End of Round has always been one of the most important tasks at a Magic event. Players came to the event and paid their entry fee to play Magic, so they’re looking to – gasp – play Magic. When rounds take too long to turn over, players are unhappy, staff get tired, and you might […]
Author: brookgd
L3 Thoughts
With the recent changeover from Judge Academy to Judge Foundry and the International Judge Program, both new certifying bodies have taken the opportunity to update the level structure. What was old is new again, five levels became three became five, and now we have a bit of a transitional period where the levels don’t make […]
A Year in Review – Part 2
This post will be a continuation of my last post, going over the second half of the year, and some broad lessons to be learned. In later posts I plan to go more in depth on specific calls, policies, or tournaments, but for now I’m mostly going to continue waxing poetic. If the first half […]
A Year in Review – Part 1
As the year comes to a close, I’ve been getting contemplative. 2023 has been a turbulent year in Judge World, but it was also my personal best year. I was lucky to get a number of great opportunities, and some hard work I’d invested over the last while started paying dividends. After my last event […]