{"id":1011,"date":"2013-04-18T04:26:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T08:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/jotw\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2014-12-18T15:34:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T21:34:39","slug":"miguel-angel-fernandez-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/jotw\/miguel-angel-fernandez-diego\/","title":{"rendered":"Miguel Angel Fernandez Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings Judges! This week\u2019s Judge of the Week is Miguel Angel Fernandez Diego, L1 from Germany, NRW (in\u00a0Unna<\/a>, near Dortmund)<\/p>\n

(Parentheses[] indicate areas of translation)<\/p>\n

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Occupation:<\/strong> Oracle Administrator
\nFavourite card:<\/strong>Underworld Dreams<\/a>
\nLeast favourite card:<\/strong> Dream Halls<\/a>
\nFavourite format:<\/strong> Legacy
\nCommander general:<\/strong> Scion of the Ur-Dragon<\/a>
\nFavourite non-Magic Game:<\/strong> Settlers of Catan
\nBest tournament result:<\/strong> Never played professional!
\nRandom fact about yourself:<\/strong> \u00a0I\u2019ve played Magic since Mercadian Masques.<\/p>\n

Tell us your favourite judge story.<\/strong>
\nMy favourite story was the \u201cStifle<\/a>\u201d cast on \u201cWrath of God<\/a>\u201d and no sense from the player, [not noticing] that he can\u00b4t do that ^^<\/p>\n

\u00a0How has being a judge influenced your non-Magic life?<\/strong>
\nI have much more to DO than before! I judge a minimum of 2 to 3 events each week. \u00a0And I do the job of a L2 judge. That\u2019s a lot work. But fun!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the best part about your local Magic community?<\/strong>
\nSomeone knows me and it is a very great community, I currently judge therefore in many shops around [my area] and also because all the players and TOs are very sympathetic.\u00a0 [Because] of this variety, lots of formats [can] be played.<\/p>\n

Tell us an embarrassing story that you\u2019re not afraid of everyone knowing.<\/strong>[Translated from German]\u00a0 During a Judo tournament in ground combat, when the tension was at an absolute peak, I suddenly had to fart frighteningly loud!\u00a0 Unfortunately, I was one of the fighters in the match! *@^*^%\u00a0 It wasn’t me!<\/p>\n

You were nominated by Michael Wiese because he believes your work ist just enlightened. How you achieve it, when you visit so many countries attending tournament venues and also have to attend your work and family at home?<\/strong>
\n[Translated from German] Sadly, I\u2019m currently only judging in Germany.\u00a0 I would gladly judge all over the world, but that will hopefully come with time.\u00a0 I am, however, very active in Germany!\u00a0 I judge every weekend, and recently I\u2019ve been so busy that I\u2019m even judging GPTs on weeknights, because there aren\u2019t any other judges available!<\/p>\n

I just take my kids with me! \ud83d\ude42 They feel welcomed by the players, and everyone knows them by now too!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42 I applied a few times for international tournaments, but no luck so far.\u00a0 I think Michael Wiese nominated me to show that even L1s can do a lot in the judging and magic community work!\u00a0 Currently I\u2019m working with 7 stores, and several tournament hosts.\u00a0 I\u2019ll test for L2 soon, and then hopefully be able to judge internationally too!<\/p>\n

What motivates you to continue being a judge?<\/strong>
\n[Translated from German] It\u2019s a ton of fun and getting recognition from other players is nice too.\u00a0 Sadly, I don\u2019t get to play as often because of it.\u00a0 But I\u2019m glad Magic Online exists, though as a judge, it\u2019s hard to see that the programmers don\u2019t always take the rules as seriously!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the biggest rule-breaking play you\u2019ve ever made as a player?<\/strong>
\n[Translated from German] Once I had to think way too long about a specific rule in a game, and almost lost the trust of my players that way!\u00a0 Since then, I\u2019ve studied all the FAQs before every Prerelease very carefully, so that doesn\u2019t happen again!<\/p>\n

What would you be doing now if Magic no longer existed?<\/strong>
\nI don\u00b4t know. I think it is not a problem for me. I\u2019ll have a bigger problem if the community no longer exists!<\/p>\n

What character in Magic (real or fictional) represents you the best, and why?<\/strong>
\nIf I must choose, I would say \u201cBosh, Iron Golem<\/a>\u201d. \u00a0He has a similar character as I do!<\/p>\n

If you could chat with one person, real or fictional, dead or alive, who would it be and why?<\/strong>
\n[Translated from German] Leonardo da Vinci<\/a> would probably be the person who has most impressed me.\u00a0 He was multi-talented and invented so many things.\u00a0 Also, despite some minor setbacks of legality, he developed a lot of things that brought humanity forward.\u00a0 What a visionary.\u00a0 If I could have, I would have tried to become his assistant! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Is there anything else you\u2019d like to add?<\/strong>
\n[Translated from German] Honestly, you can\u2019t believe how honored I feel to be nominated!\u00a0 Even more so, that I\u2019m also the first judge from Germany who has received this honor!<\/p>\n

Two Truths and a Lie<\/strong>
\nTwo of the following statements is true, and one is false. Figure out which!<\/p>\n

1. I started collecting the Pokemon card game before I started with Magic.
\n2. I currently judge as an L1 judge in 7 different stores.
\n3. My daughter can participate in standard tournaments and she’s only 7 years old.<\/p>\n

[expand title=”The answer to last week’s Two Truths and a Lie…”] Ben McDole doesn’t have a mini Doberman Pinscher.\u00a0 His dog is actually a Manchester Terrier![\/expand]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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