{"id":614,"date":"2017-10-01T11:10:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T11:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/judgeapps\/?p=614"},"modified":"2018-02-14T14:24:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T14:24:52","slug":"judgeapps-updates-august-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/judgeapps\/2017\/10\/01\/judgeapps-updates-august-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"JudgeApps Updates \u2013 August 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before we dive into the JudgeApps technical updates, we want to announce a change we\u2019re making in the blog. If you pay close attention to the title of the updates posts, you might have noticed that this one is different than previous ones. As of this post, we\u2019re moving from a bi-weekly to a monthly schedule. The main reason for this is that changes in development usually pile up, and then get reviewed and released as a bunch, leaving some weeks with very little content. We know this change means you\u2019re getting the new stuff less frequently, but the updates will be more consistent and complete.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, without further ado\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

JudgeApps Accounts<\/span><\/h1>\n

To use JudgeApps, you need an account. That\u2019s a well known fact. To get an account, you need to be approved by a judge with approval privileges. This used to be done automatically with a script that checked your information against Judge Center, but with Judge Center down, all accounts have to be approved manually. With reviews moving to JudgeApps, and certifications relying on an advancement review, we got a new catch-22: you can\u2019t get certified without a JudgeApps account, but it can take several weeks for an account to be approved.<\/span><\/p>\n

To solve this problem, and to decrease the amount of time required to approve a new account, JudgeApps was changed so:<\/span><\/p>\n