Am 20. und 21. Dezember richtete der Debattierklub Wien das Pre-WUDC Vienna Online Open aus. Nach 5 Vorrunden und mehreren Outrounds in den Kategorien Open, English as a Second Language (ESL) und Novice gelang es dem Team Yale University Our GFs left us so we went on a playdate (Sonam Wangchuk, Muzzi Godil), sich gegen über 150 weitere Teams durchzusetzen und das Open Final zu gewinnen. Das Team EDS A (Marin Marinov, Kaloyan Kotzev) gewann das ESL Final und das Team ACS Antikauflandische Aktion (Sava Popov, Thomas Nastev) das Novice Final.

Yale gewann das Finale zum Thema “This House Believes That Angela Merkel’s Chancellorship did more harm than good” aus der Eröffnenden Opposition gegen Stanford B (Elizabeth Li, Amitai Ben Porat) in der Eröffnenden Regierung, EUDU Speaker 2 and the Missing Burdens (Wurdaan Kashif, Zainab Sardar) in der Schließenden Regierung und Oxford B (Aidan Woo, Tanush Agarwal) in der Schließenden Opposition. Das Finale wurde juriert von Arjun Raman im Chair zusammen mit Ayodele Samuel, Brendon Chen, Krish Singh, Sachin Tissera, Shireen Ali und Vladimira Šuflaj.

Im ESL Final debattierten die Teams capitalism will not trickle me down (Imran Ilmam, Arnav Agarwal) in der Eröffnenden Regierung, EDS A (Marin Marinov, Kaloyan Kotzev) in der Eröffnenden Opposition, IIT Bombay Raghav Raj & Chakraborty (Vishwa Raghav Raj, Pranjal Chakraborty) in der Schließenden Regierung und Therapy is cool but we need social revolution (Seeam Marjan, Hoàng Anh) in der Schließenden Opposition zum Thema “This House Regrets the slowdown in EU expansion post 2007”, wobei die Eröffnende Opposition gewann. Es jurierte Tejas Subramaniam im Chair zusammen mit Aleksandra Durbazeva (DK Wien), Brendon Chen, Guy Wolf und Shaurya Sharma.

Im Novice Final redeten die Teams UCLA 六七六七 (Arthur Qu, Angelina Tan) in der Eröffnenden Regierung, 6’4 Nonchalant Feminists Drinking Matcha (Aarna Dhingra, Sudarshan Manikantan) in der Eröffnenden Opposition, DTU too broke for worlds (Rehan, Tushar Ranjan) in der Schließenden Regierung und ACS Antikauflandische Aktion (Sava Popov, Thomas Nastev) in der Schließenden Opposition. In der Debatte zum Thema “This House Supports Bulgarians being optimistic as opposed to pessimistic about the future” konnte sich die Schließende Opposition durchsetzen. Chair des Novice Finals war Prosper Michael Ametu, außerdem jurierten Felix Baldauf (DK Wien), Marceli Potocki, Rubaiyat Samad und Theo Simion.

Der VDCH war mit Teilnehmenden aus Wien, Bonn und Potsdam auf dem Turnier vertreten. Die Teams DK Wien B(ad at signing up in time) (Mira Eberdorfer, Victor Bervoets; DK Wien) und DK Wien A(mbulance) (Marina Kojić, Anton Gonta; DK Wien) schafften beide den Open Break – Victor und Mira breakten ins Achtelfinale, Anton und Marina schafften es sogar bis ins Halbfinale. Als Jurierende breakten Aleksandra Durbazeva (DK Wien), Felix Baldauf (DK Wien) und Paula Breyer (DK Wien), wobei Paula außerdem Teil des CA-Panels war. Aleksandra chairte ein Achtelfinale und jurierte ein Viertelfinale und das ESL Final, Felix jurierte das Novice Final und Paula jurierte ein Achtelfinale und ein Viertelfinale.

Mit über 150 Teams handelt es sich beim Vienna Online Open um das größte Online-Turnier Europas und eins der prestigeträchtigsten Vorbereitungsturniere auf die Weltmeisterschaft. Ausgerichtet wurde dieses Turnier vom Debattierklub Wien, wobei Theo Dorfner und Christopher Löwenstein die Hauptorga übernahmen.

