Santa Mesa Debate Open

Santa Mesa Debate Open

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A tournament organized independently by SMDO Board of Directors and Organizing Committee.

A tournament by members of the PUP School of Debaters, but is not in any way affiliated with the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

08/09/2025

๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—–๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ก๐—ง๐—” ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—” ๐——๐—˜๐—•๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก

The disco may stop, but the discourse shall go on forever.

It is with great dismay that the Santa Mesa Debate Open's Organizing Committee announces the cancellation of this year's iteration of its flagship debate competition.

The anticipation surrounding the event is impeccable. Sadly, the competition did not reach its target quota by the end of Phase One, leading to the untimely cancellation of the event.

Still, thank you for your support. Rest assured that we will be returning bigger and better next year, so stay tuned on our social media page for future announcements.

Should you have any concerns, clarifications, or inquiries, you can reach us at our page or email us at [email protected].



03/09/2025

๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!
See you on Phase 2!

You can also check out our official invite for more information: https://bit.ly/SMDO25Invite
Should you have any concerns, clarifications, or inquiries, you can reach us at our page or email us at [email protected].


03/09/2025

๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜! ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐——๐—ข ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ!
Don't lose the chance to groove and argue!

Join us now through the link below:
https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg
https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg
https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg

You can also check out our official invite for more information: https://bit.ly/SMDO25Invite
Should you have any concerns, clarifications, or inquiries, you can reach us at our page or email us at [email protected].


02/09/2025

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐——๐—ข ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ!
Don't lose the chance to groove and argue!

Join us now through the link below:
https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg
https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg
https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg

You can also check out our official invite for more information: https://bit.ly/SMDO25Invite
Should you have any concerns, clarifications, or inquiries, you can reach us at our page or email us at [email protected].


01/09/2025

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐——๐—ข ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ!
Don't lose the chance to groove and argue!

Join us now through the link below:
https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg
https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg
https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg

You can also check out our official invite for more information: https://bit.ly/SMDO25Invite
Should you have any concerns, clarifications, or inquiries, you can reach us at our page or email us at [email protected].


31/08/2025

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐——๐—ข ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ!
Don't lose the chance to groove and argue!

Join us now through the link below:
https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg
https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg
https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg

You can also check out our official invite for more information: https://bit.ly/SMDO25Invite
Should you have any concerns, clarifications, or inquiries, you can reach us at our page or email us at [email protected].


Photos from Santa Mesa Debate Open's post 24/08/2025

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€?

Parties are the lifeblood of debateโ€”where every debater drowns themselves, either through the darkness, the disco lights, or the alcohol, after an exhausting day of arguing and making sense of the status quo.

As it turns out, your debate style tells more about how you do at parties than you might think! ๐™Ž๐™ค, ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™– ๐™™๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง, ๐™– ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง, ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™™๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™™, ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™™๐™ช๐™™๐™š?

Take a shot. Join the quiz here:
๐Ÿ”—https://uquiz.com/wmbcLv
๐Ÿ”—https://uquiz.com/wmbcLv
๐Ÿ”—https://uquiz.com/wmbcLv

๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป!

Join now: https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg

You can also check out our official invite for more information: https://bit.ly/SMDO25Invite

Should you have any concerns, clarifications, or inquiries, you can reach us at our page or email us at [email protected].



Photos from Santa Mesa Debate Open's post 19/08/2025

๐—”๐——๐—๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ (๐Ÿญ/๐Ÿฏ)๐Ÿช‡

Letโ€™s give it up to our first disco jockey, ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ!

Despite her reputation as a ruthless CAP โ€” known for mercilessly dropping teams that fail to check in, cracking down on AI users, and blocking judges from ranking if they are no-shows in break rounds โ€” ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜, ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

She has coached countless young debaters, never turning away anyone who seeks her guidance, and is a doting mentor who takes pride in every studentโ€™s growth. Much of her time has been devoted to reviving dormant debate institutions and building new ones across Visayas and Mindanao, guided by her belief that debate should be accessible to all.

๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ:
๐Ÿ”— https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg
๐Ÿ”— https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg
๐Ÿ”— https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg

You can also check out our official invite for more information: https://bit.ly/SMDO2025Invite

Should you have any concerns, clarifications, or inquiries, you can reach us at our page or email us at [email protected].



16/08/2025

๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ก๐—ก๐—ข๐—จ๐—ก๐—–๐—˜๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง | In a bid to make the competition affordable, the Santa Mesa Debate Openโ€™s Board of Directors decided to reduce debatersโ€™ registration fee from ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ.

What are you waiting for? Join us on the dancefloor and debate the night away!

๐Ÿ”—REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg

You can also check out our official invite for more information: https://bit.ly/SMDO2025Invite

Should you have any concerns, clarifications, or inquiries, you can reach us at our page or email us at [email protected].



11/08/2025

๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ, ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค, ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค ๐Ÿชฉ
๐™๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ข๐™š ๐™—๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค, ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿฉต

Are you ready to groove?

Prepare your disco attire as the Santa Mesa Debate Openโ€™s dancefloor lights up today, ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ.

๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ:
๐Ÿ”—https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg
๐Ÿ”—https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg
๐Ÿ”—https://bit.ly/SMDO25Phase1TeamReg

The gates are open until ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด.

๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€:
Format: British Parliamentary
Date: September 27-28, 2025
Mode: Zoom and Discord
Debater: Php 600, US$13
Judge: Php 400, US$9
Judge Rule: N-1, one judge for every two teams

You can also check out our official invite for more information: https://bit.ly/SMDO2025Invite

Should you have any concerns, clarifications, or inquiries, you can reach us at our page or email us at [email protected].



Photos from Santa Mesa Debate Open's post 08/08/2025

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ดโ€ฆ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽถ
Let our thoughts collide under the disco lights,
In a minute ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข-๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ-๐˜บ๐˜ข as we find love that we share in September
Letโ€™s have a night to remember in Santa Mesa Debate Open!

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜
Format: British Parliamentary
Date: September 27-28, 2025
Mode: Zoom and Discord
Debater: Php 500, US$12
Judge: Php 400, US$9
Judge Rule: N-1, one judge for every two teams

๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ: https://bit.ly/SMDO25Invite

Should you have any concerns, clarifications, or inquiries, you can reach us at our page or email us at [email protected].

Prepare yourself as Phase 1 begins on ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ - ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด!



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