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- Name:<\/strong> Christopher Ambery<\/li>\n
- Level:<\/strong> Level 2<\/li>\n
- Location:<\/strong> Liverpool, England<\/li>\n
- Region:<\/strong> United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa <\/li>\n
- Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> Oct 2015 (Khans)<\/li>\n
- L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> 5\/22\/2016<\/li>\n
- Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Anything red (guess which deck I play in modern..)<\/li>\n
- Occupation:<\/strong> Data Analyst<\/li>\n
- Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I won my first competitive REL tournament and qualified as an L1 on the same day.<\/li>\n
- Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I was interested in helping out my community particularly due to a shortage of Comp REL judges in the area. A particular moment of inspiration was seeing the judge team working together at GP Liverpool 2015. 2 years on I’m now working the same GP which feels incredible<\/li>\n
- What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> The ability to work with a wide variety of judges I’ve never met before in the biggest event of my judge career to date.<\/li>\n
- Who is your mentor?:<\/strong> Nick Hall<\/a>
<\/span><\/span>. An excellent mentor and friend, I’ve learned a lot not just from working events together but also the conversations along the way. I wouldn’t have made it to L2 without his advice and guidance.<\/li>\n
- What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> The camaraderie and friendliness of the community who are always willing to help anyone out. A lot of friendships have been formed travelling to events together across the north west and beyond<\/li>\n
- What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> Playing vs Bogles with Burn. They drop two leylines of sanctity – I manage to draw 2 destructive revelry’s needed to break through. Unfortunately for me they had a 19\/21 Vigliance Lifelink Hexproof creature ready to kill me. Unfortunately for them I boarded in deflecting palm…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Harry Barlow<\/h2>\n
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- Name:<\/strong> Harry Barlow<\/li>\n
- Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n
- Location:<\/strong> Stockport, United Kingdom<\/li>\n
- Region:<\/strong> United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Ben Coleman<\/h2>\n
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- Name:<\/strong> Ben Coleman<\/li>\n
- Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n
- Location:<\/strong> Newcastle, United Kingdom<\/li>\n
- Region:<\/strong> United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Alex Griggs<\/h2>\n
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- Name:<\/strong> Alex Griggs<\/li>\n
- Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n
- Location:<\/strong> Durham<\/li>\n
- Region:<\/strong> United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa <\/li>\n
- Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> May 2014<\/li>\n
- L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> 5\/15\/2016<\/li>\n
- Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> The warmth and openness of the community.<\/li>\n
- Occupation:<\/strong> Student<\/li>\n
- Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I like making origami cranes.<\/li>\n
- Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I’ve always had a good understanding of rules, and my LGS had no judge at the time. It only made sense.<\/li>\n
- What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> Being able to work with so many other judges. In my local area, it’s rare to do even a 2 judge event.<\/li>\n
- What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> The potential for an uncontrollable incident, such as at GP Prague.<\/li>\n
- What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> I’m hoping to get better at judge announcements, as well as seeing how other judges operate.<\/li>\n
- Who is your mentor?:<\/strong> Paul Crosby<\/a>
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- What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> I’ve suffered a little anxiety when making the announcements at the start of events.<\/li>\n
- How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> I’ve worked on public speaking skills, outside of MtG contexts.<\/li>\n
- What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> People are friendly. We come together to play, and are joined by our love of the game.<\/li>\n
- What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> Using Deflecting Palm on an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn for lethal damage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Martin Hergeth<\/h2>\n
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- Name:<\/strong> Martin Hergeth<\/li>\n
- Level:<\/strong> Level 2<\/li>\n
- Location:<\/strong> Aachen, Germany<\/li>\n
- Region:<\/strong> German-speaking Countries <\/li>\n
- Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> February 2015<\/li>\n
- L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> 4\/2\/2016<\/li>\n
- Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> weird, obscure rules or cards<\/li>\n
- Occupation:<\/strong> physics student<\/li>\n
- Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I also play video games and am a pretty good WoW player<\/li>\n
- Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I was always interestend in the rules of the game and was learning how they work even before I wanted to be a judge. I also liked teaching other players how they work. I judged a pre-release because a friend of mine got sick and couldn’t do it. Konrad Eibl was playing at that event and afterwards asked me if I wanted to actually be a judge.<\/li>\n
- What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> I’m really looking forward to judging at a big event like a GP. I really like the interaction with players on the floor and I hope doing that all day long for a weekend is going to be great.<\/li>\n
- What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> As this is going to be my first GP I don’t have a lot of experience organizing events like this. I am going to be on the paper team on Saturday and am worried that a mistake there can hold up the entire main event.<\/li>\n
- What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> I hope I’ll learn a lot of organization skills. I don’t have experience judging at big events and hope I can learn a lot for future events.<\/li>\n
- Who is your mentor?:<\/strong> Konrad Eibl<\/a>
<\/span><\/span>. He is a local judge that helped me a lot through the years. He has a lot of experience judging and is very involved in the judge program and will gladly help you with any questions you have.<\/li>\n
- What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> We have a lot of very involved players that try to help local community and even a lot of judges. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Name:<\/strong> Audun Maatje<\/li>\n
- Level:<\/strong> Level 2<\/li>\n
- Location:<\/strong> Bergen, Norway<\/li>\n
- Region:<\/strong> Europe – North<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Erin Murphy<\/h2>\n
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- Name:<\/strong> Erin Murphy<\/li>\n
- Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n
- Location:<\/strong> Edinburgh, Scotland<\/li>\n
- Region:<\/strong> United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa <\/li>\n
- Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> 05\/03\/2017<\/li>\n
- L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> 6\/10\/2017<\/li>\n
- Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Magic communities, specifically the UK Legacy community.<\/li>\n
- Occupation:<\/strong> Full time judge \ud83d\ude1b<\/li>\n
- Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> I kinda speak Swedish and French<\/li>\n
- Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I felt more attached to the rules and policy of Magic than the game itself.<\/li>\n
- What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> Working my first GP, teaming up with some great judges on Sides and Main event.<\/li>\n
- What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> Long, tiring days and getting flustered on the floor.<\/li>\n
- What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> How larger judge teams collaborate and more about the roles involved.<\/li>\n
- Who is your mentor?:<\/strong> Sophie Hughes<\/a>
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- What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> I was one of the “I have to be right” kind of judges earlier in my career. This made players and colleagues not feel great in discussion.<\/li>\n
- How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> Being able to admit that I can be wrong sometimes and taking on the feedback that us judges oh-so love to give \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n
- What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> The spirit of commander and the inclusiveness of the younger players.<\/li>\n
- What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> English Nationals – Day 2. I was allowed to run a team and ended up having the most memorable moment of my judge career.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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