WUDC 2011 Results Announcement Impending

Starting now ...

WUDC 2011: Open Break Grand Final Finished

The Grand Final just closed out.
Tracking commentary is on Twitter.

All teams good, will be a hard decision. I thought CO were a little late on extension, OO internally contradictory on one point and OG anticipated sth on sovereignty that wasn't contested. So much for the bads.

If you ask me, CG has a very good chance - they certainly gave two consistently excellent speeches.

Now off to the dinner & awards venue ...

WUDC 2011: Open Break Grand Final Motion

TH would invade Zimbabwe

WUDC 2011: Open Break Final - Draw and Judges

OG: Monash A
OO: Oxford A
CG: Sydney A
CO: LSE A

Judges:
Logan, Anat Gelber, Vivek, Mary Nugent, Phil Barker, Adam Goldstein, Isabelle Loewe, Tate, Michael?

Congrats to Isa on that achievement!
So some German participation in a Final after all ...

WUDC 2011: ESL Final Underway

We're on whip speeches now.
Organizers didn't call us back in, so I missed half the PM speech. The model seems to revolve around size of parties - this was briefly ciriticized, but hasn't influenced the debate much.

General trend seems to be that principles were debated at the top of the table and bottom is focusing on implementation-related extensions with ties to principle. The latter has worked surprisingly well in many cases at this Worlds. Seems like debateland is moving back closer to reality ;)

I am leaning somewhat towards opp, but the speeches in opening were of different strength, and closing might be focusing a little much on the idea that if the problem that OG presented exists, this is the fault of "broken democracy" in the first place. Strong performance from CG as well, so this will be a suspenseful one until tonight ...

WUDC 2011: ESL Final

Motion:
THBT courts should break up consistently dominant political parties

Draw:
OG: Haifa A
OO: Ljubljana A
CG: UCTI A
CO: Leiden B

EFL Final Underway

PM prosposed to give double the votes (in any election, I guess) to those in the bottom 20% income bracket in Western Liberal Democracies.

I had immense trouble with listening comprehension with Tokyo B, but thought that also in terms of their labels they were quite confusing. Zagreb launched quite the attack, but may have been a little lighthearted on the analysis. Speaking from experience, you also need to beat the analysis cow to death in OO in a Worlds final ... ;)
Second half is looking much better to my mind - both structurally and analytically.

Won't be able to make a call, though, so be sure to check on results tonight ...

Thought of the Moment

Military barracks are an interesting place to host a Final.

EFL Grand Final Motion

TH would give more votes to the poor.

EFL Final Draw

Judges:
Tim Jeffries, Yoni Cohen, Will Jones, TJ, Steve Johnson, Kimera (not exhaustive)

OG: Tokyo B
OO: Zagreb A
CG: Venezuela A
CO: Belgrade A

Tbc, they need to speak more slowly ...

WUDC 2011: Open Break Final

Teams advancing to the Final:

LSE A
Monash A

Oxford A
Sydney A

WUDC 2011: Semi-Final Motion

Just to catch up on this - the motion for the Open Break Semi Final was:

TH opposes organized religion

Buses to the Finals venue depart ~14:00 local; then it's 12 hours of Finals, Awards, and hopefully food and drink.

Time to get the tux back out ...

WUDC 2011: Open Semis; EFL & ESL Break to Finals

Open Semis

Monash A
LSE A

Sydney A
Sydney B

Oxford A
Cambridge A

Sydney D
Yale C

EFL

Zagreb A
Venezuela B (tbc)

Belgrade B
Tokyo B

ESL

UCTI A
Haifa A

Ljubljana A
Leiden B

Missing ze Germanz ...

WUDC 2011: EFL & ESL Semifinal Draws

EFL Semifinals

Dikti A - OG
Venezuela B - OO
Zagreb A - CG
Venezuela A - CO

J: Chris, Masako, Mike Aguilera, Sam Block, Daniel Kaliski, Lucinda, Tom Williamson

Indonesia B - OG
Belgrade B - OO
Gadjahmada B - CG
Tokyo B - CO

J: Duncan Campbell, Aji abu, Kimera, Jens Fischer, Tuna, Daniel Warents, Matthew Butler Adams

Motion:
TH supports a one state solution for the Israeli - Palestinian conflict

ESL Semifinals

UTMara B - OG
Haifa A - OO
Lahore A - CG
UCTI A - CO

J: Will Jones, Phil Barker, Steve Nolan,
TJ, Simone van Elk, Andrew McMillan, Logan

Stuttgart A - OG
Leiden B - OO
Ljubljana A - CG
Ljubljana C - CO

J: Nick Long, Isa Loewe, Josh Martin, Ciaran Lawlor, Ely Zosa, Michael Hsiao, Latif

Motion:
TH would prefer that the children of racial minorities be adopted by parents of that race

WUDC 2011: Open Quarters & ESL Semis Break

Open Quarters:

