The debate was an interesting event, for I thought my team had it in the bag but no. We succumbed to confusion, nerves and badly timed outbursts. We did have a strong end though. The beginning wasn't as strong as it could've been due to a mixup of thoughts. The rebuttals were interesting, with the first one not laying down strong arguments that we had made prior to combat the exact arguments the opponents were making. The second one tried to make a good argument but after the first point couldn't remember what anyone else had said so instead insinuated a opponent was wrong. The opposition was interesting as well with their begining being hard to understand because of how fast it was but it was with arguments of substance. Their first rebuttal said some things without any real proof. And their second did a bit better but wasn't very fast with what he was saying and that detracts.
Their ending was a strong part but it did get caught up on what the first rebuttal had to say about one point, wasting precious time that could be used else were. In all honesty if you look at each of the players in the debate and compare them for their positions, the opposition won the begining and the second rebuttal. My team won the end and the first rebuttal. So I thought no one really one cause if I was watching this debate I would have thought that both sides weren't strong with their arguments. If we added the timers we would have one but really that's not fair and doesn't count. Speaking of the timers, Ours did a good job on that I think. The opponents did well too except for getting the times mixed up.
Ttyl- Jack
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