{"id":3401,"date":"2014-11-22T19:08:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T01:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/jotw\/?p=3401"},"modified":"2015-01-22T23:06:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T05:06:41","slug":"adrian-estoup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/jotw\/adrian-estoup\/","title":{"rendered":"Adrian Estoup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hola Judges!<\/p>\n

It’s time to feature another excellent judge! This week on the RC edition of Judge of the Week, our team lands in the country that gave us bife chorizo<\/a>, Maradona<\/a>, and the\u00a0Pope of the Catholic Church<\/a>.\u00a0This judge\u00a0works in one of the widest regions in the world, but in his regular life, he’s a passionate\u00a0board game collector. Judges,\u00a0it’s an honor to spotlight Adri\u00e1n Estoup<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0from Temperley, Argentina.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>What is your name?<\/strong>
\nAdri\u00e1n Estoup<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\nLevel 3!
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\nWhere are you from?
\n<\/strong>Temperley<\/a>, Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/p>\n

When did you become a Judge?
\n<\/strong>I’ve been judging for about 11 years by now!<\/p>\n

Why did you become a Judge?<\/strong>
\nI\u00a0don’t believe I had an “unique”\u00a0reason. I just got interested in checking out how the organizational process went at the events I attended<\/a> as a player.<\/p>\n

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What advice would you give to members of your region?
\n<\/strong>Latin America is a wonderful Region, although we don’t have many events and the realities of life in many countries are tough, we are under\u00a0an always ongoing development and Growth<\/a>\u00a0state\u00a0year by year, supported by our\u00a0judge community… and\u00a0we still have many things to do! My personal advice for our\u00a0Judges is just “give always your\u00a0best in everything and try for every project you are interested in”. It turns out that our\u00a0region is so\u00a0wide\u00a0and physically distant, so we have\u00a0a fertile ground<\/a>\u00a0for many awesome and innovative ideas<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Adrian and Carlos’s seal of approval Photo: Elias Fajardo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Could you recognize a few outstanding members of your region?<\/strong>
\nThere are\u00a0plenty\u00a0of them! It’s sometimes unfair to pick one over others by their excellent work, but I’d like to highlight Damian Hiller<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0and Carlos Ho<\/a><\/span><\/span>. They are, without a doubt, the ones who influenced me the most in\u00a0my career\u00a0as a judge. The stories behind this fact are long to tell but in short:\u00a0Carlos<\/a><\/span><\/span> was the very first person in boosting my\u00a0ideas\u00a0and feeding my interest regarding involvement into the program, he taught me and trusted (and still trusts I hope!) me to truly work hard in the Region. With Damian<\/a><\/span><\/span> we have\u00a0a weird history:\u00a0we’ve known each other for about\u00a0 15 years, but other than attend some events, we didn’t engage each other much. At some point, we figured out our projects\u00a0could be improved by working as a team<\/a>, so we started working together in several regional\u00a0projects! He was the first RC that our region had and his work was just\u00a0exceptional!<\/p>\n

I also want to recognize Nemesio Bola\u00f1os<\/a><\/span><\/span>, who\u00a0is doing an excellent community work not only in the north part of Chile<\/a>\u00a0but also is a huge presence in other countries like Per\u00fa<\/a> and Bolivia<\/a>. Development in those communities\/regions is highly impacted by his work.<\/p>\n

Finally, I’d love to recognize two of the newest members to\u00a0our local L3+ crew, Federico Donner<\/a><\/span><\/span> and Julio Sosa<\/a><\/span><\/span>. Guys, your energy\u00a0make us keep working every day and your interest provides us support for our local scene. Without that, this would be impossible!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the farthest you have ever traveled for a Magic event?<\/strong>
\nGothenburg<\/a>, Sweden. This trip was one week before I hit L3 :).<\/p>\n

Does your family travel with you?<\/strong>
\nMost of the time, we don\u2019t. On a personal note, we rely a lot on the holidays for vacations. My wife normally has vacation time only in January (she works at a school) and the same with my daughter. Sometimes, we get together in Europe or like last GP Orlando,<\/a> where we managed to spend a few days, post-GP, enjoying the city!<\/p>\n

How do you not lose your mind as a RC?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Adrian at GP Santiago 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I think the only two reasons why I haven’t lost my mind are because a) I really enjoy\u00a0 what I\u2019m currently doing so much and I’m happy doing it, and b) I secretly have an organization method that, while not perfect, leaves me enough time to be up-to-date with all of the RC tasks, my work, and my family. My method is a long queue of pending tasks that gets refreshed periodically, prioritizing some things over others, as I deal with the list. In fact, this interview was on my list for a while, because I always had many GP-related tasks taking precedence over answering this interview properly.<\/p>\n

What do you feel needs to be improved in the Judge program?<\/strong>
\nOn a macro level, I believe we have improved a lot on communication aspects, and it is something where we still have room to improve. It\u2019s tough to see many judges that are not aware of the latest changes in the program, and I have to admit, some of this lack of awareness is due to problems with this aspect. That being said, compared to the early days of our LatAm community, we have made enormous strides.<\/p>\n

Regionally, we have two zones that need extra effort and that’s where I\u2019m focusing much of my energy. First, getting an L3 in Chile<\/a> (a goal for many years already), and secondly, develop the L2 community of Mexico,<\/a> where we have 6 to 7 times the amount of advanced-level stores than L2 Judges. With the PPTQ schedule this year, that looks to be a daunting challenge<\/a>!<\/p>\n

