Annbella is an awful debater

"I can understand why this would be a major point. Her spelling and grammar are completely atrocious. However, this does not have to do with the resolution. " It has everything to do with the resolution. " Furthermore, while you may say that spelling and grammar are a necessity to debate on this site, I must disagree. " Why would you disagree? On this site, spelling and grammar are an entire category of voting. "There is no spelling needed in real life debate, nor grammar in some cases. " It is if the debate is happening online, which still is in real life, but my opponent is right. In a spoken debate, spelling is not important. Where my opponent is completely wrong is where he states "nor grammar in some cases. " Grammar, whether spoken or typed, is essential for a strong debate. Making coherent sentences makes an argument much stronger, and if you are not using grammar, you are not speaking, which makes it hard to win a debate. " You are referencing online, however you have no knowledge if she debates exrtracurricularly, or even competitively. " You are correct. I have based my contentions on the information presented to me. If she were to debate extracurricularly or competitively as she does on this site, she would obviously prove my resolution true. " Using myself as an example. I have lost 1 debate and won 1 debate on this site. This does not reflect on how well I perform in real life. Evidence 1: . http://www.nflonline.org...... As you can see I am highly regarded by the National Forensic League, a well known and prominent debate institution. " I have read your debates, and of my four points, you have only made an example of one of them. You did forfeit one one debate, and that is why you lost. I may add that the rules of the debate were obviously made to be a fun debate, therefore it should not be taken seriously. I will throw that debate out. I am left with one debate which you won. You debated very strongly and argued your points well, so I can see why you are highly regarded. However, this debate is not about you, so all of this information is completely irrelevant. " So while she may debate poorly on this site, she may debate well in real life, which your resolution does not specify. " All you have proven with your irrelevant information is that a strong debater will debate strongly. Once again I have based my assumption on information provided to me through the only source available: this site. "As of now you have been doing the exact same thing. You said: ""For now, I accept the definitions and terms my opponent has offered. "I have set the definitions in the first round. They will not change. You have not just accepted them "for now", but rather for the duration of the debate. " That is correct. I did say this. "I find this rather rude, so what you find disrespectful and what most others find disrespectful are sometimes contrasting and in this case," If anyone should find this rude, it should be me. I made the rules, and I set the definitions. They are not meant to be changed. When you said "for now" you insinuated that you were possibly going to try to change them. I was clarifying that you were not to change them during the debate. There is a general respectfulness that one must give in a debate. That is why I thank you before every round and wish you luck after I close my arguments. " I believe Annbella was more juvenile than disrespectful. " What you believe, your opinion, does not matter. Only facts matter. You have provided no information why a 15 year old should not be able to show proper respect. "So if you analyze the facts, she's actually doing a better job than most of these people due to the fact that she has attempted more debates than these others and is clearly higher ranked on The Leaderboard. " She is not doing a better job. Of those people that she is above, she is in the exact same percentile. She is ranked higher because she has joined more debates. Clearly, failing more times does not make you a better debater, but rather worse. I must point out that my opponent never said anything about my second point: argumentation. The very basis of a debate is argumentation and without it, you have no debate. "I thank my opponent for this debate and I look forward to her next argument. " his. .. not her I thank my opponent for an interesting debate. We will have to do this again sometime.