Das CA-Panel bestand aus Pranav Anand, Paula Breyer (DK Wien), Andrew Chen, Bea Legaspi und Mukudzeiishe Madzivire (DCA), das Tabteam aus Yvonne Farrell und Miruna Chirila.

Jurierendenbreak:

Aaryav Bansal, Aleksandra Durbazeva, Alelí Chaparro-Amaya, Andrew Chen, Arjun Raman, Assaph Hanany, Audie Ferrell Liem Fu Wang, Ayodele Samuel, Ayush Choudhary, Bea Legaspi, Brendon Chen, Caitlin Lai-Yee Mah, Chisato Kuwayama, Daisy Yan Sun, Diego Duarte, Eoghan Connolly, Felix Baldauf, Fernanda Crousillat Rayter, Fransiska Anastasia, George Fragkiadakis, Gin Nguyen, Guy Wolf, Kavisshnu Nadarajah, Kay Powers, Krish Singh, Lia Denise Tan, Lidor David, Livia Fordellone, Luyanda Madliwa, Marceli Potocki, Matheus Furtado, Meg Kandarpa, Mukudzeiishe Madzivire, Omesh Dhar Dwivedi, Paula Breyer, Pinelle Bikouta, Pranav Anand, Prosper Michael Ametu, Raphael Troen, Rubaiyat Samad, Sachin Tissera, Samuel Knijnik, Shaurya Sharma, Shireen Ali, Shudipto Ahmed, Tarun Ruschmeier, Tejas Subramaniam, Theo Simion, Thu-Mai Do, Tousif Tanvir Alam, Uphie Abdurrahman, Victor Tong, Vladimira Šuflaj, Weronika Hupert, Yonatan Etzion-Rosenberg, Ziyad

Open Teambreak nach 5 Vorrunden (Achtelfinale):

1. Yale University Our GFs left us so we went on a playdate (Sonam Wangchuk, Muzzi Godil), 14 Teampunkte, 813 Speaks
2. Cambridge RH (Sophie Hannigan, Max Rosen), 13 Teampunkte, 823 Speaks
3. Oxford A (Leo Marinopoulos, Max Papaioannides), 13 Teampunkte, 822 Speaks
4. Sydney A (Udai Kamath, Jack Story), 12 Teampunkte, 829 Speaks
5. DK Wien B(ad at signing up in time) (Mira Eberdorfer, Victor Bervoets), 12 Teampunkte, 809 Speaks
6. Stanford B (Elizabeth Li, Amitai Ben Porat), 12 Teampunkte, 807 Speaks
7. LSE A (Arjun Gunalan, Rayaan Aly Khan), 12 Teampunkte, 800 Speaks
8. Waterloo Apna time aayega (Advait Sangle, Alex Zhu), 12 Teampunkte, 794 Speaks
9. Oxford Hacker and Hacked (Daniel Nellen, Sambhav Jain), 11 Teampunkte, 794 Speaks
10. Oxford B (Aidan Woo, Tanush Agarwal), 11 Teampunkte, 820 Speaks
11. Harvard A (Stephanie Chen, Molly Callaghan), 11 Teampunkte, 810 Speaks
12. EUDU Speaker 2 and the Missing Burdens (Wurdaan Kashif, Zainab Sardar), 11 Teampunkte, 800 Speaks
13. Oxford Hussain & Wong (Nicole Wong, Ahmed Hussain), 11 Teampunkte, 795 Speaks
14. Sydney Doyle & McCarthy (Tom Doyle, Will McCarthy), 11 Teampunkte, 794 Speaks
15. Manchester A (Jacob Katz, Umar Fazlan), 11 Teampunkte, 794 Speaks
16. UCLA A (game was paused to be here) (Will Ryan, Richard Colgrove), 11 Teampunkte, 793 Speaks
17. DK Wien A(mbulance) (Marina Kojić, Anton Gonta), 11 Teampunkte, 788 Speaks
18. Ateneo Reyes & Tiangco (Cara Reyes, Zen Tiangco), 11 Teampunkte, 787 Speaks
19. Melbourne Muslim so why can’t I grow a beard (Zaakir Zulfikar), 10 Teampunkte, 808 Speaks [nicht breakberechtigt]
20. CDS B (Alisa Popova, Daniyar Baimagambetov), 10 Teampunkte, 805 Speaks
21. Oxford Ratnayake and Deepak (Chanidu Ratnayake, Hans Deepak), 10 Teampunkte, 804 Speaks
22. Cambridge look my fat wings (Krystal Wang, Vincent Ying), 10 Teampunkte, 798 Speaks
23. PKU Jingle Bells (Ricky Jin, Daisy Jin), 10 Teampunkte, 797 Speaks
24. Sydney Kuo & Ryan (Will Ryan, Bibi Kuo), 10 Teampunkte, 795 Speaks
25. NUS Lee & Wee (Lee Wei Le, Ashley Wee), 10 Teampunkte, 793 Speaks
26. Chicago Amy & Keshav (Amy Ma, Keshav Malik Kapoor), 10 Teampunkte, 791 Speaks [vom Break zurückgetreten]
27. the fuck is a double u d c ?? (Alex Martin, Liv Misztowt), 10 Teampunkte, 788 Speaks
28. EUDU Santa’s little mind goblins (Joshua Stone, Thomas Milling), 10 Teampunkte, 788 Speaks
29. Seoul A (Youngwoo Park, Sunghyun Park), 10 Teampunkte, 786 Speaks
30. CDS https://www.eiu.com/n/copenhagen-replaces-vienna-as-worlds-most-liveable-city/ (Laura Serafine Pilmark, Darin Mansurbeg), 10 Teampunkte, 784 Speaks [nicht breakberechtigt]

