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UCLA IV 2024
Sep 29, 2024 · BP
Motions from this series
UCLA IV 2024 (2024)11 motions
- Round 0THP a world where no one has a desire for external validation
- Round 1THR the depiction of the everyday lives of people with disabilities as inspirational
- Round 2THR the NFL's decision to allow Private Equity firms to invest in teams
- Round 3THP a world where Christianity adopted the Eastern Orthodoxy's conception of sin
- Round 4THS the Democrats blocking the Nippon Steel acquisition of US Steel
- Round 5THR the narrative adults should be independent (i.e. supporting themselves financially, living on their own, being emotionally self-sufficient etc.)
- Pro-am FinalsTH, as a parent, would teach their child to handle their emotions through stoicism, over emotionalism
- Partial QuarterfinalsTHP a world where PsychoPass is used in law enforcement.
- ESL FinalTHP a world where humans had a 'half full' disposition to world where humans have a 'half empty' disposition
- SemifinalsTH, as Iran, would cease all support for militant groups in the Middle East (e.g. Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, etc.)
- Grand FinalTHP a world where no one has desire for external validation
UCLA IV 2023 (2023)15 motions
- Round 0This House would abolish timeouts in all team sports
- Round 0This House would make Esperanto mandatory in all schools in the world
- Round 0This House would require every citizen to watch a film produced in their country every year
- Round 0This House would not buy Apple
- Round 0This House would impose trade sanctions on countries that do not use the metric system
- Round 0This House regrets our reliance on the internet
- Round 1THS open borders.
- Round 2THR the narrative that being a parent is fulfilling.
- Round 3THBT sustained global economic growth is preferable to economic stagnation for the interests of nonhuman animals.
- Round 4THS a norm where couples in long-term relationships take regular sabbaticals from the relationship (e.g., stop seeing each other, live separately if living together).
- Round 5THW require companies to hire a significant percentage of employees without university degrees across all levels of their organisation.
- Open QuarterfinalTHP a world where individuals establish personal relationships with religion, rather than seeking divine connection through religious institutions.
- Open SemifinalTHBT West and Central African countries should abandon the CFA franc in favour of establishing their own independent currencies.* *For the purposes of this debate, Government teams have to defend a separate currency for each individual country.
- Open Grand FinalIn Western liberal democracies, THR the queer movement's primary form of collectivization transitioning from riots/protests into pride celebrations/parades.
- Novice FinalsTHBT the Republican nominee for the 2024 US presidential election is likely to win the general election.
What gets set here
Social & Identity31%
Economics15%
Religion8%
International Relations8%
Sport4%
Fiction4%
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Practice Social & Identity motions ›Read: Generating arguments ›Breaking here
26% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 78.3.
Last edition: 13 of 50 teams broke.
- 202310 pts · 78.6 speaks16/64
- 202410 pts · 77.9 speaks13/50
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break13 teams
- ESL break7 teams
- Pro-am break8 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Josiah B. | MO | THR the narrative adults should be independent (i.e. supporting themselves financially, living on their own, being emotionally self-sufficient etc.) | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Amitai P. | MO | THR the narrative adults should be independent (i.e. supporting themselves financially, living on their own, being emotionally self-sufficient etc.) | 83 |
| 🇸🇬 Wayne L. | MO | THS the Democrats blocking the Nippon Steel acquisition of US Steel | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Tejas S. | OW | THS the Democrats blocking the Nippon Steel acquisition of US Steel | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Tejas S. | DLO | THR the NFL's decision to allow Private Equity firms to invest in teams | 82 |
| 🇲🇾 Muhyuddin A. | PM | THP a world where Christianity adopted the Eastern Orthodoxy's conception of sin | 82 |
| 🇮🇳 Nayantara R. | DLO | THR the narrative adults should be independent (i.e. supporting themselves financially, living on their own, being emotionally self-sufficient etc.) | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Elizabeth L. | MG | THP a world where Christianity adopted the Eastern Orthodoxy's conception of sin | 82 |
| 🇬🇧 Brian K. | DLO | THR the depiction of the everyday lives of people with disabilities as inspirational | 82 |
| 🇸🇬 Hana B. | OW | THS the Democrats blocking the Nippon Steel acquisition of US Steel | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Veer J. | DPM | THS the Democrats blocking the Nippon Steel acquisition of US Steel | 82 |
| 🇺🇸 Tejas S. | GW | THR the narrative adults should be independent (i.e. supporting themselves financially, living on their own, being emotionally self-sufficient etc.) | 82 |
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