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Platform

Tournament software for debate.

Atlas is Meridian’s tournament software for leagues, clubs and educators. A director runs the whole tournament from one console.

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Competitors, judges and coaches

Registering, judging or looking for pairings? Each tournament has its own page.

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The workflow

Every stage of the tournament, in one place.

The director registers the field, releases each round, collects ballots and closes out without leaving Atlas.

Configure before registration opens

A preset fills in the format, first event, venue, pacing, scoring and tab rules. The director can change any of them.

Walkthrough

Twelve decisions, from setup to closeout.

The console below is the director’s view. Each step shows one decision in a sample tournament.

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Round 4

Cascade Invitational

Saturday · Round 4 of 6 · Lincoln Douglas, Team Policy, Moot Court
Prelims
Pairings released
24 / 24
Rooms started
21
3 not yet started
Ballots submitted
18 / 24
Pending
3
Round 4
Blocked pairings
0
Assistance requests
1
Room 214
BlockersNothing is resolved here
3 ballots out. Round 4
Rooms 218, 220, 224
Ballots
1 assistance request. Room 214
Timer dispute
Field
Round 5 not yet created
Waits on Round 4 standings
Rounds
Handoff chainRound 4
Round 4
Paired from Round 3 standings
Paired
Judges
Allocated on availability and conflicts
Allocated
Check
Disaster check passed
Passed
Release
Postings live to competitors and judges
Released
Ballots
18 of 24 accepted
Open
Standings
Waits on the round
Pending
Sample tournament. Names and counts are illustrative.Every screen is the live console's layout.
Platforming

From the ground up.

We built and scaled debate programs at clubs and schools. We developed camps, curriculum and guidebooks along the way.

Start a program
Connect
Coaches and supportWe connect a new program with coaches, curriculum and institutional support.
Teach
Camps and guidebooksOur coaches teach camps and workshops, and our guidebooks support programs that are already running.
Sponsor
For programs that cannot yet payOrganizations expanding civic education in under-resourced communities can receive sponsored access through Meridian.
Compete
Tournaments on AtlasA new program runs its first tournament on the same console a league uses.
Your data

Each result goes where your organization uses it.

Exports open in any spreadsheet. Webhooks send each result as it happens. An API and an MCP server let other software and AI assistants read what a director’s permissions allow.

CSVFiles from the console
WebhooksEach result as it happens
APIOther software reads the record
MCPAI assistants ask the console
Atlas · Cascade InvitationalSample feed
  1. 09:47ballot.submittedRoom 216 · Lindqvist
  2. 08:58round.releasedRound 1 · 24 pairings
  3. 08:52check-in.closed39 of 48 in the draw
  • 3League recordsWebhook
  • 0Points and rankingsWebhook
  • 1Coach trackersWebhook
  • 0AI assistantsMCP
  • 0Series qualificationAPI
  • 0SpreadsheetsCSV
The basics

What every director can count on.

Each one links to the console screen where it happens.

Your data stays yours.

Standings, records and every ballot export from the console. The organization keeps the record when the tournament ends.

Entry fits the event.

Registration fields, fees and judge requirements are set per tournament in Setup, so the form asks for what this event needs.

Ballots are kept.

Closeout hands the next director final standings, records, exports and every manual decision, with who made it and why.

A later state never hides an earlier failure.

Release waits on the disaster check, and standings wait on accepted ballots. Overview counts every stage and links each blocked item to the screen where it can be fixed.

Audiences

For leagues, camps and clubs, and new programs.

Leagues and systems

Ask about licensing Atlas for your season.

Atlas runs registration, pairing, judge allocation and ballots for every tournament in the league, and keeps the league’s data and history in one place.

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Camps and clubs

Run scrimmages without an ops team.

A scrimmage runs on the same console at the scale of a single day. Set it up once, register the field, pair and release rounds, and close out with a record.

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Emerging programs

Start debate where it does not yet exist.

Meridian gives a new program coaches, curriculum and institutional support, and sponsors it if it cannot pay.

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Running a league, camp or emerging program?

We take on a small number of institutions each season, and the founders read every inquiry.

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