Weekly Blaqsbi 50,000 Bmunt Debate Contest - October 30, 2021: Does God Exist? Yes or No.
Oct
30
2021
When: 2021-10-30 18:00:00: Saturday October 30, 2021
(6:00 PM -
7:00 PM)
- EDT (America/New York) Past Event
Duration: 1 hour
Video Group Chat: https://blaqsbi.com/4xyG
Responses: 15 plan to attend · 0 maybe · 0 declined
Contest Canceled
We invite you to the weekly Blaqsbi Debate Contest.
Topic of the week: Does God Exist? Yes or No.
This is an opportunity to win 50,000 Bmunts by showing your ability to clearly articulate your viewpoint and persuade others to your side.
The winner of the debate will win 50,000 Bmunts
Conference Room: https://www.blaqsbi.com/social/s/97345b3f-9bd5-4be9-abc8-0314c915b954/space/space/videoconference
Rules:
- Participants MUST be in the conference at least 5 minutes before the start of the session. Anyone who joins within 5 minutes of or after the start of the session will automatically be part of the audience(Mic will be turned off)
- Participants MUST declare their position on the given topic: Affirmative (Agree with topic statement “Yes") or Negative (Disagree with topic statement “No")
- Participants MUST demonstrate full understanding of the given topic during their opening statement or get automatically disqualify.
- Participants MUST have their camera turned on. Must show their whole face.
- Participants MUST speak english.
- Each participants will have 2 minutes to state their position and make opening statements and 1 minute to respond.
- Participants are allowed to ask other participants to elaborate on prior statements using their allotted 1 minute.
- If NO one shows up PRIOR to the deadline (5 Minutes before start Time), the session will be postponed to the following week.
- If there is only 1 participant the session will be postponed to the following week.
- If there are NO opposing sides (At least 1 Affirmative and 1 Negative ), the session will be postponed to the following week.
Criteria to win:
Participant who gets more than 60 points average and the most points average out of all participants wins. Below are the main areas where participants will be judged. Up to 10 points per section.
- Confidence
- Fluency on given topic
- Respect of judges
- Respect of other participants
- Control of body language
- Showing humor, passion, pathos and wit
- Ability to provide clear analysis of the given topic
- Ability to provide logical commentary for the given topic
- Provided good examples to support position
- Stayed within the allotted time
Judging:
- The moderator will also be a judge.
- The audience will also be judging participants performance.
- 10 minutes before the end of the session the moderator will ask each audience to rate the participants based on the criteria above.
- The Moderator wil tally the points and declare the winner.
Have fun.
Event Type: Community
Winners (7)