{"id":834,"date":"2017-05-25T17:29:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T17:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferences\/?p=834"},"modified":"2017-05-25T17:29:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T17:29:35","slug":"aalborg-judgeplayer-conference-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferences\/2017\/05\/25\/aalborg-judgeplayer-conference-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Aalborg Judge\/Player Conference 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alexander Buchberg L1, Denmark<\/p><\/div>\n

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The player\/judge conference that took place on March 18-18 in Aalborg, Denmark\u00a0was something new; a \u201csmall\u201d event, a trail of possible things to come, and a great way to bring the spread-out Danish judge community closer than ever before (along with a few of our great friends from Northern Germany!).<\/p>\n

The Event was crafted by\u00a0Stefan Holeb\u00e6k<\/a><\/span><\/span> and Ulf Gaarde Simonse<\/a><\/span><\/span>, with guidance from Jonas Breindahl<\/a><\/span><\/span> (one of the wardens of the north)\u00a0and was\u00a0meant to show how smaller conference can bring with them a lot of great experiences and teaching opportunities.<\/p>\n

Location<\/h2>\n

The Venue for the Conference was the awesome home of \u2018The Realm of Adventurers\u2019 aka TRoA, a roleplaying association run through memberships and run to promote a fun and awesome environment open for all to come and enjoy. \u00a0Most of the conference was held in a large second floor room with plenty of space for the conference and associated magic \u2018good-stuff\u2019 but on top of that the doors were open to enjoy the spacious gaming areas as well as large board game collection and anything provided, as well as free sleeping quarters for anyone at the conference interested. <\/span><\/p>\n

A place that just like the Danes (and maybe even Denmark itself) looks a bit grey on the outside but is spacious, warm, and welcoming on the inside.<\/span><\/p>\n

Attendance<\/h2>\n

Being a Smaller conference and something very new, there had been fears for the attendance, but these were quelled by the attendance of 23 people, far most of which being judges. This being compared to the total number of Danish Judges, represents a number equal to almost half the number of total Judges in Denmark! And in this were 4 German Judges traveling up from Germany<\/span><\/p>\n

A strong showing and an awesome crowd that though, quite a few had never met before quickly bonded and began sharing experiences and ridiculous rules questions (I\u2019m looking at you Panglacial Wurm<\/a>)<\/span>
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Schedule<\/b><\/h2>\n

11:00 Intro to the Judge Program, and the Region<\/span><\/p>\n

12:00 Fakes, a very real problem<\/span><\/p>\n

13:00 Shortcuts!<\/span><\/p>\n

14:00 Lunch!<\/span><\/p>\n

15:00 From the GP: Prague. Warning: Contains Fire<\/span><\/p>\n

16:00 Common FNM Problems workshop<\/span><\/p>\n

17:00 final statements<\/span><\/p>\n

18:00 Judge Dinner<\/span><\/p>\n

21:00? Judge Draft!<\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday<\/b><\/h2>\n

A group of people had arrived on Friday, but most took the long drive to Aalborg and arrived around 11am, everything started just about on schedules and people were happy and ready to have an awesome day listening to presentations and maintaining their statues in the cult of self-improvement that is the judge program. Good times were ahead!<\/span><\/p>\n

11:00 Introduction to the Judge Program and status of the region, by Jonas Breindahl<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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The day was kicked off with an intro to the judge program intended for the players and potential L1\u2019s in the room, it included of full rundown of the judge program was structured and what resources were available, as well as some of the larger programs running, on such example being the exemplar program. It was short and to the point and also involved a round of questions that were expertly answered by the warden of the North Jonas Breindahl.<\/span><\/p>\n

11:40: Crossing borders \u2013 And interjection from our friends in Germany<\/b><\/p>\n

Due to the question section of the introduction being shorter than expected the spotlight was given to Max Tiedemann<\/a><\/span><\/span> who wanted to share his experience with drawing on the Danish pool of judges for events in Flensburg. He shared his experiences and how the whole program got started and also urged people to come and join, both to help but also to gain some further experience with foreign tournaments and running a tournament in English.<\/span><\/p>\n

12:00 Fakes, a very real problem – Why they are a problem for the community, and several methods on how to spot them, By Stefan Holeb\u00e6k<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The second planned presentation was a talk about fakes, how to spot them, and how to handle this otherwise quite delicate subject in a tournament setting, like how to tell a guy that his new legacy deck consists of mostly fakes and that he has been scammed. Stefan clearly and competently explained the difference between fakes and proxies, as given out by judges to replace damaged cards, or the ones sometimes used by casual players or for competitive testing. There was a discussion on how to fix issues if fakes are identified, and that it would most likely (unless cheating) fall under a deck list problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stefan quickly ran over the 6 ways to identify fakes which can be summed into two categories, the \u201cdon\u2019t do them\u201d and then \u201cuse these\u201d categories, as well as where each test came from and why it is\/isn\u2019t effective for determining fakes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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