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whiteflame55 said:
Could answer this on DDO, but I figure I'll just answer it here. The answer you got from bluesteel was pretty good, and I agree with what he had to say, so I'm just going to add here.
Gish gallop makes arguments very sloppy. Usually, it just involves putting out an argument so rapidly that you leave the other side's head ringing. You can't let that happen. Pay attention to the arguments, and look for obvious holes. A lack of a link structure is usually the most common - people tend to focus on impact so much that they miss it, and then when you drop it, they claim it's the most important thing in the round because you missed it. Don't let that happen.
Now, you might be saying that it seems like an impossible task to respond to so many arguments when someone's putting them out. Again, I agree with bluesteel about weight - make it clear to the judges that arguments with full structure and explanation are the ones that should be preferred. On to topo, início of that, don't give individual responses. Group them. If your opponent presents 7 disadvantages, all with extremely limited structure and seguinte to no link story, tell the judge to put a no link on all of them. Explain a little what's missing, though you don't have to do that for all of them, and why it's important. You don't have to take much time doing this - a 20-30 segundo explanation could easily be enough - but you should put something down. Force your opponent to flesh them out. If they fail to do so and just say "well, that's not a response," the judge will usually get it and roll with it. If not, well, then there's not much you can do to convince that judge.
Some people actually take it a step further, running a kritik on rapidly presented arguments (talking fast) or threadbare cases, and that works as well, but it takes a good deal of time to put out, and usually isn't that well phrased. I'd say if you do as bluesteel and I suggest, you're in good shape.
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