How often do you Travel for Magic?
\n<\/strong>Last year, I had the chance to travel\u00a0abroad for Magic many times , but I have to say, this is not a constant. There are two factors that limit my travel possibilities: my holidays with my regular job and living in south America, which to be honest, is far away from Europe or the States where many huge events happen monthly (or even weekly!).<\/p>\n

All in all, I think I\u2019m lucky and can travel a lot, which I love to do! This past year, I’ve managed to visit Valencia<\/a>, Barcelona<\/a>, Sao Paulo<\/a>, Asunci\u00f3n<\/a> (three times ;D), Portland<\/a>, Orlando<\/a>, and Santiago de Chile<\/a>, all thanks to Magic!<\/p>\n

What hobbies do you have outside of Magic?
\n<\/strong>Unfortunately, I don\u2019t have much \u201cfree time\u201d to spend on my hobbies. I wish I had more time for that! I do, though, have a collection of amusing board games which I love to try with my friends!<\/p>\n

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“El Grande”, the first boardgame of Adrian’s collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The one that started my collection was “El Grande<\/a>“. I bought it on the street one day after PT Berlin 2008.<\/a> The game came\u00a0in\u00a0a metal case, along with\u00a0“Carcassonne<\/a>“. Given that\u00a0this game was in German, it took me a while to learn all the mechanics of the game, but one year later, I could\u00a0properly enjoy this game with my friends and just loved it! Other related games I like the most are:\u00a0Dominion<\/a>, Dungeon Lords<\/a>, Agricola<\/a>, Puerto Rico<\/a>, Cash and Guns<\/a>,\u00a0Airlines Europe<\/a> and Alien Frontiers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Are there any hated games in your collection\u00a0too?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nYes, there are\u00a0a couple\u00a0games\u00a0on the top of my “Most Hated board games” list. Most of the time we\u00a0gather at Alejandro Raggio<\/a><\/span><\/span>‘s house, there is a playlist of games for the day. I decline almost every time one of my hated games are on that day’s playlist!<\/p>\n

The first one is\u00a0“Letters from Whitechapel<\/a>“.\u00a0 It’s just not a game\u00a0that everyone around the table will\u00a0enjoy, basically letting one person have fun and the rest are stuck being bored. It’s not part of my concept for a good game experience.\u00a0The other one is\u00a0“Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Board Game<\/a>“. In my opinion, it’s the classic game where, if you want to interact, you\u00a0just end up losing, and the players that didn’t do anything end up winning.\u00a0I\u00a0also give an honorable mention to “Mansions of Madness<\/a>“. While it’s not one of my\u00a0loved nor\u00a0hated games, it’s\u00a0about to join my “hate\u00a0list”\u00a0for being similar to “Letters of Whitechapel<\/a>“. It’s\u00a0just a one-sided game, with the one that has control of the board decimating\u00a0the others, and the Game Master will always\u00a0kill\u00a0you no\u00a0matter\u00a0what!<\/p>\n

\"Token00\"<\/a>Digging into the LatAm archives, we found a fancy series of Yu-Gi-Oh tokens\u00a0with LatAm Judges on them! Is there any particular story behind that?
\n<\/strong>Yep! Created at GenCon 2012 during the\u00a0World Magic Cup, these\u00a0rare tokens are\u00a0highly valuable and sought after by most of the dealers :D. One day, I had a long break until the next round, so along with Francisco Iramain<\/a><\/span><\/span> and Carlos Ho<\/a><\/span><\/span>, we decided to walk around and check out the booths (because we all three\u00a0love games and related stuff so much <3).\u00a0Among\u00a0all the booths, we stayed around the Konami one. They offered to their guests\u00a0to take pics and print them onto\u00a0sweet \"Token01\"<\/a>tokens! Besides the funny poses, one\u00a0memorable thing was, as\u00a0the Konami staff noticed our presence\u00a0there, them saying things like “Whoa, Magic Judges!” This story reminds me of the humor we have in our\u00a0lovely LatAm community.<\/p>\n

Although this\u00a0was the only time I got onto a token,\u00a0nowadays we have a similar system at Pro Tours where you can print your own token. As this happened a few years ago, for some time, we\u00a0were the only Magic Judges appearing on a Yu-Gi-Oh token!<\/p>\n

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Adrian and Cristiana Dionisio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What are some of your Regional Goals?<\/strong>
\nAs I said before, there are two countries were we are focusing our efforts: Chile and Mexico. I also have the challenge to modify the current regional conference structure. At this moment, we are working on a design that I believe will improve the way we handle our conferences.<\/p>\n

How has being a Magic Judge influenced your non-Magic life?<\/strong>
\nIn many ways, judging Magic has helped me with teamwork, leadership skills (especially with multicultural teams under pressure)<\/a> and resolution and conflict management. Thanks to other off-event activities in the program, I\u2019ve advanced in skills that surely might take years in a regular office job.<\/p>\n

What is the proudest moment of your Judge life?
\n<\/strong>Without a doubt, the two best moments were when I was offered to be the next RC of my region and when I leveled up to L3. These events were where I felt that my dedication to the community was rewarded.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe last five sanctioned Magic events Minh played in date back to only 2011. That’s a long time to not play magic. [\/expand]<\/p>\n

That’s all folks!\u00a0Thanks Adrian, your dedication to this region is awesome. We love\u00a0to keep hearing good news from there! Thanks judges, hope to see you again next week!\u00a0 If you know a judge that you would like to recognize, please nominate a judge today<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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