Category Archives: Public Image
Judges and Social Media: Abiding by Wheaton’s Law
[Editor’s note – Hi there, folks! I asked a fellow judge who prefers to remain anonymous if they’d take on this topic in a guest post. So, the words below aren’t mine, but only edited by me. They also include …
Misconduct/Conflict Resolution Sphere Year In Review
2014 has been a year of significant change both for me personally and in my sphere of the Judge Program. I moved from the cozy, familiar drought-parched environs my Bay Area upbringing to the drizzly, foreign rainforest of Seattle. I …
Why Investigations Are Like Fight Club
[Note from your usual host: Eric “Raging” Levine is one of the foremost investigators and DQ’ers in the Judge Program, so I asked share his thoughts on how best to approach the problems associated with public discussions about investigations. This …
Updating Unsporting Conduct – Major
Unsporting Conduct – Major underwent a significant update in the latest Magic 2015 iteration of the Magic Infraction Procedure Guide. Rather than illustrate it with a whole bunch of saucy stories about players and spectators and judges being jerks to …
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love GP Richmond
The Grand Prix in Richmond looms large in my mind and the minds of many Judges this week. Its scale as a single event will probably eclipse any in the history of our game or any game like it. Comparisons …
The Value of Timely Reinforcements
JUDGE! Your nerves might be frayed from higher-than-expected turnout and a late…shift the night before, but this call is yours. “Can I Misdirection my opponent’s Cruel Ultimatum?” You stare at the cards before you. Across the table, the player’s opponent …
Adventures in Unsanctioned Peacekeeping
[shadowy film noir voiceover] It was a dark and stormy night at Kennedy’s Irish Pub and Curry House in San Francisco. [/shadowy film noir voiceover] OK, I actually don’t know what the weather was like. I’m not in this story yet, …