At the Imperial Online IV 2020, hosted on June 27th and June 28th, 2020, the team Hybrid Statoosh (Lucy Murphy, Maurice Coutiel) has emerged victorious in the Open Final out of Opening Opposition. They spoke against Imperial IR (Ivan Kapelyukh, Rhys Steel) in Opening Government, LSE BD (Katya Broomberg, Andrea D’Souza) in Closing Government, and Stop talking about erectile dysfunction and start talking about female orgasmic dysfunction (Gabrielle Fullam, Jack Williams) in Closing Opposition. The motion read “THBT universities should establish “dangerous spaces (incl. Infoslide)”. The debate was judged by Jacklin Kwan as chair, together with Gwen Stearns, Joseph Lewis, Nicole O’Sullivan, and Yishai Binnes.

The Pro-Am Final was won by GUU A (Julie Nyerges, Emma Chan) in Closing Government, speaking against Twodaystoolong (Hanwei Low, Isaac Marchant) in Opening Goverment,  Start Round 1, it’s 10 AM somewhere (Sebastien Dunne Fulmer, Daniela Williams) in Opening Opposition, and Packing up Samvictories (Samvit Nagpal, Nic Rackow) in Closing Opposition. The motion “THR the rise of Silicon Valley culture” was adjudicated by a panel of Ife Grillo (chair), Dan Wood, Gwylim Taylor, Helena Hecke, and Louisa Broeg.

The best speaker was Ciara Mitchell, LSE HC, with an average of 83.6 speaks.
The best ESL speaker was Maurice Coutiel, Hybrid Statoosh, with an average of 80.8 speaks.
The best novice speaker was Hasit Nanda, Spice Girls > Mario on a 3-2 split, with an average of 79.2 speaks.

The tournament featured 54 teams and broke to Quarterfinals and to a Pro-Am final. It was organised by Chris Mentis, Amal Ahmed, and Giannis Paschos. The Core Adjudication Panel consisted of Tin Puljić, Hadar Goldberg, Brian Wong, Dani Georgiev, and Timothy Lo. Tab was run by Gordon Cheung, Mate Balassa, and Alexander Nielsen and is available here. 

Open Break:
1. LSE HC (Hamza Chaudhry, Ciara Mitchell) – 14 points
2. LSE BD (Katya Broomberg, Andrea D’Souza) – 12 points
3. Kat won’t let me run Nietzschean extensions 🙁 (Joris Graff, Katharina Jansen) – 12 points
4. Hybrid Statoosh (Maurice Coutiel, Lucy Murphy) – 11 points
5. The Special Relationship (Ron Leizrowice, Eva-Marie Quinones) – 11 points
6. Edinburgh A (Jamie Beverstock, Sara Brdnik) – 11 points
7. LDU At Least We Cannot Get Lost (Franka Boender, Roel Becker) – 11 points
8. What Would the Situationists Do? (Jack Synnott, Caomhin Hamill) – 10 points
9. Imperial IR (Ivan Kapelyukh, Rhys Steele) – 10 points
10. Stop talking about erectile dysfunction and start talking about female orgasmic dysfunction (Gabrielle Fullam, Jack Williams) – 10 points
11. My therapist keeps telling me not to base my extension on my childhood trauma (Emily Frizell, Prashasti Saxena) – 10 points
12. Not Ayanmaning (Ayan Vijaypurkar, Alex Pitlarge) – 10 points
13. Spice Girls > Mario on a 3-2 Split (Hasit Nanda, Manon Hammond) – 10 points
14. Warwick A (Rafael Shimabukuro, Lucie Slamova) – 9 points
15. Not just the argument, but the arguwoment and the arguchildrent (Mehdi Naderi Varandi, Yusuf Steel) – 9 points
16. A different kind of agency (Petar Zec, Olja Bosnjak) – 9 points

Pro-Am Break:
1. Not Ayanmaning (Ayan Vijaypurkar, Alex Pitlarge), Open Break
2. Spice Girls > Mario on a 3-2 Split (Hasit Nanda, Manon Hammond), Open Break
3. GUU A (Julie Nyerges, Emma Chan) – 9 points
4. Twodaystoolong (Hanwei Low, Isaac Marchant) – 9 points
5. Start Round 1, it’s 10 AM somewhere (Sebastien Dunne Fulmer, Daniela Williams) – 8 points
6. Packing up Samvictories (Samvit Nagpal, Nic Rackow) – 8 points

Judge Break:
Brian Wong, Dan Wood, Dani Georgiev, Edith Chow, Gwen Stearns, Gwylim Taylor, Hadar Goldberg, Helena Hecke, Ife Grillo, Hugh O Laoide, Jacklin Kwan, Jason Woods, Joseph Lewis, Lena Kolle, Louisa Broeg, Neo Wei Sheng, Nicole O’Sullivan, Timothy Lo, Tin Puljic, Yishai Binnes.

