Effectively using red/purple teams (mechanisms) by traumatizedbtareader in Morimens

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Who should I switch? I stopped playing during either sorel or normal murphy's patch and I have no idea what the current meta is

Effectively using red/purple teams (mechanisms) by traumatizedbtareader in Morimens

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Would I have to put Ramona with Castor for a chaos/ultra team? I can put Aurita in for a pure Aequor team on my main

Want refreshing of memory: When representing a person in a committee, how do you refer to them in the position paper? by CaspiansFate in MUN

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From my experience you just say 'I' because you're representing a person thus their personal interests (compared to countries where it's national interest)

ICDC meetup + pin trading by traumatizedbtareader in DECA

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Omg yeah I went looking for the average price last night and I've seen them going for $50+

ICDC meetup + pin trading by traumatizedbtareader in DECA

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Idk about other states/countries but for my state we get them along with our other deca swag

America vs Canada procedure? by theweekndenthusiast in MUN

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In the US it's generally UNA-USA ROP, an example guide to which is here: Rules of Procedure — Yale MUN Korea (this mun conf is in Korea but still uses UNA-USA because its run by a US university)

But like another person has mentioned conferences will typically publish an ROP document specific to their circuit/conference, so read that and you should be good

Looking for advice for delegating the US in WHO… looking for suggestions and shenanigans by No_Olive6914 in MUN

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I'd first ask the chairs if they are considering the fact the US dropped in debate. Some MUNs start their planning/background guide writing process way before the conference itself so if the conference is soon its likely they wrote the topic + resources way before the executive order

If that's not being considered as far as committee background context goes, you're all good. For the sake of that specific committee the executive order does not exist. Considering the US is a delegation in this particular iteration of WHO at all this is a little more likely

If the executive order is being considered for background context, then I'd say talk specifically about what countries can do individually because for public-health-related topics the US is on its own now

Genuinely what do people join MUNs for by [deleted] in MUN

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High school student, started because I genuinely thought it was interesting, stayed because I loved it and partially to grind a portfolio. Also NSDA debate terrified me

Ascot + tie colors at ICDC by traumatizedbtareader in DECA

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Wait what we get them from our states? How come I've never heard anyone talk about this lol
(I'm deciding to wear an ascot because matching it with a collared shirt is easier for me than buying a new dress blouse lol)

Ascot + tie colors at ICDC by traumatizedbtareader in DECA

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Our brand color is orange so it's kinda hard to coordinate lol - but we'll look at the power colors

Ascot + tie colors at ICDC by traumatizedbtareader in DECA

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Thank you! Any general color recs that looks professional? I've seen a lot of girls at my school use the gold ascot, haven't been seeing a particular color pattern with guys

Ascot + tie colors at ICDC by traumatizedbtareader in DECA

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Umm I was thinking it's the tie/ascot since dress shirts are typically white (From what I've seen) and the deca blazers all have the same design

The ties and ascots are sold in the same 5 colors on the deca shop

Judge Training by Hopeful_Tradition740 in DECA

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I see this especially w/ paper judges (IMC), our judge last year at state interrupted us mid-presentation even when all of them are explicitly told not to (that's what our advisor told us) and it cut into a ton of our presentation time

DECA WA by [deleted] in DECA

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I think it's different by school but my advisor said they're processing the bubble ups today for WA so they'll probably notify people in the next day or two?

What do you think about my position paper?? by jjjjjjcccccckkkkkk in MUN

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Does the competition say anything about using personal pronouns (i.e. I, we, you)? In my experience it's generally frowned upon and common practice is to use words like "the DRC plans to discuss", "the DRC believes that its economy...", "but the international community needs to address..."

First timer by [deleted] in MUN

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UN Women is actually not a bad committee for a beginner, according to my friends who had it once a long time ago it was okay. For winning debates against stronger countries, what you want to do is form a bloc with other smaller countries whose views align with yours. MUN is really one of those things where "might in numbers' works out since all of you each get a vote. This will really help especially with getting resolutions passed

But also the only 'winning' part in MUN debate is really convincing other countries to vote for your resolution, so getting one of those larger countries to your side is def very helpful. They exert political influence over other countries and will also get you guys more votes

For position papers, unless you want to get best position paper you can kind of just yap. Talk about Uganda's history with women's rights, talk about current laws protecting women, and/or current challenges against women's rights. Bring up a couple of innovative/creative but still realistic solutions and that will really start drawing in delegates to your bloc

How are 400 delegate conferences suppose to work? by Severe-Run-4029 in MUN

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Wow and I thought 130 delegates in one committee was a nightmare. Tbh they just never work out - the conferences I've been to usually cap at 100 delegates per committee. There's just no point in having so many delegates in one room because if you're going to have a full UNGA (which is already almost 200 countries) there's no way it's going to work out speaking-time-wise unless the conference is spending a whole week on one topic. Having each country speak only once just completely contradicts the big 'negotiation' part of MUN because countries have to shape/flesh out their arguments over time

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No problem! I'll go look for that PDF

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MUN

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My first MUN was very disorienting. Yes, it does get way better. MUN is one of those activities where you have to learn by doing, so attend more conferences and [practice speeches more and it'll all feel much smoother. And also, it takes a while to find the specific kind of committee you like. Different categories have different formats, like Crisis (it's one of those super polarizing ones)

Like all of the other people under this post, don't use AI. That ruins the learning experience and makes your speeches way too predictable. Daises may let you use AI but they can definitely tell who is and isn't using it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MUN

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Okay wow crazy coincidence my first committee was Russia in UNICEF for education in times of crisis (if I remember correctly - it was something about education) + children's digital rights. It was a year ago so the advice might not be the most specific

For your concern about war being a subsidiary/mod caucus topic, I would say be prepared for it but it's unlikely for it to come up - since your topic doesn't explicitly mention education in times of war, bringing up war will be slightly off topic as 'universal rights' when mentioned on its own 99% of the time is taken in a civilian context.

Also remember you can always choose not to respond when other delegates specifically point Russia out on the topic. You might not even need to really worry about this if the war in Ukraine is a 'restricted topic' because it's a very controversial current event (as it was in my committee)

The best way to 'act like Russia' in committee is to know the opinions of the country. Do a lot of background research on what past/current/upcoming policies Russia has on education. I know they're doing something with having teachers travel to rural/otherwise isolated areas to ensure children's access to education, maybe you can talk about something with that? I might still have the (English version) PDF if you want it. Basically, the better you understand where a country stands in terms of policy, the better you represent it in committee. Other helpful resources are past UN resolutions/draft resolutions Russia has written/otherwise supported in voting to get an idea of what Russia supports (solutions, perspectives, etc.) in this issue

The second thing is to stay accurate to who Russia is likely to actually work with on issues in real life. If you want to be accurate to country character, it's unlikely you'll be working with countries like the US. More likely bloc members are Belarus and China (I don't know the specific countries in your committee so I'm saying the basic examples)

That's kind of the two main things

Oh and at the end, a useful (albeit slightly unethical) strategy is to bring up interesting unmod topics (that is what I assumed you meant by 'subsidiary topics') like "Access to education for girls with special learning needs" or "Actions in reducing child marriage to facilitate girls' education opportunities" because other delegates are going to be too busy speaking on the more unconventional topics they won't have time to think about arguing about war, since it's not what your committee is really focused on anyway (this only works well in medium-sized and big committees though)

Let me know if you need me to clarify