For Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum debaters, grades 9–12, and the parents who sign them up
A practice opponent that won’t concede your framework.
Pick the current NSDA resolution and your side. The AI takes the other side and debates a full round against you, from constructive through cross-ex and rebuttals. After each of your speeches it scores your rebuttal and writes an RFD the way a judge would.
Example screen: you’re Neg in LD, just after your NR
AC AI, 6:00
V: Morality
VC: Minimize suffering of sentient beings
C1 Clones suffer: Pyrenean ibex clone died minutes after birth (2003)
C2 Opp. cost: Bennett ’17, $ to de-ext = net species loss
C3 Moral hazard: “we can bring it back” weakens protection
NC You, 7:00
VC: Restorative duty, we caused it, we owe repair
C1 Genetic rescue: black-footed ferret clone (2020) adds diversity
C2 Restores ecosystem function
On C1: suffering is temp, tech improves
On C2: private $, not zero-sum
1AR AI, 4:00
Duty can’t weigh harm to a living animal
“Temp” suffering = concedes harm now
TURN C2: ferret recovery runs on federal conservation $, the same budget
C3 extend, no answer
NR You, 6:00
Duty > suffering, it’s the prior question
Ferret = conservation, not de-ext
Ibex was 2003, tech is better now
nothing on the turn
Dropped: 1AR turn on C2, and C3 moral hazardBallot for your NR
Scored right after the speech
- Clash 4/5
- Weighing 2/5
- Extensions 3/5
- Drops 2
Decision so far: Aff
You win the framework. The 1AR never explains why suffering comes before a duty to repair.
But you drop the turn on C2. If ferret recovery comes out of the same federal budget, your own contention proves their opportunity cost, and it’s the only impact anyone weighed.
Next time: answer the turn first, then weigh probability against their timeframe.
Push back and it pushes back harder.
General chatbots agree with you as soon as you sound confident. This opponent holds its value criterion, goes after the weakest link in your case, and makes you weigh.
A species that doesn’t exist can’t suffer, so your criterion doesn’t apply to de-extinction. Will you drop it?
No. Once you clone it, it exists. The ibex clone lived for minutes and died struggling to breathe. My criterion weighs that harm. Yours has to explain why repair justifies it.
Restorative duty is the more fundamental value, though.
Then weigh it. Tell the judge why a duty to a species that’s already gone outweighs harm to an animal that’s alive. You haven’t done that yet, and I’ll say so in the 1AR.
What a general chatbot usually says at that point
“That’s a great point! You’re right that restorative duty is a compelling framework.”
That feels good and teaches you nothing. At a tournament, the debater across from you won’t concede, and neither will this.
It knows LD and PF speech times, cross-ex and crossfire, how to extend an argument, and what a judge does with a dropped turn.
Full rounds, timed like a tournament.
Every speech is in tournament order and timed to NSDA speech times. Debate by voice or by text, as many rounds as you want between tournaments.
Lincoln-Douglas Nov/Dec 2026: De-extinction is unethical
Public Forum Nov/Dec 2026: European NATO members should ratify the TPNW
After each of your speeches, the ballot scores four things and explains its decision:
Clash
Did you answer what they actually said, or what you hoped they said?
Weighing
Magnitude, probability and timeframe, with a clear reason your impact comes first.
Extensions
Did you carry each argument through with its warrant, or only repeat the tagline?
Drops
Every argument you didn’t answer, flagged on the flow before the next speech.
Costs less than one session with a coach.
Coaches are worth it, but they cost a lot and their time is limited. FlowFoe is there the night before a tournament, on whichever side you drew.
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- FlowFoe, unlimited rounds (planned price) $19 / month
Join the waitlist. Get your first 3 months for $5.
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Questions
Which events does it cover?
Lincoln-Douglas and Public Forum only, on the current NSDA resolutions. It doesn’t do policy, Congress or speech events.
What happens when the topic changes?
The new LD and PF resolutions are added when NSDA releases them, so you can prep for your next tournament on the right topic.
Voice or text?
Either one. Give your speeches out loud with the timer running, or type them when you’re prepping late.
I’m a coach. Can I get it for my squad?
A squad plan for coaches is planned for later. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you when it’s available.