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Macau Debate Open 2024

2024-06-01 · Macau · BP

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The field

Below Average

A smaller or newer tournament. Good for building confidence and getting reps.

68 teams (This edition)

Motions

Macau Debate Open 2024 (2024)12 motions
  • Round 1THBT States should distribute funding to charities based on their effectiveness
  • Round 2TH Regrets the association between sports and national pride
  • Round 3THW ban all forms of religious proselytization in areas of high poverty
  • Round 4TH, as a gay person living in a conservative society, would seek for a cooperative marriage instead of coming out
  • Round 5THW nationalize all property in high demand downtown areas
  • Open Quarter FinalsTH regrets the popularity of “Nv Pin”
  • Open Semi FinalsTHBT apoliticality is immoral
  • Open Grand FinalsTHW implement Universal Basic Income in Macao
  • Novice SemifinalsTHBT publicly funded universities should allocate funding to degree programs based on their employment outcome.
  • Novice FinalsTH Opposes the emphasis on sacrifice within love
  • School SemifinalsTHBT publicly funded universities should allocate funding to degree programs based on their employment outcome.
  • School FinalsTH Opposes the emphasis on sacrifice within love

What gets set here

Social & Identity33%
Politics17%
Economics17%
Education17%
Sport8%
Religion8%

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Practice Social & Identity motions ›Read: Generating arguments

You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

  • Social & Identity · 33% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Education · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 8% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

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Breaking here

35% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 75.2.

Last edition: 24 of 68 teams broke.

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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

  • Open break24 teams
  • Novice break8 teams

How scoring works here

75.1 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.7 and 76.6.

This is 0.8 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 78.6

Top-10 pace 77.0

Top-20 pace 76.4

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 1 edition.

Comparable: QMUL Open 2026 (72.9), Ottawa Classic (74.8)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇬🇧 Alex B.LOTH, as a gay person living in a conservative society, would seek for a cooperative marriage instead of coming out81
Speaker A.GWTH, as a gay person living in a conservative society, would seek for a cooperative marriage instead of coming out80
FrankDLOTH, as a gay person living in a conservative society, would seek for a cooperative marriage instead of coming out80
Daisy J.DPMTH, as a gay person living in a conservative society, would seek for a cooperative marriage instead of coming out80
Ithuriel S.OWTH, as a gay person living in a conservative society, would seek for a cooperative marriage instead of coming out80
Patrick Y.DPMTH, as a gay person living in a conservative society, would seek for a cooperative marriage instead of coming out80
Kai Z.OWTHW nationalize all property in high demand downtown areas80
Sam L.DPMTH, as a gay person living in a conservative society, would seek for a cooperative marriage instead of coming out80
Lichee H.PMTH, as a gay person living in a conservative society, would seek for a cooperative marriage instead of coming out80
Angela Y.LOTH, as a gay person living in a conservative society, would seek for a cooperative marriage instead of coming out79
Swan Z.PMTHW ban all forms of religious proselytization in areas of high poverty79
🇭🇰 Amber Y.DLOTHW ban all forms of religious proselytization in areas of high poverty79

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