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The RV Debating Tournament 2021
2021-06-01 · BP
Motions
RV Debating 2021 (2021)10 motionsCA: 🇺🇸 Eva-Marie Q., Vishakha R., 🇳🇱 David M., Akashraj M., 🇵🇭 Luigi A.
- Round 1THBT developing nations should pay for their students' education in foreign universities under the condition that they will return to work in their home country.
- Round 2In cases of grave offenses (e.g. murder, armed robbery), THW sentence convicts until they are released by SEEK
- Round 3THR the shift in focus of startups from achieving profitability to expanding market share.
- Round 4THP the Western label model to the K-pop model.
- Round 5THO corporations mandating the use of their own app stores by developers.
- QuarterfinalsTHP a conception of human rights that derives its authority from a divine being rather than a secular source.
- Novice SemifinalsTHP a conception of human rights that derives its authority from a divine being rather than a secular source.
- SemifinalsTHBT the US should refrain from any involvement in Afghanistan (political, military or economic) after its withdrawal.
- Novice FinalsTHBT the US should refrain from any involvement in Afghanistan (political, military or economic) after its withdrawal.
- Grand FinalTHBT it is in the interest of liberal opposition movements in authoritarian democracies to actively employ and embrace strategies of disinformation
What gets set here
Philosophy20%
International Relations20%
Education10%
Law & Crime10%
Economics10%
Media10%
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Practice Philosophy motions ›Read: Weighing arguments ›Breaking here
18% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 78.0.
Last edition: 16 of 87 teams broke.
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break16 teams
- Novice break8 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemant S. | MO | In cases of grave offenses (e.g. murder, armed robbery), THW sentence convicts until they are released by SEEK | 84 |
| Mozaien T. | PM | THO corporations mandating the use of their own app stores by developers. | 83 |
| Abhiroop M. | OW | THR the shift in focus of startups from achieving profitability to expanding market share. | 82 |
| Hemant S. | DPM | THO corporations mandating the use of their own app stores by developers. | 82 |
| Speaker S. | MG | THR the shift in focus of startups from achieving profitability to expanding market share. | 82 |
| Aditya P. | MO | THR the shift in focus of startups from achieving profitability to expanding market share. | 82 |
| 🇮🇳 Avyay C. | LO | In cases of grave offenses (e.g. murder, armed robbery), THW sentence convicts until they are released by SEEK | 82 |
| 🇮🇳 Ananga R. | MG | THP the Western label model to the K-pop model. | 81 |
| 🇮🇳 Shakya C. | MO | THP the Western label model to the K-pop model. | 81 |
| Vibha N. | LO | THP the Western label model to the K-pop model. | 81 |
| Mozaien T. | OW | In cases of grave offenses (e.g. murder, armed robbery), THW sentence convicts until they are released by SEEK | 81 |
| Speaker S. | GW | THR the shift in focus of startups from achieving profitability to expanding market share. | 81 |
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