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Vienna IV 2025
2025-05-17 · Austria, In person · BP
Motions from this series
Vienna IV 2025 (2025)11 motions
- Round 1THO the glorification of novelty in academic research
- Round 2THPAW where heads of government are only allowed to appoint cabinet members from elected officials (e,g, Members of Parliament, Senators etc), rather than being allowed to appoint unelected people
- Round 3THS the aggressive pursuit of social media & reality T.V. campaigns in sports
- Round 4THS the Vienna Secession movement
- Round 5THBT the expansion of tech giants into financial services & banking will do more harm than good (e.g. digital wallets, credit cards, loan offerings, banks)
- QuarterfinalsIn countries with conscription (e.g. Pakistan, Turkey, Israel, Ukraine), THO faith integration into the military
- SemifinalsTHW require bankrupt firms to sell their company's assets as a single bundle through an open-market auction
- Grand FinalTHBT Lucifer was legitimate in bringing knowledge to humanity at the cost of exiting the Garden of Eden.
- Novice FinalsThis house predicts that the end of civilisation is near* *within the next 100 years
- ESL SemifinalsThis House Believes That the US should intervene diplomatically and economically to pressure India to demilitarize Jammu and Kashmir.
- ESL FinalsTH regrets the role of royal marriages in consolidating empires
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 Relations15%
Politics12%
Philosophy12%
Technology9%
Religion9%
Economics9%
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18% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 80.3.
Last edition: 16 of 90 teams broke.
- 202311 pts · 79.9 speaks16/89
- 202411 pts · 80.5 speaks16/90
- 202511 pts · 80.4 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 break16 teams
- Novice break5 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Wajeeh M. | DPM | THS the aggressive pursuit of social media & reality T.V. campaigns in sports | 87 |
| 🇧🇬 Biser A. | MO | THBT the expansion of tech giants into financial services & banking will do more harm than good (e.g. digital wallets, credit cards, loan offerings, banks) | 86 |
| 🇧🇬 Rumen M. | OW | THBT the expansion of tech giants into financial services & banking will do more harm than good (e.g. digital wallets, credit cards, loan offerings, banks) | 86 |
| 🇮🇪 Jack P. | LO | THS the aggressive pursuit of social media & reality T.V. campaigns in sports | 85 |
| 🇺🇸 Elizabeth L. | PM | THS the aggressive pursuit of social media & reality T.V. campaigns in sports | 85 |
| 🇬🇧 Tanush A. | LO | THBT the expansion of tech giants into financial services & banking will do more harm than good (e.g. digital wallets, credit cards, loan offerings, banks) | 85 |
| 🇬🇧 Andrew C. | DPM | THS the Vienna Secession movement | 85 |
| 🇮🇪 Jack W. | PM | THS the Vienna Secession movement | 85 |
| 🇬🇧 Max P. | GW | THS the Vienna Secession movement | 85 |
| 🇬🇧 Tanush A. | MG | THS the Vienna Secession movement | 85 |
| 🇧🇬 Velina A. | LO | THS the Vienna Secession movement | 85 |
| Dylan M. | DLO | THS the aggressive pursuit of social media & reality T.V. campaigns in sports | 85 |
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