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A wall of sound crashes over you as you take your seat in the international bloc, the vast arena unfolding under a cloudless, piercing blue sky. Sunlight flares against the towering speaker arrays where Present Mic's voice erupts, ricocheting across the steel and concrete bowl. A current of air carries the crisp scent of clipped grass and charged electronics, raising the fine hairs on your arms. Around you, students drawn from every continent adjust in their chairs — some taut with nerves, others wearing cool, assured smiles. But you sit centered in the aisle, your breath even and deep. On the field below, U.A. students are coalescing into teams of four, their glances flickering upward toward your section — the twenty interlopers. This tournament is no longer solely their tradition. I…