Airmax1227

I'm a bit surprised that there hasn't been a thread started on GTA 6, given that it's the biggest game release in a long time.

Anyone excited, indifferent, anything else?

I'm personally very excited, though I'm also a little annoyed.

This was going to be the first generation of console (all the way back to the NES) where I completely skipped the generation. My Xbox1 is perfectly capable of playing youtube and Netflix etc and I now do all my gaming on a gaming PC, so I simply don't really need a new console... but I don't want to miss on the entertainment/cultural/gaming event of the decade, so I'll be buying a Series X in the next couple days just for GTA 6... I will be a little annoyed if they release it on PC just a couple months later though...

What are your thoughts? Excited for GTA 6? What you will you be playing it on?

The Brewers have won The World Series!

Go Brewers!

Well, that was a tough loss in extra innings... Brewers 3-1 in the series now, let's win the next one and win it all.

Let's go Brewers!

Brewers 3-0 in the World Series.

Let's see if they can win it all tomorrow night.

Let's go Brewers!

10-0

Brewers on Fire!

9-0

Let's Go Brew Crew!

8-0!

Yay Brewers!

7-0

LETS GO BREWERS!

Now 5-0, Let's Go Brewers!

No one gambles feeling he is going to lose.

True. But if you are betting on games of skill (or some skill at least) rather than random chance (Like dice, lottery tickets etc) it puts the odds in your favor and its less like gambling. Nonetheless, even a bad poker player probably feels the same so I suppose it's a moot point.

In any case... Go Brewers!! (4 to 0 in game 3. Let's go!!!!)

You are quite a betting man.

Not really. I don't bet on sports and I don't buy lottery tickets.

Only betting/Gambling I've ever really done is play poker in my younger days and I tended to only play when I was confident I would win - so I'm not sure even that was gambling, though I realize it technically was.

Brewers up 2-0 in the World Series.

Let's go Brewers!

Old age must suck.

I suppose, though this is probably better stated in a health or philosophy thread, though tangentially it might be appropriately related to baseball in some way.

In any case, yes, getting old does suck, however it is better than the alternative.

Did you place any bets?

Nope. I never bet on sports, just not my thing. Not that I have anything against gambling, cuz I used to play a lot of poker... But I don't gamble much these days.

Posted this video exactly a year ago...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0-L1dh0XL4

Now that the Brewers beat the Dodgers this time around, obviously my opinion has changed... Baseball is less stupid now, Go Brewers!

Go Brewers!

This is an interesting way to look at it, and it made me curious. Firstly, I'd image that those that tend to win debates stick around for longer, so they would tend to be farming wins from people that end up losing a few and possibly disappearing, so we probably wouldn't just see a 50-50 split constant from active members, but higher percentage of wins from those that are active. If that is the case ultimately, I wonder then if on a long enough timeline we'd see The Pareto Principle true in this case, similarly to how strangely accurate it seems to be in business and other areas. In other words, would we eventually see 80% of debate wins come from about 20% of the community? Just a glance at the top 50 of the leaderboard (and I realize this isn't perfect cuz of legacy stats but if we assume it stayed consistent) then without actually crunching the numbers, this does seem quite plausible and likely.

This probably only interests me, but I find it quite amusing.

Happy Birthday DebateCraft!

On this day (July 11th), exactly one year ago, DebateCraft went live!

It has been a fun, exciting, and interesting year, and I'd like to take this opportunity to reflect on everything we have been able to accomplish, and thank everyone for their contributions.

I'd like to thank everyone who has done a debate, posted a thread, made a reply, or even simply visited the site to read a post or glance at a debate. Every contribution has added something meaningful to the growth of the site and its community, and I am forever grateful for everything that everyone has been able to contribute.

I'd like to thank Mikal, Savant, Kohai, and Whiteflame, just to name a few of the people that have made substantial contributions to the site lately, and that I have had the privilege to work with in the past year. There are so many others that have made contributions, big and small, but nonetheless meaningful and important to me and this community, and I only wish I could name every single person and all the wonderful ways everyone has been able to impact our past to provide for an even greater future.

The site has a bright future with all of the amazing features that have been added, from the UltraRated debates, Database section, and Big Issues, just to name a few, and I'm super excited for all the potential new ideas to be added in the future.

The site looks amazing, and while there is work to be done, and I'm excited for all the conversations to be had with the community moving forward, I am confident that the foundations are set for an awesome and bright future for DebateCraft.

We have made progress with our marketing aspects via our Youtube Channel and I am excited to keep on exploring new opportunities there and elsewhere. Every DebateCraft member is welcome and encouraged to reach out to DebateCraft admins and moderators to assist with new videos, whether this be making a creative vision a reality, working on a video series concept, and especially doing Live Debates!

