L1 and Tournament Organizer Brandon Borowoicz discusses expectations for the upcoming PPTQ system from an organizer, judge, and player perspective.
PPTQs – What to Expect
Category: Work & Run a Tournament
Writing Effective Cover Letters
L3s Paul Baranay and Evan Cherry provide guidance for enhancing your cover letter for style and content.
Head Judge O-pun-ing Announcements
Head Judge opening announcements are important, but they can be fun too! L2 CJ Shrader shares some pointers for making them fun-ctional and extra pun-ny.
Running the Deck Check Team
Rounding out team leading knowledge, L3 David de la Iglesia, L3 Jeremie Granat, and L2 Rick Salamin provide insight into handling the Deck Check team.
Getting Accepted: Advice for Applying to Large Events
L2 Gregory Schwartz shares tips for improving your application to that next big event.
The Pod People
L3 Adam Cetnerowski shares a trick for sorting decklists by draft pods.
Judges as Translators
L2 Jack Doyles discusses how to improve calls that require an intermediate judge to translate.
How to HJ your first Side Events at a GP
L2 Enrico Riccardi explains how to prepare and Head Judge your major side event at a Grand Prix.
Grand Prix – Handling Player Registration Issues
Expert level article by L3 Matteo Callegari about player registration at GPs. How judges can help scorekeepers in their difficult job after registration is closed and before round 1 starts.
Head Judging a GPT
L2 Evan Cherry provides a primer for local judges learning to Head Judge GPTs.