Bellanox Fatalis
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My gawd Viz. Were you feeling the need to drive the point home with repeated blows on the same nail head(s)?
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Or did the point(s) take on a life of it's own and you typed that repetitive diatribe between conscious blinks? (Okay, maybe diatribe is too harsh a word but... It has a great ring to it!)
I know it might be hard for you to understand, being a woman and therefore incapable of logic, but part of making a point is that you learn to chain each point together, thereby creating a larger, fundamentally sounder picture of what it is you're trying to get across. The more often you can backtrack to another point for support, the stronger your statement is.
Try writing professionally some time. Any (good) professional writer has the ability to connect and reiterate their points. It's best to do it as succinctly as possible, but that's not always an available option, especially if you're debating a concept that is wildly varying between people.
Hael: That's why I didn't use a 50 yard dash as an example. They always have clear cut winners and have no judges. I used wrestling as a prime example because it has judges, and very, very often relies on them. Boxing is the same way. You don't always get a KO or a pin. Judging happens. It happens without comments. So do several tournaments here on Gaia.
What I mean is, that the entire comments system simply isn't required for the tournament to continue. Again: remove the comments from a tournament, and it continues to run. Remove the win/loss decision that those comments elucidate, and you have no tournament to continue in the first place, because it won't get past the first one.
I mean, I would rather have comments than not. I agree with you that they are astoundingly helpful (on all points), and in some cases, can help differentiate between good and bad judges. But a lack of comments, to me, has never really implied a lack of judging ability. And, if it came down to it, I would rather forgo comments - being nonessential to the process - than potentially ruin the tournament by waiting. Crack a few eggs to make an omelet.
Naota: Most people use it because of the idea of someone suffering from a concussion, or something. Yay, head injuries. Also, it probably sounds cool.
