{"id":119,"date":"2017-12-04T22:03:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T22:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/?p=119"},"modified":"2017-12-04T22:03:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T22:03:43","slug":"grand-prix-madrid-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/2017\/12\/04\/grand-prix-madrid-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Prix Madrid 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we have our last European Grand Prix of 2017 and we have one judge to Welcome to the Fold.<\/p>\n<h2>Patrik Surab<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1203568501\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1203568501&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Patrik Surab<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Bratislava, Slovakia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Europe &#8211; Central <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> 2006<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> 2\/27\/2016<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Merfolk<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Store Manager<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I was team World Champion in 2010<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I tried to be PRO player back in my days after winning of team World Championship in Chiba, Japan 2010. After one year I came to very hard decission. University or Magic&#8230;and I have chosen university. During my studies (I am master of Organic Chemistry now) I started to work in local Magic store and through years I became leader of whole community in Slovakia, I started to manage stores in different cities in Slovakia and I still tried to play some &#8220;big&#8221; events as PPTQs, WMCQs etc. But after some time I realized that helping people fills me up much more and then I talked with my first mentor, Norbert Fule about becoming a judge. And after my studies I realized that I do not want to do Chemistry for living so I am now trying to do full time judging, organizing, selling of MtG product and developing this beautiful &#8220;obsession&#8221; with magic in my players. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> I really look forward to the atmosphere from different angle. Until now I knew GP only from player&#8217;s perspective. I hope that I will meet a lot of new inspirative people that will help me grow.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> I am not worried at all. I think I have got a lot of experience from organizing events in Slovakia. We have got events every day and we also do some big conventions for thousands of people where I am team leading my employees. <\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> It will be my first GP so I just want to learn a lot of new things and gain experience to be better judge\/organizer. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Who is your mentor?:<\/strong> <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/5105388443' >Norbert Fule<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=5105388443&size=200'><\/span><\/span>, <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/79147112' >Erik Adame<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=79147112&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> I love the way our community works. We are trying to create &#8220;&#8221;third place&#8221;&#8221; and I think we are really successful about that. When our players are not at work or home&#8230;they are going to us. Most of time to play magic, but also board games or just to gather with friends, order some pizza and have a good time. We are like one big family in Bratislava. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> Definitely winning of team World Championship. It changed my life \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we have our last European Grand Prix of 2017 and we have one judge to Welcome to the Fold. 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