=31. HUJI A (Shachar Enteen, Michael Khalfin), 10 Teampunkte, 782 Speaks

=31. LSE B (Audrey Kuk, Annamaria Wirtz), 10 Teampunkte, 782 Speaks

33. Brown & Regis (Diego Castillo, Ebenezer Appiah), 10 Teampunkte, 781 Speaks
34. Blair & Dixon-Holden (Lachlan Blair, Isobel Dixon-Holden), 10 Teampunkte, 780 Speaks
35. Cornell A (Eamin Ahmed, Soren Jensen), 9 Teampunkte, 804 Speaks

ESL Teambreak nach 5 Vorrunden (Platz 1-4 ins Halbfinale, Platz 5-12 ins Partial Quarterfinal):

1. DK Wien B(ad at signing up in time) (Mira Eberdorfer, Victor Bervoets), 12 Teampunkte, 809 Speaks [different break]
2. DK Wien A(mbulance) (Marina Kojić, Anton Gonta), 11 Teampunkte, 788 Speaks [different break]
3. Cambridge look my fat wings (Krystal Wang, Vincent Ying), 10 Teampunkte, 798 Speaks [different break]
4. PKU Jingle Bells (Ricky Jin, Daisy Jin), 10 Teampunkte, 797 Speaks [different break]
5. Seoul A (Youngwoo Park, Sunghyun Park), 10 Teampunkte, 786 Speaks [different break]
6. Tokyo A (Kotaro Yoshida, Nasa Tsuchiya), 9 Teampunkte, 798 Speaks [vom Break zurückgetreten]
7. Zagreb C (Patrik Branšajd, Brina Verdnik), 9 Teampunkte, 784 Speaks
8. IIT Bombay Raghav Raj & Chakraborty (Vishwa Raghav Raj, Pranjal Chakraborty), 9 Teampunkte, 783 Speaks
9. Korea one jew one soldier two sleepyheads (Na’ama Benamy Schoneveld, Seungjae Han), 9 Teampunkte, 776 Speaks [vom Break zurückgetreten]
10. Cape Town MenVee (Providence Nhongo, Menzimuhle Ncube), 9 Teampunkte, 775 Speaks [vom Break zurückgetreten]
11. NTUA A(ll is fair in love and framing) (Angeliki Ntalapera, Jim Balatos), 9 Teampunkte, 773 Speaks
12. EDS A (Marin Marinov, Kaloyan Kotzev), 9 Teampunkte, 766 Speaks
13. IIUM A (Hanafie Haniki, Anas Zaharim), 8 Teampunkte, 783 Speaks
14. Therapy is cool but we need social revolution (Seeam Marjan, Hoàng Anh), 8 Teampunkte, 779 Speaks
15. MUST A (Alex Gao, Oliver Zhou), 8 Teampunkte, 774 Speaks [vom Break zurückgetreten]
16. Sofia B (Kathy Nankova, Deo Rusev), 8 Teampunkte, 773 Speaks
17. capitalism will not trickle me down (Imran Ilmam, Arnav Agarwal), 8 Teampunkte, 772 Speaks
18. NU M&M’s (Mukhammedali Meiramuly, Meiirzhan Yerulan), 8 Teampunkte, 769 Speaks
19. Tokyo Ryo & Yamato (Yamato Obinata, Ryo Narukami), 8 Teampunkte, 766 Speaks [vom Break zurückgetreten]
20. TAU Sea (Leary Barr, Rennen Rabi), 8 Teampunkte, 763 Speaks
21. DSG Team Germany AI (Ailin Weber, Isabel Behle Coates), 8 Teampunkte, 742 Speaks
22. Tokyo Takahashi & Tsuchiya (Riho Takahashi, Taiki Tsuchiya), 7 Teampunkte, 788 Speaks

