Make your case out loud, in front of everyone.
Structured, timed, one-on-one debate with a live audience holding the scorecards, and an AI report that checks every claim once the room goes quiet.
Duels are live, audio-only debates between two members, held in front of an audience. The format is fixed: introductions, an opening claim from each side, alternating timed rounds, then a final vote in which the audience scores both debaters. Afterward any member can order a Truth Report, in which an AI reads the transcript and grades every claim for accuracy, relevance and argumentative support.
A debate with rules, a room and a record
Most online arguments have no shape. Nobody has the floor, nobody keeps time, and nothing gets decided. Duels put the shape back. Two members take the stage over a specific claim, each gets the floor in turn, the clock is run by the server rather than by politeness, and the audience scores what it heard.
It is audio only, on purpose. A voice carries conviction, hesitation and tone; it does not carry a ring light. While one debater holds the floor, the other's microphone is closed, so interrupting is not a tactic.
And when it ends, it does not evaporate. A finished duel keeps its result, its audience's scores, its replay and, if one is ordered, its Truth Report.
How a duel runs
- 01Procedure 01
The challenge
Challenge someone over one of their Briefs from that post's menu, or post an open challenge with a topic and category for someone to take up. The other side accepts or declines, and a challenger can withdraw.
- 02Procedure 02
Check-in
At the scheduled time both debaters tap I'm ready, and the audience takes its seats.
- 03Procedure 03
Introductions
Open-mic introductions, with both microphones live: a chance to say who you are before the clock gets strict.
- 04Procedure 04
Opening claims
Each side states its position in turn, challenger first. This time cannot be given away.
- 05Procedure 05
The rounds
A reply, a counter and a final round, alternating sides, each on its own clock, the last one shortest. Only the speaker's microphone is open. Finish early and you can give up your time.
- 06Procedure 06
The final vote
The floor decides. Audience members score each debater on Accuracy, Relevance and Argument. A slider you never touch is an abstention, not a zero.
- 07Procedure 07
The open floor
With the vote in, the floor opens to both debaters before the room closes.
The audience holds the scorecards
The result belongs to the crowd. Each audience member grades both debaters on the same axes the AI uses, and the grades blend into one number per debater, with accuracy weighted most heavily. The higher number wins; level numbers are a draw. If you are in the audience, the result waits until you have voted, or until you choose to reveal it, so nobody scores with the answer in front of them.
During the rounds you can also tap a bonus for a moment that lands, but a tap only counts toward a debater you go on to score. The ballot says plainly what it is: audience opinion, not a ruling on the facts. That is what the report is for.
The Truth Report
Crowds can be charmed. Transcripts cannot. The Truth Report is a second opinion, written after the room has emptied. The duel's recording is transcribed, every line is attributed to whoever held the microphone at that moment, using the room's own record of who had the floor, and an AI analyst reads the whole exchange.
It grades each factual claim on Accuracy (verified, unverified, misleading or false), Relevance to the topic (high to none) and Argumentative Support (strong, moderate, weak, or undermining the speaker's own case). Each debater gets a score on every axis, an overall score weighted toward accuracy and a short assessment, and the report closes with a narrative comparing the two cases. It rewards precision over volume: a debater who piles up true but irrelevant facts scores well on accuracy and poorly on everything else.
The report sits beside the crowd's scores, axis by axis, and it never overturns the audience. The one exception is a tie: if the audience scores it level, the report's verdict breaks the draw and becomes the official result.
Inside a report
The crowd's scores and the AI's, side by side for every axis, with each claim graded in the report's own vocabulary. Any member can order a report after a duel that ended in a win or a draw, paid for with tokens, and if the report cannot be generated the tokens come back. It labels itself honestly: it is AI-generated and may contain errors.
Conceding, walking out and dropping off
The white flag
Until the final vote, a debater can wave the white flag and concede. The duel closes on the spot and the opponent wins.
Leaving during the vote
Once the vote has started, leaving is not a concession. The debater's microphone is released and the audience's verdict still decides.
Dropping off
If a debater disconnects mid-duel, the duel freezes and calls them back. If they do not return in time, they forfeit, and the debater who stayed gets a solo floor.
Nobody finishes
If both debaters leave, the room closes. A duel nobody finished is recorded as no contest and gets no Truth Report.
Ratings, standings and a permanent record
Every decisive result moves both debaters' ratings, using a rating system that also tracks how certain each rating is, both overall and within the duel's topic category. The Standings rank debaters by rating, with monthly and yearly boards alongside the all-time one, and every result is posted as a card that carries the outcome into feeds.
Duels are a permanent public record. A finished duel keeps its participants' names, its result, its scores, its replay data and its Truth Report, even if one of the debaters later deletes their account. Stepping onto this stage means standing behind what you said.
Who steps into the arena
Debaters
You hold a position you can defend out loud and you want a fair fight: equal turns, a closed microphone on the other side, and a record of how you did.
The audience
You want to hear both sides make their best case, then score it yourself before anyone tells you who won.
Anyone tired of pile-ons
A duel is the opposite of a pile-on: one claim, two people, rules, a result, and a report that checks the facts.
The arena, in facts
Format
Live, audio only, one-on-one, in front of an audience.
Who decides
The audience's final vote. The AI breaks a tie and nothing else.
What the AI checks
Accuracy, relevance and argumentative support, claim by claim.
Conceding
The white flag, any time before the final vote.
The record
Permanent, names included, even after an account is deleted.
Questions on file
Q01Who wins a duel?
The audience decides. Their final-vote scores settle the result. The Truth Report only settles a duel the audience scored dead level.
Q02Is there video?
No. Duels are audio only, so the argument is the whole show.
Q03Can my opponent interrupt me?
Not during the rounds. Only the speaker's microphone is open while they hold the floor. Both microphones are live during introductions and on the open floor after the vote.
Q04What does the AI actually check?
Every factual claim, for accuracy, for relevance to the topic, and for how well it supports the speaker's argument. It works from a transcript attributed by the room's own record of who held the floor. It is AI-generated, it can be wrong, and the report says so.
Q05How do I get a Truth Report?
Any member can order one with tokens once a duel has ended in a win or a draw. If the report cannot be generated, the tokens are returned.
Q06What happens if my connection drops?
The duel freezes and calls you back. Make it back in time and the duel resumes; stay away and you forfeit.
Q07Does a duel ever disappear?
No. Duels are a permanent public record and stay, names included, even if a participant later deletes their account.
