TLDR: Grading rubric for TLing exists here and here; I am not the author; I hope you find them helpful. At a recent event, I spoke with some newer judges about team leading. Most often, team leading is a judge’s first step up from floor judging. Being selected for a team lead (often abbreviated as ‘TL’) […]
Category: Tribal Knowledge
You Simply Must Stop Working For Free
Judges are great. They are, simply put, The Best. I love judges. Throw enough judges at any problem — any problem — and they’ll solve it. Judges are inventive, dedicated, selfless, and perhaps above all, selflessly dedicated. We tend to be willing to jump in at a moment’s notice to tackle the problem, whatever it […]
A Lagging Indicator
This is a story about the best piece of advice anyone ever gave me. It was from one of my first mentors, Scott Shapiro-Neiwert, and is nearly as true in life as it is in judging. I was certified as a judge at a conference when Scott and a bunch of other judges traveled quite […]
Cutting to Top8
So, you got to HJ your first event with multiple judges. Congratulations! That’s quite a feather in the cap. You got your briefing out before the event, took a couple appeals, and guided the event through the Swiss rounds. You even remembered to take some notes so you’re ready to write a review or two […]