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Western IV 2025
Oct 11, 2025 · BP
Motions from this series
Western IV 2025 (2025)10 motions
- Round 1This House Supports the significant increase in constructive journalism at the expense of current focuses (crisis reporting, investigation journalism etc).
- Round 2This House Supports the glorification of “maverick personalities” in sports.
- Round 3This House Supports the rise of the Silver Economy.
- Round 4THO the glorification of “moving on” (after the death of a loved one, from a long-term career, after the end of a relationship etc.)
- Round 5This House Believes That the IMF should require countries to use major government enterprises as collateral to receive loans.
- QuarterfinalsThis house, as an up and coming lawyer from a minority background in the US, would choose to be an 'adversarial lawyer' instead of a 'moral activist' lawyer
- SemifinalsTHBT India should abandon its pursuit of strategic ambiguity in foreign policy
- Grand FinalTHBT it is in the interest of humanity that the deity never returns.
- ESL FinalsThis House Prefers anti essentialism over essentialism as the dominant norm.
- Novice FinalsThis House Would tie public funding for colleges to their demonstrated class mobility outcomes (e.g. how much graduates improve their income or social status compared to their family background).
Western IV 2024 (2024)10 motions
- Round 1THBT the significant rise in women representation among right-wing parties is in the interest of women
- Round 2THBT Dan Schneiders shows should be removed from all streaming services and television stations
- Round 3TH, as the U.S., would focus on expanding policy that attempts to combat the supply channels of illegal drugs (e.g. reinforcing border controls, crackdowns on amateur labs) rather than expanding policy that attempts to combat their distribution (e.g. police entrance to areas of drug commerce, online tracking of interactions between dealers and buyers)
- Round 4THS China's efforts to broker normalization and cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Iran
- Round 5THP a world with mythological religions over a world with Abrahamic religions
- Pre SemifinalAs a moderately successful writer writing your first piece of Fantasy fiction, THW write using a Hard Magic System as opposed to a Soft Magic System.
- SemifinalsTHW pursue the relationship
- Grand FinalTHP a world without the ability to lie
- ESL FinalsAs a moderately successful writer writing your first piece of Fantasy fiction, THW write using a Hard Magic System as opposed to a Soft Magic System.
- Novice FinalsTHW pursue the relationship
What gets set here
Social & Identity15%
Media10%
Economics10%
Law & Crime10%
International Relations10%
Religion10%
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Practice Social & Identity motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›Breaking here
18% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 78.2.
Last edition: 17 of 97 teams broke.
- 202410 pts · 78.0 speaks13/70
- 202510 pts · 78.4 speaks17/97
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break17 teams
- ESL break13 teams
- Novice break7 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇭🇷 Tin P. | MO | This House Supports the glorification of “maverick personalities” in sports. | 85 |
| 🇨🇦 Griffin W. | LO | THO the glorification of “moving on” (after the death of a loved one, from a long-term career, after the end of a relationship etc.) | 85 |
| 🇦🇺 Jordyn G. | DLO | THO the glorification of “moving on” (after the death of a loved one, from a long-term career, after the end of a relationship etc.) | 84 |
| 🇨🇦 Simon Y. | DLO | THO the glorification of “moving on” (after the death of a loved one, from a long-term career, after the end of a relationship etc.) | 84 |
| 🇭🇷 Lea P. | OW | This House Supports the glorification of “maverick personalities” in sports. | 84 |
| 🇦🇺 Jordyn G. | MG | This House Believes That the IMF should require countries to use major government enterprises as collateral to receive loans. | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Mukudzeiishe M. | DPM | THO the glorification of “moving on” (after the death of a loved one, from a long-term career, after the end of a relationship etc.) | 83 |
| 🇭🇷 Tin P. | LO | This House Supports the rise of the Silver Economy. | 83 |
| 🇨🇦 Aubrey N. | DPM | This House Believes That the IMF should require countries to use major government enterprises as collateral to receive loans. | 83 |
| 🇦🇺 Bennett R. | GW | This House Believes That the IMF should require countries to use major government enterprises as collateral to receive loans. | 83 |
| 🇦🇺 Bennett R. | LO | THO the glorification of “moving on” (after the death of a loved one, from a long-term career, after the end of a relationship etc.) | 83 |
| 🇨🇳 Ricky J. | LO | This House Supports the glorification of “maverick personalities” in sports. | 82 |
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