Thank you so much to everyone who contributes to this community and to this site. I am super excited for the future of DebateCraft!

Happy Birthday DebateCraft! It has been an amazing first year, and I couldn't be more excited to see what will happen in Year 2!

Let me know your thoughts about the first year. What would you like to see from year 2?

Thank you so much everyone!

-Airmax1227

Typically (in sports mostly I believe but it probably exists in other places too like art/media), inaugural HoF classes follow a slight different convention than other years, for example having more initial members elected in (so like 5 in the first year to recognize founding fathers, greatest impact players, or be more holistic in recognition etc, I believe we did do 5 members the first year on DDO and then 3 every year after that), and/or having some slightly different categories etc, it might be worth considering that, the one year anniversary is July, 11th, so we have time, but just figured I'd mention it, though it's not a big deal cuz the site is so young so it might be a moot thing.

In any case, I am going off the grid for about 2 weeks for my first vacation in about 8 years so I at least want to nominate some key members at the very least before I missed my chance.

Savant - Head Dev

Whiteflame - Head Mod

Mikal - Head Administrator

At this point I think I'm legally obligated to help promote fanfiction on debate websites, since I was the one who unleashed all of it back on DDO with the DDO Walking Dead fanfic :P

Hey! Don't know how I missed your entrance. Good to see another OG DDO member 'round here! Hope to see you around, welcome.

Consider this me volun-telling you that you'll be a part of the story in some fashion.

Sounds good. I'm excited to read it

Right, so anyone who voted Trump has already eliminated themself.

Would perhaps make US elections more interesting, if each vote required a proper RFD.

I am not interested in anything at all that will help this website anymore.

Nor Israel for that matter. Epstein files revealed enough to me.

I completely understand that, but to be fair, DebateCraft is not yet implicated in the Epstein Files.

In any case, this tournament is awesome, and DebateCraft will be happy to promote the participants and especially the winner in any way we can, perhaps up to and including (beyond just the bragging rights) creating a glorious Youtube video extolling their virtue and glory in perpetuity throughout the universe, for all time.

So sign-up everyone!

Thanks a lot for remembering and for the birthday wishes. While I can confirm 12-27 is my birthday, the year is quite a bit off. Nonetheless, thanks a lot to everyone. I am a year older and hopefully a year wiser and am very excited for what this next year will bring for me and for DebateCraft!

Hey DebateCrafters!

I am very excited with the growth and development of the site and want to extend my sincerest gratitude to everyone that continues to help make it possible. Whether that's our devs, our mods, or our debaters, everyone helps our growth and to make DebateCraft grow into the best website and debating/forum/creativity platform possible.

To that end, my particular major area of focus is our Youtube channel, which functions as a content and marketing arm of the website. It has been very exciting to see our channel grow and I am very excited to announce that we just hit 400 subscribers! Thank you to everyone who watches our videos, and comments, likes and is now subscribed. Every view, like, and comment makes a huge difference.

I'd like to point out that DebateCraft and especially the Youtube channel are about debate, but it's also about being a platform for more than that. We want to showcase Debate, Competition and Creativity, and so to that end, we host videos about debates, political conversations, and video games - to simply name a little bit of the content hosted so far. Included in the creativity category, are now video game music videos that I have made, that I am now repurposing for our channel. I am very happy to see them being watched and very excited for the future of the Youtube channel, but more importantly, DebateCraft.com. The website continues to grow and I can't wait to see what the future has in store as we continue to develop new and fun ways for the community to explore everything it has to offer.

Thanks to everyone again and for everything you contribute to this website and its community.

Feel free to watch this video, which is now DebateCraft YouTube's most viewed:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dYRnf9gsC8Q

Have a wonderful weekend!

Airmax1227 - DebateCraft.com

Easily the most controversial vid we've done yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qy_VihVwLw

It's Intended as a preview for a series that we are very excited for, where the views expressed in the video will face greater scrutiny in a structured and entertaining format. Thanks for watching, and for your continued support for DebateCraft!

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Hey DCers!

Just a casual gaming vid of Mike and Max playing games!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CInJaEc7zKA

We hope to post some more debate/discussion content soon, as well as content of other members debating topics. Always feel free to reach out to us with your debate and content ideas, we'd love to craft new videos with you!

Thanks as always for your continuing contributions and interest in DebateCraft!

Hey everyone! Thanks for your continued support and interest, have a great weekend!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ipqhTlYOs

Mike and I debate the best video game ever!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJEhT7YPwzE

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Thank you for continued interest and support for DebateCraft!

I'm excited to do more casual debate/discussion vids like this in the future:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGOtq_hI_fU

If you would like to suggests ideas or participate in vids like this in the future feel free to let us know any time, or simply express interest in this thread.

Thanks for watching and thanks for your continued support.

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