{"id":233,"date":"2018-09-07T21:25:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T21:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/?p=233"},"modified":"2018-09-07T21:25:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T21:25:56","slug":"grand-prix-detroit-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/2018\/09\/07\/grand-prix-detroit-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Prix Detroit 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend in the Motor City, we have three new judges to Welcome to the Fold!<\/p>\n<h2>Tyler Boonstra<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/9208428532\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=9208428532&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Tyler Boonstra<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pronouns<\/strong> He\/him\/his<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Grand Blanc, Michigan, United States of America<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; Great Lakes <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> July 2007<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> June 10, 2017<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> The people that love the game and tezzeret<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Sales<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I own a gamestore up in flint and have a 7 year old son<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> To help grow our gaming community plus i just love the game<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> My first grand prix<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> Messing up<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> Seeing how sides should and can smoothly be ran at a large scale event <\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Andrew Thompson, Alex Smith, Joe Crawford<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> Time management to go to bigger events<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> Tried to set time aside to judge which I\u2019ve been able to well these past couple months<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> The friends I\u2019ve made along the way. They are pretty much my second family<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> When i got to FaceTime with Terese Nielsen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Trey Smith<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/7111376034\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=7111376034&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Trey Smith<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pronouns<\/strong> He\/him\/his<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Lansing, Michigan, United States of America<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; Great Lakes <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> Whenever Khans of Tarkir came out<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> November 29, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Watching my players and fellow Judges grow and become better within the game and as people.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Judge and TCGPlayer inventory Specialist<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I was a competitive Ballroom Dance in college<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I wanted to help my community grow and become a pillar people could look up to within the community<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> Meeting new people and players, as well as being able to interact with players and Judges I\u2019ve met from my travels.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> No real worries. Those come up as things go wrong but we\u2019re  all gonna make sure that hopefully doesn\u2019t happen.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> How the inner workings of GP\u2019s function so that I can help find the best slot to fill for future GP\u2019s.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Scott Markwart, Zach Delaudurante (oops), Patrick Cobley<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> Learning the more intricate parts of rules knowledge and putting policy knowledge into practice.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> Forcing myself into unknown situations to figure out the best way I can handle them and continuously asking for advice and feedback from fellow Judges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> We have an incredibly diverse group with players of all skill levels yet we manage to find a home for all of them to grow in at their own pace.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> My first GP ever as a player was GP Detroit a few years back and it was Origins Team Limited. I had no idea what I was doing and built a janky Esper Enchantment deck with Sphinxs Tutledge and Starfield of Nyx. Only ran two creatures! It caught the attention of Corbin Hosler who interviewed me after my round.\n<p>https:\/\/magic.wizards.com\/de\/node\/522501<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Brent Yard<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/3300482010\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=3300482010&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Brent Yard<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Sycamore Hills, Missouri, United States of America<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; Central<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend in the Motor City, we have three new judges to Welcome to the Fold! 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