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| 2010-08-27 | Rules Gurus 2010 | Blackborder (en) | Riccardo Tessitori | Rules & Regulations
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| 2010-08-27 | HJ Report US Nationals 2010 | DCI | Eric Shukan | Report
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| | Eric reports about his experience being the HJ of US Nationals 2010. He writes about some interesting situations, but mainly about the fantastic team he had available at the event.
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| 2010-08-26 | The Justice League - GPs, Cons, and Video | Star City Games (en) | James Elliott | Work & Run a Tournament
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| | Judging Magic can often feel like a second job. So while embarking on the long drives to GP: Columbus and GenCon the week after, I started to think about what kinds of things I could do for fun…
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| 2010-08-13 | The Esper Charm Dilemma and Judging National | Blackborder (en) | Riccardo Tessitori | Rules & Regulations
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| | It’s now time to check your policy knowledge! I warn you, it will be much more difficult, because you will need to know the Infraction Procedure Guide and have some real tournament experience; in addition, you might also be fooled by the fact that some things have recently changed. Good luck and have fun!
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| 2010-08-12 | Yawgmoth's Whimsy - GenCon, the DQ, and the Hall of Fame | Star City Games (en) | Peter Jahn | Rules & Regulations
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| | No UST this week. I was at GenCon most of last week, and I didn't get time to play that tournament of history. I had too many modern tournaments to run and play in. This week I want to take time out to talk about GenCon, the DQ at Grand Prix: Columbus, and my Hall of Fame ballot.
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| 2010-08-12 | The Justice League - Signs You May Be A Judge | Star City Games (en) | Max Knowlan | Education & Development
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| | Whether you know it or not, there is a good chance you want to be a judge. My experiences have shown me the tell-tale signs, and a lot of people that show these signs don't recognize their potential.
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| 2010-08-05 | The Justice League - Standard Rules | Star City Games (en) | David de la Iglesia | Rules & Regulations
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| | It is advisable you know how your cards work. It is difficult to know how every single card works in Magic, but it will be to your advantage if you learn what your own cards do. To help you with that, let's take a look to some common card interactions and rulings in Standard.
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| 2010-08-03 | Explaining the Level 1 Practice Exam | DCI | Brian Schenck | Education & Development
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| 2010-08-03 | Body Language in a Ruling | DCI | Daniel Kitachewsky | Work & Run a Tournament
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| 2010-07-30 | Are You Ready to Judge Nationals? | Blackborder (en) | Riccardo Tessitori | Rules & Regulations
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| 2010-07-29 | The Justice League - Ringing In the Changes | Star City Games (en) | James Elliott | Rules & Regulations
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| | July hails a new core set and new changes to the comprehensive rules. However, the scope of change is seldom limited to the comprehensive rules. and is often further reaching than you realize. Don't be caught out!
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| 2010-07-28 | Rise to Your Responsibility 2011 | DCI | Andy Heckt | Education & Development
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| 2010-07-22 | The Justice League - The Pro Tour Experience | Star City Games (en) | David de la Iglesia | Education & Development
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| | So you've certified for L1, you've judged a few PTQs, you are gaining experience… and you want to aim higher. A Grand Pix or a StarCityGames.com Open Series weekend is a big event, but the Pro Tour is the real thing. The tour is a dream come true for players seeking glory… but what about judges?
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| 2010-07-19 | Neue Turnierregeln, Juli 2010 | PlanetMTG (de) | Martin Golm | Rules & Regulations
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| | Martin präsentiert die letzten Änderungen in den Turnierregeln und den Verstoßrichtlinien für Magic.
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| 2010-07-16 | Emblems, Rules Changes and Harm's Way | Blackborder (en) | Riccardo Tessitori | Rules & Regulations
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| 2010-07-15 | The Justice League - Bound By Honor | Star City Games (en) | Max Knowlan | Education & Development
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| | As judges, we're under careful scrutiny from the Magic public. I certainly don't mind being held to a high standard, but it does present a very interesting circumstance in which, even when I'm not on the floor, judging can often dictate my behavior…
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| 2010-07-08 | The Justice League - Getting What You Want | Star City Games (en) | Kevin Binswanger | Education & Development
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| | There are two basic steps toward getting anything you want out of the Judge program. The first step is to build enough of a reputation that suggests that you can handle whatever it is you want. Then you just have to find the right person and ask.
