{"id":240,"date":"2012-12-10T06:57:26","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T06:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferencecontent\/?p=240"},"modified":"2013-05-10T05:02:07","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T05:02:07","slug":"welcome-to-your-first-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferencecontent\/2012\/12\/10\/welcome-to-your-first-gp\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to your first GP!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following document contains information originally provided by Sebastian Pekala<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/h3>\n

Agenda<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. Differences between local events and Grand Prix
\n2. Professionalism and taking care of yourself
\n3. Tournament operations and procedures
\n4. Reviews<\/p>\n

1. Differences between local events and Grand Prix<\/strong><\/h2>\n
    \n
  • Event size \u2013 can be over 1500 players<\/li>\n
  • Multiple languages and cultures \u2013 players don’t necessarily speak English<\/li>\n
  • Diverse experience level of players \u2013 most of them are competitive or casuals<\/li>\n
  • Procedures characteristic for big events<\/li>\n
  • Multiple events \u2013 PEs are not a punishment!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    2. Professionalism and taking care of yourself<\/strong><\/h2>\n
      \n
    • Strict dress code \u2013 why not blue jeans<\/li>\n
    • Professional approach \u2013 finding balance between fun and competitiveness<\/li>\n
    • Eating, drinking, sleeping \u2013 most important things over the long and tiring weekend<\/li>\n
    • Taking breaks \u2013 because no one is Superman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      3. Tournament operations and procedures<\/strong><\/h2>\n
        \n
      • Brackets \u2013 how blue is different from green<\/li>\n
      • HJ, SK, TL, buddy \u2013 who should I talk to when I have a problem<\/li>\n
      • Issuing penalties \u2013 correct order of actions<\/li>\n
      • Result entry slips \u2013 recording penalties and time extensions<\/li>\n
      • End of round procedure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        4. Reviews<\/strong><\/h2>\n
          \n
        • Purposes of a review and reviewing process \u2013 improve yourself and help others improve<\/li>\n
        • Taking notes \u2013 important!<\/li>\n
        • Shadowing and mentoring \u2013 what, why, how to<\/li>\n
        • Debriefing at the end of the day\/weekend \u2013 why is that important<\/li>\n
        • Writing reviews \u2013 tips & tricks, short HowTo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          The following document is about what to expect at your first GP. It contains recomendations, what you need to take care about and why it is different to local events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[115,155,100],"language":[],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mtr-tournament-ops","tag-document","tag-sebastian-pekala","tag-tournament-operations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferencecontent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferencecontent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferencecontent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferencecontent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferencecontent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferencecontent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferencecontent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferencecontent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferencecontent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferencecontent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferencecontent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}