User blog comment:SkyGreen24/Weekly Debate Lounge/@comment-24828675-20150111101947/@comment-10432262-20150113181956

In order to allow Edge to join in, we start on January 18th, when I shall announce the subject and the groups, after which you will have a week to research on it. We owe this debate system to Edge, who is in an actual debate team (or something).
 * Users have 1 week to research a topic.
 * Day 1 of the debate is for presenting cases
 * Day 2 is for asking questions of the other side
 * Day 3 is for rebutting the other sides' points and rebuttals
 * Day 4 is for questions again
 * Day 5 is another rebuttal/case/something
 * Day 6 for final questioning
 * and Day 7 for a final case where you present your points, your opponents points, and each sides rebuttals.