{"id":344,"date":"2019-07-12T14:47:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T14:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/?p=344"},"modified":"2019-07-12T14:47:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T14:47:21","slug":"magicfest-krakow-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/2019\/07\/12\/magicfest-krakow-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"MagicFest Krakow 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend in Krakow, we have 4 new judges to Welcome to the fold!<\/p>\n<h2>Sebastian Bere\u015b<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1212352924\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1212352924&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Sebastian Bere\u015b<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Katowice, Poland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Europe &#8211; Central<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ivan Milenin<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/4300134623\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=4300134623&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Ivan Milenin<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Krak\u00f3w, Poland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Europe &#8211; Central <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> october 2011<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> April 21, 2018<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Fanklub Leniwej Bu\u0142y<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Univercity teacher<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> doing phd in material science<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> To maintain event at LGS, to see the game from another angle, to meet fine people<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> Fist ever GP is exciting enough I guess \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> whether I am good enough in rules knowledge<\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> How do huge events work, how to work in teams<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Zhenia Starodiedov<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> Some people from the community actually become a close friends of mine<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> Ukrainian Nationals 2018 &amp; Ukrainian judge conference next day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Vasilis Papoutsakis<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/7112608599\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=7112608599&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Vasilis Papoutsakis<\/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> Zurich, Switzerland<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> German-speaking countries <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> 2004 for a year, then again 2013 &#8211; 2014 <\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> May 29, 2017<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Merfolk tribe<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Web developer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I can name over 100 different beers<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> Curiosity to learn more about my hobby and wanted to help my local community didn&#8217;t have a judge<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> Judging at an event this size<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> Judging at an event this size<\/li>\n<li><strong>Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Giorgos Trichopoulos<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> Understanding how people think &amp; 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