Emilien Wild

Hi Judges! This week, Judge of the Week features Emilien Wild, an L3 from Namur, Belgium, in the  Benelux region.  Emilien became a judge in in 2008, and then pushed up to L2 in 2010 at the Belgian nationals.  He then leveled up again to L3 in 2013 at GP Utrecht. Why did you become […]

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Kevin Binswanger RC

Welcome judges, to another special feature week, of Regional Coordinators features.  While last week we saw a second showing (the first time a judge was featured twice on JotW), this week is a double feature!  This is the second time Kevin Binswanger, L3, from Austin, TX has been featured on Judge of the Week as […]

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Michael Wiese

Guten Tag, Judges!  This week, Regional Coordinators special features of JotW interviews its second ever judge from Germany, the RC for all German speaking countries- L3, Michael Wiese!  Michael is from Bonn, Germany, and became a judge in October 2003 originally!  This brings us close to his 10 year anniversary! Why did you become a […]

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Mitsunori Makino

Greetings Judges!  Regional Coordinators features continues!  This week, we’re going a bit more east (technically, though really judging is global, as you know), for the Regional Coordinator of Japan and South Korea, Mitsunori Makino!  [Editor’s note: Translation wasn’t the best with this interview, so many of Mitsunori’s questions were sadly abridged or edited for clarity.  […]

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