Welcome everyone, to the sixth celebration of Bookworm And Kings Daughter Beat-Down Fight Day!
This year's event will be a free flowing open debate on audience provided subjects as has been done in previous years, but this time without prescreened topics or target timeframes before changing focus. Everything will be completely off the cuff and develop in real time, we're going to just roll with whatever happens and see how it goes.
Whoever wants to present a subject for debate will post an opening argument and I will immediately take up the opposite position. The two of us will then debate back and forth until someone else, or that same person, raises a new subject by putting forth a new opening argument. If someone wishes to jump into the ongoing debate themselves instead of changing the subject that is welcome also, simply input your own argument for whichever side you want to help represent.
The fun, but at the same time potential frustration, of this format is because anyone can change the topic at any time a really good debate may suddenly get cut off and forced to focus on something else, or you may be in the process of forming a counterargument to a certain point and come back to find that's no longer where the discussion is anymore, but that's the point of doing it this way, so no one knows how things are going to play out.
As always the wonderful venue of Unnamed Arena will house our festivities. Please get your tickets punched and find a seat! The layout for this year is shown below:
I am positioned at mike A facing the bleachers. Whoever steps up to initiate a debate subject will take mike B facing me and state their opening argument. I will then engage and the debate will unfold. Additional debaters who wish to enter on either side of the current subject will assemble so that the primary proponent of each side of the debate has their supporters on their respective right hand side, participants joining my side of the issue will assemble on the left set of microphone stands and participants joining the other side will assemble on the right set. If someone wishes to change the debate subject they will tap out the current opposition lead and take over mike B, stating the new opening argument.
If need for a moderator arises for some reason I will assume that role, but for the most part I intend to just let this unfold however it will and see what happens. We may wrap things up tonight, or possibly continue for another day or two depending on how much activity we're able to facilitate.
The floor is open to whoever wants to put forth the first topic - let the festivities begin!
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