The whole tournament in one place.
Yamr is where speech and debate happens online — lobby, postings, competition rooms, chat and live operations in one role-aware venue, whether you're competing, judging or running the event.
Everything a tournament day needs.
Yamr is the venue, not the tab room. Postings come from the tabulation software you already use; Yamr gives everyone a place to be.
A lobby everyone understands
Every attendee lands in the same place: the schedule, the current posting, the rooms they can enter, and announcements from staff. Postings come from your tab software — upload a spreadsheet or CSV and the lobby fills in.
- Spreadsheet and CSV posting upload
- One-tap Join from any posting row
- Custom rooms for teams, judges and Event HQ
Chat and announcements by role
Official channels for judges, admins and leaders, a group channel for every organization, and direct messages. Announcements pin to the top of every channel so nobody misses a posting or a time change.
- Channels scoped by role and organization
- Announcements with delivery to every attendee
- Direct and group messaging
A command center for the director
See room activity and attendee presence in one place, keep announcements moving, and coordinate support requests without losing the event context.
- Live room occupancy and event presence
- Role-aware roster and room status
- Support-request queue for attendees who need staff
Registration that runs itself
Share one public link with organization leaders — they register their own competitors and judges and event managers export to your tab software when they are ready.
- Public registration link per event
- Coach portal for rosters and affiliations
- Judge obligation tracked per organization
Systems check before the first round
Camera, microphone, speakers, network and browser — checked in about a minute, with results visible to event staff. Problems surface the night before, not when a round is starting.
- Guided audio, video and network test
- Results shared with staff for triage
- Re-run any time from the event header
Roles and organizations, not accounts
People sign in with an email link — no passwords. Organizations invite members with a link and use tags to organize them. When an organization registers for an event, its leader assigns each member's event role. Observers get a seat, not a microphone.
- Passwordless sign-in
- Org owners, event managers, coaches, judges, competitors, observers, support
- Billing and ownership managed per organization
Rooms built for speech and debate, not meetings.
Every room knows its format, its speakers and its judge. Speaker timers, points of information and observer mode are part of the room — not bolted on.
Performance order, timing and judging stay together.
Speech rooms give competitors a clear stage while the running order, judge-controlled timer, judges and room chat stay visible to the people who need them.
Judge-controlled timers
For debate and speech events, the judge sets and runs the timer. Everyone in the room sees the same clock.
Presence and location
Staff see who is in which room and who hasn't arrived yet — so a late judge is a nudge, not a mystery.
Room-scoped communication
Participants and judges keep the current room conversation beside the live room without exposing unrelated event channels.
Observer mode
Coaches, parents and spectators enter permitted rooms in listen-only mode. No microphone, no camera.
Prep and deliberation rooms
Private space for partners before the round and for judge panels after it. Draw rooms for extemp and impromptu.
Points of information
Raise a POI without unmuting. The speaker sees it, accepts or declines, and the room stays quiet.
Every screen answers "who is looking at this?"
Roles come from your organization and follow you into each event. Each role sees exactly what it needs on tournament day.
Run the event from one console. Postings, rooms, announcements, staff and billing.
Register your team, manage the roster, watch your debaters from the observer seat.
Find your room, get there on time, debate. Nothing else on the screen.
Your assignments, your rooms, your ballots. Deliberation rooms for panels.
Enter permitted rooms in listen-only mode. No microphone, no interruptions.
A help-desk queue, room health at a glance, and event-aware member messaging.
A flat fee per attendee. Video and audio at cost.
No subscription, no seats, no tiers. You pay a small platform fee for each person who attends your event, and the video and audio infrastructure is passed through at exactly what it costs. One Stripe invoice after the event, with usage itemized.
Covers the venue: lobby, postings, chat, registration, command center, systems checks and support. Counted once per person per event, whatever their role.
Competition, prep, team and lobby rooms are metered by the infrastructure providers and passed through without markup. Rooms you don't use cost nothing.
Yamr is in beta
We're running real tournaments with a small group of organizations while we finish the platform. Sign in with your email to create an organization, or read the documentation first.