Debate.org should have more information available before you become a member.

First before anything, I will make all those comments about my time model null and void. My time model DOES work. All you have to do is sit in front of the computer screen for hours on end and refresh the page every 5 seconds :D. No, i'm serious. It still works. So yes, that information IS readily available BEFORE BECOMING A MEMBER. Thank you. Now that those rebuttals are out of the way, on to the ones I will actually have to quote. Quote from you: "Perhaps if Debate.org had posted information about "good form", or what would be considered a personal attack, or encouraged debaters not to take things personally unless they are stated as such, my opponent would not have misunderstood my comment. Things like this could have been avoided if debate.org had more information available before you become a member." I honestly think you and any other new debater have the intelligence to figure out what good form is. And especially what a personal attack is. It means insulting pretty much. People have different ideas of good form, so make your own. Oh look, now that information is readily available for any pre-member! That was probably a cheapshot, but it's true. ------------------------------------------------------ Quote from you: "The reason to know "good form" is to avoid the confusion from earlier. If debate.org had said "take the time to get to know your opponent so that you can avoid inadvertently making an argument that your opponent may take personally.", then this whole mess could have been avoided in the first place. Yet another reason that debate.org should have more information available." I just made the "good form" point null and void. Hooray for me. And now the "good form" series does not need further rebuttal. ------------------------------------------------------- Quote form you: "My opponent claiming irrelevance makes little to sense because the topic is about debate.org giving more information. Perhaps my opponent was referring to my desires as being irrelevant, but due to apparent previous toe stepping, I won't speculate any farther than that on my opponent's beliefs. Suffice to say that debate.org giving more information about debate.org is relevant to the topic of "Debate.org should have more information available before you become a member." When I said it was irrelevant, I meant that you didn't bring out a new point. You just restated the topic. You didn't say something like "I don't know how long I have to post my next round S0 debate.org should have more information available to me before I become a member". ------------------------------------------------------- Quotes from you: "No amount of searching and inferring will tell you that you always have 3 days to make your next argument. No amount of searching and inferring will reveal that the 3 day time limit cannot be extended or condensed on a debate. No amount of searching and inferring will show that you must make your argument in 8000 characters or less. No amount of searching and inferring indicates that the 8000 character limit cannot be changed. No amount of searching and inferring will tell you exactly how many rounds you are allowed, because that changes on each debate." Point 1 refers to the time model, which I have proved works. Point 2 refers to the time model which i have proved works. Points 3-5 I cannot rebut, but I have a trick up my sleeve which I will use in the end (I sort of used it earlier this round). ------------------------------------------------------- Quote from you: "Knowing the rules does not remove the challenge. Simply making that information available for those who would like to know it would not take anything away from those who would prefer to jump right in. I am arguing for more information to be available beforehand so that you can choose your style and approach. My opponent seems to be saying that you should create your own approach as long as your style includes jumping in blind. I think Henry Ford said something similar about the color of model Ts. And I apologize if my opponent is a fan of the model T. It was an analogy and should not be taken personally." Okay, so you may be right. BUT either I have already made your points null and void, or I will right after this sentence. ------------------------------------------------------- Now then, as for points 3-5 above, I will now use that "trick". Watch. Point 3: Every round in a debate on debate.org must be 8000 or less characters, but not under 100. Oh gods, I think it's readily available before you become a member now. Null and void. Point 4: You can not change this character limit during or not during a debate. Oh gods, I think it's readily available before you become a member now. Null and void. And Point 5: You may have one to five rounds in a debate. Oh gods, I think it's readily available before you become a member now. Null and void. And if you don't think of this as evidence, then ask someone on debate.org about it. I think what I just said is true and therefore makes those points null and void. Anything else you don't know about debate.org, I can easily post it in a comment and then it will be readily available before you become a member. Vote Con. You know why. I hope you do. V O T E C O N