Discussing Diversity and Inclusion in the Magic: The Gathering Judging Community
At Grand Prix Cleveland, I experienced and observed a series of firsts. I discovered Judge Love Letter, noting that four of the characters were women on staff. I ate dinner with a judge group comprised of more women than men. I encountered a Day One Team consisting entirely of women. Given the longstanding underrepresentation of […]
We recently spoke to Magic’s newest Judge Program Coordinator, Riki Hayashi. Riki lives in Roanoke, Virginia, USA, but most visibly interacts with Magic on the internet. A Level 3 judge, Riki works events about once a month, but upon occasion has a string of weekends where he attends events. Riki became a judge in 2004 […]
The Panda Project is no more! While the start of the project seems to be rather slow but making progress (we actually have a few interviews online and a few in the pipeline as well!), the name of the project created some controversy. I personally had to learn that the tolerance of people is independent of […]
During a StarCityGames Open tournament I was very pleased to meet Levi, a deaf Magic player that currently lives in Texas, but was born and raised in Oklahoma. What types of events do you play? (FNMs, PPTQs, Pre releases, GPs) I like to play Magic at random places where they host the FNM Standard or […]
We recently interviewed Beatriz Accioly, a female L1 judge from São Paulo, Brazil. Please tell us a little about you and how you felt when you came in contact with the magic community. I learned about Magic 15 years ago. I was 13 and shopping with my old sister and we went to a […]
We recently spoke with Eliana Rabinowitz, an L2 from Southern California about her experiences as a woman in the Magic community and the concept of microaggressions. Eliana plays twice weekly and judges twice monthly at Grand Prix. Since starting with Magic in 2014, she found the community to largely be welcoming. While she recognized there […]