Monash A
Kings Inn A

Sydney A
NUS A

Cambridge A
Monash B

McGill A
Oxford C

Sydney D
Yale C

Oxford A
UNSW A

Sydney B
Melbourne A

LSE A
Cambridge B

ESL Semis:

Lahore A
Haifa A

Ljubljana A
Ljubljana C

Leiden B
Stuttgart A

UCTI A
UTMara B

Quartes Set-up:

Monash A - OO
King's Inn A - OG
Cambridge B - CG
LSE A - CO

J: Anat Gelber, Steve Johnson, Joanna Connoly, Kim Ahyoung, Alex Just

Sydney A - OO
NUS A - CG
Sydney B - OG
Melbourne A - CO

J: Erin Fitzgerald, Richard Lau, Chanelle, Tate, Vivek

Monash B - OG
Cambridge A - CO
Oxford A - CG
UNSW A - OO

J: Julia Baine, John Worgan, Michel Baine

Oxford C - OG
McGill A - CG
Sydney D - OO
Yale C - CO

J: Nita Rao, Tim, Steven Boyle, Deirdre, Adam Goldstein

Open Quarters Motion:
THBT courts should not enforce wills that discriminate on the basis of race

ESL Semis & EFL Semis draws at 16:00.

WUDC 2011: Octofinals & ESL Quarterfinals

Octos:

TH would buy countries votes in international organisations

ESL Quarters:

THBT domestic courts should try foreign nationals who commit war crimes abroad

Colm has created a graphical representation of both Open and ESL elimination rounds progression.

Self-Organization

I just returned from the Yakka Punch party. It was privately organized by some of the ZA contingent. It was the first Worlds style proper social. It also reminded me of one of the signs I'd seen around UofB recently.

Good night!

Breaking News: WUDC 2013 goes to Berlin

Worlds Council just voted on the Zagreb vs. Berlin Bids for Worlds 2013:

Berlin - 87
Zagreb - 9

This is fantastic!

Break Announcement

Here it is - they may be short on beer, but we have G&Ts and cigars.

Judges

Adam Goldstein
Athica?
?
Alex Just
Anat Gelber
Andrew McMillan
Ben Jasper
Chanelle Carr
Chris Bisset
Ciaran Lawlor
Daniel Galisky
Daniel Warents
David Stephens
David Watson
Deirdre Milner
Duncan Campell
Ellie?
Eoin Kilkenny
Erin Fitzgerald
Eusebius McKaiser
Gavin Illsley
?Paris
Isabelle Loewe
Jens Fischer
?Jolenne
Joe Roussos
Jonathan Pierce
Josh Harding
Julia Bain
Kim Ay Jung
?
Latif
Leela Koenig
Lewis Iwu
Richard Lizius
Lucinda David
Luke Daniel McGreevy
Marie Nugent
Masako Suzuki
Mattew Butler Evans
Michael Aguilera
Micheal Bear
Michael S?
Matt Dwyer
Nick Long
Nita?
Phil Barker
Phil Williams
Rich ?
Richard Läu
?
Sam Block
Scott Ralston
Shawn Briscoe
Simone v Elk
?
Steve Johnson
Stephen Nolan
?
Tate
TJ
Tim Jeffries
?
Tom Williamson
Toshiaki ?
Tuna
Will Jones
Yoni Cohen
Zheng Bo
Zikho Pali
Logan

EFL

1 13pt Zagreb A
2 13 Belgrade B
3 12 Tokio B
4 12 Venezuela B
5 12 Venezuela A
6 Ghadja...
7 Indonesia B
8 Tenjin B?

ESL

1 16 IIUM B
2 15 Ljubiljana A
3 15 Stuttgart A
4 15 UCTI A
5 15 UTMara B
6 Leiden B
7 14 UNAC A
8 13 Lahore
9 14 Berlin B
10 14 Indonesia A (EFL)
11 14 IIUM C
12 14 Gutenberg A
13 14 Koc A
14 13 Berlin A
15 13 Ljubljana C
16 13 Haifa A

Open Break

1 24 Monash A
2 22 Sydney A
3 21 Cambridge A
4 21 Oxford C
5 21 TCD Hist B
6 20 Oxford A
7 20 Hart House A
8 20 Cambridge B
9 20 Durham A
10 20 Monash C
11 20 Oxford D
12 20 Sydney D
13 19 Sydney C
14 19 Monash B
15 19 NUS A
16 19 Alaska A
17 19 King's Inn A
18 19 ANU A
19 19 UCD Law A
20 19 Yale A
21 19 ANU B
22 19 Alaska B
23 18 Sydney B
24 18 LSE A
25 18 Oxford B
26 18 Melbourne A
27 18 UNSW A
28 18 Yale C
29 18 McGill A
30 18 Vermont B
31 18 Cambridge C
32 18 TCD Hist A

Masters

Ireland
USA
Scotland
England B

What a night.
Congratulations to all!

Party now ...

Happy New Year!

At 25 deg C and a light breeze, this is a more than happy start!

Greetings to the Homeland and all others!