Am 25. und 26. Oktober fand das Budapest Open statt. Mit Vienna B(reak to bond) (Victor Bervoets, Mira Ebersdorfer) gelang es einem Team aus dem VDCH-Land, den Sieg zu erringen!

Die Turniersieger*innen Mira und Victor ©Inga Peters

Wien gewann das Finale aus der Eröffnenden Opposition zum Thema “This House, as a Zaunite, Would join Silco’s cause rather than Viktor’s cult” gegen die Teams We’re figuring out who keeps the name (Ana Coman, Anna Shreder) in der Eröffnenden Regierung, Copenhagen ÆØÅ (Laura Serafine Pilmark, Darin Mansurbeg) in der Schließenden Regierung und International Relations (Lina Fefer, Daan Koning) in der Schließenden Opposition. Das Finale wurde juriert von Pavle Antonijević im Chair zusammen mit Diána Pásztor, Eli Ferrell, Jagoda Sabljić und Stefan Josipović.

Zusätzlich zum Open Final fanden außerdem ein Novice Final und ein Schools Final statt.

Im Novice Final konnte sich das Team WWW (Victor Plăeșu, Sigina Barni) in der Eröffnenden Opposition gegen Turbo Orange (Iulia Marcus, Francesca Ilie) in der Eröffnenden Regierung, Az shte Buda Pesht (Alexandra Tosheva, Svetozar Vassilev) in der Schließenden Regierung und 48 (2 x 24) Golden Carat Labubu (Maria Nedkova, Elitsa Dekova) in der Schließenden Opposition durchsetzen. Juriert wurde es von Stefan Josipović im Chair zusammen mit Bogdan Kaluđerović und Marilia Montenegro.

Das Schools Final wurde gewonnen von CSAPATNÉV* (Áron Németh, Koppány Csizek) in der Eröffnenden Opposition gegen Debate Divas (Végh Dóra, Nagy-Deczki Zsófia) in der Eröffnenden Regierung, In Medias Res (Tuzok-Sziráczki Marcell, Povázai Léna) in der Schließenden Regierung und Gryk, germanec, bulgarin sledvashtiq e ungarec (Adelina Galabinova, Thomas Nastev) in der Schließenden Opposition. Es jurierte Bogdan Kaluđerović im Chair zusammen mit Jagoda Sabljić und Sebastian Thaller (DK Wien).

Der VDCH war mit Teams und Jurierenden aus Wien, Berlin, München und Münster auf dem Turnier vertreten und hat einige Erfolge zu verzeichnen. Nicht nur gewann mit Victor und Mira ein VDCH-Team das Turnier, es breakten außerdem fünf weitere VDCH-Teams und zwei VDCH-Jurierende: die Teams Vienna (Hot Girls for) C(urtis Sliwa) (Aleksandra Durbazeva, Callum Duffy; DK Wien) und Munich escaping from SPD madness (Leander Mathissen, Amelie Heimpold; DC München) breakten ins Halbfinale und die Teams The original BDU (Valeriia Malashenko, Ferdinand Ermel; BDU), The compressors (Oskar Vorderwülbecke, Béla von Roëll; Münster/BDU) und GO TO VIENNA ONLINE OPEN ONLINE OPEN INSTEAD OF LJUBLJANA 20.12-21.12 ITS GOING TO BE SO GREAT PLEASE COME UWU (Paula Breyer, Christopher Löwenstein; DK Wien) ins Partial Quarterfinal. Als Jurierende breakten Felix Baldauf (DK Wien) und Sebastian Thaller (DK Wien) – Felix jurierte das Partial Quarterfinal, Sebastian das Novice Final.

Das Turnier wurde von der Budapest Debate Union ausgerichtet und von Diána Pásztor und András Meleg hauptorganisiert, András Meleg war außerdem Tabmaster. Für den sportlichen Teil verantwortlich war die Chefjury, bestehend aus Eli Ferrell, Jagoda Sabljić und Ilija Ivanišević.

