C. Championship Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 1:15 pm - NFA LD @ 1:45
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
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“I’m glad Reagan dead” - Reagan by Killer Mike
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“Solidarity forever, for the union makes us strong” - Solidarity Forever by Pete Seeger
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“Well, you’ll work harder with a gun in your back, for a bowl of rice a day” - Holiday in Cambodia by Dead Kennedys
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Speaker 2
Speaker 2
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“Who else in America deserves to have that feeling? Where else in America will they blow up yo village?” - My Auntie’s Building by Open Mike Eagle
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“Breakin’ rocks in the hot sun, I fought the law and the law won” - I Fought the Law by the Crickets
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“Antagonized, making us their enemies, What’s good for them isn't good for you and me” - Ignored by Off!
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Speaker 3
Speaker 3
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“And when I’m finished, it’s gonna be a bloodbath of cops dyin’ in LA” - Fuck Tha Police by NWA
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“Let me ask you a question, is your money that good? Will it buy you forgiveness?” - Masters of War by Bob Dylan
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“They want us to allege and pledge and bow down to their god” - Take the Power Back by Rage Against the Machine
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Speaker 4
Speaker 4
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“You can’t fool the all the people all of the time, but if you fool the right ones, then the rest will fall behind” - Propaganda by Dead Prez
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“Why do they always send the poor? Why don’t presidents fight the war?” - BYOB by System of a Down
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“There is power in a factory, power in the land, power in the hand of the work” - There is Power in a Union by Billy Bragg
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Speaker 5
Speaker 5
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“I learned that murderers die for their crimes even if we make a mistake sometimes” - What did you Learn at School Today by Pete Seeger
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“When you try to change the system from within, it’s not you who changes the system, it’s the system who changes you” - The Philosophy of Poverty by Immortal Technique
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“We the don’t believe you ‘cause we the people are still in the rear, ayo, we don’t need you” - We the People… by a Tribe Called Quest
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Speaker 6
Speaker 6
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“This one’s for the master race: my brown-power ass in your white-power face” - The Only Good Fascists is a Very Dead Fascist by Propagandhi
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“It’s not a matter of color, freedom is everybody’s business” - Blaxploitation by Noname
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“You have the emergence in human society of this thing that’s called the state” - Police State by Dead Prez
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Speaker 7
Speaker 7
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“Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses” - Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine
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“Smashing the prison walls, pound till it all falls down” - The Anti-Capitalist Mentality by Sun Above Rise
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“We got the guillotine, we got the guillotine, you better run” - The Guillotine by the Coup
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Round 2 - 1:00 pm - NFA LD @ 1:30
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
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"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates
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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle
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"The world of the happy is quite different from that of the unhappy." - Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Speaker 2
Speaker 2
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"Happiness depends upon ourselves." - Aristotle
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"No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience." - John Locke
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"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman." - Margaret Thatcher
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Speaker 3
Speaker 3
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"Get busy living or get busy dying." - Stephen King
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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." - Lord Acton
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"We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world" - Judith Butler
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Speaker 4
Speaker 4
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"The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves." - William Hazlitt
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"One cannot step twice in the same river." - Heraclitus
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"Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down." - Mary Anne Radmacher
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Speaker 5
Speaker 5
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"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." - Martin Luther King Jr
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"The mind is everything. What you think you become." - Buddha
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“One is not born, but one becomes a woman.” - Simone de Beauvoir
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Speaker 6
Speaker 6
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"The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates
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"The world is my idea." - Arthur Schopenhauer
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"Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently." - Rosa Luxemburg
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Speaker 7
Speaker 7
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"No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness." - Aristotle
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"Where there is love there is life."- Mahatma Gandhi
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"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." - Alice Walker
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Round 3 - 6:00 pm - NFA LD @ 6:30
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
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"On every street in every city in this country, there is a nobody who dreams of being a somebody." ― Taxi Driver
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"Every man dies, not every man really lives." — Braveheart
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"Nothing is inconceivable." — Junior
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Speaker 2
Speaker 2
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"If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards." — Tommy Boy
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"Expect the impossible." — Mission Impossible
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"Every journey begins with a single move." — Searching for Bobby Fischer
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Speaker 3
Speaker 3
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"The longer you wait, the harder it gets" — The 40-Year-Old Virgin
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"Sooner or later, a man who wears two faces forgets which one is real." — Primal Fear
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"Whoever saves one Life, Saves the World entire." — Schindler's List
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Speaker 4
Speaker 4
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"It can be Hell getting into Heaven." — Dogma
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"Nothing is as simple as black and white." — Pleasantville
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"There is nothing in the dark that isn't there in the light. Except fear." — Cape Fear
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Speaker 5
Speaker 5
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"The truth is not what you know. It's what you believe." — Ondine
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"Be all that someone else can be" — Being John Malkovich
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"Every dream has a price." — Wall Street
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Speaker 6
Speaker 6
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“A lot can happen in the middle of nowhere.” — Fargo
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"Sometimes the only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy." — Girl, Interrupted
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"Forget what's legal...do what's right." — 10 to Midnight
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Speaker 7
Speaker 7
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“Just because you were accepted doesn’t mean you belong.” — School Ties
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“Everyone has one special thing.” — Boogie Nights
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"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free" — The Shawshank Redemption
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Finals - 5:00 pm / Elim 1 (NFA-LD) 5:30
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
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“As Scyther fights more battles, its scythes become sharper and sharper” - Pokédex entry for Scyther
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“It sings a joyous song in a sinister voice.” — Pokédex entry for Gourgiest
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“It has a weakness for shiny things.” — Pokédex entry for Murkrow
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Speaker 2
Speaker 2
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“It is waiting for the moment to evolve.” — Pokédex entry for Metapod
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“This Pokemon cannot afford to stop bouncing” Pokedex entry for Spoink
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“When it goes on a rampage, it’s impossible to control.” — Pokédex entry for Nidoking
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Speaker 3
Speaker 3
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“If the Pokémon lets its strange power erupt, apparently the pain subsides for a while.” — Pokédex entry for Psyduck
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“If it spots a drowning person or Pokémon, Dragonite simply must help them.” — Pokédex entry for Dragonite
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“While the Pokémon may think it is just playfully nipping, its bite has enough power to cause serious injury.” — Pokédex entry for Totodile
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Speaker 4
Speaker 4
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“It stops being angry only when nobody else is around. To view this moment is very difficult.” — Pokédex entry for Primeape
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“The seed slowly grows larger.” — Pokédex entry for Bulbasaur
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“In the distant past, it was somewhat stronger than the horribly weak descendants that exist today.” Pokedex entry for Magikarp
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Speaker 5
Speaker 5
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“It lives quietly in the darkness. It is always patiently waiting for the right moment to retaliate.” — Pokédex entry for Wobbuffet
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“It has a barbaric nature.” — Pokédex entry for Charmeleon
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“It smiles when trampled.” — Pokédex entry for Stunfisk
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Speaker 6
Speaker 6
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“It was able to evolve a body with wings just by constantly wishing to be able to fly.” — Pokédex entry for Salamance
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"Due to its appearance and its lifestyle, it is considered to be the world’s most worthless Pokémon." — Pokédex entry for
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“It won’t stop singing its lullabies until its foes fall asleep.” — Pokédex entry for Jigglypuff
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Speaker 7
Speaker 7
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“Where common knowledge is distorted and strange.” — Pokedex entry for Giratina
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“Some say that Alakazam remembers everything that ever happens to it, from birth till death.” — Pokédex entry for Alakazam
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“It has an extremely aggressive nature.” — Pokédex entry for Gyarados
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