{"id":177,"date":"2018-04-26T17:12:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T17:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/?p=177"},"modified":"2018-04-26T17:12:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T17:12:57","slug":"grand-prix-bologna-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/2018\/04\/26\/grand-prix-bologna-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Prix Bologna 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Bologna this weekend, we have a whopping TEN new judges to Welcome to the Fold!<\/p>\n<h2>Diego Barbagelata<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1157129\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1157129&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Diego Barbagelata<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Genoa, Italy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Italy and Malta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>filippo cremaschi<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/5081032906\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=5081032906&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> filippo cremaschi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> bologna, Italy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Italy and Malta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Luca Magni<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/6213620846\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=6213620846&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Luca Magni<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Usmate Velate, Italy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Italy and Malta <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> March 2013<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> May 5, 2013<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Big events<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I partecipated in an Italian TV game show<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> To help my LGS<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> I&#8217;m eager to discover the organizational structure behind a GP<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> To appear unconfident in front of players<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> How to coordinate teamwork in the best way<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Luca Chiassoni<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> Having exchange of views with other judges is really important to get better, but unfortunately in most tournaments I&#8217;m on my own, so I sometimes have a hard time understanding where I can improve<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> Whenever I judge with someone else I ask them to tell me what I could&#8217;ve done better<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> We help each other a lot<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> Reaching Top4 in the first PTQ I&#8217;ve ever played<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Matteo Manchi<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/8213581206\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=8213581206&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Matteo Manchi<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Roma, Italy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Italy and Malta <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> April 2015<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> October 8, 2016<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Players and judges environment<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> entrepreneur \/ software engineer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I started to use computer at 4<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I wanted to be a reference for players about rules and policy, inspired by Level 2 of my zone: Fabio Pierucci.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> I&#8217;m exited to work with a big team<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> I worry about stress management during the shift.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> I have still a lot of things to learn and this event will be a jump into knowledge <\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Fabio Pierucci, Andrea Vella<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> Anxiety for wrong ruling<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> RTFC. I started getting one minute more to analyze the context in more relaxed way and I explain to players all the rulings involved, so I repeat to my self as validation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> Oh.. every*body*: collegues and players<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> With Burn, I won a top8 modern PPTQ against Ad Nauseam (started 0-1), Ad Nauseam (started 0-1), Viscera combo (with Thunderous Wrath as end)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Emanuele Navisse<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/68809349\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=68809349&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Emanuele Navisse<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Pomezia, Italy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Italy and Malta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Darius Pearce<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/18892051\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=18892051&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Darius Pearce<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> St Helier, Jersey<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> 2001<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> February 10, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Being outplayed<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Company Director<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> So our islands could have more premier events<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> The chance to eat authentic spaghetti bolognese<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> Lack of experience<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> The basics<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> Patience and understanding<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> Practise makes perfect<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> Camaraderie<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> GP London 2003<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Gianluca Pizzuti<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1204454857\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1204454857&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Gianluca Pizzuti<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Campli (TE), Italy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Italy and Malta <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> October 2004<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> April 11, 2015<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Foil Bottle Gnomes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I became judge to help my local organizers<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> It&#8217;s the best chance to get to know my other fellow judges<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Saverio Adamo and Fabrizio Curato<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> I have to get better with my teamwork, because i became accostumed to working alone<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Luca Sanfilippo<\/h2>\n<div 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