{"id":1404,"date":"2013-06-13T13:42:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T17:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/jotw\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2014-12-18T17:55:45","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T23:55:45","slug":"christopher-vizzone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/jotw\/christopher-vizzone\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Vizzone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aloha Judges! This week\u2019s Judge of the Week is Christopher Vizzone, L1 from\u00a0Keaau, Hawaii! Christopher was nominated by Stephan Classen<\/a><\/span><\/span> an L2 from Hilo, Hawaii\u00a0who says:
\n“He’s one of our local L1s, and he certified because of interest in the rules and helping out.\u00a0 Now he’s becoming a leader of our community and enjoys judging perhaps more than playing, and we need more stories from L1s like this!”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"vizzykingkam1\"<\/a>Occupation:<\/strong> Currently a student at the University of Hawaii at Hilo studying Performing Arts – Music. I finish at the end of the year, at which point I’d have to think about what I’m going to do in the “real” world.
\nFavourite card:<\/strong> Mortify<\/a>, it’s such a cool card. The textless rewards promo art for it is wonderful.
\nLeast favourite card:<\/strong> Primeval Titan<\/a>.
\nFavourite format:<\/strong> Commander
\nCommander general:<\/strong> I’ve got a ton of different Commander decks, but my favorites include Merieke Ri Berit<\/a>; Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer<\/a>; Teysa, Orzhov Scion<\/a> — the list goes on…
\nFavourite non-Magic Game:<\/strong> In the virtual world, I bounce between World of Tanks and Dota 2 when not playing Magic. If I’m doing board games, I’m very partial to Ticket to Ride as well as Betrayal at House on the Hill.
\nFavourite Ravnica guild is?<\/strong>\u00a0 I’m Orzhov!
\nBest tournament result:<\/strong> 4-0 at the Dark Ascension release party! Won it!
\nRandom fact about yourself:<\/strong> I’m a college radio DJ on the side. Pretty fun stuff.<\/h4>\n

What is one tip that you have for judges?<\/strong>
\nI guess this is one of the most important things I’ve learned in my almost one whole year of judging:
\nRemember that part of judging is having fun. You are here to give and receive fun in equal amounts. When judging stops being fun, you need to stop, take a breath, and step back to reassess. Keep a casual mindset when judging. This doesn’t mean that you be a laissez faire judge that doesn’t protect tournament integrity. “Fun, but firm.” is the way to judge.<\/p>\n

Tell us your favourite judge story.<\/strong>
\nHonestly, the looks on players as I’m able to help them reason through a particularly sticky game state is one of my favorite things to see as a judge. You know, the one look that’s all, “Oh! THAT’S how it works!” and the players feel accomplished? I love seeing that look on the players I work with. Magic is a game that is learned, and I feel that Judges are educators as well as arbiters.
\nIt’s not a singular “favorite” judge story, but it is one of my favorite things to do while on duty at FNMs or GPTs.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the best part about your local Magic communit<\/strong>y?<\/strong>
\nI’m from Hilo, Hawaii, and we’re a high competitive, yet very friendly community. We literally built up our current card shop from the ground up and have supported it for some time now. I always get compliments from visiting players about how nice or how positive my local community is. It’s very humbling.<\/p>\n

How did you get involved in Magic to begin with?<\/strong>
\nI learned to play from my older brother back when I was like 8 or 9 years old. I had been a kitchen-table casual for the longest time — I’d only ever play on the side with some friends in high school or during those summer fun programs I used to do when I was little. It was only when I had entered the University did I start meeting the more “competitive” Magic players and even attended my first Magic tournament! (M11 Prerelease).<\/p>\n

If you could chat with one person, real or fictional, dead or alive, who would it be and why?<\/strong>
\nMachiavelli.<\/a> I feel like I could learn a lot of things from him in general. His books are pretty good…<\/p>\n

What is your favourite non-judging moment that happened with other judges?<\/strong>
\nThis actually happened this past weekend at Friday Night Magic — I participated in a game of Commander with my other Hilo Judge counterparts in which we all brought our “Judgebreaker EDH Decks” — Commander decks designed to give judges a headache when assessing the game state at any point in time.<\/p>\n

In the Eye of Chaos<\/a> + Eye of the Storm<\/a> + Arcane Laboratory<\/a> + Stasis<\/a> + Eon Hub<\/a> + Phyrexian Unlife<\/a> + Maralen of the Mornsong<\/a> + Delaying Shield<\/a> all across the field was enough to give my other counterparts a grand headache. Me? I loved it.<\/p>\n

Favourite hobby (other than Magic):<\/strong>
\nWarhammer 40,000 — I wish I had more time to work on my armies.<\/p>\n

What would you be doing now if Magic no longer existed?<\/strong>
\nI guess I’d be focusing on my studies a little bit more, work towards being the high school teacher I’ve always wanted to be. In the gaming world, I guess I’d be looking into more online gaming and other things of that nature. Maybe join another online clan instead of freelance like I do now.<\/p>\n

Is there anything else you\u2019d like to add?<\/strong>
\nShoutout to all of the awesome Judges I’ve met in my time in the program — Sean Catanese<\/a><\/span><\/span>, David de la Iglesia<\/a><\/span><\/span>, Aaron Hamer<\/a><\/span><\/span>, Nick Rutkowski<\/a><\/span><\/span> (I never forgot how to properly cast a spell after you hit me with the Fireball question back at Judge Conference GP San Jose), Sheldon Menery<\/a><\/span><\/span> (I still have those Prime Times you signed! My favorite portion of my promo binder.). Shoutout to Stephan Classen<\/a><\/span><\/span>, partner in crime out here in Hilo and the judge who got me looking into the program in the first place.<\/p>\n

Two Truths and a Lie<\/strong>
\nTwo of the following statements is true, and one is false.\u00a0 Figure out which!
\n1. I dislike Green cards.
\n2. My radio show is named “The Pineapple Pleasure Palace” and can be found on University Radio Hilo.
\n3. A few years back, I performed in my University’s presentation of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. I was one of the tubists in the low brass section.<\/p>\n

[expand title=”The answer to last week’s Two Truths and a Lie…”] Apparently, Miguel is not so cold as he’d like us to believe.\u00a0 He’s not really known as the “Iceman”. But it doesn’t mean he doesn’t have superpowers! [\/expand]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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