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  • This house prefers remasters to remakes

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    Video game remasters are newly released versions of old games with improved graphics and stability, designed to allow players to relive a classic game. They seek to preserve as much of the experience as possible, applying minimal changes to mechanics, content, and feel. Sometimes they even include the originals exploits, bugs, and backwards mod compatibility. Remakes, in contrast, rebuild the game from the ground up, applying significant changes beyond just updating the graphics, reserving the core themes and characters of the original game while offering a fresh experience. Gameplay mechanics may be modernized or overhauled, and new content such as levels, characters, or quests may be added. Sometimes they even change the story, alter dialogues and change narratives. The market for game remakes and remasters has seen significant growth in recent years, driven by both consumer demand and advancements in technology.

    Zagreb Pre-EUDC 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-06-13

  • This house opposes the decolonisation of art by imposing quotas for art from a specific culture in museums, galleries, and theatres

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    Decolonisation of art involves challenging the dominance of Western perspectives in the art world and advocating for greater recognition and respect for art from non-Western cultures. For example, institutions like the British Museum hold vast coallections of artefacts taken from other countries, which many critics view as a continuation of colonial practices.

    Santiago Ortega Cup II · Round 2 · 2025-06-07

  • This house believes that winners in the Big Four Awards should be determined entirely by public vote

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    The Big Four Awards include the Oscars, Grammys, Emmys and Tonys which are the most prominent performing art and entertainment awards based in the United States. They are held annually and are traditionally decided by professional voting bodies i.e. The Television Academy (Emmys), The Recording Academy (Grammys), The American Theatre Wing & The Broadway League (Tonys), and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars).

    Santiago Ortega Cup II · Round 2 · 2025-06-07

  • This house supports the promotion of social justice agendas of minorities through aesthetic discourse

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    Aesthetic discourse emphasizes the aesthetics (the beauty or pleasing appearance) of something. For example, the aesthetics of a specific house, the aesthetics of a specific outfit, the aesthetics of a specific way of living, etc.

    Santiago Ortega Cup II · Round 4 · 2025-06-07

  • This house regrets the norm of loose adaptations of source material in popular media

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    “Loose Adaptation” refers to producers adapting existing source material into movies/TV series and significantly changing details from the source (characters, story plots, contexts) to create an entirely new story. Examples of this include Zack Snyder’s DC’s movies and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

    Northern Luzon Intervarsity 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-05-31

  • This house regrets the rise of AAA games

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    AAA video games are games with staff counts in the hundreds, budgets in hundreds of millions and development times exceeding 2-3 years. They are technically sophisticated games that often times push the boundaries of technology and are some of the most profitable pieces of media. Only large publishers like Sony, Microsoft and Ubisoft have the funding required to make AAA games, this trend has lead to wider consolidations in the industry

    City Bank Presents BUP IV 2025 ( English) · Round 4 · 2025-05-26

  • This house believes that the global rise of KPop has done more harm than good to Asian artists and content creators.

    Xavier Cup 11 · Round 2 · 2025-05-25

  • This house prefers a world where the artistic norm for theatre is one of travelling rather than stationing

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    For the purposes of this debate, "Travelling" refers to constantly moving a given piece to different venues and locations. By contrast, "Stationing" refers to depicting pieces in a given physical installation, often for extended periods of time.

    Kings College London Pre- EUDC 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-05-24

  • M2: This House prefers maximalism to minimalism in art (e.g., artworks, movies, music, literature)

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    M2: Maximalism is an aesthetic of excess that follows the philosophy of "more is more". Minimalism refers to an aesthetic that is stripped to its essentials that follows the philosophy of "less is more".

    DTU Summers Pre-UADC 2025 · Novice Semi Finals · 2025-05-17

  • This house supports the Vienna Secession movement

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    The year is 1897 in Vienna, and a new art movement is challenging the establishment. The Vienna Secession movement argues that art must evolve with society and reflect contemporary ideas, rejecting old conventions and art styles as outdated and obsolete.

    Vienna Intervarsity 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-05-17

  • M3: This House regrets Bollywood's reproduction of regional media (films, songs, etc.)

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    M3: There is a rise in regional cinema’s popularity and influence in India (e.g. Tamil. Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi etc.) and Bollywood is adapting to this by frequently remaking them so as to have more pan-Indian sensibilities and appeal, or to directly compete with regional industries.

    DTU Summers Pre-UADC 2025 · Novice Semi Finals · 2025-05-17

  • M2: This House prefers maximalism to minimalism in art (e.g., artworks, movies, music, literature)

    Infoslide

    M2: Maximalism is an aesthetic of excess that follows the philosophy of "more is more". Minimalism refers to an aesthetic that is stripped to its essentials that follows the philosophy of "less is more".

    DTU Summers Pre-UADC 2025 · Open Quarter Finals · 2025-05-17