Welcome to the home page for the 2026 Missouri Valley University Viking tournament hosted by Missouri Valley University on Oct 23-25, 2026

Status: Tournament Completed
College Online In Person
Timetable
  • Mon 10/19/26 12:00 pm Central
    Drops only (no new entries or changes allowed)
  • Thu 10/22/26 12:00 pm Central
    Close registration (schools can not edit their registration)
  • Mon 10/26/26 12:00 pm Central
    Mark tournament completed

Documents


Judge Philosophies

 

LD Seeding 

Open

1. WKU NS

2. UoP SB

3. UoP MC

4. UoP ES

5. FSU JA

6. UMKC JR

7.UoP SR

 

JV

1.  KCKCC JJ

2. FSU JL

3. ISU MK

4. UNLV JH

5. TTU CP

6. TTU AGR

7. WKU KN

 

Novice

1. HSC SM

2. HSC SG

3. HSC JK

4. UMKC MP

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Draw Procedure

Draw Procedure - Resolutions will be posted in this chat, please copy them, go in to your breakout room and paste them into the chat there.  Complete the strike process and then copy and paste the selected resolution into the chat again to confirm it is the correct selection.

Elim 3 Resolutions IPDA

  1. Policy - The United States federal government should end it’s policy of strategic ambiguity in regard to Taiwan. 
  2. Fact - Ibrahim Traore and his policies should be modeled by all African nations.
  3. Fact - It is not possible to separate the art from the artist.
  4. Value - De-extinction is unethical.
  5. Metaphor/Quotation - “The job of the conscious is to make the unconscious conscious” - Kuwame Ture

Elim 2 Resolutions IPDA 

  1. Policy - The United States federal government should abolish the Senate.
  2. Fact - The Supreme Court has outlived its usefulness.
  3. Value - This house believes that money is the root of all evil.
  4. Policy - The United States federal government should adopt a single-payer healthcare system.
  5. Metaphor/Quotation - A new hand should touch the beacon.

Elim 1 Resolutions IPDA

  1. Policy - The United States federal government should expand SNAP benefits.
  2. Value - Free speech absolutism has caused more problems than it has solved.
  3. Fact - NATO has done more harm than good to Europe.
  4. Fact - It’s time to transition to a plant based diet.
  5. Metaphor/Quotation - Apes Strong Together.

Round 4 Resolutions IPDA

  1. Fact - The United States is more of a threat to the world than the People's Republic of China.
  2. Value - Non-violent protest gets more done than violent protest.
  3. Fact - The UN Permanent Security Council needs reformed now.
  4. Policy - The European Union should admit Turkey as a member.
  5. Metaphor/Quotation - “In a gentle way you can shake the world” -Ghandi

Round 3 Resolutions IPDA 

  1. Value - This House believes that standardization is better than individualism.
  2. Fact - The Golden Dome is a bad idea for the US.
  3. Policy - The United States federal government should increase its regulation of Generative Artificial Intelligence.
  4. Policy - The United States federal government should establish a permanent settlement on the Moon.
  5. Metaphor/Quotation - “For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house” - Audre Lorde

Round 2 Resolutions IPDA

  1. Fact - Amazon should be broken up.
  2. Policy - The United States federal government should increase humanitarian aid to Nepal.
  3. Value - There is no such thing as a just war.
  4. Value - Emperor Palpatine was never the real threat.
  5. Metaphor/Quotation - The grass is not always greener on the other side.

Round 1 Resolutions IPDA

  1. Policy - The United States federal government should increase its investment in nuclear energy.
  2. Fact - The West coast is the best coast.
  3. Value - The colonization of outer space is unethical.
  4. Fact - A national flat tax would be preferable to our current national tax system.
  5. Metaphor/Quotation - “Two things are infinite:  the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe” - Albert Einstein

Here is the updated schedule for Friday/Saturday/Sunday:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uiHiSBapG_mcOH-GpPEsus9Xvq_O6lZTRJH-7c9T5jI/edit?usp=sharing

 




Timetable
  • Mon 10/19/26 12:00 pm Central
    Drops only (no new entries or changes allowed)
  • Thu 10/22/26 12:00 pm Central
    Close registration (schools can not edit their registration)
  • Mon 10/26/26 12:00 pm Central
    Mark tournament completed

Documents


Judge Philosophies