{"id":151,"date":"2018-03-06T22:08:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T22:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/?p=151"},"modified":"2018-03-06T22:32:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T22:32:43","slug":"grand-prix-madrid-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/2018\/03\/06\/grand-prix-madrid-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Prix Madrid 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend in Spain, we have seven new judges to Welcome to the Fold!<\/p>\n<h2>Adri\u00e0 Diago<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1204009583\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1204009583&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Adri\u00e0 Diago<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Barcelona, Spain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Iberia <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> Champions of kamigawa<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> July 2, 2013<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Delver of secrets<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Leisure activities monitor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I have a twin brother<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> To help the other players and learn more about my favorite game<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> Is my first GP as staff!<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> No used to speak in english, i hope to don&#8217;t cause problems to foreing players.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> How a big tournament works. I also want to know more judges and share experiencies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Jorge Almeida and Jorge Requesens for L2<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> I don&#8217;t have a lot of free time, so i have to find time to study and participate in the community<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> Get involved in small projects and participate in the forum<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> Really friendly and helpfull<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> My older cousin teaching me how to play 15 years ago! I played in my school during playground, no big decks, no sleeves, just fun!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Laurent Jaminet<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/2115078161\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=2115078161&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Laurent Jaminet<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Namur, Belgium<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> BeNeLux <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> 2003<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> April 2, 2016<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> The artwork of cards<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Unemployed<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I laugh really easily<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I always like teaching Magic to others people and make sure they have a good time at events. Being a judge makes me improve myself on those skills with the help of other judges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> Judging at GPs is my objective as a judge. What I like the like most is to be able to manage and help so many people with a team of others judges I&#8217;ve never met with.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> I think it&#8217;s to fail to run correctly an event. It&#8217;s my first GP as a floor judge and I think I will be a little bit nervous.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> Every judges in this GP have more experiences than me. I see it as a unique opportunity to learn as much as I can from other judges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Emilien Wild<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> We have a lot of judges in our community. The strong bond between judges, players and the LGS makes easier to help each other.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> My dad teaching me Magic when I was young. I spent hours building decks with him and my sisters. Then playing against each others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Marina Casta\u00f1o Garrido<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/9106764573\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=9106764573&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Marina Casta\u00f1o Garrido<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> BADAJOZ, Spain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Iberia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Pablo Bravo<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/2213584944\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=2213584944&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Pablo Bravo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Cocentaina, Spain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Iberia <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> August 2004<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> February 11, 2017<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Comarca Team<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Law<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> i lived at Hungary for a year<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> for help my local community of magic <\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> meet new people, know this part of the work and be part of it <\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> is so big and new for me <\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> as much as i can<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Claudi Cisneros Camps<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> getting experience, asking new things, practicing<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> the people<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> my first game with friends near the swiming pool, discovering this world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Raquel Monle\u00f3n Fern\u00e1ndez<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/7300117924\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=7300117924&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Raquel Monle\u00f3n Fern\u00e1ndez<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Salamanca, Spain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Iberia <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> Aprtil 15, 2011<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> May 16, 2017<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Scryb Ranger<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> full-time freak, TO.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I always play TIER 3 decks<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I&#8217;m a very extrovert person and I love meeting new people, helping the community. Of course, I become a judge also to know more things about the game.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> Meeting new judges and being involved in a great event.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> I will try to do my best, but inexperience is always worrying.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> I want to learn a lot from other judges experience.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez Vega, Antonio Jos\u00e9 Jim\u00e9nez (in my road to L2) and special mention to Sandra Regalado and M\u00f3nica Gonz\u00e1lez for their support.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> I&#8217;m trying to reach L2 and judging every event I can.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> I usually read about rules and policy, I work in some projects and try to be in contact with other judges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> They love playing legacy and commander, mwahahaha!<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve met my best friends playing Magic. The best part of the game is people!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Rub\u00e9n San Rom\u00e1n Garc\u00eda<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/6212267607\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=6212267607&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Rub\u00e9n San Rom\u00e1n Garc\u00eda<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Salamanca, Spain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Iberia <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> July 1998<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> September 18, 2016<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> I love playing &#8220;&#8221;combo decks&#8221;&#8221;, so I&#8217;ll choose Splinter Twin<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> TO and Magic Player<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I collect Planeswalkers and disenchant with different arts<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I want to improve my skills as a player, so I started to read the rules and, one day, my mentor propose me to become judge.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> This is my first GP as a judge (Staff). I&#8217;ve lived the GP experience as a player and now I want to live this experience as a Judge.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> Everything. GP experience its gonna be new for me. But i&#8217;m gonna do my best, and I&#8217;m sure i&#8217;m gonna learn a lot from other judges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> I hope to improve my English skills, and every task i&#8217;ll have to do during GP<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Carlos Fernandez Vega<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> Since I&#8217;ve became a judge I have the oportunity to judge in my store, that help me to learn a lot but also, at the beginnig, was a little hard because i didn&#8217;t want to fail at rulings.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> I&#8217;m triying to be  an active judge, so I try to go to every Judge Conference as I can. 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