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  • This house regrets the norm of preserving the original version of classical art pieces

    Infoslide

    "A classical art piece refers to a historically significant artwork, often from the Renaissance, Baroque, or other pre-modern artistic periods, that has been widely recognized for its aesthetic, cultural, and intellectual value. Mona Lisa has no clearly visible eyebrows or eyelashes. In 2007, French engineer Pascal Cotte announced that his ultra high resolution scans of the painting provide evidence that Mona Lisa was originally painted with eyelashes and with visible eyebrows, but that these had gradually disappeared over time, perhaps as a result of overcleaning."

    Southern Luzon Inter High School Debate Encounter 2025 · Makiling Finals · 2025-04-05

  • This house believes that films and TV shows that use AI technologies in production should not be eligible for awards

    Infoslide

    Increasingly, AI has been used in the production of film and TV. Some of the ways AI can be used in film and TV include: enhancing the foreign accents put on by actors (e.g. The Brutalist), to create perfect emotional expressions (e.g. The Avengers), to de-age actors (The Irishman/StarWars), to recreate the faces and voices of actors that have passed away, and to write and edit scripts. For the purposes of this debate, CGI and VFX do not use AI.

    Durham Schools 2025📚🏫 · Round 3 · 2025-03-29

  • This house regrets the glorification of superheroes

    Infoslide

    “It doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is right. When the whole world tells you to move, your job is to tell the whole world — No, you move.” - Captain America

    Joynt Scroll 2024 · Round 3 · 2025-03-29

  • This house regrets the shift in artistic sports away from stylistic scoring and instead awarding points on the basis of technical skill

    Infoslide

    In the early 2000s, both figure skating and gymnastics adopted a code of points system for scoring in response to scandals about subjectivity. The code of points system assigns mathematical objective values to elements of routines.

    Joynt Scroll 2024 · Round 4 · 2025-03-29

  • This house would make the game more accessible at the expense of realism and historical accuracy

    Infoslide

    "Infoslide for motion B: You are an up and coming video game development studio, seeking to create a big open world roleplaying game focused on realism and history, implementing features such as sleeping, eating, and realistic combat. After testing the game, the main critiques are that the game has a steep learning curve due to the realistic aspects of the game. "

    NTU DC 2025 · Novice Semifinals · 2025-03-22

  • This house would make the game more accessible at the expense of realism and historical accuracy

    Infoslide

    "Infoslide for motion B: You are an up and coming video game development studio, seeking to create a big open world roleplaying game focused on realism and history, implementing features such as sleeping, eating, and realistic combat. After testing the game, the main critiques are that the game has a steep learning curve due to the realistic aspects of the game. "

    NTU DC 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-03-22

  • This house prefers LGBTQ+ art and media that are celebratory (e.g., Heartstopper, Rookie, Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan) over ones that are tragic (e.g., A Little Life, Call Me by Your Name, Take Me to Church by Hozier)

    BDU Rookies BP · High School Pre-Semis · 2025-03-22

  • This house supports the rise of “battle-royale” themed media

    Infoslide

    A “Battle Royale”-themed media revolves around a high-stakes competition where characters must fight for survival by winning challenges.They live together throughout the competition, facing intense trials that require either defeating opposing teams or even eliminating their own teammates. Losing comes with lasting consequences, while winning offers life-changing rewards. Examples include Squid Games, and Blue Lock.

    Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee PD 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-03-22

  • This house regrets the narrative that places high value on self-expression 
and originality of the artist in art

    Infoslide

    None

    Asian Bridge 2025 · ラウンド2 · 2025-03-15

  • This House regrets the recent rise of works about radical class subjugation

    Infoslide

    For the purposes of this debate, works about radical class subjugation feature extreme, science fiction scenarios where a detached, wealthy elite subjugates lower classes through violence, confinement, and extreme deprivation (e.g., _The Hunt_ , _Squid Game_ , _The Hunger Games_).

    McGill IV 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-03-14

  • This house prefers a world where transmedia storytelling was not the dominant form of media production.

    Infoslide

    Transmedia storytelling refers to the creation of stories that span different media. Examples would be Star Wars (spanning across films, TV shows, comic books, novels, video games, etc) or Marvel (spanning films, TV shows, comic books, etc.). Alternatives to transmedia storytelling would be media uniquely made for TV rather than being adapted into a movie, novel series being exclusive to print rather than being adapted to film.

    Ramjas British Parliamentary Debate 2025 · Novice Finals · 2025-03-08

  • This house regrets the glorification of literature over other art forms

    RML PD 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-03-02