Now, do you think the phrase also applies to the other case: a trigger is remembered and pointed out, but because the controller thinks the card works differently, passes the point to consider it a missed trigger by policy without acknowledging it?
The example I heard is this: there is a Torpor Orb on the battlefield. Player A casts Emrakul and says “it's a shame, I won't get my extra turn because of the Orb” thinking that Emrakul's trigger is on EtB. Says go, player B untaps, draws, plays something and then they realize their mistake.

Judge Center Issues and Tips

This month Brian has some tips about avoiding user error, in addition to the usual Judge Center bugs.  Generally speaking, try to keep in mind that Judge Center operates via forms.  If you’re previewing something, hitting back is probably going to erase the contents the fields in that form – so hit Edit Review instead.  If you try to post information, look for a notification like “submitted,” not just “sent,” to make sure it actually went through – and, if you refresh that page, it will probably post that information again, whether you want it to or not.  The main bug that cropped up involves Rules Advisor exams – if someone’s WPN profile has been mangled in such as a way that they can’t create Rules Advisor exams for themselves, it can be permissible to do it for them.

Rules Adviser and Judge Level

Speaking of Rules Adviser, taking the exam is isn’t required to achieve or maintain L1 but can be a useful tool to make sure your rules knowledge isn’t slipping.

Retrieving and Tracking Your Judge History

If you have trouble accessing the Personal Information Center to retrieve your event history, you can probably it from your RC, or your WPN rep if you have one.  Keep in mind that JudgeApps will track your event history for anything managed with it, and it’s easy to add arbitrary events for a more complete history.  Plus, this history can be viewed by other judges (as part of the application process for an event, etc.)

Apparent Rounding Errors in WER

When judging small enough event, particularly a 3-round event, you may find situations where WER pairings surprise you.  Please bear in mind that judges do not have authority to override the pairings, even if they don’t understand them. This thread goes into some of the logic behind results that may seem unintuitive.

Players Dropping Out of Drafts

With Modern Masters season upon us again, we have to once again consider players dropping during a draft – since a 7-player event can’t be sanctioned as a normal event.  The core idea from this thread is to pair the players as soon as they sit at the table – this means that all 8 players have been paired before anyone sees a card, so if someone drops during the draft, they just get stuck with a loss.  In some circumstances, it may also be OK to recreate the event as casual, which requires just 4 players.

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