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- Name:<\/strong> Andre Abelita<\/li>\n
- Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n
- Location:<\/strong> Eight mile plains, Australia<\/li>\n
- Region:<\/strong> Australia and New Zealand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Name:<\/strong> Matt Baxter<\/li>\n
- Pronouns<\/strong> He\/him\/his<\/a><\/li>\n
- Level:<\/strong> Level 0<\/li>\n
- Location:<\/strong> Brisbane, Australia<\/li>\n
- Region:<\/strong> Australia and New Zealand<\/li>\n
- Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> 2012<\/li>\n
- Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> The amazing mix of games tied together by a remarkable set of rules.<\/li>\n
- Occupation:<\/strong> Lawyer & Policy Analyst<\/li>\n
- Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> MTG Dad to three kids (all showing an interest in MTG, happily)<\/li>\n
- Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> First and foremost it is really satisfying helping people. I hope people have positive experiences at FNM and pre-release and want to play MTG all their lives. Secondly a deficit in my skill set is giving quick, accurate examples where there are a lot of elements involved, especially conflict. I think becoming a judge will help with this.<\/li>\n
- What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> Having interactions with so many people playing magic for so many different reasons. Even to say hi and have a chance at making their experience just a bit better with good customer service.<\/li>\n
- What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> It is all very new. I have a couple of disabilities which I have managed pretty well to continue working Monday to Friday but doing so in a new environment even for three days makes me a bit nervous.<\/li>\n
- What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> Honestly just spending time with judge and ops staff and learning from them, to see the event from the other side. Its very exciting.<\/li>\n
- Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Jared Mallett and I share a workplace, I have been speaking to him about becoming a judge for years and he has answered many questions, and travelled out of his way to show me the ropes at my local store.<\/li>\n
- What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> My first GP. It was Modern and I could only afford a budget deck, Soul Sisters. With a good deal of luck I went 7-1-1 on day one and came back to battle on day two (day two did not go nearly as well, I was a long way out of my depth!). I kept calling my wife after each of the later rounds telling her that I would be home later and later since I had only expected to drop shortly after lunch. I remember sideboarding 11 cards in against my Tron opponents, again more luck than anything else.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Caitlin Butcher<\/h2>\n
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- Name:<\/strong> Caitlin Butcher<\/li>\n
- Level:<\/strong> Level 0<\/li>\n
- Location:<\/strong> Perth, Australia<\/li>\n
- Region:<\/strong> Australia and New Zealand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Michael Collins<\/h2>\n
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- Name:<\/strong> Michael Collins<\/li>\n
- Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n
- Location:<\/strong> Auckland, New Zealand<\/li>\n
- Region:<\/strong> Australia and New Zealand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
John Eastgate-Brown<\/h2>\n
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- Name:<\/strong> John Eastgate-Brown<\/li>\n
- Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n
- Location:<\/strong> Wellington, New Zealand<\/li>\n
- Region:<\/strong> Australia and New Zealand<\/li>\n
- Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> 2006<\/li>\n
- Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> I love that you can travel anywhere in the world and meet people that love the game as much as you do<\/li>\n
- What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> I’m definitely nervous about taking my Level 2 test, but excited for the opportunity as well.<\/li>\n
- What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> Different skills that apply to judging larger or multiple events since all of my experience so far judging has been relatively smaller in scale.<\/li>\n
- Who are your mentors?:<\/strong> Lex and Chips, both awesome judges from Wellington that I’ve learnt a lot from over the years.<\/li>\n
- What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> It’s just a very tight-knit community, everyone knows each other really well but are still welcoming to newcomers too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Elizabeth Knightmare<\/h2>\n
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- Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n
- Level:<\/strong> Level 0<\/li>\n
- Pronouns<\/strong> He\/him\/his<\/a><\/li>\n
- Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n