Why did you become a judge?
\n<\/b>I decided to become a judge in the Chilean Magic community after watching the community fall on hard times, I knew that I could give my community better service by adding another judge to the pool. At the time we only had one L1 in the area, which was not nearly enough to support our community.<\/p>\n
I started Judging in 2000; it was then I promised myself that I’d give my best to improve the Latin American Magic community! I’ve experienced and enjoyed several aspects of the game; I’ve been a collector, a retail worker, a Judge for almost 14 years, a TO, a player since 1996, and I worked as Manager\/Director of Organized Play La Forja De Stone. \u00a0My collection includes\u00a0a play-set of almost every card created since 4th\u00a0Edition\/Revised. My collection took a hit however last year when I had to sell some to gather money for GP Santiago. As for retail, I was store owner and I worked for Devir Chile (a large shop in my area) for several years. As a TO I\u2019ve ran more than 2000 events, 548 of which were from last year in my store alone! For almost for 10 years now, my entire life has been Magic!<\/p>\n I arrived morning of the event and took a “pre-test” to see if I was up to snuff. \u00a0I passed the test, got my shirt, and was put on the staff! It was my first event ever, and it left me with an amazing experience, compensation of 9 boosters packs, and 3 foil Judge cards (\u00a0Balduvian Horde<\/a>, Stroke of Genius<\/a>, and Gaea’s Cradle<\/a>). Sadly, that evening, I didn’t pass my L1 exam, that was however the start of my journey to being a Judge.<\/p>\n Another fun judge story is the time I got lost for almost 2 hours in\u00a0Kyoto<\/a>. I was trying to get to the Judge Dinner. Apparently there was a miscommunication\u00a0with taxi driver. he ended up leaving me in a completely different place! Thankfully, I managed to get in touch with my fellow judges and find the place.<\/p>\n Tell us an embarrassing story that you\u2019re not afraid of everyone knowing.![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/jotw\/files\/2014\/04\/no-todo-es-magic-e1398286962146-218x300.jpg\")
<\/a>Location:<\/b>\u00a0Santiago de Chile
\nJudge start date:<\/b>L1 Nov 26, 2000 and\u00a0L2 on August 26, 2001.
\nOccupation:<\/b>\u00a0Proud owner of \u00a0LA FORJA DE STONE.
\n<\/a>Favorite card:<\/b>\u00a0Rancor<\/a> and Flight<\/a> (5th Edition), the one that has a zebra on it ( it has a huge personal and sentimental value)
\nLeast favorite card:<\/b>\u00a0Cyclopean mummy<\/a>
\nFavorite format:<\/b>\u00a0Limited
\nCommander General:<\/b>\u00a0I don’t play Commander, but If I had a general, it would be some random Dragon!
\nFavorite non-Magic Game:\u00a0<\/b>RPGs! I like D&D, but I haven’t played it in a while.
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<\/a>Best tournament result:<\/b><\/p>\n\n
<\/span><\/span> we went 4-1-0 then….
\n[expand title=”click here to keep reading”]Drop, of course, it was a 2HG side event (limited Zendikar). We had to get into our shift :D![\/expand]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n![\"TO](\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/jotw\/files\/2014\/04\/TO-GP-Stgo-e1398288349929-206x300.jpg\")
<\/a>Random fact about yourself:<\/b>
\n<\/b>My degree is in Marine Biology, but I have only really ever had a career with Magic!<\/p>\n![\"LA](\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/jotw\/files\/2014\/04\/LA-2001-Buenos-Aires-e1398287600558-300x277.jpg\")
<\/a>Tell us your favorite judge story.
\n<\/b>In June 2000, I was reading a local newspaper and it had an article saying that the next day the Latin-American Championship would be held in Santiago de Chile. I made a snap decision and took an 8-hours bus ride to the event and asked for my judge certification.<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>In one of my first events as a Judge I allowed a player to tap a land enchanted with two Squirrel Nest<\/a>s and get 2 squirrel tokens from it! Well, at least that is what the other judges from Chile say, however I actually don’t remember that =p.\u00a0True or not, that provided us with a lot of fun for a long long time :*D.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>How has being a judge influenced your non-Magic life?<\/b>![\"National](\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/jotw\/files\/2014\/04\/National-Bolivia-e1398288161266-300x253.jpg\")
<\/a>Is there anything else you\u2019d like to add?<\/b>