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- Name:<\/strong> Francesco Falcone<\/li>\n
- Pronouns<\/strong> He\/him\/his<\/li>\n
- Level:<\/strong> Level 2<\/li>\n
- Location:<\/strong> Terracina, Italy<\/li>\n
- Region:<\/strong> Italy and Malta <\/li>\n
- Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> Semptember 2003<\/li>\n
- L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> April 11, 2016<\/li>\n
- Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> The colour pie philosophy<\/li>\n
- Occupation:<\/strong> Maths Teacher<\/li>\n
- Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I make Video games and Board games as a hobby<\/li>\n
- Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I became a judge as a way to get back in touch with the game after a rather long hiatus. I love the game and wanted to keep in touch with it even at times when i wasn’t able to consistently play<\/li>\n
- What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> The opportunity to meet many other people, and specifically many other judges, from all walks of life<\/li>\n
- What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> The language barrier. I believe to be quite proficient in English, but interacting with players from many different countries might be troublesome. Luckily, Sweden seems to be a country where most people speak good English.<\/li>\n
- What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> I look forward to learn how to judge large events as part of a small team, and with judges I never met before. By now, I know most Italian judges, so working with them is working with friends. Interacting with judges I never met might prove an interesting challenge<\/li>\n
- Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> <\/li>\n
- What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> I have a hard time issuing penalties, i fear to be seen as too “”harsh””. Especially DQs for Improperly Determining a Winner (the infamous dice roll) have been troublesome for me<\/li>\n
- How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> I try to be more deliberate when i judge. Approaching every call step by step, going infraction-fix-penalty is helping me a lot.
\nAlso, i found that studying deeper and focusing on the philosophy behind the infractions has helped a lot. Once I realised the link between IDaW and gambling, it became a lot easier to apply the corresponding penalty<\/li>\n- What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> My friend beating me by casting Brain Freeze on himself to mill his Wonder and attack for lethal in the air. It was truly a testament to how versatile this game is.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Courtney Medina<\/h2>\n
- Pronouns<\/strong> He\/him\/his<\/li>\n