{"id":320,"date":"2019-05-08T21:49:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T21:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/?p=320"},"modified":"2019-05-12T17:59:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T17:59:15","slug":"magicfest-madison-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/2019\/05\/08\/magicfest-madison-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"MagicFest Madison 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend in Madison, we have 5 new judges to Welcome to the fold!<\/p>\n<h2>Jason Lannan<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1103783136\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1103783136&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Jason Lannan<\/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> Springfield, Missouri, United States of America<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; Central <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> May 11, 1996<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> August 14, 2015<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Meeting new people<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Marketing Manager for the Military<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> Jack of All Trades<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> To help new players<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> being able to help people and be apart of something I love<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> Romulans, they scare me<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> I am hoping to learn more about how events are planned and setup<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Billie Gilmore, and Pete Strauch<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> Studying<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> I have reached out to other judges to start study groups<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> The unity<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> Meeting Christopher Rush for the first time&#8230;.in the bathroom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Elisa Lovejoy<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/2319653843\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=2319653843&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Elisa Lovejoy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; North<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Andy Tiefenthaler<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/6115380667\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=6115380667&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Andy Tiefenthaler<\/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> Jackson, Wisconsin, United States of America<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; North <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> Spring 2015<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> November 18, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> The community<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Full time employee<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I volunteer at a summer camp for kids with Tourette Syndrome for 1 week every summer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve always enjoyed helping people and problem solving. I became a judge so that I could help people to better understand the game and to help resolve any problems that occurred.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> Pretty much everything about this event excites me. If I had to pick one thing it would be that this is my first time working an event bigger than something at my local game store.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> I worry that I&#8217;ll second guess myself on questions I&#8217;m sure I know the answer to.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> I want to soak up as much knowledge as I possibly can at this event. If I had to pick one thing it would be to further my understanding of how events are run at comp REL through first hand experience.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Nathaniel Becker and Brandon Largin<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> Layers. I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;ll ever understand everything I&#8217;d like to about layers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> Lots and lots of study and practice questions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> The best part about my local magic community is that they are like a second family. Everyone knows who everyone is and is willing to help anyone with anything.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> When I was pretty new to the game I got talked into playing a late night 10 person game of planecahse EDH. 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