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KCL Open 2022
2022-06-01 · England · BP
Motions from this series
KCL Open 2022 (2022)8 motions
- Round 1THO the expectation that politicians be model moral citizens (eg. abstaining from smoking or drinking, active participants in charity or community, faithfulness in relationships, etc.)
- Round 2THS the establishment of women-only e-sports leagues
- Round 3THBT it is in the interests of South East Asian states to relinquish to China their claims over disputed territories in the South China Sea
- Round 4THBT the ideal of the American Dream has done more harm than good
- Round 5THS the rise of activist scholarship
- SemifinalsTHS the creation of the East African Federation
- Grand FinalAssuming the Paradise exists, THP a world where the people on Earth are aware of it
- Pro-Am FinalsAssuming it did not result in their statelessness, THS the establishment of a market for individuals to trade and/or gain citizenships
KCL Open 2021 (2021)12 motionsCA: 🇮🇪 Lucy M., 🇨🇦 Ruth S., 🇵🇭 Mikko V., 🇭🇷 Vladimira Š., 🇲🇾 Ploopy
- Round 1THBT developing states should place significant caps on the construction of high-rise residences in urban areas
- Round 2THBT the Biden administration should adopt a diplomatic rather than an antagonistic approach to Russia
- Round 3THBT capitalism brings more harm than good for disenfranchised groups.
- Round 4In countries with private healthcare, THS the creation of hospitals with free healthcare where there’s a random chance patients participate in government research trials in addition to receiving treatment.
- Round 5THBT it is in the interest of independent secessionist movements to prioritize creating autonomous zones within preexisting countries over full on statehood.
- Open Partial OctofinalsTHBT NGOs in developing countries should prioritize advocacy for changing institutional norms (e.g. transparency, democracy) over advocacy for tangible goods (e.g. building water systems, raising incomes by set amounts).
- Open QuarterfinalsTHO the use of the "it gets better" narrative by queer organisations and movements in the developing world
- ESL SemifinalsTHO the use of the "it gets better" narrative by queer organisations and movements in the developing world
- Open SemifinalsTHS the use of extraction rights to natural resources as a form of collateral for external debt
- ESL FinalsTHP a world where people believe that judgment and entry into the afterlife happens through a metric of peer review versus a metric that takes into account the net sum of your actions on the world.
- Pro-Am FinalTHP a world where the government made public a list of individuals and their niche.
- Grand FinalTHS a widespread implementation of San Pedro's prison structure
What gets set here
Politics20%
International Relations20%
Social & Identity15%
Economics15%
Sport5%
Education5%
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26% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.5.
Last edition: 8 of 33 teams broke.
- 202110 pts · 79.2 speaks25/91
- 202210 pts · 79.8 speaks8/33
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break8 teams
- Pro-Am break4 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Owen M. | DLO | THBT it is in the interests of South East Asian states to relinquish to China their claims over disputed territories in the South China Sea | 85 |
| 🇬🇧 Rhys S. | LO | THS the establishment of women-only e-sports leagues | 84 |
| 🇬🇧 Matt C. | PM | THBT the ideal of the American Dream has done more harm than good | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Emery T. | GW | THO the expectation that politicians be model moral citizens (eg. abstaining from smoking or drinking, active participants in charity or community, faithfulness in relationships, etc.) | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Cerys W. | DPM | THBT it is in the interests of South East Asian states to relinquish to China their claims over disputed territories in the South China Sea | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Rhys S. | MG | THBT the ideal of the American Dream has done more harm than good | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Ahmed S. | DPM | THBT the ideal of the American Dream has done more harm than good | 83 |
| 🇨🇦 Naomi P. | MG | THBT it is in the interests of South East Asian states to relinquish to China their claims over disputed territories in the South China Sea | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Ahmed S. | DLO | THS the rise of activist scholarship | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Jamie B. | PM | THBT it is in the interests of South East Asian states to relinquish to China their claims over disputed territories in the South China Sea | 83 |
| 🇮🇪 Martha P. | DLO | THS the establishment of women-only e-sports leagues | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Matt C. | LO | THS the rise of activist scholarship | 83 |
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