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| 2010-07-01 | The Justice League - Judges Gone Wild: An MTGO Event For Judges | Star City Games (en) | James Elliott | Education & Development
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| | One of the tricky issues for the greater judge community is the subject of compensation and rewarding judges for their efforts. I think most people are aware that judges get boosters from the latest set when judging a prerelease or local PTQ. Slightly less well known is the fact that judges get special foil cards each year - judge foils.
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| 2010-06-29 | The Justice League - Judges: We Always Win | Star City Games (en) | David de la Iglesia | Education & Development
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| | How do you accept failure? How do you improve on your own mistakes? How do you manage frustration? These are difficult issues to address, and ultimately my inability to accept failure was the reason I lost interest in playing the game some years ago. If I go to an event and my chances on having fun depend on the result, then it's likely I'll return home feeling miserable far too often.
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| 2010-06-09 | Authority, Command & Leadership | DCI | Chris Richter | Education & Development
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| 2010-06-10 | Yawgmoth's Whimsy - You Be The Judge | Star City Games (en) | Peter Jahn | Work & Run a Tournament
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| | You are the head judge of 200+ player event. You have a staff of a dozen other judges and a scorekeeper working under you. Here's a round by round description of the event, and the decisions you would need to make. I'll describe the issues first, to let you decide how you would handle them, then give my solution.
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| 2010-06-04 | The Justice League - Asking the Judge | Star City Games (en) | Max Knowlan | Report
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| | I'm afraid to say this is not the revival of the old Chris Richter articles to solve your rules questions, but thankfully, the forums have a wonderful section for just that issue. No, this is a whole other kind of frequently asked questions. As a judge, I get a lot of questions that don't involve the rules, or policy. Many players can be very social with us, and want to get to know us, and learn about what we do.
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| 2010-06-01 | Yawgmoth's Whimsy - Behind the Scenes at Grand Prix: D.C. | Star City Games (en) | Peter Jahn | Report
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| | Ingrid, Peter's wife, was head judge of Grand Prix: D.C. Peter was also judging. This gave him a fairly unique perspective on the largest North American event ever held.
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| 2010-06-01 | Judge! - San Juan Edition - Issue 5 (June 2010) | The DCI Family (en) | Adam Cetnerowski, Jeff Morrow | Report
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| 2010-05-21 | The Justice League - Goodbye Extended, Hello Standard | Star City Games (en) | James Elliott | Rules & Regulations
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| | If you're like me, you've been drafting Rise of Eldrazi like there's no tomorrow, or at least picking over the set for cards to give your Standard deck more umph! I've head judged a couple of Standard tournaments already and have seen some situations that are very likely to become staple judge calls for the summer.
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| 2010-05-18 | Contacting Rules Advisors: The Hidden Part of the GP | DCI | Adrián Estoup | Education & Development
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| 2009-05-13 | The Riki Rules - Mostly Harmless | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi | Education & Development
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| | This is the end of his journey at Channel Fireball for Riki Rules.
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| 2010-05-10 | GRV - Three Letters Meaning Confusion | DCI | Benjamin McDole | Rules & Regulations
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| 2010-05-06 | The Justice League - Local Liaison at Grand Prix: Houston | Star City Games (en) | Kevin Binswanger | Work & Run a Tournament
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| | I was the Local Liaison (a.k.a. Local Leader a.k.a. Executive Office) at Grand Prix: Houston. This job, in addition to being one of the hardest things I've ever had to spell, was an incredibly interesting position. In fact, LL at the GP is one of the coolest experiences I can imagine, second only to head of the DCI Ninja Assassin Team.
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| 2010-05-05 | The Riki Rules - All's Well That Inkwells | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi | Work & Run a Tournament
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| | Hot off of his trip to Atlanta, or possibly Atl off of his trip to Hotlanta, Riki discusses the Inkwell Leviathan incident from Gerry Thompson's semifinal match, a match that our intrepid Level 3 judge sat courtside for.
