Hello everyone!

In this wave, we will continue to feature some highlights of the Exemplar nominations received by judges in our region.

Stay tuned to this blog or to the Europe-East Magic Judges Facebook group to read more features, today we present…

Elias Chountalas

Elias is currently a level 2 judge from Greece, who has found the ideal way to combine his legal career and the love of law with his favorite game. After indulging in all kinds of gaming innuendos over the years, he was lured into the idea of judging by Prillaman’s voice on MtgCast, deciding ​to give back to the community and shape up his karma. He takes particular pleasure in providing cynical life advice and teaching zen judging techniques to novice judges.

Elias received 3 nominations in Wave 4, let’s have a look at them.

Giorgos Magganiotis had this to say about Elias:
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“Elias thank you for looking always after me and help me with any of my concerns. It means a lot to me that when i need help you are always there to give me directions. You are a role model to me and i think i have a lot to learn from you. Special thanks for your help in the WMCQ we judged together,.You helped me by guiding me to the right path in the decklist incident, even though i was right, and showed me when is the right time to speak and how. I took a life lesson from you and i want to thank you for that.”[/cets_callout_box] Kreon Tseroulis had this to say about Elias:
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“Elias has always been a great asset in the greek community. This year in particular he was of tremendous help as he accepted to judge in a WMCQ he had planned on playing after a really short notice. He was a big help and without his aid this WMCQ would not have gone over so smoothly.”[/cets_callout_box] Giorgos Trichopoulos had this to say about Elias:
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“Elias during the winter conference we voted for the best presentation/presenter/topic. You scored 5/5 in all three categories, while the next competitor scored less than 4.0

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Congratulations Elias, this is very well done!