Jurierendenbreak:

Bogdan Kaluđerović, Diána Pásztor, Eli Ferrell (CA), Felix Baldauf, Ilija Ivanišević (CA), Jagoda Sabljić (CA), Marilia Montenegro, Mikołaj Jabłoński, Pavle Antonijević, Sebastian Thaller, Stefan Josipović, Strahinja Batanjski, Weronika Hupert

Teambreak (Platz 1-4 direkt ins Semifinal, Platz 5-12 ins Partial Quarterfinal):

1. We’re figuring out who keeps the name (Ana Coman, Anna Shreder), 15 Teampunkte, 819 Speaks
2. Vienna B(reak to bond) (Victor Bervoets, Mira Ebersdorfer), 12 Teampunkte, 796 Speaks
3. Vienna (Hot Girls for) C(urtis Sliwa) (Aleksandra Durbazeva, Callum Duffy), 11 Teampunkte, 791 Speaks
4. International Relations (Lina Fefer, Daan Koning), 11 Teampunkte, 779 Speaks
5. The original BDU (Valeriia Malashenko, Ferdinand Ermel), 11 Teampunkte, 778 Speaks
6. The compressors (Oskar Vorderwülbecke, Béla von Roëll), 11 Teampunkte, 774 Speaks
7. Copenhagen ÆØÅ (Laura Serafine Pilmark, Darin Mansurbeg), 10 Teampunkte, 798 Speaks
8. Székelykáposzta (Márton Hudáky, Eszter Gyurka), 10 Teampunkte, 781 Speaks
9. Munich escaping from SPD madness (Leander Mathissen, Amelie Heimpold), 10 Teampunkte, 774 Speaks
10. GO TO VIENNA ONLINE OPEN ONLINE OPEN INSTEAD OF LJUBLJANA 20.12-21.12 ITS GOING TO BE SO GREAT PLEASE COME UWU (Paula Breyer, Christopher Löwenstein), 9 Teampunkte, 793 Speaks
11. Ljubljana pre-WUDC is going to be so great guys its from 19th to the 21st of december omg come please uwu (Jerneja Logaj, Maj Hrovatin), 9 Teampunkte, 791 Speaks
12. Motion sickness (Flora Zsoldos, Domagoj Praljak), 9 Teampunkte, 786 Speaks

Novice Teambreak:

1. WWW (Victor Plăeșu, Sigina Barni), 8 Teampunkte, 741 Speaks
2. Az shte Buda Pesht (Alexandra Tosheva, Svetozar Vassilev), 7 Teampunkte, 761 Speaks
3. 48 (2 x 24) Golden Carat Labubu (Maria Nedkova, Elitsa Dekova), 7 Teampunkte, 758 Speaks [wäre eigentlich nicht breakberechtigt gewesen, dies wurde allerdings erst im Nachhinein bemerkt]
4. Turbo Orange (Iulia Marcus, Francesca Ilie), 7 Teampunkte, 748 Speaks
5. Debate Divas (Végh Dóra, Nagy-Deczki Zsófia), 6 Teampunkte, 718 Speaks [hätte eigentlich breaken sollen, breakte allerdings durch obigen Fehler nicht]

Schools Teambreak:

1. Gryk, germanec, bulgarin sledvashtiq e ungarec (Adelina Galabinova, Thomas Nastev), 8 Teampunkte, 755 Speaks
2. Az shte Buda Pesht (Alexandra Tosheva, Svetozar Vassilev), 7 Teampunkte, 761 Speaks [different break]
3. 48 (2 x 24) Golden Carat Labubu (Maria Nedkova, Elitsa Dekova), 7 Teampunkte, 758 Speaks [durch obigen Fehler in der Novice Kategorie gebreakt, wäre eigentlich stattdessen ins Schools Final gebreakt]
4. CSAPATNÉV* (Áron Németh, Koppány Csizek), 7 Teampunkte, 734 Speaks
5. Debate Divas (Végh Dóra, Nagy-Deczki Zsófia), 6 Teampunkte, 718 Speaks [breakte durch obigen Fehler nicht in der Novice Kategorie und war dadurch Teil des Breaks in der Schools Kategorie]
6. In Medias Res (Tuzok-Sziráczki Marcell, Povázai Léna), 6 Teampunkte, 713 Speaks