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| 2010-04-29 | The Riki Rules - I Have Confidence in Confidence Itself | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi | Work & Run a Tournament
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| | Riki Twitters on about what makes a good ruling and why players aren't the only ones who should RTFC. Plus, find out what archetypes he saw succeeding at the 24-hour Draft Challenge.
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| 2010-04-28 | Italian Nationals 2009 Public Report | DCI | Riccardo Tessitori | Report
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| 2010-04-14 | The Riki Rules - Insufficient Randomization– err… Shuffling | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi | Rules & Regulations
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| | Do you shuffle enough? Is it sufficient? Riki fills us in on what that means and why you won't be facing such a harsh penalty the next time you don't. If you're a fan of shuffling… find something better to be a fan of, but still check out this article.
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| 2010-04-12 | The Road to L1 | DCI | Mariano Lahoz | Education & Development
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| | Mariano explains in his article how he managed to get certified and what he's been up to since accomplishing it. He also shares tips on how to prepare for the test and how to deal with the test itself.
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| 2010-04-09 | The Justice League - Howling to Exile: The April MIPG Update | Star City Games (en) | David de la Iglesia | Rules & Regulations
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| | The latest update of the Magic: The Gathering Infraction Procedure Guide (MIPG) is in effect since 1st April 2010, and it includes some changes that may be of interest.
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| 2010-04-08 | The Riki Rules - Logistical Blunders | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi | Work & Run a Tournament
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| | Even Riki makes mistakes, and today he covers two somewhat related mishaps that occurred while he was in charge of Logistics at large events. Large events require extraordinary measures, and Riki examines the measures he should have taken to make sure the tournaments went smoothly!
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| 2010-04-06 | Draft organization at large events | DCI | Damián Hiller, Jurgen Baert | Work & Run a Tournament
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| | Many differences exist between your regular FNM and a 200+ player draft at a Grand Prix or other Professional event. What are the pitfalls and how do you avoid them? What are your options for room setup and player movement and what are the advantages and downsides of each option? Finally, how do you optimize staff usage before and during the draft? This article explains all of it, and it's got plenty of pictures to illustrate it!
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| 2010-04-02 | The Justice League - Avoiding Misplays Outside Your Match | Star City Games (en) | Kevin Binswanger | Education & Development
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| | Judges watch a lot of Magic. That's one of the main things we do at tournaments. At my last PTQ, there were 119 players playing 341 matches of Magic. So we also see a lot of mistakes. While you can make a misplay within a tournament and lose for it, you can also fall behind for mistakes made outside of a game of Magic. My goal here is to present the most obvious of these mistakes, so you can avoid ever making them again.
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| 2010-03-31 | The Riki Rules - The Dark Knight Returns | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi | Rules & Regulations
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| | Heeee's baaack…
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| 2010-03-25 | The Justice League - The StarCityGames.com Indianapolis Legacy Open | Star City Games (en) | James Elliott | Rules & Regulations
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| | Hello everyone! I thought I'd walk you through some of the fun and logic behind events that went on at the SCG Legacy Open in Indianapolis almost two weeks ago. I'm sure you've read or heard a lot already, but there's one view I guarantee you haven't heard: me, the head judge.
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| 2010-03-19 | The Justice League - Judging the Biggest Tournament Ever! | Star City Games (en) | David de la Iglesia | Report
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| | It seems a simple thing to say, but the fact is that 2227 souls gathered to play Grand Prix: Madrid 2010. This was 266 players more (13.6%) than the previous record, Grand Prix: Paris 2009, and this is a record that will surely be hard to beat.
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| 2010-03-18 | Yawgmoth's Whimsy - Missing the Trigger | Star City Games (en) | Peter Jahn | Rules & Regulations
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| | A few weeks ago, some judges on a podcast - JudgeCast - answered an interesting question about triggers. They were not exactly wrong, but they did not look at the question carefully enough. They missed something - something besides the triggers. Other judges have had a variety of responses, and there may be no official right answer, but some answers are better than others. Intrigued?