Novice Teambreak nach 5 Vorrunden (Platz 1-2 ins Finale, Platz 3-6 ins Partial Semifinal):

1. Oxford Hacker and Hacked (Daniel Nellen, Sambhav Jain), 11 Teampunkte, 794 Speaks [different break]
2. Sydney Doyle & McCarthy (Tom Doyle, Will McCarthy), 11 Teampunkte, 794 Speaks [different break]
3. LSE B (Audrey Kuk, Annamaria Wirtz), 10 Teampunkte, 782 Speaks [different break]
4. TAU Sea (Leary Barr, Rennen Rabi), 8 Teampunkte, 763 Speaks [different break]
5. DSG Team Germany AI (Ailin Weber, Isabel Behle Coates), 8 Teampunkte, 742 Speaks [different break]
6. DTU too broke for worlds (Rehan, Tushar Ranjan), 7 Teampunkte, 765 Speaks
7. 6’4 Nonchalant Feminists Drinking Matcha (Aarna Dhingra, Sudarshan Manikantan), 7 Teampunkte, 764 Speaks
8. UCLA 六七六七 (Arthur Qu, Angelina Tan), 7 Teampunkte, 760 Speaks
9. GMT +8 sleep is calling (Abhiraj Saxena, Ethan Loh), 7 Teampunkte, 620 Speaks
10. Stanford A (Grace Liang, Daniel Stein), 6 Teampunkte, 766 Speaks [vom Break zurückgetreten]
11. TCD Phil nada zich zilch (Nare Paronyan, David McCarthy), 6 Teampunkte, 752 Speaks
12. ACS Antikauflandische Aktion (Savunkta Popov, Thomas Nastev), 6 Teampunkte, 751 Speaks

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

1. Jack Story, 83,00
2. Udai Kamath, 82,80
3. Max Rosen, 82,40

=4. Sophie Hannigan, 82,40

=4. Leo Marinopoulos, 82,40

=4. Max Papaioannides, 82,40

=7. Muzzi Godil, 82,00

=7.  Aidan Woo, 82,00

=7. Tanush Agarwal, 82,00

10. Victor Bervoets, 81,40

ESL Redner:innen Top 10 (durchschnittliche Punktzahl nach Vorrunden):

1. Leo Marinopoulos, 82,40
2. Victor Bervoets, 81,40

=3. Chanidu Ratnayake, 80,40

=3. Mira Eberdorfer, 80,40

=5. Krystal Wang, 80,20

=5. Nasa Tsuchiya, 80,20

=5. Umar Fazlan, 80,20

=5. Daniyar Baimagambetov, 80,20

=5. Ricky Jin, 80,20

10. Marina Kojić, 80,00

Novice Redner:innen Top 10 (durchschnittliche Punktzahl nach Vorrunden):

