Does any of you guys know something about the WSDC (World Schools Debating Championships)? I was wondering about that, so please answer the question.

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In the foul darkness one figure will emerge to save the world from evil and despair.... Light flashes as his sword comes down, and thunder rolls through the sky when he points his sword up to heaven to signal his victory....People whisper his name as he walks by, evil tries to hide as they sense his presence nearby.... His name? Link......

Don't tell me no one wants to reply to this topic?? Bastards!!!

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In the foul darkness one figure will emerge to save the world from evil and despair.... Light flashes as his sword comes down, and thunder rolls through the sky when he points his sword up to heaven to signal his victory....People whisper his name as he walks by, evil tries to hide as they sense his presence nearby.... His name? Link......

WSDC, no I've never heard of it.

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"It dosn't matter whether you believe in reincarnation. The point is, does reincarnation believe in you?
Sigmar, member of clan HADB.

Should i explain what it is then?

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In the foul darkness one figure will emerge to save the world from evil and despair.... Light flashes as his sword comes down, and thunder rolls through the sky when he points his sword up to heaven to signal his victory....People whisper his name as he walks by, evil tries to hide as they sense his presence nearby.... His name? Link......

All right, what is it?

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"It dosn't matter whether you believe in reincarnation. The point is, does reincarnation believe in you?
Sigmar, member of clan HADB.

Ok. WSDC, or World Schools Debating Championships is an annual tournament for debaters from all over the world, max. aged 18. The WSDC is held in places all over the world (for instance, this year it was held in Johannesburg SA, and next year it will be held in Singapore). Every year countries from all over the worlds send teams to the WSDC, and usually the debaters which have English as normal language end up high. It's supercool (i've been to SA) and you learn a lot.

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In the foul darkness one figure will emerge to save the world from evil and despair.... Light flashes as his sword comes down, and thunder rolls through the sky when he points his sword up to heaven to signal his victory....People whisper his name as he walks by, evil tries to hide as they sense his presence nearby.... His name? Link......

Interesting, so they are just given topics to debate about or does one team bring a topic up and the other responds.Also who won in Johannesburg.

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"It dosn't matter whether you believe in reincarnation. The point is, does reincarnation believe in you?
Sigmar, member of clan HADB.

By the way Link, did you know you're a member of clan HADB?

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"It dosn't matter whether you believe in reincarnation. The point is, does reincarnation believe in you?
Sigmar, member of clan HADB.

There's a team that makes up the motions. They're mostly about some worldly problems or something like that. I can give you a couple of examples:
This House disapproves of cloning
This House would waive the patent rights for AIDS drugs for underdeveloped countries
This House believes that gay couples should not be allowed to adopt children

When you participate at the WSDC you get four motions before you arrive. These four motions can be prepared at home. The only thing you don't know is whether you're in favor of the motion or not.
There are four more motions which you get an hour before the actual debate. You can think of a possible strategy etc. for an hour, and then you gotta debate. As you can understand that CAN be pretty hard, but in each debate you gotta define the motion (for instance: this house disapproves of cloning. Most people think about cloning vegetables, but you could define cloning as the exactly copying a certain object. This way you can turn the debate into illegal music copying (like Napster), and surprise your opponent).

OK. Hope y'all understand. I have to say this: it's English style debating, so there are three speakers, and one speaker which will give a summary in each team. Throughout the debate you can make a brief poin, asking for more information, or directing at something you believe isn't true. This is called a Point of Information, and is very usefull.

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In the foul darkness one figure will emerge to save the world from evil and despair.... Light flashes as his sword comes down, and thunder rolls through the sky when he points his sword up to heaven to signal his victory....People whisper his name as he walks by, evil tries to hide as they sense his presence nearby.... His name? Link......

Since when did i become a member of the HADB clan???

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In the foul darkness one figure will emerge to save the world from evil and despair.... Light flashes as his sword comes down, and thunder rolls through the sky when he points his sword up to heaven to signal his victory....People whisper his name as he walks by, evil tries to hide as they sense his presence nearby.... His name? Link......

Thanks for clearing that up. As for you being a member of clan HADB, it's true. You asked if you could join in the original post but by that time Caleb and Azurewolf had gone on holiday so they could not confirm you joining. In a recent thread it was confirmed that you are a member by Azurewolf. Welcome aboard.

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"It dosn't matter whether you believe in reincarnation. The point is, does reincarnation believe in you?
Sigmar, member of clan HADB.

I did? http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/eek7.gif
j/k
Well link seeing as you are my executioner you really have no choice in the matter!

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In the foul darkness one figure will emerge to save the world from evil and despair.... Light flashes as his sword comes down, and thunder rolls through the sky when he points his sword up to heaven to signal his victory....People whisper his name as he walks by, evil tries to hide as they sense his presence nearby.... His name? Link......

I didn't know it was worldwide, but when I was in high school some eleven or twelve years ago, I competed in a similarly structured competetion between many schools throughout the state of New South Wales. I was the last speaker, the whip.

er...we won http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

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I am the walrus!.... er, no hang on.... http://www.animfactory.com/animation...ing_lg_clr.gif

A fair dinkum laughing Hyena!

doesnt ring a bell.

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I coach interscholastic debate here in Illinois, USA. I've read some about international debates, but I'm not familiar with the format you described.

As a proponent of debate, if you have an opportunity to compete in this type of thing. Go for it. I can't say enough about how Debate has positively impacted the lives of my students.

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Maybe we should have an IWDC? (IronWorks Debating Championship)