered to be the best. The reasons are as followed: 1)They have a high probability of winning their matches 2)They compete against others who are also very good The ‘best' is easily defined. The ‘best' is someone who is better than all the others. The best debater on DDO is someone who is better than all other DDO debaters. If one can take a debater from DDO and not find an opponent from DDO that he or she is more likely to lose against, then this person is the best debater on DDO. Now for my opponent's rebuttals: 1)CON admits that the leaderboard is dominated by members who have been here for two years. This is enough evidence to show that the leaderboard discriminates against newer members of debate.org. It is not enough to say that good, new debaters can still obtain an ‘adequate' position when the debater should receive much more than just adequate. That debater should be TOP on the leader board. Why should these members settle for less than what they deserve? The fact of the matter is that these members, even if they win at the same ratio as those that have been here for years, will NEVER be able to reach the same status as the older members. 2)It is quite clear from my definition of ‘leaderboard' that I was referring to this leaderboard: http://www.debate.org... I was not referring to the win ratio board, which by definition is based on win ratio. Furthermore, the top percentile on DDO is determined by number of wins, not by win ratio. However, even the win ratio board is not an accurate depiction of the best debaters. Win ratio is an important consideration, but not an absolute consideration. I have stated many reasons why the leader board was inaccurate, win ratio was just one. Many with a 100% win ratio have not participated in many debates, thus their high win ratio could have just occurred by chance and is statistically insignificant. When I first started debating at DDO my win ratio was 100%, now it is at 44.44%. I only won my previous debates because most of them either forfeited or were bad debaters. Just because I had a good win ratio before, and now my win ratio has fallen does not mean by debating skills have plummeted. 3)CON states that this system is fair because anyone can debate whoever they want. However, some debaters might opt against debating bad debaters since he or she might want a challenge. Others might want to debate only bad debaters, since he or she might like the joy of winning or want to get a higher rank. However, just because a good debater refuses to exploit the system to get a good page on the leader board, does If one basketball team (team A) wins all their games, however the basketball team plays against children. Another basketball team (team B) loses all their games, however this team loses against professional basketball teams. Which team is better, team A or team B? One could not infer that team A is better than team B, since team A plays against basketball players. It clearly makes a difference who one is playing in a match. CON makes the continuum fallacy stating ‘where does one draw the line' between good debaters and bad debaters. Vagueness does not imply invalidity. Professional basketball players, Professional soccer players are clearer better than those who failed to make the team. It might be difficult to determine the order of rank between debaters, but it is easy to know the difference between a good debater and a bad debater. Also here is a system to differentiate between good debaters and bad debaters. 1+sum(wins*(percentile/100)) 1+sum(loses*(1-percentile/100)) If, for example, we assume that everyone's percentile is 50 on DDO and utilize this equation above multiple times (in a loop), an equilibirium will be established, in which one can deterimine the good debaters from the bad debaters. Granted, this procedure above might not be a perfect system and may need to be corrected. However, by creating a correctional factor based on who one is debating, this clearly system works better. If one wins a debate against a good debater, it is weighted more than winning against a bad debater. If I won a boxing match against an average strength girl, one would not be impressed. However, if I won a boxing match against mike Tyson, clearly one would be impressed. Therefore rank should be taken into consideration. CON also mentions that "it is not possible for the leader board to ever list the "top debaters" accurately" Since the resolution is "The DDO leader board does not accurately list the top debaters", CON automatically conceited the debate. If CON's statement is true it follows that. 1)It is not possible for the leader board to ever list the "top debaters" accurately. 2)The DDO leader board lists the "top debaters" 3)Therefore, "The DDO leader board does not accurately list the top debaters. The ‘DDO leader board' is a subset of all possible leader boards. Therefore the resolution is affirmed.