On a losing streak...

I just came back from the IIUM annual inter school debates. RMC and St. Xavier's institution were in the finals. We lost. Again.
Oh well.. Its hard to be gracious in defeat, but the debaters put on their best attitude today and I thought it was praiseworthy. Eventhough we lost, it certainly was a tremendous display of courage put on by the RMC boys.
We started off strong, but somehow, we ended a little shaky. Maybe that caused our defeat. St. Xavier was the total opposite. They started shaky, but ended strong. It was a good debate.
We've lost last year's dato wira finals and PPM finals. Now we've lost this year's UIA open finals. We're on a losing streak.

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Debates are always exciting to watch. However, I do notice that at times the debates are totally fiction. It will never happen in real life and it seems that debating is a real waste of time. Sometimes debates are just so fictional, it becomes naive. In this sense it becomes rather boring and predictable.
People often look at technical flaws instead of the fundamental flaws, but its the fundamentals that matter the most. Besides that, sweeping generalizations and strereotypical statements are made all the time.
Ultimately, it boils down to how you argue your case out. In the end, its not going to make a difference. It never will. The world will remain as it is. Debates never finds a solution. It creates one that is idealistic, but nevertheless, impractical in real life.

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Its hard to keep on losing. Although I strongly believe that losing is a wonderful teacher, sometimes we get disheartened when we put in so much effort yet reap so little benefit. In times like this we give up.
However, giving up is the wrong thing to do when there is still hope. As long there is hope, there is no reason to give up. On my part as an OP, RMC debaters, I cheer you on. Victory shall come, its just a matter of time.