{"id":134,"date":"2012-04-20T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T00:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/jotw\/?p=134"},"modified":"2012-05-18T10:49:02","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T14:49:02","slug":"judge-of-the-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/jotw\/judge-of-the-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Pendon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Judge of the Week is Neil Pendon from Guam. Neil began playing Magic<\/strong> in 2004 with the release of Darksteel, and began judging in 2009. He wasn\u2019t too sure about judging or judges, so he just decided to ask to become one and discovered he loved it. His favourite judging experience was Worlds 2010, where the highlight was meeting all of his friends from over the world supporting the game. Outside of judging Neil is a teacher, and works for a card store. Here is what Neil had to say:<\/p>\n

Favourite Magic<\/strong> Card? Phyrexian Plaguelord<\/a><\/p>\n

Your top 5 games of all time? Magic<\/strong>, Scrabble, FF, D&D, and Hind and Seek<\/p>\n

If you could play any one game with any one real person – living or dead – who would it be? Richard Garfield<\/p>\n

What one planeswalker would you want to have while stranded on a desert island? Chandra Nalaar<\/a><\/p>\n

Reader Challenge – Two Truths and a Lie<\/strong>
\nTwo of the following are true and one is false! Work it out! <\/p>\n

1. Memorized 80% of the rules and game regulations.
\n2. My wife was the one who pushed me into playing my first MTG game.
\n3. Reported and help catch people responsible for the break in, vandalism, and robbery of a local middle school through recognizing the Magic<\/strong> cards that were stolen.<\/p>\n

(Highlight the blank space between the brackets to see the answer.)
\nThe false statement is [#1! Memorizing that many rules verbatim is “beyond his brain set”.<\/font>]<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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