{"id":132,"date":"2016-09-01T07:14:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T07:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/riccardotessitori\/?p=132"},"modified":"2017-01-19T16:50:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T16:50:35","slug":"on-demand-events-results-and-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/riccardotessitori\/2016\/09\/01\/on-demand-events-results-and-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"On Demand Events: Results and Prizes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Demand Events: Results and Prizes<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

CIAO<\/span>\u00a0to everybody!<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Today we will be travelling back to Europe\u2026 well, actually to my home country, Italy, where two GPs took place this year: Bologna in spring and Rimini in summer.<\/p>\n

In the last two articles, we spoke about, we were discussing On Demand Events; we had our plans for registering all the people in line very quickly<\/a>, and we had a plan to use the room efficiently<\/a>; now it\u2019s time to get these tournaments started and reported\u2026 everybody wants their prizes, right?<\/p>\n

Happy reading.<\/p>\n

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Tournament Operations: On Demand Events \u2013 Results and Prizes<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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How is the On Demand Event area\u00a0organized?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Here you have an overview, from above, on paper: (the post-it indicates the tournament number and the starting time)<\/p>\n

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Here you have a partial view of the real rows:<\/p>\n

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Here you have a zoom of a single table for eight people:<\/p>\n

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Here you have the very visible banner that can be used to indicate where to gather after registration, when the buzzer vibrates:<\/p>\n

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Here you have the table with the buzzers, sorted by tournament, waiting to be handed out:<\/p>\n

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Though some organizers prefer having judges in the playing area with the results sheet, the best system I found is to simply leave the paper with the brackets on the table.<\/p>\n

The advantages are:<\/p>\n

-Judges can dedicate their time to gather players and start the tournaments (\u201crunners\u201d) or answer calls (\u201cfloor\u201d)<\/p>\n

-Players don\u2019t need to call for a judge to enter the results, and then to go to the prize station and collect their prizes<\/p>\n

-Any judge can quickly check the status of any tournament, just by going to the table and checking on the paper with the brackets<\/p>\n

After they are started by the judge, the tournaments are actually run by players themselves; this lowers the waiting times and also the number of judges needed, which results in a better service (the area is cleaner, the judges are available more quickly).<\/p>\n

Prizes can be collected at a single prize station (used for all side events, both On Demand Events and scheduled\/Swiss events), which is usually located next to the Prize Wall (\u201cHere you have the tickets you won, and here you have all the prizes you can collect with your tickets!\u201d).<\/p>\n

While prizes for Trials\/scheduled\/Swiss events are managed by the individual head judges, prizes for On Demand Events (there can be hundreds of On Demand Events every day!) are managed at the single prize station, where a second copy of the brackets is brought, and kept in a tidy way:<\/p>\n

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This is another way to keep track of which areas are still used and which tournaments are still running, together with the map you can see in the first photo above.<\/p>\n

When only the two finalists receive prizes, it\u2019s easier, as both of them go together to the prize station to collect all prizes, and hand in the paper with the brackets and all the results.<\/p>\n

When prizes are given to the semi-finalists too, the two people who lose the semifinals need to bring the incomplete paper with the brackets to the prize station, collect their prize, and bring the paper back to the playing table (hint: the playing tables and the prize station should be relatively close).<\/p>\n

Pro Tip: if, for any reason or for any past negative experience, you are worried that the paper isn\u2019t returned to the appropriate playing table, I’ll tell you a \u201csecret\u201d: every time we gave out the prizes and then we said \u201cCould you please bring this paper back to where you were playing?\u201d *with a smile*, the paper never got lost. (correct, it\u2019s not a \u201cpro tip\u201d, it\u2019s a \u201ckind person tip\u201d ^__^)<\/p>\n

Finally, here you have the paper with the brackets and the full results:<\/p>\n

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On the right, you see the paper used by the players. On the left, the second copy, which is filled by the person in charge of the prize station and then given to the scorekeeper, who will enter all the results in the computer and send the final report to Wizards.<\/p>\n

On the right: when prizes are given to a person, his name is marked off (or circled, as it was done only with one player here).<\/p>\n

On the left: the X indicates if the winner is the player written at the top or at the bottom of each specific match (this is done to help the scorekeeper to enter the results faster); the name of the winner is written, as a way to control that the results (X above or X below the line) have been entered correctly, and the printed name of the winner is also circled (why so? have you got any friends with an *alien* handwriting? ^__^)<\/p>\n

At the top: D-58 is a code that indicates that the format is D (draft) and the sequential number is 58; though the same two pieces of information can be found printed, writing them BIG at the top requires only a FEW seconds and makes it VERY easy to handle them (at the playing tables, at the prize station and by the scorekeeper).<\/p>\n

OK, that\u2019s all about how to organize On Demand Events, make good use of it!<\/p>\n

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Grand Prix Bologna & Rimini 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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Bologna<\/a>\u00a0is a VERY old city in the north of Italy; the first settlements are from 1000 before Christ, and it evolved in the Etruscan, Celts and Roman periods. Though not as famous as Rome, Florence and Venice, Bologna is a wonderful city of arts.<\/p>\n

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A very curious fact: according to Wikipedia (the English version, not just the Italian version), Bologna has the very FIRST university in history, founded in 1088.<\/p>\n

Another curious fact: Bologna is famous both in Italy and worldwide for its excellent food; in Italy for its tortellini<\/a>, tagliatelle and crescentine, and worldwide for the \u201cBolognese sauce\u201d, which is NOT actually called this way in Italy (what the hell?!? It\u2019s like you foreigners modified the word \u201cPizza\u201d, no way, it\u2019s strictly forbidden!)<\/p>\n

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My favorite place to visit in Bologna is Piazza Maggiore, the very central plaza, with the statue of Neptune you see above!<\/p>\n

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Here you have a short video to have a glimpse of the city:<\/p>\n