Open Speaker Awards:
1. Ciara Mitchell, LSE HC, 83.6 avg speaks, 418 total speaks
2. Hamza Chaudhry, LSE HC, 83.2 avg speaks, 416 total speaks
3. Andrea D’Souza, LSE BD, 81.6 avg speaks, 408 total speaks
3. Lucy Murphy, Hybrid Statoosh, 81.6 avg speaks, 408 total speaks
5. Katya Broomberg, LSE BD, 81.2 avg speaks, 406 total speaks
6. Jack Synnott, What would the Situationists do, 81 avg speaks, 405 total speaks
7. Eva-Marie Quinones, The Special Relationship, 80.8 avg speaks, 404 total speaks
7. Maurice Coutiel, Hybrid Statoosh, 80.8 avg speaks, 404 total speaks
9. Emily Frizell, My therapist keeps telling me not to base my extension on my childhood trauma, 80.2 avg speaks, 401 total speaks
9. Jamie Beverstock, Edinburgh A, 80.2 avg speaks, 401 total speaks
9. Lucie Slamova, Warwick A, 80.2 avg speaks, 401 total speaks
9. Rhys Steel, Imperial IR, 80.2 avg speaks, 401 total speaks
9. Ron Leizrowice, The Special Relationship, 80.2 avg speaks, 401 total speaks

ESL Speaker Awards:
1. Maurice Coutiel, Hybrid Statoosh, 80.8 avg speaks, 404 total speaks
2. Lucie Slamova, Warwick A, 80.2 avg speaks, 401 total speaks
3. Sara Brdnik, Edinburgh A, 79.8 avg speaks, 399 total speaks
4. Rafael Shimabukuro, Warwick A, 79.4 avg speaks, 397 total speaks
5. Franka Boender, LDU At least we cannot get lost, 79 avg speaks, 395 total speaks
5. Katharina Jansen, Kat won’t let me run a Nietzschean extension, 79 avg speaks, 395 total speaks

Novice Speaker Awards:
1. Ayan Vijaypurkar, Not Ayanmaning, 78.6 avg speaks, 393 total speaks
1. Alex Pitlarge, Not Ayanmaning, 78.6 avg speaks, 393 total speaks
3. Sebastien Dunne Fulmer, Start Round 1, It’s 10 AM Somewhere, 78.4 avg speaks, 392 total speaks
4. Daniela Williams, Start Round 1, It’s 10 AM Somewhere, 78 avg speaks, 390 total speaks
5. Samvit Nagpal, Racking up Samvictories, 77.2 avg speaks, 386 total speaks

Motions:

R1: THBT sex education classes in schools should teach techniques for sexual gratification (including, but not limited to, anal sex, oral sex, mutual gratification and masturbation)
R2: Infoslide: Corpus Seperatum was a suggested UN plan for Jerusalem. According to the plan, the city would be placed under demilitarized international regime controlled by the UN, and offer free access to both Israelis and Palestinians

Motion: THBT Israel should adopt the Corpus Seperatum plan

R3: Infoslide: Carrie Lam is the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, elected by an Election Committee. Carrie Lam oversees the HKSAR Government. Prior to her role as the Chief Executive, Carrie Lam worked for Hong Kong’s civil service since the 1980s. She has received some backing from Beijing, since she assumed the role of Chief Executive on issues including Anti-Extradition Bill and the recent National Security Bill, which was met with mass protests.

Motion: THBT Carrie Lam should resign

R4: THBT the US should require the NRA to pay reparations to victims of gun violence

R5: Infoslide: For the purposes of this debate, a savior sibling is a child who is born primarily for the purpose of providing an organ or cell transplant to a sibling who is affected with a fatal disease

Motion: THW ban the creation of saviour siblings

QF: Infoslide: You are a middleclass, young adult with a family and a stable job. You recently found out the world you live in is an augmented reality called the Matrix, controlled by AI which has revolted against humans. The world outside is dominated by the hostile AI, but its power external to the Matrix is limited by the physical reality (e.g. it needs to physically find a person in order to locate them, and needs to physically catch them to harm them). You are offered a red pill that will take you out of the Matrix into the real world, and a blue pill that will make you forget the realization all together and return to your virtual life as though nothing happened. Either choice is irreversible, and you only get one pill which can’t be shared with others

Motion: THW take the blue pill over the red pill

SF: THBT India should join ASEAN

Pro-Am F: Infoslide: Silicon Valley Culture refers to a workplace culture which encourages the reduction of corporate regulatory structures and hierarchies within a company and the maximisation of individual employees’ freedom in their working habits. It does not refer to solely firms in Silicon Valley or the tech industry.

Motion: THR the rise of Silicon Valley culture

F: Infoslide: “Dangerous spaces” refer to formal spaces in university campuses where all university protocol governing speech does not apply, so long as the speech produced is not disseminated to individuals outside such spaces

Motion: THBT universities should establish “dangerous spaces”