Rules of the debate
- Text debate
- Individual debate
- 3 rounds
- 8000 characters per round
- No reply speeches
- Uses cross-examination
- Community Judging Standard (notes)
- Forfeiting rounds means forfeiting the debate
- No images
- HTML formatting allowed
- Unrated debate
- Time to post: 3 days
- Time to vote: 5 days
- Time to prepare: 3 hours
- Time for cross-examination: 3 days
- Tournament debate for: 2017 Icebreaker Tournament
In case of any misunderstanding of rules, the debaters may discuss so in the comments section of the debate, and NOT dispute any disagrement in the speeches, since they waste time. This should only be done if one individual objects against what the other is doing.