{"id":1266,"date":"2017-03-24T08:06:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T12:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/northeast\/?p=1266"},"modified":"2017-03-24T08:06:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T12:06:07","slug":"recent-program-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/northeast\/recent-program-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Program Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few weeks there have been a number of changes within the Judge program.  Enclosed you can find information about how we now write reviews, handle disqualifications, and more!<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Judge Center Update<\/h3>\n<p>Judge Center (<a href=\"https:\/\/judge.wizards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/judge.wizards.com\/<\/a>) is going through some changes.  Currently the system is offline for the next few weeks (tentative release date is 4\/4\/17).  We don&#8217;t have knowledge of how exactly things will look when the system goes back online, but some functionality has been moved as you will see below.  <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/5208283847' >Sara Mox<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=5208283847&size=200'><\/span><\/span> has shared some information in regards to this change, which you can read about <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/11\/introducing-the-new-judge-center\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Reviews in JudgeApps<\/h3>\n<p><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/5223921934' >Paul Baranay<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=5223921934&size=200'><\/span><\/span> was recently able to share the new process for submitting and viewing reviews.  The <b>BIG<\/b> change here is that they have been moved from Judge Center, and now reside inside JudgeApps!  You can find Paul&#8217;s initial post announcing this change <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/judgeapps\/2017\/03\/16\/launching-judgeapps-reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.  In addition, you may want to check out <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/8102291717' >Dan Collins<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=8102291717&size=200'><\/span><\/span>&#8216; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/judgeapps\/reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> detailing some pointers on how to use the new review form.  One thing that I haven&#8217;t seen touched on a whole lot in other places: at the bottom of each review written or received there is a box for comments.  This is a handy way to have some dialogue with the writer or recipient of a review after the fact.  Neat!<\/p>\n<h3>Investigations in JudgeApps<\/h3>\n<p>Now this isn&#8217;t some super fancy computer program that will handle your investigations for you, but rather the disqualification procedure has also migrated from Judge Center to JudgeApps.  <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/11134222' >Johanna Virtanen<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=11134222&size=200'><\/span><\/span> announced this change recently with a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/judgeapps\/2017\/03\/20\/submitting-investigations-on-judgeapps\/\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> containing full details.  Certainly worth checking out if you plan to be judging any events in the near future!<\/p>\n<h3>Exemplar Update<\/h3>\n<p><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1201757752' >Bryan Prillaman<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1201757752&size=200'><\/span><\/span> recently had <b>TWO<\/b> announcements!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Exemplar wave 9 opened on 2\/15\/17, and closes on 5\/2\/17 at 23:59:59 PST.<\/li>\n<li>Exemplar wave 8 was <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/exemplar\/wave-8-posted\/\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> on 3\/18\/17.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Grand Prix Feedback Form<\/h3>\n<p>Have you been to a Grand Prix recently?  The Grand Prix Head Judges are looking for feedback on how to improve things!  There&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfblPQS0sTtL9At4cL9ltGk4KOQfLITOpvRsxQ9OJ_NgsDeNA\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\">Google doc<\/a> containing a semi-anonymous survey, ready and waiting for your feedback!<\/p>\n<h3>ChannelFireball Events<\/h3>\n<p>In a bit of a more far-reaching change: starting in 2018 all Grand Prix level events worldwide will be organized, managed, and promoted by ChannelFireball.  There&#8217;s still a lot of pending information in regards to this one, but the initial details were <a href=\"http:\/\/magic.wizards.com\/en\/articles\/archive\/organized-play\/future-grand-prix-2018-and-beyond-2017-03-09\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> recently by Helene Bergeot.<\/p>\n<p>Today we also had two senior judges post in regards to this change:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/2017\/03\/23\/from-the-pc-desk-march-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">From the PC Desk, March 2017<\/a> &#8211; <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1200175953' >Sean Catanese<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1200175953&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/riccardotessitori\/2017\/03\/23\/my-view-on-grand-prix-events-in-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\">My view on\u2026 Grand Prix events in 2018<\/a> &#8211; <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/79083152' >Riccardo Tessitori<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=79083152&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few weeks there have been a number of changes within the Judge program. 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