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Ottawa Round Robin 2025
Apr 26, 2025 · Canada · BP
Motions from this series
Ottawa Round Robin 2025 (2025)8 motions
- Round 1ATHO the use of party leadership reviews in Canadian politics
- Round 2ATHBT openly queer men should refuse sexual and romantic relationships with closeted men.
- Round 3ATHP a world in which iconoclasm was the dominant belief in the Christian world
- Round 3BTHP a world in which iconoclasm was the dominant belief in the Christian world
- Round 4ATHO the expansion of large tech giants into financial services & banking
- Round 4BTHO the expansion of large tech giants into financial services & banking
- Round 5ATHO the consolidation of the islamist insurgency in the Sahel under Al Qaeda
- Grand FinalTHS the recent rise in prominent media that depicts male criminals through the Broken Man narrative (e.g. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, Monster: The Jeffery Dhamer Story, Adolescence, 13 Reasons Why)
Ottawa Round Robin 2024 (2024)7 motions
- Round 1ATHBT professional football leagues should aggressively redistribute income from wealthy clubs to less wealthy clubs including those from ownership sales
- Round 1BTHBT professional football leagues should aggressively redistribute income from wealthy clubs to less wealthy clubs including those from ownership sales
- Round 2ATHBT it is in the interest of the US military to prioritise defense startups over traditional defense companies
- Round 3ATH, as the feminist movement, would publicly advocate for "cyborg feminism"
- Round 4AIn the aftermath of financial crises, THW ban short selling
- Round 5ATHS governments recognizing the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan
- Grand FinalTHBT the button should NOT be pressed
What gets set here
Economics27%
Social & Identity13%
Religion13%
International Relations13%
Sport13%
Politics7%
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25% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 24 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.8.
Last edition: 4 of 16 teams broke.
- 202424 pts · 79.3 speaks4/16
- 202523 pts · 80.3 speaks4/16
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Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emily S. | MG | THO the expansion of large tech giants into financial services & banking | 84 |
| Anders W. | DPM | THP a world in which iconoclasm was the dominant belief in the Christian world | 84 |
| 🇨🇦 Hidden debater · 2dm6 | DLO | THBT openly queer men should refuse sexual and romantic relationships with closeted men. | 84 |
| 🇨🇦 Hidden debater · 2dm6 | GW | THO the expansion of large tech giants into financial services & banking | 84 |
| 🇨🇦 Karel B. | DPM | THO the consolidation of the islamist insurgency in the Sahel under Al Qaeda | 83 |
| Diggory W. | OW | THO the expansion of large tech giants into financial services & banking | 83 |
| Anders W. | MO | THO the expansion of large tech giants into financial services & banking | 83 |
| 🇨🇦 Humam A. | PM | — | 83 |
| Emily S. | LO | THBT openly queer men should refuse sexual and romantic relationships with closeted men. | 83 |
| 🇨🇦 Hidden debater · 2dm6 | GW | THO the expansion of large tech giants into financial services & banking | 83 |
| 🇨🇦 Hidden debater · 2dm6 | DLO | — | 83 |
| Emily S. | MO | THP a world in which iconoclasm was the dominant belief in the Christian world | 82 |
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