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| 2010-03-10 | The Justice League - Dirty Deeds | Star City Games (en) | Max Knowlan | Work & Run a Tournament
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| | A whole lot of articles written by judges will talk about the sandy beaches of Honolulu, the late night drafting, the interesting rulings at a PTQ, or a story of their first Grand Prix. However, that is not what I'm here to talk about. I'm going to tell you the stuff we don't go around bragging about…
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| 2010-03-04 | Yawgmoth's Whimsy - Bribery, Collusion, and Betting | Star City Games (en) | Peter Jahn | Rules & Regulations
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| | Several players and I got into a long discussion of bribery and collusion last week. People seemed confused - and since these things can get you into serious trouble quickly, that's bad. Let look at what's illegal, and where the boundaries are.
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| 2010-03-01 | So You Think You Can Judge at a Pro Tour? | DCI | Matteo Callegari | Education & Development
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| | Matteo took the chance to reflect on what he had done and achieved to be considered for sponsorship to Pro Tour-Honolulu, and realized that it wasn't as much as he and other judges considered that was needed for a PT sponsorship; and, after all, everything he did was stuff he enjoyed a lot doing! Judge Article of the Year 2010!
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| 2010-03-01 | Judge! - San Diego Edition - Issue 4 (March 2010) | The DCI Family (en) | Adam Cetnerowski, Aaron Hamer | Report
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| 2010-02-26 | The Justice League - On The Level | Star City Games (en) | Nicholas Sabin | Education & Development
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| | Readers of my previous article on Pro Tour: Austin are familiar with how important socialization is to the Pro Tour experience - as much so for judges as it is for players. San Diego was exceptionally good, in that many of my favorite judges were on staff. However, this Pro Tour would be slightly different in content and context, as this was the Pro Tour at which I would test for Level Three.
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| 2010-02-27 | Grand Prix Madrid 2010 Judge Blog | The DCI Family (en) | | Report
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| | Brainstorming, Tapas and Wine.
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| 2010-02-25 | Judge Bingo: What is It? Why is It? | DCI | Peter Jahn | Education & Development
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| 2010-02-25 | Role of the Rules | DCI | Eli Shiffrin | Education & Development
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| 2010-02-18 | The Justice League - Grand Prix: Oakland From The Far Side | Star City Games (en) | James Elliott | Report
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| | As I write this, I'm currently killing time in the airport lounge of Phoenix, AZ, as I wait for my connecting flight back home to St Louis. I've just had three days of fun at GP: Oakland with the usual minimum sleep, so I thought jotting a few things down would help me stay awake to catch my flight and prevent me having another near cardiac arrest as another article deadline looms.
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| 2010-02-11 | The Justice League - The Magic Family | Star City Games (en) | Max Knowlan | Education & Development
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| | Talk to any judge that's been in the game long enough, and he will probably tell you that the experience of wearing the stripes has changed him. In every instance I've heard of, this change has been for the better, but what exact effect the experience has on the person will always vary.
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| 2010-02-04 | The Justice League - Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition! | Star City Games (en) | David de la Iglesia | Rules & Regulations
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| | In my first article for StarCityGames.com, I'd like to write about what promises to be the event of the year in Spain: the European Legacy Grand Prix. Legacy is my favorite format for many reasons: the huge amount of playable decks, the power-level of some old cards, the complicated rules interactions…
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| 2010-01-29 | The Justice League - New Year, New Prerelease | Star City Games (en) | Nicholas Sabin | Work & Run a Tournament
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| | Prereleases tend to hit a sweet spot in terms of the best atmosphere for a tournament: casual players come to crack open new packs and play around with cards they've never played with before, experienced players come to trade or draft (in hopes of accumulating packs for later, private drafts), and we judges get to work our way through the wrenches thrown into our rules knowledge by new mechanics and peculiar interactions.
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| 2010-01-21 | Team Leading, Part Two | DCI | James Lee, Riki Hayashi | Work & Run a Tournament
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| | James and Riki have split team leading in two areas: Operations (what your team actually has to do) and Mentoring (helping your team members get something more from the tournament besides doing the actual team's tasks).
