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Astana Open 2023
2023-06-01 · Kazakhstan · BP
Motions from this series
Astana Open 2023 (2023)11 motions
- Round 1THO parents being heavily involved with their children's show business careers.
- Round 2THBT academia should focus on social relevance over academic relevance.
- Round 3THBT social media companies should manipulate users’ newsfeeds in order to promote progressive content.
- Round 4In areas with high organised crime rates, THS churches expelling current gang members.
- Round 5In ethnically diverse countries, THW require all neighbourhoods to represent the ethnic makeup of that country.
- QuarterfinalsTHBT progressive movements should heavily prioritize policy issues (e.g. economic redistribution, climate change, criminal justice system, etc.) at the expense of the sociocultural issues (e.g. media and institutional representation, canceling public individuals, etc).
- SemifinalsTHPAW where religious beliefs and teachings are not codified into scripture or doctrine.
- Grand FinalTHBT humanity should choose voluntary human extinction as opposed to continued existence.
- ESL SemifinalsTHBT progressive movements should heavily prioritize policy issues (e.g. economic redistribution, climate change, criminal justice system, etc.) at the expense of the sociocultural issues (e.g. media and institutional representation, canceling public individuals, etc).
- ESL FinalsGiven the ability to accurately measure the moral track record of a person, THW criminalize having a consistently negative moral track record.
- Pro-Am FinalsTHP a world where children are raised in well-run state facilities rather than in individual families.
Astana Open 2021 (2021)7 motions
- Round 1THBT military non-interventionism and military isolationism are in the interest of the USA.
- Round 2THBT that governments of multi-religious societies should prohibit politicians using religious expressions in political discussion
- Round 3THBT local municipalities in developing countries should allocate significant portions of their budget via Participatory Budgeting
- Round 4THBT feminist movement should adopt a dominant pro-capitalist stance in its policies and advocacy
- Round 5THBT WTO should allow developing countries to impose policies aimed at protecting domestic industries, even at the expense of harming international trade
- SemifinalsTHBT the CCP should bailout Evergrande
- Grand FinalTHP a world with Vulcan Stoic Philosophy as the dominant narrative
What gets set here
Social & Identity22%
Politics22%
Religion11%
Economics11%
Education6%
Technology6%
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26% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.9.
Last edition: 16 of 67 teams broke.
- 202110 pts · 78.6 speaks8/29
- 202310 pts · 81.3 speaks16/67
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break16 teams
- ESL break15 teams
- Pro-Am break8 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇭🇷 Tin P. | MG | In ethnically diverse countries, THW require all neighbourhoods to represent the ethnic makeup of that country. | 86 |
| 🇺🇸 Tejas S. | OW | THO parents being heavily involved with their children's show business careers. | 85 |
| 🇭🇷 Tin P. | MO | THBT social media companies should manipulate users’ newsfeeds in order to promote progressive content. | 85 |
| 🇭🇷 Tin P. | LO | In areas with high organised crime rates, THS churches expelling current gang members. | 84 |
| 🇦🇺 Benjamin D. | GW | THBT social media companies should manipulate users’ newsfeeds in order to promote progressive content. | 84 |
| 🇷🇴 Ana C. | MO | THBT social media companies should manipulate users’ newsfeeds in order to promote progressive content. | 84 |
| 🇭🇷 Tin P. | PM | THO parents being heavily involved with their children's show business careers. | 84 |
| 🇨🇦 Naomi P. | MG | THBT social media companies should manipulate users’ newsfeeds in order to promote progressive content. | 84 |
| 🇧🇬 Biser A. | MG | THO parents being heavily involved with their children's show business careers. | 83 |
| 🇬🇧 Sarah D. | PM | In areas with high organised crime rates, THS churches expelling current gang members. | 83 |
| Valeriu | OW | THBT social media companies should manipulate users’ newsfeeds in order to promote progressive content. | 83 |
| 🇦🇺 Oscar C. | MG | THBT social media companies should manipulate users’ newsfeeds in order to promote progressive content. | 83 |
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