Judge and player resources for the USA – Southwest region
Hello, today I’m going to talk about getting your Exemplar nomination flagged. Rob McKenzie wrote a blog post recently about writing nominations and common mistakes. If you haven’t read it yet, I’d recommend doing so first. I had not read his sage advice myself, and made some mistakes in one of my recent nominations that ended […]
Vicente here. Today our Exemplar Highlight takes us to one of our northernmost L2s in the Southwest region, Ray Bechtel. Ray’s journey into the world of Magic the Gathering began with the release of Onslaught. Having just graduated from High School, with money to burn, Ray purchased a Tournament pack, where he opened Weathered […]
John Hornberg here, sometimes, short and sweet speaks volumes about one’s actions. Such is the case will a piece of feedback and when it’s delivered. This was the case when Level 3 judge Adena Chernosky recognized an uncommon act of dedication by San Diego-based Level 2 judge Brandon Salaz at Grand Prix Vancouver. Adena pointed […]
Hi all, David here with some thoughts on Exemplar as we approach the deadline for the current wave. Exemplar, to me, is a way to express something that I always felt lacked a mechanism in the program prior to its creation. Often, I saw a judge do something for a player or for others where I […]
Hello, everyone! I got a lot of positive feedback for the last piece I worked so it seems they decided to keep me around a while longer. Better not disappoint, I suppose. Regardless, we’re here with another awesome Exemplar Review from a really awesome judge: Sean Catanese! Added note, Sean writes too! I’ve actually read […]
Today in Exemplar Highlights……….. 2 amazing judges….1 heartfelt recognition. Jeremy started playing Magic when it was still in it’s infancy in 1994. As an avid gamer, it was only natural for Jeremy to be drawn to Magic when a friend’s dad showed him a Magic deck. Being a lover of fantasy games, the art was […]
Hello, my name is Fortunato (pronounced Four-Two-Knot-Toe) Acosta! For those of you who don’t know me, which is probably most, if not all, people reading this, I’m a fairly new L1 from Merced, California. I was approached to be part of a project that would find and promote some of the most awesome Exemplar reviews […]
Hi folks, Welcome to the Magic Judges’ Southwest Region Blog! The area captains and project leads will have the ability to post to this blog, and announcement and project updates and content will be posted here. Please follow us using your favorite RSS reader, and look forward to exciting updates, and also other kinds of […]