Redner:innen Top 10:

1. Ana Coman, 82,00
2. Anna Shreder, 81,80
3. Laura Serafine Pilmark, 80,00
4. Victor Bervoets, 79,80
5. Darin Mansurbeg, 79,60

=6. Paula Breyer, 79,40

=6. Mira Ebersdorfer, 79,40

=6. Maj Hrovatin, 79,40

=9. Christopher Löwenstein, 79,20

=9.  Callum Duffy, 79,20

Novice Redner:innen Top 5:

1. Christopher Löwenstein, 79,20
2. Yoio Moldovan, 77,60

=3. Martina Esposito, 77,00

=3. Shani Karduner, 77,00

5. Amelie Heimpold, 76,80

Schools Redner:innen Top 5:

1. Flora Zsoldos, 78,60
2. Yoio Moldovan, 77,60
3. Svetozar Vassilev, 76,40

=4. Adelina Galabinova, 76,00

=4. Elitsa Dekova, 76,00

Die Themen des Turniers im Überblick:

Round 1: This House, as the LGBT movement in Hungary, Would adopt nationalist rhetoric (i.e. using the Hungarian flag in pride, talking openly about being „queer and a patriot“).

Round 2: This House Supports the increased use of Ozempic in weight loss.

Round 3: Infoslide: Qualified majority is reached if following two conditions are simultaneously met:

1) 55% of member states vote in favour – in practice this means 15 out of 27

2) the proposal is supported by member states representing at least 65% of the total EU population

This House Believes That admission of new members into the EU should be done by qualified majority vote rather than by consensus.

Round 4: Infoslide: Rave culture is an underground clubbing culture centred around technomusic, drug use, and experimentation.

This House Believes That rave culture brings more harm than good.

Round 5: Infoslide: In the context of post-conflict settlement, a population exchange is a mutually agreed arrangement in which states transfer populations across borders, usually along ethnic or religious lines.

This House Prefers mutually agreed population exchange as a model for post-conflict settlement.

Schools Final: Infoslide: Lethal Autonomous Robots are fully autonomous military weapons that can select and engage targets without human intervention.

This House Supports the creation and use of Lethal Autonomous Robots.

Novice Final: This House Regrets the depiction of mentally ill artists as unappreciated geniuses (ie Van Gogh, Kafka).

Partial Quarterfinal: This House, as a fresh physics graduate, Would pursue a commercial and profitable career (e.g., in finance or IT) rather than an academic scientific one.

Semifinal: Infoslide: For the purposes of this debate, equity refers to measures introduced in debating to promote fairness, inclusion, and protection from harm. These measures originally included handling sexual assault and discrimination allegations and policing blatantly offensive speech. Recently, equity has expanded to include the ability to veto motions in advance of the tournament, quotas designed to address discrimination or bias (for example, gender quotas in speaker breaks), participating in socials as a sober supervisor, and provision of a safe space to handle feelings surrounding the tournament as a whole. Equity officers enforce equity policies.

This House Opposes the expansion of equity within the debate community.

Final: Infoslide: Zaunites live in poverty, surrounded by toxic pollution and crime and oppressed by the Piltover state. Most struggle daily with hunger, sickness, and dangerous working conditions. Silco is the revolutionary leader of Zaun who seeks to overthrow Piltover’s rule. He offers his followers Shimmer, a substance that grants great strength and endurance, enabling them to fight back against Piltover’s enforcers. Viktor is a scientist from Zaun who has created technology that can erase suffering. By following him, you abandon Zaun’s fight and leave to live in his cult-like community, where your pain, illness, and mental anguish are removed.

This House, as a Zaunite, Would join Silco’s cause rather than Viktor’s cult.

ip/aeh.