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Ljubljana IV 2024

2024-06-01 · Slovenia · BP

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The field

Below Average

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

35 teams (This edition), 37 teams (2023), 31 teams (2022)

Motions from this series

Ljubljana IV 2024 (2024)8 motions
  • Round 1THO the narrative that emotions are less valuable than rational thought
  • Round 2When it comes to civilian ownership of weapons This house would allow women and only women to bear arms.
  • Round 3THBT it is in the interest of the degrowth movement to heavily prioritise calling-in (i.e. outline personal benefits to reducing consumption), rather than heavily prioritise calling-out (i.e. publicly shaming overconsumption, advocate for boycotts of figures who encourage consumerism, etc.)
  • Round 4THS the creation of a global market to buy and sell citizenship
  • Round 5THBT governments should demand a controlling stake in companies seeking bailouts as a prerequisite for the bailout
  • SemifinalsTHW never negotiate with terrorists as opposed to always attempting to negotiate with terrorists
  • Grand FinalTHW answer ""yes""
  • Novice FinalsTHW legalise lobbying in Ex-Yugoslav countries
Ljubljana IV 2023 (2023)8 motions
  • Round 1When distributing welfare, THP that governments provide cash transfers instead of social goods (e.g. food stamps, free education, vocational training programmes)
  • Round 2THW ban climbing of the 14 Peaks
  • Round 3THW publicly display the ingots as they are, rather than repurpose them into a new statue
  • Round 4THR the divine feminine
  • Round 5THW legalise duelling to the death
  • SemifinalsTHS the expansion of BRICS membership
  • Grand FinalThis house hopes for the abolition of gender
  • ProAm FinalsTHW flee with Ikaros rather than staying in captivity
Ljubljana IV 2022 (2022)7 motions
  • Round 1This house regrets the popularization of gap year travel
  • Round 2THS the use of on-demand referenda in recently established democracies
  • Round 3THP a world where the dominant religion believes in one benevolent god who is the Universe’s sole creator and surveyor (eg. Islam, Christianity), as opposed to a world where the dominant religion believes in many morally ambiguous spiritual entities (eg. Ancient Greek religion, European folklore).
  • Round 4THBT the feminist movement should campaign for the equal sexualization of men in the media as opposed to campaigning against the sexualization of women
  • Round 5TH, as the Chinese Communist Party, regrets the Common prosperity policy
  • SemifinalsThis house believes that avoiding military conscription is always justified
  • Grand FinalTH, as the Slovenian people, regrets not accepting Emperor Karl's offer in 1918 and remaining a part of Austria

What gets set here

Social & Identity22%
Law & Crime17%
Politics13%
Economics9%
International Relations9%
Religion9%

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You vs this tournament

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

  • Social & Identity · 22% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Law & Crime · 17% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Politics · 13% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 9% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

27% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 77.8.

Last edition: 8 of 35 teams broke.

  • 20229 pts · 80.7 speaks8/31
  • 202310 pts · 75.3 speaks12/37
  • 202410 pts · 77.5 speaks8/35
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Break categories

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

  • Open break8 teams
  • Novice break4 teams

How scoring works here

76.0 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 72.9 and 79.0.

This is 1.9 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 83.6

Top-10 pace 78.8

Top-20 pace 77.2

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 3 editions.

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

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
Alek S.GWTHO the narrative that emotions are less valuable than rational thought83
RumenMGTHO the narrative that emotions are less valuable than rational thought83
RumenLOTHBT governments should demand a controlling stake in companies seeking bailouts as a prerequisite for the bailout82
Maj H.MOTHBT it is in the interest of the degrowth movement to heavily prioritise calling-in (i.e. outline personal benefits to reducing consumption), rather than heavily prioritise calling-out (i.e. publicly shaming overconsumption, advocate for boycotts of figures who encourage consumerism, etc.)82
RumenPMWhen it comes to civilian ownership of weapons This house would allow women and only women to bear arms.82
David S.DLOTHO the narrative that emotions are less valuable than rational thought82
🇭🇷 Lovro M.LOWhen it comes to civilian ownership of weapons This house would allow women and only women to bear arms.81
🇭🇷 Lovro M.PMTHBT it is in the interest of the degrowth movement to heavily prioritise calling-in (i.e. outline personal benefits to reducing consumption), rather than heavily prioritise calling-out (i.e. publicly shaming overconsumption, advocate for boycotts of figures who encourage consumerism, etc.)81
Uzair T.DLOTHO the narrative that emotions are less valuable than rational thought81
Philipp S.LOTHO the narrative that emotions are less valuable than rational thought81
Maj H.LOTHO the narrative that emotions are less valuable than rational thought81
David S.GWWhen it comes to civilian ownership of weapons This house would allow women and only women to bear arms.81

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