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<\/a>Name: <\/strong>George Gavrilita\nLevel: <\/strong>2
\nLocation:\u00a0<\/strong>Torino, Italy
\nJudge start date: <\/strong>June\u00a027th, 2010
\nWhy did you become a Judge?<\/strong> Always been a Melvin<\/a>.
\nOccupation: <\/strong>Political Science Student
\nFavourite format: <\/strong>2HG, and probably Team Sealed when I get to try it.
\nFavourite non-Magic Game: \u00ad<\/strong>Dixit<\/a>, and recently Spaceteam<\/a>
\nBest tournament result: <\/strong>Day 2 at my first GP Florence 2011
\nRandom fact about yourself: <\/strong>I sleep without alarms. When I have to get up early for something, I try to go to bed at 8 or 9 the day before, so I wake up without having to set an alarm. As a consequence I’m very rested on a normal day, and it helps when I can’t do that during GPs. Rather than having sleep debt, I have sleep reserves!<\/p>\n
What is your favorite \u201cafter event\u201d conversation? How has being a Judge influenced your non-Magic life? What positive aspects has the Judge Program contributed to your everyday life? What is one tip you have for other Judges? Two Truths and a Lie<\/strong> [expand title=”The answer to the last Two Truths and a Lie…”] Jeff admits, “I quit smoking way before becoming a judge!” [\/expand]<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Many senior judges like Kevin Desprez<\/a><\/a>You were named in the first wave of honorees for the Exemplar Program by Cristiana Dionisio<\/a>
\n<\/strong>I try to block out stuff that has nothing to do with the event before I wear my shirt. Exams, work, deadlines, the evening before a tournament I go through my calendar and to-do lists and just postpone\u00a0everything to after the weekend. I know that there is stuff I have to deal with, but I know I won’t forget it because it’s somewhere safe, and I can’t do anything about it anyway during the tournament, so why worry about it? Furthermore, you never know when Sashi \u201cLoco\u201d Kumar Balakrishnan<\/a>
\n<\/strong>It has taught me to seek optimization in all aspects of life, and not just continue doing something the old way out of habit. It has made me more familiar with the feedback culture our society would need so much. As a professional experience, it played a big part in my application to university in France, so that I could live there for a couple of years and be adopted by the French Judge Community. The GP schedule is probably THE most important series of events that shapes my calendar. Last but not least, traveling, with its pros and cons, is a lesson I’m so happy to have learned so young.<\/p>\nWhat motivates you to continue being a Judge?
\n<\/strong>During the years I have been in many sometimes ungrateful positions that tried to improve something for the community. High-School yearbook, journal, student body, University student council, so much behind-the-scenes work and not only lack of recognition, but sometimes outright lack of respect. This was very frustrating. The Judge Program however always found ways to listen to me or say thank you, and from different directions. For example, Edwin Zhang<\/a>
\n<\/strong>It’s very easy to lose motivation while doing something, but it’s very hard for that to happen in the Judge Program. If that happens to you, as always, keep calm, and call a(nother) judge. The problem is rarely you being a Judge in itself, but it’s a lack of alignment between you and your time, goals, energy, or period of your life. Sometimes we lack the necessary clarity of vision and distance between ourselves and everything else, or don’t have the means to do proper soulsearching, as Ivan Petkovic L3 calls it. Share sorrow now, and you’ll be able to share joy later.<\/p>\n
\nTwo of the following statements are true and one is false. Figure out which!<\/p>\n\n