StanceLive audio3:00Judged
Argue it out.
Get a ruling.
Two people take opposite sides of a real question.
A judge names the winner.
The format3:00 TOTAL
Five phases, one clock, alternating sides.
Open
30s
Resp
45s
Reb
30s
Cntr
45s
Close
30s
You choose your side of the argument, and every debate is recorded.
The rulingSpecimen
Nobody argues about who won.
The judge rules for
YES, on the close
7.4/6.9
Opening+0.4
Response-0.6
Rebuttal-0.3
Counter-0.5
Closing+1.5
Verdict
NO held the middle phases by narrowing the claim to foreseeable harm. But the closing did what the counter did not: it named a concrete test.
Example scoring.
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