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Vienna IV 2024
2024-05-11 · Austria · BP
Motions from this series
Vienna IV 2024 (2024)11 motions
- Round 1In countries where private ownership is illegal, This house would not destroy expropriated products of poaching (e.g. ivory, turtle shells, tiger furs, etc.)
- Round 2This house supports the banning of non-compete clauses
- Round 3Presuming the process is peaceful, This house supports the break-up of the world's super states* *USA, Russia, China, India and Brazil
- Round 4This house supports self declaration for adults with conditions that do not currently have a biological test
- Round 5This house supports absolute free speech on social media platforms
- QuarterfinalsThis house, as a young woman in South Korea, would engage in 4B
- SemifinalsThis house believes that, in the 21st century, Christianity is a force for good in the developing world
- Grand FinalThis house would fight the invading force as opposed to surrendering
- ESL SemifinalsThis house, as a young woman in South Korea, would engage in 4B
- ESL FinalsThis house believes that the minor gods should unionise
- Novice FinalsThis house regrets the trend of trad wives on social media
Vienna IV 2023 (2023)11 motions
- Round 1THO the perception that psychoanalysis is a science
- Round 2THBT media should be allowed unrestricted access to war zones
- Round 3THBT it is in the interest of Vienna to be the "Capital of Spies"
- Round 4THS laws setting maximum markup for a product to be 30%.
- Round 5THW impose volunteer duty
- QuarterfinalsTHBT it is in the interest of the EU to reinstate all EU import taxes on Ukrainian farm exports
- ESL SemifinalsTHBT it is in the interest of the EU to reinstate all EU import taxes on Ukrainian farm exports
- Novice FinalTHP a world where Match.AI is widely used
- SemifinalsGiven the existence of an Artificial General Intelligence, THP that it would be based on virtue ethics and not utilitarian framework.
- ESL FinalGiven the existence of an Artificial General Intelligence, THP that it would be based on virtue ethics and not utilitarian framework.
- Grand FinalTHBT that human nature is incompatible with communism.
What gets set here
International Relations18%
Politics14%
Social & Identity14%
Philosophy14%
Economics9%
Technology9%
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18% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 80.2.
Last edition: 16 of 90 teams broke.
- 202311 pts · 79.9 speaks16/89
- 202411 pts · 80.5 speaks16/90
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break16 teams
- ESL break13 teams
- Novice break4 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇬 Alek S. | GW | This house supports absolute free speech on social media platforms | 89 |
| 🇬🇧 William S. | OW | This house supports the banning of non-compete clauses | 86 |
| Alastair B. | MO | This house supports the banning of non-compete clauses | 85 |
| Jack S. | GW | This house supports self declaration for adults with conditions that do not currently have a biological test | 85 |
| 🇧🇬 Velina A. | MG | This house supports absolute free speech on social media platforms | 85 |
| 🇧🇬 Niki A. | DLO | Presuming the process is peaceful, This house supports the break-up of the world's super states* *USA, Russia, China, India and Brazil | 84 |
| Alastair B. | PM | This house supports absolute free speech on social media platforms | 84 |
| 🇧🇬 Rumen M. | LO | Presuming the process is peaceful, This house supports the break-up of the world's super states* *USA, Russia, China, India and Brazil | 84 |
| Alex M. | MG | This house supports self declaration for adults with conditions that do not currently have a biological test | 84 |
| 🇬🇧 Elena R. | DPM | This house supports the banning of non-compete clauses | 84 |
| 🇧🇬 Rumen M. | GW | This house supports self declaration for adults with conditions that do not currently have a biological test | 84 |
| 🇬🇧 Tanae R. | GW | Presuming the process is peaceful, This house supports the break-up of the world's super states* *USA, Russia, China, India and Brazil | 84 |
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