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A new job. A raise. A better grade. Arguing well is how you get them, and this is where you practice: free live debate nights where beginners take real turns.
The point
Learn to get what you want
Whatever it is, argue for it.
The interview
Answering the question you were actually asked, without rambling.
The raise
Making the case, and holding it when someone pushes back.
The pitch
Knowing the strongest objection before it arrives, because you argued the other side.
The room that disagrees
Staying useful in a hard conversation instead of going quiet or going hot.
The format
What makes it a SuperDebate
The structure is the whole game. Three rules run every round, and they are why the arguments actually meet.
Sides are assigned
You might get the side you disagree with. That is the best thing that can happen to you, because you have to go build the case you have spent years dismissing.
Both sides get the same clock
Every speaker gets the same clock, timed the same way. Nobody can talk past their turn and nobody gets cut short.
Every speech answers the last one
This is the rule that does the work. It forces the arguments to actually meet, so you get a real exchange instead of two prepared statements taking turns.
Argue inside that structure once and you start to feel it missing everywhere else.
The spotlight
A good spotlight, on your terms
Everyone wants a spotlight when it flatters them. The room is built so yours does, starting from a seat where you say nothing at all.
Sit in the audience and vote
The room decides who won, so watching is a real job with a real say in the result. Plenty of people spend their first night here.
Join a team and take the questions
Three people share one side. Someone else opens, and you handle cross examination. You are speaking, and you are speaking with backup.
Take one speech
Five minutes, one job, written down in front of you. Judges score the argument you made, so polish is somebody else's problem.
Go one on one
You against one other person, the whole round. Most people get here faster than they expect.
Your first night, minute by minute
You arrive
Introductions. Most rooms are ten to thirty people.
Someone explains the format
Every night starts with a walkthrough for newcomers.
The topic goes up
Announced, or the room votes on it.
Sides get assigned
Anywhere from one on one to five on five.
Prep
Debaters plan. Everyone else reads up on the topic.
The debate
Speeches, questions, rebuttals, on a shared clock.
Feedback
What worked, what to fix. This is the part people come back for.
Club nights are free. You can watch the whole thing and decide on the way home whether you want a turn.
A SuperDebate game
Draw
The version you play at a table with a drink in your hand. Flip a card and it gives you three topics. You cross out one, they cross out one, and whatever is left is the argument.
Sixty seconds a side, then the room votes. A whole round takes about two minutes, which is the fastest way we know to find out you like this.
- Ethics
White lies make the world worse, not better
- Work
Open offices were the worst workplace experiment of the century
- Food
Pineapple belongs on pizza
Before anyone is watching
Practice against an AI
Pick a side, argue it, and get pushed back on. At the end you get a score on six things, including the one you are worst at, which is usually the useful part.
Free with a free account, in your browser. Run it on the bus at eleven at night if you want. It works on anything you need to make a case for, so plenty of people use it on a work pitch and never debate anyone at all.
Example session
Should employers be allowed to monitor staff computers?
You
Monitoring is fine. The computers belong to the company, so what happens on them is the company's business.
Coach
Owning the laptop settles who bought it, not what you may do with what it records. Does buying a desk let you read a diary left in it?
You
Fair. Then narrow it: monitoring is fine if you say so up front and keep it to work systems.
Your scorecard
20/30
- Argument quality4
- Refutation3
- Delivery4
- Organization4
- Persuasiveness3
- Evidence & research2
See it for yourself
Watch a real SuperDebate
Full rounds, recorded live. This is exactly what a night looks like.
Argue for it.
Find a room, watch a round, and take a turn when you are ready.
Nothing near you? Email john@superdebate.org and we will get you into an online round.