{"id":275,"date":"2019-01-02T15:26:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T15:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/?p=275"},"modified":"2019-01-02T15:26:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T15:26:10","slug":"magicfest-oakland-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/2019\/01\/02\/magicfest-oakland-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"MagicFest Oakland 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend in Oakland, we have 6 new judges to Welcome to the fold!<\/p>\n<h2>dakota ainsworth<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/3103690433\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=3103690433&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> dakota ainsworth<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pronouns<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/pronoun.is\/he\">He\/him\/his<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> 29 Palms, California, United States of America<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; Southwest <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> may 2003<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> December 31, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> My favorite thing about magic is once everyone gets together the only thing that separates us is which formats we play.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Manager of a shipping center<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> The flash is my favorite superhero and I have Flash everything.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I love to tutor and teach and being a judge gives me that opportunity with both players and other judges.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> I&#8217;m excited to do a large competitive event finally. <\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> I just hope I can keep up with the hectic pass of the event.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> I&#8217;m hoping to learn more about the flow of gps and now to navigate them better.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> I worked a lot with Dave delgado, and Ralph colby, and now I&#8217;m working with Jeremy stoermer<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> Right now my biggest obstacles are time and location.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> I am training someone to cover me when im gone and trying to have less hours worked per week.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> That it&#8217;s there. For a while my area didn&#8217;t have a store and the nearest places is hours away. It&#8217;s great to have a store again and even better that&#8217;s there is great people at it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> My favorite memory is winning my first competitive legacy event. It&#8217;s as great to go into an event and come out on top of so many great competitors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Kazi Baker<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/2113705590\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=2113705590&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Kazi Baker<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Chula Vista, California, United States of America<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; Southwest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Liam Binell<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/4223964126\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=4223964126&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Liam Binell<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pronouns<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/pronoun.is\/he\">He\/him\/his<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Los Gatos, California, United States of America<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; Southwest <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> 7\/1\/2011<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> January 7, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> EDH<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Nonprofit Teacher\/Tutor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I have 40 Commander Decks<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I wanted to be part of\/help out with the world of competitive magic, but I don&#8217;t like playing competitive magic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> Learning what it&#8217;s like to judge at a competitive event. <\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> Making mistakes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> More about the rules, possibly how to start working toward L2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Angela Chandler and Chris Trent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> There are no L2 judges in my county.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> Reaching out to Angela through my friend Chris.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> It&#8217;s a very casual and accepting environment, especially for younger kinds trying to get started. <\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> My very first draft I received a Spellstutter Sprite from the TO, and even though I went 0-3, my last opponent helped me rebuild my deck after the match, and I managed to beat him with it. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Thomas Conmy<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/43127676\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=43127676&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Thomas Conmy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pronouns<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/pronoun.is\/he\">He\/him\/his<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> San Francisco, California, United States of America<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; Southwest <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> September\/2000<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> December 29, 2017<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> My custom Danger Room\/\/Battle Box, Commander and Vintage and the communities that surround these formats <\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> School Teacher<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> Getting my doctorate studying Dungeons and Dragons as an instructional method<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> Wanted to help my community<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve been at GPs as a player and a vendor, now it&#8217;s time to see it from a new point of view<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> No time to worry, I got side events to run! <\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> Everything; I seek all the knowledge<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Dave Delgado, Nealesh Aneja<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> Working on my philosophy to better focus my immediate rulings<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> More puzzles, reading the IPG, debriefs from events and &#8220;talking out the line&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> The people are family<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> Any time I get a player to jam games with my Battle Box and get hooked (sometimes bring them back to the game they left years ago!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ryan Koenig<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/29922344\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=29922344&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Ryan Koenig<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pronouns<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/pronoun.is\/he\">He\/him\/his<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> San Marcos, California, United States of America<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; Southwest <\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Nexus of Fate. 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