Am 09. und 10. Mai richtete der Debattierclub München das Munich Open aus. Nach fünf Vorrunden und einem Halbfinale konnte sich im Finale das Team ₩SDC (Ann Chantal Goutier, Dino Wildi) aus Zürich durchsetzen.

₩SDC (Ann Chantal Goutier, Dino Wildi) gewann das Finale aus der Eröffnenden Opposition. Ebenfalls im Finale vertreten waren die Teams WSDC Estonia judge and judging (Richard Käsper, Mirtel Etverk) in der Eröffnenden Regierung, Aniket and Mirtel ordered on Temu (Tarun Anant Ruschmeier (Frankfurt), Lina Fefer) in der Schließenden Regierung und Why is this not Garching Open?? (Dominika Kokoszka, Anton Gonta; DK Wien) in der Schließenden Opposition. Thema des Finals war “This House Prefers A World where the 4 occupied zones of Germany became and remained independent states along the lines of occupational zones”. Es jurierten Amitai Ben Porat im Chair, Callum Duffy (DK Wien), Eli Ferrell, Jagoda Sabljić und Leander Mathissen (DC München).

Außerdem gab es ein Novice Final mit dem Thema “This House Regrets the concept of Chivalric Heroism”. Im Novice Final debattierten WSDC Germany IA (Isabel Behle Coates, Ailin Weber) in der Eröffnenden Regierung, What one doesn’t do for coaching (Felix Simon Georgij Polianski (Bonn), Jonathan Genzmer) in der Eröffnenden Opposition, DEI Hires (Yousef Bouaswaig, Diana Kho; DK Wien) in der Schließenden Regierung und How the Grinch stole your extension (Henrik Alan Williams, Lisa Weigold; DC Heidelberg) in der Schließenden Opposition, wobei sich das Team in der Eröffnenden Opposition durchsetzen konnte. Das Novice Final wurde juriert von Felix Baldauf (DK Wien) im Chair gemeinsam mit Ana Coman, Callum Duffy (DK Wien), Maria K. und Max Kubis (Karlsruhe).

Aus dem VDCH-Land breakten die Teams Potsdam C (Julius Klikar, Inga Peters; Potsdam) und Breaking (up) because of Leander (Max Gasslitter Strobl, Kira Blum; München) ins Semifinal, das Team Why is this not Garching Open?? (Dominika Kokoszka, Anton Gonta; DK Wien) und das Mixed Team Aniket and Mirtel ordered on Temu (Tarun Anant Ruschmeier (Frankfurt), Lina Fefer) ins Finale. Dem Team ₩SDC (Ann Chantal Goutier, Dino Wildi; Zürich) gelang es, das Turnier zu gewinnen!

Außerdem breakten die Teams DEI Hires (Yousef Bouaswaig, Diana Kho; DK Wien) und How the Grinch stole your extension (Henrik Alan Williams, Lisa Weigold; DC Heidelberg) ins Novice Final. Das Team What one doesn’t do for coaching (Felix Simon Georgij Polianski (Bonn), Jonathan Genzmer) gewann das Novice Final.

Als Jurierende breakten Amelie Heimpold (DC München), Callum Duffy (DK Wien), Calyxx Peucker (BDU), Felix Baldauf (DK Wien), Leander Mathissen (DC München), Maria K. (DC München), Max Kubis (Karlsruhe), Uzair Tajuddin (DC München) und Victor Bervoets (DK Wien). Felix chairte das Novice Final, Maria, Max und Callum jurierten das Novice Final, Callum jurierte außerdem das Finale, Leander jurierte ein Semifinal und das Finale und Amelie ebenfalls ein Semifinal. Uzair und Victor waren außerdem Teil der Chefjury des Turniers.

Das Turnier wurde vom Debattierclub München ausgerichtet und von Adora Sabau, Julia Kirzinger und Leander Mathissen hauptorganisiert. Die Chefjury bestand aus Ana Coman, Eli Ferrell, Uzair Tajuddin und Victor Bervoets, es tabbte Theo Dorfner.

Jurierendenbreak:

Amelie Heimpold, Amitai Ben Porat, Ana Coman, Callum Duffy, Calyxx Peucker, Daan Koning, Eli Ferrell, Felix Baldauf, Jagoda Sabljić, Leander Mathissen, Maja Piczman, Maria K., Max Kubis, Tomáš Galnor, Uzair Tajuddin, Victor Bervoets

Open Teambreak (ins Semifinal, Gesamtpunktzahl nach 5 Vorrunden):

