{"id":199,"date":"2018-06-27T21:33:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T21:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/?p=199"},"modified":"2018-06-28T17:46:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:46:37","slug":"grand-prix-barcelona-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/2018\/06\/27\/grand-prix-barcelona-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Prix Barcelona 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend in Espa\u00f1a, we have nine new judges to Welcome to the Fold!<\/p>\n<h2>Nicol\u00e1s Cabello Iglesias<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/5102530114\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=5102530114&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Nicol\u00e1s Cabello Iglesias<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Langreo, Spain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Iberia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tiago Careta<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/59228616\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=59228616&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Tiago Careta<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Torres Vedras, Portugal<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Iberia <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> Summer &#8217;98<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> December 17, 2016<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> My favorite &#8220;&#8221;thing&#8221;&#8221; in the world is obviously my son&#8230; he&#8217;s the BEST <\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Salesperson and Store Owner<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> Managed to go from my job to a Magic store in less than 12 parsecs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> To be able to better serve my local community<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> The possibility to work with so many people and get to learn with all of them (judges, staff, etc.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> Nothing to worry about<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> As much as I can&#8230; about judging and event management<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> in Judging? Diogo Santos, from my hometown; in life? My parents and my son (who teaches me a lot about myself everyday)<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> I think that the most difficult part is to better interact with the players, keep their egos in control, and avoid toxicity as a general behavior.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> I listen to &#8220;&#8221;Toxicity&#8221;&#8221;, from System of a Down, 10 times before any event XD<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> Basically the fact that most of us know each other, and are friends, for over a decade&#8230; I think that is the best part of Magic&#8230; The Gathering. <\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> I can&#8217;t say&#8230; Magic is in my life for so many years that I can&#8217;t point just one memory&#8230; There are just too many of them, and all great!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Luis Manuel Encina Diaz<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1203610630\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1203610630&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Luis Manuel Encina Diaz<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Sevilla, Spain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Iberia <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> February, 2006<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> November 1, 2014<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> The Gitrog Monster as Commander<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Biologist<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I practised ancient fencing<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> Because I love weird interactions and I want to know them and explain them to other players.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> I&#8217;m very excited of all because it&#8217;s my first GP<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> My little experience in these events.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> How a GP works from inside.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Jose Luis Rofa for L1 and Maxim Antipov for L2<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> I&#8217;m trying to improve my english skills.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> I am in translation team of Cranial Insertion<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> All the strange decks they play.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> My first top 1 at Eventide Prerelease<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Almudena G\u00f3mez S\u00e1nchez-Paulete<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/6107105409\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=6107105409&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Almudena G\u00f3mez S\u00e1nchez-Paulete<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Madrid, Spain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Iberia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Guy Franck Kone<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1102765053\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1102765053&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Guy Franck Kone<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Carignano, Italy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Italy and Malta <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> 2009<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> March 17, 2013<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Jund people out.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Shop assistant\/translator<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I hate carrots.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> To help others and myself improve as players by knowing how the game works.  <\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> Everything. <\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> Not much really. Just a little worried of not being good enough. <\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> How to eat tapas without being noticed. On a serious note, I actually don&#8217;t know; there&#8217;s so much to learn. I&#8217;ll just go with flow for now.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> George Gravilita, Walter Zar\u00e0, Luca Romano and Giorgio Maldarizzi.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> Trying to be more technical and less of a player who knows the rules.  <\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> By becoming more involved in the Judge Community.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> It&#8217;s very big. So the events have an high affluence. Also it&#8217;s is like a big 2nd family. <\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> When I finally got a playset of tarmogoyf. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Elsa Gara Maqueda Nevado<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/3300069279\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=3300069279&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Elsa Gara Maqueda Nevado<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Sevilla, Spain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Iberia <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> March 2013<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> September 19, 2016<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Avacyn, Angel of Hope<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Biologist<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I collect angels and cats cards<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> Because I love helping, especially new players and children<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> Meeting new judges and working in a great event.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> It&#8217;s my first GP, everything is new. <\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> I hope to improve my English skills and learn from other judges. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Jos\u00e9 Luis Morales for L1 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\u2019t have a lot of free time, but I try to help the community in many projects.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> I get involved in many projects and try to keep in touch with other judges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> Players, especially my &#8220;&#8221;minions&#8221;&#8221;. <\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> Any Commander match with my friends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Kerry Meyerhoff<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/6300051209\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=6300051209&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Kerry Meyerhoff<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Barcelona, Spain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Iberia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Iv\u00e1n R. Molia<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/5212310462\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=5212310462&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Iv\u00e1n R. Molia<\/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<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> June 26, 1995<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> September 19, 2015<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Aggravated Assault: my first lock-win condition combo with elfs and Voracious Cobra.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Support tech lv2 in call center<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I&#8217;m very curious<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I love the game, and I want to thank for it involving myself more in the community<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> I will enjoy for all. Big events are great experience: players, judge mates, works and tasks, there is a lot to discover and learn. I want learn a lot.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> My english is poor. I prai to avoid a moment where I must understand faster and I missunderstand what telling to me.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> I want improve in deckcheck tasks, but in ODE it&#8217;s rare to happens; them, I want to mastered KEFKA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> AJ<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> In my regional enviroment, sucessfully players see Ivy as player\/mate vs Iv\u00e1n as judge. And all about that diference means.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> Wear the judge only when judging (swap ropes in break to lunch for ex), change my languaje forms and tone, trying to be less serious as person\/player vs judge&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> All in my community can understand as adult persons when I must talk with they. They are all rationals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> As player: 5E50 damages in 1 non-infinite atack (slivers); As judge: a puzzle in mini-conferences that make 10 judges doubt about Provoke hability. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>G. Aziz Quintana Ballines<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1204090359\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1204090359&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> G. Aziz Quintana Ballines<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Madrid, Spain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Iberia <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> 1995<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> September 3, 2017<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> All, I really like playing collecting and now judging<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Electronic engineer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I love the Bulldogs  <\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I want to try the other side.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> working with a lot of judges<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> my english is not so good<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> a lot of tournament organization<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Monica Gonzalez and Aruna Prem<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> do not coaching the players<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> try to keep an eye on myself<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> anybody are well received<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> 5-1 drafting in day 2 GP Lisboa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend in Espa\u00f1a, we have nine new judges to Welcome to the Fold! 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