{"id":624,"date":"2016-09-15T23:37:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T23:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southwest\/?p=624"},"modified":"2016-09-15T23:37:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T23:37:16","slug":"exemplar-highlights-brandon-salaz-and-joey-valente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southwest\/2016\/09\/15\/exemplar-highlights-brandon-salaz-and-joey-valente\/","title":{"rendered":"Exemplar Highlights &#8211; Brandon Salaz and Joey Valente"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Angela Chandler bringing you another fantastic Exemplar from Wave 5! This week I would like to highlight an Exemplar written by <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/brandonsalaz743\/\">Brandon Salaz<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/Neskid\/\">Joey Valente<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/2110772084\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=2110772084&size=200 alt=\"Brandon Salaz\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon Salaz<\/p><\/div>Brandon Salaz is an L2 from San Diego, CA. He certified as L1 in 2015 and just 5 months later certified for L2. Brandon has done a lot of work for the San Diego community since becoming a judge including working several PPTQ\u2019s and running judge classes. Tapping into his natural talent for feedback and furthering judge education, Brandon wrote the following exemplar for Joey Valente:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joey,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While working with you at SCG Regionals, you demonstrated a great attention to detail and care about educating other judges. Whenever you saw a penalty while scorekeeping, you made sure that the penalty explanation made sense, and followed up with the judge who issued it to educate them and ensure as a team we all continued to grow.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>You also have taken a personal responsibility to ensure the quality of events at Crazy Fred&#8217;s, and you stepped up and dedicated time to find judges so that the store can begin to run larger events and increase their revenue. I believe that your recognition of the value that judges bring has been exemplary to a smaller store in our region.<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"wp-caption alignright judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/8101685456\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=8101685456&size=200 alt=\"Joey Valente\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joey Valente<\/p><\/div>Joey has been playing Magic since 1994 and certified as an L1 in 2013. He is a sports enthusiast who has always enjoyed officiating, so judging was a natural fit for him. \u00a0For Joey, judging is a bit like \u201ca puzzle inside a puzzle\u201d. He enjoys the strategy of the game and helping players fix game situations that may have gone awry during the course of play.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/34788064\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=34788064&size=200 alt=\"Written by: Angela Chandler\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Written by: Angela Chandler<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angela Chandler bringing you another fantastic Exemplar from Wave 5! This week I would like to highlight an Exemplar written by Brandon Salaz for Joey Valente. Brandon Salaz is an L2 from San Diego, CA. He certified as L1 in 2015 and just 5 months later certified for L2. 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