1. WSDC Estonia judge and judging (Richard Käsper, Mirtel Etverk), 12 Teampunkte, 787 Speaks
2. trauma bonding (Marcelina Jank, Adrianna Mazur), 12 Teampunkte, 780 Speaks
3. Aniket and Mirtel ordered on Temu (Tarun Anant Ruschmeier, Lina Fefer), 11 Teampunkte, 785 Speaks
4. Why is this not Garching Open?? (Dominika Kokoszka, Anton Gonta), 11 Teampunkte, 778 Speaks
5. Potsdam C (Julius Klikar, Inga Peters), 11 Teampunkte, 770 Speaks
6. Lewandowski 19/20 (Hanix Szczerbińskx, Wiktor Chałupniczak), 10 Teampunkte, 781 Speaks
7. ₩SDC (Ann Chantal Goutier, Dino Wildi), 10 Teampunkte, 774 Speaks
8. Breaking (up) because of Leander (Max Gasslitter Strobl, Kira Blum), 10 Teampunkte, 764 Speaks

Novice Teambreak (ins Finale, Gesamtpunktzahl nach 5 Vorrunden):

1. WSDC Germany IA (Isabel Behle Coates, Ailin Weber), 10 Teampunkte, 760 Speaks
2. How the Grinch stole your extension (Henrik Alan Williams, Lisa Weigold), 9 Teampunkte, 753 Speaks
3. DEI Hires (Yousef Bouaswaig, Diana Kho), 9 Teampunkte, 738 Speaks
4. What one doesn’t do for coaching (Felix Simon Georgij Polianski, Jonathan Genzmer), 8 Teampunkte, 742 Speaks

Redner:innen Top 10 (Durchschnittliche Punktzahl nach Vorrunden):

1. Adrianna Mazur, 79,00
2. Richard Käsper, 78,80

=3. Mirtel Etverk, 78,60

=3. Tarun Anant Ruschmeier, 78,60

5. Lina Fefer, 78,40

=6. Wiktor Chałupniczak, 78,20

=6. Dino Wildi, 78,20

=8. Hanix Szczerbińskx, 78,00

=8. Anton Gonta, 78,00

10. Inga Peters, 77,80

Novice Redner:innen Top 5 (Durchschnittliche Punktzahl nach Vorrunden):

1. Marcelina Jank, 77,00
2. Ailin Weber, 76,20
3. Isabel Behle Coates, 75,80
4. Henrik Alan Williams, 75,60
5. Lisa Weigold, 75,00

Die Themen des Turniers im Überblick:

VR 1: Infoslide: You are an independent journalist with a moderately successful online presence. You have a received one offer from an independent online journalism outlet to become one of their core commentators. You have also received another offer from a prominent mainstream media outlet to be an investigative journalist with your own column in their publication.

This House Would choose to join the independent journalism outlet over becoming an investigative journalist at the mainstream media outlet.

VR 2: Infoslide: A ‚duty to rescue‘ law is a German law that means anyone who finds someone in need of medical help must take all reasonable steps to seek medical care and render best-effort first aid. A rescuer is not required to endanger themselves to provide aid. Alternatively, ‚good Samaritan‘ laws don’t obligate a bystander to intervene, but protect them from legal culpability for the quality of care.

This House Prefers ‚duty to rescue‘ laws over ‚good Samaratin‘ laws.

VR 3: Infoslide: The Graveyard is a community of ghosts who inhabit the same secluded cemetery. They span from 15th century couples to 18th century bachelors to women who died in childbirth in the 1900s. One night, the family that lives next to the cemetery is murdered, except for the toddler who manages to crawl to the cemetery, away from the killer. The Cemetery has the power to make the child invisible to the murderer, and could undertake raising him. Because the child came so close to death, the child is able to mutually interact with both the ghost plane and the real world.

This House, as The Graveyard, Would chose to raise the child as their own.

VR 4: This House Would mandate energy companies to open green energy compliant sister companies that substitutes at least 25% of the output of the original company.

VR 5: This House, as the Left, Would strongly prioritise advocating for greater constitutional safeguards over advocating for individual policies regarding social justice.

Novice Final: Infoslide: Chivalric Heroism is a concept popularised in medieval times, which has morphed into differrent heroic archetypes ever since. The stories feature an unlikely individual who is brave, has martial prowess and undertakes ordeals to save the weak from the tyrants or monsters.

This House Regrets the concept of Chivalric Heroism.

Semifinal: This House Believes That that generative AI companies (OpenAI, Anthropic etc) going public* will do more harm than good. *“Going public“ refers to previously private companies starting to sell shares on the public market (i.e. the stock market).

Grand Final: Infoslide: In the aftermath of WWII, a variety of programmes were implemented to deal with the fallout of the war in Europe. This included the US-funded Marshall plan, Soviet financial support, and the division of Germany into 4 regions, occupied by France, the US, the UK and the USSR. The Soviet-occupied region became the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The other occupation zones unified into West Germany.

This House Prefers A World where the 4 occupied zones of Germany became and remained independent states along the lines of occupational zones. *Berlin would belong in its entirety to the German Democratic Republic.

ip/aeh.