Sunday, April 4, 2010

NOW HEAR THIS -- BABDC Rules of debate!

Things are geting heated here between the fans of different crews. So, I want to clarify some ground rules for the debate:
  1. Debate is welcome as long as it doesn't involve name calling, obscenity, and other personal attacks. That stuff convinces no one and will even work against you. And it makes more work for me to edit the comments.
  2. I do not want to ban anyone but I will do so if Rule 1 is repeatedly broken
  3. I do not mind if people post reasons for voting for their favorite crew. That is part of the debate. That said, a few points/allegations have been made ad nauseum, so please stop already. Those points include: whether Blueprint uses a choreographer who is not part of the ABDC team (they do not; I KNOW this; drop it!), whether Canada is part of America (it is part of North America, and if that's how the producers choose to define it, then it's their choice); Poreotix did something 'bad' for reusing one of their routines that is a fan favorite (nothing in the rules against that!). 
  4. TELL US WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT YOUR CREW, NOT WHAT YOU HATE ABOUT THE OTHER CREW. If you have constructive criticism of the other crew, that is fine; do not just insult them for the sake of insulting them. You will change more minds that way, keep the readers (and the crews who DO read here) on point, and set a tone that will help future seasons of ABDC.