Checklists
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Checklists are lists of things that you have to ensure and remember to do.
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Head judge
Main Article: Checklists/HJ
There are many things a head judge has to remember if he or she judges a mid-sized tournament.
Gateway Events
Gateway is a very low entry level event series aimed at beginners. When judging them, there are a couple additional things to keep in mind:
- There are many new players that have never played a tournament before
- Registration will be busy as you need to register players in WER (or DCIR) AND a special website and give them the forms for DCI numbers
- New players often assume that if they have lost a round they are out of the tournament — resulting in many "no shows"
- New players often do not know what "best of three" means
- Players are not very familiar with tournament procedures (determining starting player, shuffling the deck, pairings, ...)
- Players are hesitant to call a judge
In summary, as a judge, you need to explain much more at "regular" events, and you should constantly observe the players and educate them. However, be careful not to try to judge the event as if it were at Competitive REL. Not every mistake needs to be followed by an infraction and an explanation. The focus of such tournaments should be for the players to have a good time, and not to give them the feeling they are in a classroom.
Deckcheck leader
- Consider doing at least one deckcheck in the first round and at least one in the last
- Remember to do mid-game deckchecks
- Inform your head judge about problem decklists
Logistics leader
- Plan product distribution carefully and in advance.
Paper leader
- Select one person for taking the slips from the scorekeeper
- Make sure that during the draft preparation, pod seatings should be in place before table seatings are posted
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