Eco-disaster movies are fictional disaster movies where the central disaster is an environmental one. Examples include The Day After Tomorrow, 2012. We are confident that there are others.

An art gallery has been the recipient of a great amount of money from the McBezos family over decades, and has used that money to build a wing which houses art donated by that family, which is named the McBezos wing. Other galleries also have named wings after the McBezos family after receiving similar donations. Their money was earned through means widely considered immoral, and now there is a movement among the public and artists to remove their influence from the art world and undo their legacy. Other galleries, under pressure, have renamed their McBezos wings, but others have remained firm.

You are the chair of the WUDC final. At the end of 2 hours of deliberation, the rest of the panel is split 4-4 between OG and OO. You believe strongly that OO has won the debate, but have not indiciated as such throughout the discussion. OO are a team of white men from an Ivy League institution. OG are two ESL women of colour from a less well known institution.

You are a CA who has CA'ed many tournaments, and so has used up all of your good motion ideas. You could try to read widely and find some inspiration for a novel motion that would be interesting, but that is difficult and takes time.

Transhumanism is a movement that aims to artificially improve humans, e.g. making them stronger, smarter, healthier, more moral, better at debating, etc. through means like artificial organs and genetic engineering.

The US Army has an esports team that competes in games such as CS:GO, Super Smash Bros, League of Legends, and Rainbow 6: Siege. Much like the Army and Navy football teams, this has been successfully used to recruit gamers to the military. Recruiters approach players in-game, sponsor tournaments and livestream on a popular Twitch channel. Advisors from the Pentagon work closely with former video game writers and developers in designing the games, such as Call of Duty: Ghosts which featured an invasion of Venezuela.

A massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is a video game that combines aspects of a role-playing game (RPGs) and a massively multiplayer online game. As in RPGs, the player assumes the role of a character (often in a fantasy world or science-fiction world) and takes control over many of that character's actions. MMORPGs are distinguished from single-player or small multi-player online RPGs by the number of players able to interact together, and by the game's persistent world (usually hosted by the game's publisher), which continues to exist and evolve while the player is offline and away from the game.

A softboy is someone who is performative about being a feminist ally, is 'in touch with their emotions', and is generally a 'nice guy'. A fuckboy is very clear that they're in it for the sex, come off as very 'macho' and are known to be 'bad boys' (eg. skaters, war criminals, LinkedIn users).

Scientists have developed a 'soulmate machine' that has profiled all humans. The profile exclusively assesses temperament, life goals and sexual chemistry, to identify your statistically ideal partner. The hat only discloses the match to you. On your 25th birthday the government grants you a single use of the hat.

Throughout online debating, you have met and developed romantic feelings for a debater from another circuit, geographically distant from your own. You have never met them in person, and it is unclear when or if you would be able to meet them.

The Dalai Lama is the highest spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism who exists on a reincarnation cycle, currently on its 14th iteration. He chooses upon death not to reach Nirvana and instead to stay on earth to help others achieve enlightenment. The Panchen Lama is the second highest spiritual figure of Tibetan Buddhism, existing on a tandem reincarnation cycle with the Dalai Lama. The Panchen Lama identifies the next Dalai Lama, the Dalai Lama identifies the next Panchen Lama and so on. The current Panchen Lama’s whereabouts are unknown, as he was kidnapped by the CCP as a child. The current Dalai Lama has publicly considered the idea of reaching Nirvana in this lifetime, rather than reincarnating a 15th time.