The Northeast used a Master Ball! Gotcha! November Newsletter was caught!
Monthly News
- The Northeast Conference has come and gone, and it was a huge success! Check out Dan Collins
‘ write up all about it, and check out the links to twelve of the presentations!
- We have two new Area Reps and one new area! Turns out, Downstate New York was a bit too large, so it’s been cut in two! Long Island is one area, with myself, Christopher Rumore
, as the new Rep. New York City is the other, with Adam Eidelsafy
and Chase Culpon
as Co-Reps. Sam Nathanson
has stepped down through this process, but he will always be the Downstate Area Rep in our hearts. 😀
- Jason Lemahieu
has taken a step down from being a Program Coordinator. In his place, Alfonso Bueno
has stepped in! Congratulations to Alfonso!
- Spheres are back!… kind of. A new system has been put into place to find leaders for categories of Judge Projects, and, although they’re a bit different than what spheres were, we’re calling them spheres! Check out Toby
‘s post explaining everything and introducing the sphere leaders!
- There are seven new Regional Coordinators that have been selected! One for each of Benelux, Canada, China, Japan, Russian-Speaking-Countries, USA-South, and USA-Southwest!
- Conference Support has been updated (of course, after the Northeast Conference :P)! Check out the new shiny things!
- Are YOU interested in becoming an L2 Tester? Well Paul Baranay
has a Google Form for you: http://tinyurl.com/northeast-l2-tester. This link will take you too the Facebook post with all of the necessary information!
- Vinicius Quaiato
of Brazil has made a Chrome Extension to fix a Judge Center bug that caused errors with mana symbols. Be sure to send him any feedback you might have (and thank him)! 😀 Also, special thanks to Rick Salamin
for sharing this information with the Northeast!
Judge Meetups
- Sunday, 12/11 – Gamer’s Vault in Medford, NJ: Organized by Trevor Gulley
and Ilan Seid-Green
. The Tri-State Judge Meetup is intended for Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Delaware judges, however, anyone’s welcome to come. If you’re interested, you should probably fill out their Google Form and mark down the date.
- Saturday, 12/10 – The Complex in Scarborough, ME: Organized by Jeffrey Emery
. The first Maine Judge (ME)et Up is happening soon! Fill out the Google Form if you want to attend!
Northeast Blog Highlights
- Bearz
have swapped blogs this month! :O
- Over on The Feedback Loop, Bearz discusses failure in his Radical Candor Workshop article. This article gives a short summary of what his conference presentation entailed.
- On Bearz Repeating, Riki discusses his experiences running in the Anthem Richmond Marathon in Riki Runs. He relates the possibility of failure in running the marathon to the possibility of failure in aspects of judging. It’s certainly worth a read!
Tournament Report Highlights
- This month we have a well written tournament report from Adam Stadelman
from a PPTQ in Buffalo. To use his own words, the tournament was “fairly mundane,” but they also had a head judge and two floor judges for twenty three players.
- Riva Arecol
posted a tournament report from a Star City Games Super IQ. Another smooth tournament, but even the smoothest of Modern tournaments has at least one call about Spellskite!
Judge Promotions
| Judge Name | New Level | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Tate Prodigalidad |
2 | 11/12 |
| Paul Holbrook |
2 | 11/12 |
| Rusty Potter |
2 | 11/12 |
New Judges
| New Judge | Certifying Judge | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Drew Christner | Andrew Blizzard | Vorheesville, NY |
| Sean TenEyck | Joe Steet | Amherst, NY |
| Dylan Reile | Russell Deutsch | New York City |
| AJ Warner | Anthony “Krug” Hullings | Natick, MA |
| Luke Kennedy | Anthony “Krug” Hullings | Danbury, CT |
| William Pabst | Riva Arecol | Norwich,CT |
| Jesse Buffone | Matthew Foster | Kearny, NJ |
| Camron McGuire | Benjamin Klein | Essex Junction, VT |
| David Nunez | Gilbert Medeiros | Providence, RI |
Disclaimer: The list of newly certified Judges and Judge Promotions is pulled from multiple sources including the Northeast Facebook Group and the Welcome Wagon e-mail list. If there is an error in this or anything else in this newsletter, please message Christopher Rumore with the subject “Newsletter Correction.”
Edit: Corrected organizer attribution for NJ Judge Meet up.