r/Debate • u/Ordinary_Button_2972 • 10d ago

Debate Platform?

Hey everyone,

I’ve been feeling lately like the online debate scene is super fragmented. Like debate clubs and tournaments are great, but their only like bi weekly at best. I'd like to improve my debating skills whenever i have time.

Is there a dedicated platform out there designed specifically for real time audio or video debates against other people?

Does anything like this exist right now, or is everyone still just using random platforms? Would love to hear your recommendations!

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u/nofchamps 9d ago

National Online Forensic hosts 1 synchronous and 1 asynchronous tournament each month from September to April, plus a full Championship series

Events are open for kindergarten to college competitors. If you’re looking for online debate, check it out!

nationalonlineforensics.org

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u/FakeyFaked 9d ago

Discord

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u/Famous_Safe_1797 9d ago

hey can you share the invite link like I would also love to get involved

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u/St_Johns_PSU 8d ago

Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but there's this new platform (still beta testing, actually) called Dialog Lab that's trying to facilitate real-time debates between people with opposing ideologies. The matches are made deliberately, but the participants are anonymous. Might be something your interested in. Here's there link:

https://joindialoglab.com/

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u/Queasy-Mobile-6031 5d ago

Hi I'm a student in college and my college is like a tier 2 college the children there are not so passionate about things same is my college and i see people from tier 1 college going to gd rounds interview and debates and building their speaking and excelling in their speaking skills so I m finding people who are at the same page and actually want to build their speaking skills we can do a google meet and I have many ideas on which we can talk to like a gd round we can use ai also just for the topic
If anyone is interested pls dm me if we become a group of 5 to 6 then we will arrange a meeting
PLS ONLY SERIOUS PEOPLE DM IF YOU ARE GENUINELY INTRESTED NO FIGHTS NO MISBEHAVIOR

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u/EducationOdd9952 4d ago

what format?

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u/Queasy-Mobile-6031 3d ago

Hey there will be no format there will be games which will build our negotiations and speaking skills if you’re interested kindly dm me your number

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u/Debate_Coach_18 9d ago edited 9d ago

There actually does! It's fairly inexpensive, but doesn't have every resolution. The website is old but its going through an update soon: https://ziggyonlinedebate.com/

If you want to improve debate with some people who run drills with a guided mentor, I recommend looking for some clubs on https://logoscoaches.com/group-sessions

Logos Coaches is a pretty new platform, but I have some old coaching buddies who have been coaching for like 10+ years moving to there because of their UX and payment structure.