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The Debatable Open

One day, real opponents, and a written verdict on every round.

01 Check in 02 Get paired 03 Debate 04 See the result
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The week

A continuous rating ladder through Saturday, September 5, 11:59 PM ET. Play whenever you are free.

  • All week
    The ladder is liveCheck in and press Ready whenever suits your timezone. Registration stays open the whole window.
  • Any time
    Rated rounds, back to backPress Ready whenever you are free. Every judged round moves the event rating.
  • All week
    The ladder stays openNew people may enter, check in, and join later pairings while the event is live.
  • Sat Sep 5
    The ladder freezes at 11:59 PM ETTop three ratings take $100, $50 and $25. Everyone starts the event at 1500.

Format and scoring

One page of tournament logic

No format knowledge is assumed. These are the rules that change what happens in a room or on the standings.

Casual one-on-oneMake a point, explain why it holds, and answer what the other person said. No prepared case or citations.
Five minutes of speechNinety seconds each to open, then sixty seconds each to reply. No preparation time inside the round.
Offer and answerEach room draws four questions from the published pool. One debater offers one; the other takes it, sends it back once, or counters with their own.
Rounds won leadTotal wins rank first. Speaker points break a tie: AI argument score, then Camera +2, Avatar −1, Off or dark −3. The posted break line advances to single elimination. Every judged win or loss also updates your human Debate Rating.
Rules

The contract before you enter a room

Check in, then stay reachableThe queue pairs whoever is ready. A missed room or personal connection failure can become a forfeit after five minutes.
A written decisionThe published AI panel decides each round except the final. Any decision can be appealed to a human.
The final belongs to the roomThe signed-in audience votes after the last speech. The published vote floor and close-vote rule decide when the panel must stand in.
Every round is recordedEntering includes recording. Preliminary footage is private by default. Elimination-round coverage follows the official rules.
Read the official rules See the judge charter

The standings

Wins first, then speaker points. Camera +2, Avatar −1, Off or dark −3 applies only to that tiebreak.

Entry and the money Official rules Watch