1. Sambhav Jain, 79,80

=2. Tom Doyle, 79,40

=2. Will McCarthy, 79,40

4. Daniel Nellen, 79,00
5. Audrey Kuk, 78,40
6. Annamaria Wirtz, 78,00
7. Rino Komoro, 77,40

=8. Grace Liang, 77,00

=8. Tushar Ranjan, 77,00

=10. Sudarshan Manikantan, 76,80

=10. Mukhammedali Meiramuly, 76,80

=10. Antoni Szturmowicz, 76,80

=10. Matin Narimani, 76,80

Die Themen des Turniers im Überblick:

Round 1: This House Would make secondary school (ages 12 to 18) mathematics education focus on statistics (e.g. probability, data analysis) as opposed to calculus (e.g. algebra, functions, differentiation).

Round 2: This House Would break up and redistribute the collections of major metropolitan museums (e.g. the British Museum, the Louvre, the Met, etc).

Round 3: Infoslide: In 1984, the highly interventionist New Zealand economy was struggling. Between 1974 and 1984, inflation was 11-17% (dropping to 7% in 1983 after wage and price freezes), the deficit was 3-9% of GDP, and real GDP growth averaged 1% per year. In 1984, unemployment was at a historic high of 5%, and there was an imminent foreign exchange crisis. ‘Rogernomics’ refers to the sweeping free-market reforms enacted by the new government elected in 1984. By 1987, government spending had decreased from 44% to 37% of GDP, the highest rate of income tax was cut from 66% to 33%, corporate tax was cut from 45% to 33%, a goods and services tax of 10% was introduced, generous agricultural and industrial subsidies were removed, the New Zealand Dollar was devalued then floated, import licences were abolished and tariffs cut, and many state-owned enterprises were privatised.

This House Regrets Rogernomics.

Round 4: Infoslide: Customary authorities (e.g. chiefs, traditional rulers) are indigenous leaders whose power and legitimacy comes from tradition and cultural norms as opposed to modern state law. Customary authorities may adjudicate disputes, manage land and communal resources, and preserve cultural practices. In recent years, customary authorities have exercised greater influence over the political affairs of many African countries. This has included commenting on political issues, mobilising voters, and gaining formal powers such as reserved seats in parliaments and integration into local governance.

This House Opposes the increasing influence of customary authorities in African politics.

Round 5: This House Prefers A World where people do not care about what others think about them.

Novice Partial Semifinals: This House Supports the glorification of ‚authentic‘ tourist experiences that aim to reflect local life and culture.

Novice Final: This House Supports Bulgarians being optimistic as opposed to pessimistic about the future.

ESL Partial Quarterfinals: This House Believes That post-colonial states should prioritise reformist as opposed to revolutionary values in nation-building.

ESL Semifinals: This House Believes That we are more likely to live in a simulation than a naturalistic universe (one that was not created by some being).

ESL Final: This House Regrets the slowdown in EU expansion post 2007.

Octofinals: This House, as the anti-abortion movement, Would prioritise secular as opposed to religious advocacy.

Quarterfinals: Infoslide: Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country in the Western Balkans. The major ethnic groups are Bosniaks (50% of the population), Serbs (35%), and Croats (15%). Bosnia and Herzegovina’s political structure was decided by the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the Bosnian War. Most competencies rest with two autonomous subnational entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (mainly Bosniaks and Croats), and Republika Srpska (mainly Serbs).

This House Would partition Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Semifinals: Infoslide: Neo-realist cinema focuses on stories of ordinary people and their everyday lives. Neo-realism also prioritises authenticity, often with loose structure and observational storytelling, over highly stylised narratives. Neo-realist film is usually low-budget and shot on location with non-professional actors, using natural light and sound. Examples of neo-realist cinema include: Bicycle Thieves (1948), which follows a poor father in post-World War II Rome searching for his stolen bicycle; The Apu Trilogy (1955-1959), a coming of age story of a poor boy in rural Bengal; and Nomadland (2020), which follows a widow drifting around the United States in her van.

This House Prefers a world where most film is neo-realist.

Grand Final: This House Believes That Angela Merkel’s Chancellorship did more harm than good.

ip/aeh.