{"id":34,"date":"2017-06-20T23:35:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T23:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/?p=34"},"modified":"2017-06-21T19:47:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:47:39","slug":"grand-prix-sydney-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/2017\/06\/20\/grand-prix-sydney-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Prix Sydney 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Down in Australia, the following judges are busy preparing for their first Grand Prix:<\/p>\n<h2><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/6300283256' >Scott Davidson-Bowey<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=6300283256&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/6300283256\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=6300283256&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Scott Davidson-Bowey<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Australia and New Zealand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/3102054750' >Jarrod Goodwin<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=3102054750&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/3102054750\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=3102054750&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Jarrod Goodwin<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Melbourne<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Australia and New Zealand<\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> Late 2012<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> 10\/28\/2016<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> The Melbourne legacy crew<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve played Dredge and Goblins in every format but Extended and Highlander<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> That I&#8217;ll mess up due to my inexperience judging at Comp REL<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who is your mentor?:<\/strong> <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/49957322' >Gareth Pye<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=49957322&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> All of the people in it<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> Winning a game against Tron in Modern, playing Storm, by attacking with 4 Electromancers, because I have no other win-cons left in my deck, and over the course of 4 turns casting both of my Echoing Truths twice each<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/9102749789' >Lorcan Whitmore<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=9102749789&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/9102749789\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=9102749789&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Lorcan Whitmore<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Ballarat, Victoria<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Australia and New Zealand<\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> November 2013<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> 4\/18\/2016<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Being a wizard<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Spreadsheet Wrangler<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I recently stopped hiding my baldness with hair<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> To help turn our local Judge into a local judge community<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> Hopefully testing for L2 and learning a stack from a great team of people.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> Getting my ducks in a row to test for L2. 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