It's nearly impossible to win a one round debate.

No matter what I say in the first round, it opens up for one quick counter argument and no chances at rebuttal. There's the off chance that the opponent fails to read the topic appropriately but those are fairly rare. Largely the only person who would take such a debate is somebody who has thought of some clever way to counter the original argument. For example, this debate might be countered with various claims and accusations and I would be powerless to rebut those claims and thus lose.

I'd like to thank my opponent for offering such an interesting (and ironic) debate, however I must stand in firm negation of the topic.

My opponent is completely correct in that the instigator of a one-round debate is more than likely going to be disappointed in the outcome, however, that's not what this debate is about. We're debating that "It's nearly impossible to win a one round debate."

This is inherently false, as debates have one winner and one loser (unless we consider ties, which I'll touch in a little bit)

For now, let's assume that ties aren't possible. Someone is going to walk away a winner and someone is going to walk away a loser. Nearly impossible to win? On the contrary! It's nearly impossible not to win (or conversely not to lose) because SOMEBODY has to lose...

Now when we throw ties into the mix, the debate becomes a little more vague. However, using empirical evidence from this very website, I've found a statistic that makes things a little more clear. Using records of "Post Voting Period" debates, I checked debates until I found 10 one round debates. These 10 debates are the ones listed below

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*Note: I, dvhoose, am not responsible for any lost brain cells in the above 10 debates...

From the above debates, there were winners in 10 of them. 10/10 (or 100%) of one round debates have a winner.
While the above may represent only a small selection of one round debates (although I had to search through 200-some-odd debates to find 10 one round debates...) I highly doubt the percentage changes and implore you, the reader/voter to search more if you are still skeptical.

With that, I'll conclude the debate, after showing that 100% of one round debates have a winner, thus making it not "nearly impossible" to win but instead "nearly impossible" to tie.

Resolution NEGATED, please vote CON