Board Thread:Debate of The Week/@comment-28112409-20171002232846/@comment-28112409-20171009055709

Debates can go very long though. If the Coven vs. Mafia debate isn't enough proof, I dunno what is. If I do bring people, would they actually bother reading the whole argument and voting properly?

I don't trust letting whatever people go in and vote because I fear they'll make a half-assed vote and overlook many things because they're lazy or the debate went on for too long, which isn't reliable.

I doubt anyone here has this mindset of "Team with less skill? Better avoid them". One person on one team is enough and more than enough to turn the tables around and overpower the other team with better arguments. An example of that would be Jallybwan from the Coven team, who is a literal debating powerhouse for Coven right now. There is no real or important reward here either. It's just a mention on this thread, and that's it. No trophies, no tags, no flairs, nothing.

I don't mind inactivity being low, I still value a quality debate over a river of "I wanna win" bitchbabies. The low number of participants doesn't necessarily mean the activity will plop down to the bottom, because the same person can still argue, quote, reply and counter as much as they want.

I'm not saying that any of what you said is wrong, I agree with you, if anything. I'm just not seeing an actual problem yet.