Greetings Debate Enthusiasts, 

It is with great pleasure that the Organizing Committee presents this rendition of the esteemed debate ethnosphere, Duellum Dialogus, where minds collide, calling out the slightest nuance in an argument, much to the chagrin of their opponents. This is the place where slow and pedantic speech is treated as a foolish mistake, where words slur out faster than brains can comprehend, and where the goal keeps shifting as your eyes get accustomed to its position. 

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This year, we are pleased to announce a departure from mundane old formats of the heathen days of debate, introducing exciting new formats, challenges and topics which leave no room for rhetoric, and all of it for logic. The serpent of the depths, Jörmungandr, slithers with its belly through the race tracks of the Monaco Grand Prix, as challengers are forced to debate as members of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. Ratatoskr, the foul-mouthed squirrel, hurls insults while the members of the Indian Parliament try to discuss the nation’s faith. Hræsvelgr, the frenzied eagle, flaps its mighty wings, propelling forward the debate in the International Olympics Committee. When you think it’s all over, and the mythological beasts have finished their anger at the debate community, the tree Yggdrasil reveals three realms: Asgard, the land of the Gods holding the debacles of the British Parliament; Alfheim, radiating light and the sheer medical and intellectual prowess of the pixied beings of UNESCO; and finally Niflheim, the cold, morbid and chilling shivers of education as we enter the Central Advisory Board of Education. 

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This is the magnum opus of debate, and those who enter must beware- Save the quickest, brightest and smartest minds, none shall prevail. For this is not just a normal debate competition, it is one that tests you, hurls topics at you with the chilling lethality of Höðr’s mistletoe darts, and engineers a system shifting and swaying while you try to regain balance. 

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Warnings aside, the event will make you laugh and hypnotize you, and by the time you realize it, it will have been 6 hours, and the event would’ve come to an end, with the worthy securing prizes and you will have enjoyed way too much to comprehend. That is how perfectly curated this event is- It not only rewards perfection, but comes from such tendencies, wherein our moderators have spent countless hours, researching and curating the most incredible topics; our design team has carefully calibrated the history of the Nordics and the ferocity of their debate into the themes of this event; and our Organizing Committee has held it all together with tightly anchored roots- Without a single slip, without a single fall. 

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A word of advice when you enter, you have the talent in you- It all comes down to translation. This is not a game of luck, but pure skill- And when that skill is inborn, you can do wonders with it. The game starts now, and you’re invited. Will you extend your hand into this world of fantasy, of action and of awe- Where you have a seat at the table, and YOU get to decide what happens next. 

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All that power… What can you do with it?