{"id":819,"date":"2012-10-11T21:31:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T01:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/jotw\/?p=819"},"modified":"2014-12-04T19:08:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T01:08:29","slug":"carsten-haese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/jotw\/carsten-haese\/","title":{"rendered":"Carsten Haese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello again! Let’s get to it. Today’s Judge of the Week is Carsten Haese, Level 2 from Toledo, Ohio! Carsten was nominated by Dan Stephens!<\/p>\n

Dan Stephens, L3 Indiana has this to say:
\n“Carsten is known for two things that he does incredibly well.
\n1. He runs an annual charity tournament that benefits MS (Multiple Sclerosis). He has been running it for several years and is drawing over a hundred players to a little backwoods area of Ohio for the great event, noble cause, and some awesome prizes.
\n2. He is one of the longest running writers for Cranial Insertion<\/a>, a weekly rules blog that has been an invaluable resource to judges and players that are interested in learning the why and how of magic rules.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"carsten\"<\/a>Occupation:<\/em> Software Developer<\/p>\n

Favorite<\/em>\u00a0card:<\/em> Humility. It creates so many good layers questions.<\/p>\n

Least favorite card:<\/em> Life and Limb. It creates too many crazy layers questions.<\/p>\n

Favorite<\/em>\u00a0format:<\/em> Judging: Legacy \/ Playing: Sealed<\/p>\n

Commander general:<\/em> Whichever commander comes with the deck I happen to\u00a0be borrowing.<\/p>\n

Favorite<\/em>\u00a0non-Magic Game:<\/em> Rock Band<\/p>\n

Best tournament result:<\/em> I don’t have a “best” result. My “least bad”\u00a0result was 3-3 at the Innistrad prerelease.<\/p>\n

Random fact about yourself:<\/em> I am one of the three writers of the\u00a0weekly rules column Cranial Insertion.<\/p>\n

How has being a judge influenced your non-Magic life?<\/strong>
\nBeing a judge has definitely improved my interaction with people. In\u00a0may day job, I work with computers most of the time and I don’t\u00a0interact much with people outside of phone calls and emails. Being on\u00a0the tournament floor is a welcome change from that environment and\u00a0allows me to sharpen my face-to-face customer service, diplomacy, and
\nteamworking skills.<\/p>\n

You were nominated by Dan because the excellent work you do running<\/strong>\u00a0charity tournaments. Can you tell us more about what you do?<\/strong>
\nI organize charity\u00a0tournaments to benefit the National MS Society. The first time I ran\u00a0it, in May 2010, it was a smallish affair due to various rookie\u00a0mistakes — it turns out that running a tournament on the same day as\u00a0Regional was a bad idea — but it was just enough of a success that I\u00a0was willing to learn from my mistakes and do better next time. The\u00a0next attempt was in March 2011, and it raised three times as much\u00a0money, so it was indeed much better than the first time. From then to\u00a0March 2012 the donation doubled in size, which exceeded even my most\u00a0unrealistic expectations.<\/p>\n

To support this tournament series, I put aside all Magic product I get\u00a0for judging events throughout the year. For the 2012 tournament I also\u00a0received very generous prize donations from other judges throughout\u00a0the Midwest region. Without those donations, the tournament would\u00a0definitely not have grown as much as it did. I expect that I’ll also\u00a0need additional donations for March 2013, so if you’re interested in\u00a0donating something, whether it’s a single booster pack or a box or a\u00a0judge foil, please let me know.<\/p>\n

What motivates you to continue being a judge?<\/strong>
\nBesides wanting to continue my annual tournament series, there are\u00a0several motivations. Magic is an endlessly fascinating game, and being\u00a0a judge allows me to be involved in it even if I don’t have the time\u00a0to play it. Also, the judge community is such an amazing group of\u00a0friends and the camaraderie among judges is unlike anything I’ve\u00a0experienced anywhere else. Finally, being a judge allows me to\u00a0exercise customer service and interpersonal skills that I don’t get to\u00a0exercise in my day job. Overall, judging is an immensely rewarding\u00a0hobby.<\/p>\n

What is your favourite non-judging moment that happened with other judges?<\/strong>
\nThat’s almost like asking “What’s your favorite child?” Except that\u00a0that question is much easier to answer because I only have one child.\u00a0Anyway, I’m going to pick the Judge conference in Indianapolis back in\u00a0January of this year. Hanging out with as many judges as you normally\u00a0see on staff at a Grand Prix and talking about Magic, but without the
\nstress of actually running a Grand Prix, is a very special experience.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the biggest rule-breaking play you\u2019ve ever made as a player?<\/strong>
\nI probably broke tons of rules when I was getting back into the game\u00a0in 2006. I remember doing things like sacrificing the same creature to\u00a0pay multiple costs and splicing the same card multiple times onto the\u00a0same card. My grasp of the rules has improved a lot since then.<\/p>\n

If you could chat with one person, real or fictional, dead or<\/strong>
\nalive, who would it be and why?<\/strong>
\nDouglas Adams. He was a hoopy frood who always knew where his towel was.<\/p>\n

What would you be doing now if Magic no longer existed?<\/strong>
\nI think Magic will always exist. Even if Wizards were to stop making\u00a0Magic, I think there will still be some kind of organized play, at\u00a0least for a while. Anyway, if I were to stop judging for some reason,\u00a0I’d probably try to join a band. I used to play drums in a rock band\u00a0longer ago than I care to admit, and it would be fun to do that again.\u00a0I play the fake drums in Rock Band on my Wii, but that’s not quite the\u00a0same as playing a real drum set on a stage in front of dozens of\u00a0adoring fans.<\/p>\n

Two Truths and a Lie<\/strong>
\nTwo of the following statements are true, and one is false. Figure out which one!<\/p>\n

1. I played the title role in an amateur theater production of Doctor\u00a0Faustus.
\n2. At age 16, I placed second in a city-wide Rubik’s Cube\u00a0speed-solving competition.
\n3. I wrote a research paper that has been cited in an algebra text book.<\/p>\n

A big thanks to Carsten for providing such an excellent interview! Please leave your guesses and comments down below, and make sure to\u00a0nominate a judge today!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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