August 2016 Anniversaries

Here are the August 2016 judge anniversaries!

15 years

from Itabashi-ku, Japan
from Mills, United States

10 years

from Porto, Portugal
from Mexico City, Mexico

5 years

from Jakarta, Indonesia
from Pakenham, Australia
from Epsom, Surrey, England
from San Diego, United States
from Bolingbrook, United States
from Brest, France
from Minneapolis, United States
from Sacramento, United States
from Rowland Heights, United States
from Katy, United States
from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
from Madrid, Spain
from Katsusika-Ku, Japan
from Overland Park, United States
from High Ridge, United States
from Porto Alegre, Brazil
from San Pedro de Poas, Alajuela, Costa Rica
from River Edge, United States
from Holmdel, United States
from Noblesville, United States
from Syke, Germany
from State College, United States
from Santiago, Chile
from Beaverton, United States
from Lake Villa, United States
from Mexico City, Mexico
from Trieste, Italy
from Dortmund, Germany
from Elkridge, United States
from Punta Arenas, Chile
from Gent, Belgium
from Burton, United States
from Mayfield Heights, United States
from Muncie, United States
from Belding, United States
from Chicago, United States
from Conway, United States
from Waukegan, United States
from Madrid, Spain

Congratulations, and thank you for all your hard work!

This month, we are featuring Max Schroeder! Regional Coordinator Steven Briggs, has this to say about Max:

Strength across borders

Max Schroeder in his first five years as a judge has developed into a pillar for officiating in the USA – Central region. Serving as an L2 for most of that time, Max has served as a regional captain and regional leader for several years for Missouri, working alongside other seasoned veterans in helping shape regional operations and regional policy while the USA-Midwest mega-region was in juggernaut form. Fun Fact: For a portion of his time as a regional captain, Max was actually living in the South region in Overland Park, Kansas (across the river from our region) – thanks Kevin Binswanger for lending him to us!

Max has been on staff at all levels of Organized Play, including several Grand Prix events, SCG Opens, and many PPTQ’s in his area. He is known for his cunning, sly grin, an incredibly positive and upbeat attitude, and for a wicked Judge Deck he uses very effectively in mentoring judges of all skill levels. The positive attitude he brings, combined with top-of-class professionalism and tournament expertise, makes Max invaluable as a member of our community.

This month we celebrate a pair of Level 3 anniversaries. At US Nationals in 2006, both Brian Schenck and Damian Hiller certified for Level 3. We asked each of their Regional Coordinators to share some thoughts on their impact on the judge program. First, Mid-Atlantic US RC, Nicholas Sabin, had this to say about Brian:

He’s behind the behind the scenes

“Brian Schenck had a hand in your advancement, even if you’ve never met him. For the past several years, Brian has been one of the driving forces behind Judge Center. He’s the one ensuring that test content is up-to-date. He’s the one who fixes your reviews. He’s the one who helps maintain an infrastructure for judges to leave feedback and improve. The judge program would not be where it is right now without the involvement of Brian Schenck.

Beyond his contributions to Judge Center, Brian has also operated as an L3 for a decade. His combination of comprehensive rules and policy knowledge, extensive event experience, and a deep understanding of the Magic community have made him an invaluable asset to his region and to the community at large. I don’t see Brian at events nearly as often as I’d like, but he’s always ready with a keen insight and a great attitude.”

Next, Adrian Estoup, RC for Latin America – Spanish, said this about Damian:

Don’t cry for me Argentina

“I’ve known Damian for a long time. I couldn’t be very specific on how long I’ve known him, but bear in mind that he taught me how to play Pokémon when the game started being distributed in Argentina. We have always shared game places in Buenos Aires; however, we had different groups of friends.

Sometimes, these kind of messages focus on commenting about someone’s achievements. With Damian this is not something too complicated; he certified as a L1 when he was very young, and became L2 shortly after that. He then advanced to L3, as the youngest in the world to my knowledge. After that, he became the RC of Latin America – Spanish, and in no time, he reached L4.

‘Congratulations, Damian, for all you’ve achieved, we hope to see you around for many years!’ That’s it. The End. However, in this opportunity I would like to go deeper than that.

Damian is, without any doubts, the person that started to guide the region into professionalism. Some years ago, Latin American events were chaotic, communication between communities were awful, and judges came and went without much guidance. He was the one that didn’t want to settle with that, that we could be up to the challenge for events, and he started working hard so that Latin America stopped being the place where the worst events were run; our first steps towards improvement.

Personally, I can only be thankful for what he has done. He was the one that helped me the most during my L3 process, and working with him taught me everything I needed to know to be the RC of the region. A big part of what I am today as a judge and Regional Coordinator is thanks to his teachings. I am proud to have the friendship of that boy that played cards on a store so many years ago, and being able to see how much he has grown during these years.”

Congratulations to these two judges on a decade each as a high-level judge. Best wishes to you both!

Happy anniversary to all of you! We look forward to many more years of judging from you all.

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