Category: The Debating Stuffs

Some time ago, I remember hearing a remark regarding the judges of American idol: “Hey, Simon cant even sing. Why the hell does he think he knows how to comment on those people?” But then, the same person said: “Hmm, I think the Chris Daughtry sung quite well for a Queen song which is not

I have heard from a friend that she was trained in a way so that debate adjudicators are supposed to research upon the prepared motions, prior to adjudicating in the said competition. This post will explain my perspective on the matter. I have posted another article on “How to adjudicate a clash of facts”, yet

How to Adjudicate Wrong Facts Sometimes we may face a problem in adjudicating when two teams present contradictory facts, which would definitely mean that one of those facts is fake (or misanalyzed). Whether the adjudicator truthfully knows the truth or not, both would present different level of problems to the adjudicator in judging the particular

British Parliamentary offers a very huge challenge for both debaters and adjudicators. So much more strategic and tactical considerations should be made beside simple argumentative comparisson. Four teams to compare qualitatively is definitely heavier than just finding the better of two. Instead of “win” or “lose”, they have Rank 1-4 (I usually say this as

I was adjudicating in a panel one day, in NineCity (SMA 9 Yk Debating Competition). One team won unanimously. Glad that we didnt need to dispute about anything (not that it would matter anyway, but its just cool to be unanimous), I asked of the margins of my fellows. One of my panelist gave 1