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| 2010-01-20 | The Justice League - MMS in Indianapolis | Star City Games (en) | James Elliott | Report
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| | Q: Player calls you over and says he's in his post combat main phase and has only just remembered his Eldrazi Monument trigger. He has two 1/1 saproling tokens and a Vampire Nighthawk that he just cast this turn. What do you do?
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| 2010-01-13 | Team Leading | DCI | Richard Drijvers, Jurgen Baert | Work & Run a Tournament
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| | This article explains what team leading is at a general level; that is, instead of explaining what you should do if you're to lead a papers team, it explains what you should do and think about when leading any team, regardless of its task.
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| 2010-01-01 | A Guide for new Area Judges | Judge Wiki | George Michelogiannakis | Education & Development
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| | This article is aimed at freshly promoted Level 2s and gives advice about mentoring, shadowing other judges, giving them feedback and tipps for testing candidates to Level 1.
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| 2009-12-31 | A Guide for new Regional Judges | Judge Wiki | George Michelogiannakis | Education & Development
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| | This article is aimed at freshly promoted Level 3s and gives advice about mentoring, shadowing other judges, giving them feedback and tips for testing candidates to Level 1 and Level 2.
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| 2009-12-28 | The Justice League - When Buildings Collapse | Star City Games (en) | Max Knowlan | Rules & Regulations
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| | When Judges talk about deviating from any of the rules, or policy documents, there is one phrase we always use: "Significant and exceptional circumstances." One of the examples given in the Infraction Procedure Guide, and the one that most often comes up in conversation, is "a table falling down."
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| 2009-12-20 | Judge! - Worlds Edition - Issue 3 (December 2009) | The DCI Family (en) | Adam Cetnerowski, Nick Sephton | Report, Newsletter
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| 2009-12-16 | 2HG Guide for Judges | DCI | Sandra Regalado, Daniel Mencía | Rules & Regulations, 2HG
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| | 2HG is a tricky format, not only because it has additional rules and more complex interactions, but given that we don't judge it as often as other formats, it's easy to forget what we have already learned. This article's main purpose is to help judges prepare for an upcoming 2HG event.
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| 2009-12-10 | The Justice League - Trials and Tribulations from Austin to Arkansas | Star City Games (en) | James Elliott | Rules & Regulations
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| | At tournaments recently, a couple of players have remarked on the fact that I haven't reported on my experiences at PT: Austin from a few months back when I was testing for Level 3. The reason for that was quite simple: too painful!
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| 2009-12-10 | Yawgmoth's Whimsy - Wisconsin States | Star City Games (en) | Peter Jahn | Report
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| | I head judged Wisconsin States - the 2009s - last weekend. It was a blast. A big blast. We had a lot of players - and I have decklists. It's States from a judge perspective - with decklists.
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| 2009-12-07 | Properly Reporting a DQ | DCI | David Vogin | Work & Run a Tournament
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| | David has written a piece on how to submit concise and useful reports, providing guidelines on how to get meaningful statements and explaining the process of entering the report itself on the Judge Center.
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| 2009-12-04 | The Justice League - Fun in Elder Dragon Highlander | Star City Games (en) | Nicholas Sabin | Education & Development
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| | Friends, I am happy to state that it is a fantastic time to be an Elder Dragon Highlander enthusiast. Interest in the format is very strong. Wizards actually mentions EDH games as part of the Public Events schedule at Pro Tours - not to mention its inclusion in the Comprehensive Rules - and it's become more likely that you can find a few one-hundred-card decks in your local playgroup than not.
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| 2009-11-26 | Yawgmoth's Whimsy - The DQ | Star City Games (en) | Peter Jahn | Rules & Regulations
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| | At Worlds, Charles Gindy was disqualified for Fraud when his opponent made a mistake. I can't talk about that specific case - I wasn't there - but I can explain the infraction and the penalty. With States coming up shortly, you need to know what's legal, and what is going to send you home.
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| 2009-11-24 | The Justice League - A Tale of Three Tournaments, Part 1: Judge the Game, See the World! | Star City Games (en) | Paul Smith | Report
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| | A PTQ player at 3-0 gets deck checked, and it turns out that while his deck contains Soul Stair Expedition, he has listed Sunspring Expedition instead. What do you think is the appropriate Infraction, Penalty, and Fix?
