{"id":15,"date":"2013-10-29T18:36:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T18:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/northeast\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2016-07-03T15:46:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T19:46:54","slug":"rules-and-policy-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/northeast\/rules-and-policy-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules and Policy Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>L1s are arguably the most important judges in the program.\u00a0While you may not do a lot of big Competitive REL events, you are the ones that run local FNMs and Pre-releases.\u00a0When players think of judges, they think of you since you interact with players so frequently.<\/p>\n<p>Since you&#8217;re so important to the community, it&#8217;s important that you&#8217;re awesome. Here is a collection of resources to make you even more awesome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Become a Judge<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>-Many of these resources require an account on JudgeApps. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/northeast\/introductory-guide-to-judgeapps\/\">Find out how to get one!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rules<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>-Your first stop for rules questions should be\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chat.magicjudges.org\/\">24\/7 live rules chat<\/a>. \u00a0It&#8217;s full of great people who answer questions day and night.<\/p>\n<p>-If you&#8217;ve fallen prey to Facebook, you should consider joining the <a title=\"MTG Judge Study Group\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/175624355828083\/\">MTG Judge Study Group<\/a>. \u00a0There, rules (and some policy) questions are asked to L0s and L1s. \u00a0It serves as great practice for how you would actually take a call at your local FNM.<\/p>\n<p>-Do you like neat rules interactions? \u00a0Check out <a title=\"Cranial Insertion\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cranialinsertion.com\/\">Cranial Insertion<\/a>, a weekly rules blog run by some of the best rules gurus in the judge community.<\/p>\n<p>-Speaking of rules tip blogs, how about the <a title=\"Rules Tip Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/\">Rules Tip Blog<\/a>? You&#8217;ll come across many of these interactions during all of the events that you&#8217;ll be running, so it&#8217;d be useful to pop over there every once in a while. \u00a0Sometimes, our resident bearz even makes <a title=\"NOT GRUUL? THEN DIE!\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/2013\/05\/ruric-thar-vs-removal-spells\/\">an appearance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>-If you&#8217;re the type that loves digging through the Comprehensive Rules itself, <a title=\"Hyperlinked Comprehensive Rules\" href=\"http:\/\/yawgatog.com\/resources\/magic-rules\/\">Yawgatog<\/a> maintains an excellent hyperlinked version where you can easily lose yourself in the dark corners of the room. \u00a0Let me know if you find Eli.<\/p>\n<p>-Preparing for a test? See what&#8217;s on the <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/forum\/topic\/5440\/?page=1#post-166096\">Level 1<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/forum\/topic\/5441\/?page=2#post-166105\">Level 2<\/a> written exams as told by the test manager, Brian Schenck.<\/p>\n<p>-Finally, once you&#8217;re done dropping knowledge on yourself, why not test what you&#8217;ve learned by taking a practice exam in the <a href=\"http:\/\/judge.wizards.com\">Judge Center<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Policy<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>-The single best place to find tricky policy situations is on the <a title=\"Knowledge Pool\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/knowledgepool\/\">Knowledge Pool<\/a>. \u00a0Every week, a question from the deep, dark depths of a pool of judges&#8217; collective mind emerges to make the community scratch their heads. \u00a0There is always something to learn about either specific situations or policy as a whole on that blog.<\/p>\n<p>-L3 <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/61182474' >Kevin Desprez<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=61182474&size=200'><\/span><\/span> has started up a new blog called <a title=\"What's Up, Docs?\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/whatsupdocs\/\">What&#8217;s Up, Docs?<\/a>\u00a0 It delves into the philosophy behind policy and can really help you understand why we do the things the way we do.<\/p>\n<p>-If you feel like a policy master, and just want to catch up on the latest changes, head over to L3 <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/40645391' >Toby Elliot<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=40645391&size=200'><\/span><\/span>&#8216;s blog, <a title=\"Policy Perspectives\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/telliott\/\">Policy Perspectives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>-The best way to keep in contact with the larger judge community and to also apply for awesome events is to make sure you have an account on <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\">JudgeApps<\/a>.\u00a0There are lots of discussions on the forums and even fun projects you can check out and help.<\/p>\n<p>-Looking for more information about JudgeApps? Have a look at our <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/northeast\/introductory-guide-to-judgeapps\/\">Introductory Guide to JudgeApps<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>-You should already be familiar with <a href=\"http:\/\/judge.wizards.com\">Judge Center<\/a> by now. This is where you go to take practice exams, enter reviews, and do lots of officially judge-y stuff. Make sure you upload a picture!<\/p>\n<p><strong>General development<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>-Bored at work and want to listen to witty banter while learning lots of neat things? <a href=\"http:\/\/judgecast.com\/\">JudgeCast<\/a>\u00a0is perfect for you!<\/p>\n<p>-Writing your first application to an event can be quite the daunting task. \u00a0Nicholas Sabin helps ease your worries and gives lots of good pointers in his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferencecontent\/2012\/12\/06\/accepted-the-killer-app\/\">&#8216;Killer App&#8217; video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>-Sometimes judges just want to tell us about lots of neat ways to improve judging in general.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/articles\/\">Judge Articles<\/a>\u00a0are frequently posted that cover quite a large variety of topics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L1s are arguably the most important judges in the program.\u00a0While you may not do a lot of big Competitive REL events, you are the ones that run local FNMs and Pre-releases.\u00a0When players think of judges, they think of you since you interact with players so frequently. 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