This weekend in Chile, we have three new judges to Welcome to the Fold!
Julio Abarrio
- Name: Julio Abarrio
- Level: Level 2
- Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
- Region: Hispanic America – South
Manuel Grandón
- Name: Manuel Grandón
- Level: Level 2
- Location: Concepción, Chile
- Region: Hispanic America – South
Gabriel Palomino
- Name: Gabriel Palomino
- Level: Level 2
- Location: Lima, Peru
- Region: Hispanic America – South
- Approximate date/month/year you started playing Magic: Somewhere around 2001
- L1 Certification Date: September 29, 2016
- Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic: Insane punts/plays/topdecks
- Occupation: Digital Marketer
- Random fact about yourself: I used to be a magician
- Why did you become a judge?: There are not many judges in Perú, I love the game an the complicated interactions that happen. I was very knowledged in rules and I was already judging most local tournaments, when judges started lacking I stepped up to help the community.
- What excites you most about this event?: Well it is the first GP I’m going to judge ibstead of playing. I judged some side events for gp santiago last year as a voluunteer to help with my road to L2 since there are no L3s in Perú. But this is the biggest event I’ll judge since I became L2. I just wanna learn and meet cool people and get a tons of experience!
- What worries you most about this event?: Nothing, I live without fear. Maybe being too awesome? jk
- What are you hoping to learn at this event?: I want to learn everything so I can make a path to leading teams some day.
- Who are your mentors?: I’d say Google and judge blogs (:
- What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?: Like most judges in this side of the world, getting big events, if I don’t get out of the country I dont have any other chances that medium sized pptqs.
- How have you worked to overcome those challenges?: Thats why I’m travelling! I hope I can get other chances to travel to other countries to judge.
- What is the best part about your local Magic community?: People is pretty funny, lately they are really competitive, when I started playing magic not many people travelled to play, things have changed now.
- What is your favorite Magic memory?: I’d say the first time I travelled to a GP it was in the US and it was pretty cool, I went as a player and did well. It was my 1st time seeing so many people in a mtg event, I remember thinking “”someday I’ll judge one of these””
Alvaro Maurelia
- Name: Alvaro Maurelia
- Level: Level 1
- Location: Santiago, Chile
- Region: Hispanic America – South
Cristóbal León Garrido
- Name: Cristóbal León Garrido
- Level: Level 1
- Location: Santiago, Chile
- Region: Hispanic America – South