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| 2009-11-19 | The Justice League - Five Controversial Calls | Star City Games (en) | Max Knowlan | Report
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| | Most things Judges handle are rather routine. At every event I attend, there is always a common pattern of rules questions and penalties that occur. But, every once in awhile, we'll get something that is worth of discussion at post-event dinners, on message boards, and even in articles…
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| 2009-11-16 | Judging from a Black Hole of Magic | DCI | Carlos Ho | Education & Development
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| 2009-11-07 | Grand Prix Paris Judge Blog | The DCI Family (en) | Various | Report
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| | Disney, Dumas and the DCI.
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| 2009-11-07 | Judge the game, see Europe! | The DCI Family (en) | Various | Report
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| 2009-11-05 | The Layer System | DCI | Justin Hovdenes | Rules & Regulations
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| | Layers are one of the more difficult parts of the Comprehensive Rules to learn (613). They are often a bane to both players and beginning judges, but why do we have them? What do they do?
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| 2009-11-05 | The Justice League - Two Heads are Better than One | Star City Games (en) | James Elliott | Rules & Regulations
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| | Now that we're immersed in Zendikar, I really like this set. It's a lot of fun, without having to be the most technically minded player at times. Fun sets like this usually have me thinking about building new decks, and that's something that I haven't done in over a year. However, when I think of construction I tend to be looking for cards that will fit into a Two-Headed Giant deck first and foremost.
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| 2009-10-30 | The Justice League - Justice, Texas-Style | Star City Games (en) | Nicholas Sabin | Report
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| | As the majority of my involvement in Magic these days revolves around tournament organization rather than judging, it was surprisingly relaxing to focus solely on being a judge for four days. I missed getting my hands dirty in giving rulings and answering questions. Even deck checks were fun again.
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| 2009-10-23 | The Justice League - My Opponent Disqualified Me... | Star City Games (en) | Max Knowlan | Rules & Regulations
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| | To the surprise of many, it was announced a few weeks ago that people registered as a judge, TO, or scorekeeper in an event may also play in it. This means your next FNM opponent could be the Head Judge, the store owner/tournament organizer, or possibly both.
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| 2009-10-16 | Pro Tour Austin Judge Blog | The DCI Family (en) | various | Report
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| | EDH and Tex-Mex!
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| 2009-10-16 | Judge! - Austin Edition - Issue 2 (October 2009) | The DCI Family (en) | Adam Cetnerowski, Carlos Ho | Report, Newsletter
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| 2009-10-15 | The Justice League - Priority | Star City Games (en) | Paul Smith | Rules & Regulations
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| | In a game of Magic, especially in multiplayer, the game can seem somewhat hectic. Indeed, this was something that attracted me to Magic in the first place. After all, there are these tricky spells called Instants that can be played at any time, meaning there are relatively few times where you can execute a plan consisting of more than a couple of moves without your opponent having the chance to wreck you.
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| 2009-10-09 | The Riki Rules - The Elder Dragons of Zendikar | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi | Work & Run a Tournament
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| | Riki steps into some different shoes to review his favorite new cards for Elder Dragon Highlander. He is also soliciting suggestions for the Pro Tour Austin Judge Blog.
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| 2009-10-08 | The Justice League - The Big Show | Star City Games (en) | Nicholas Sabin |
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| | The year is 2006. The location is Charleston, South Carolina. Your humble author, after a couple years of working PTQs and Prereleases in game stores and convention centers throughout New England, steps onto the floor of his first Pro Tour…
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| 2009-10-02 | The Riki Rules - My Mythic Article | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | What makes a mythic? Many people have made arguments against Lotus Cobra being a mythic. Riki begs to differ, and he does so from a flavor standpoint.
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| 2009-10-02 | The Justice League - The Mistakes ALL New Judges Make | Star City Games (en) | James Elliott | CR, Learning
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| | While most judges have probably used the judge center at some stage to set up exams for themselves, there is nothing to stop you creating exams for other judges that you are actively mentoring. By generating the exams for the candidate, you automatically become ‘privy' to the results and the answers they give.
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| 2009-09-29 | 1996 Canadian Nationals Judge (Referee) Report | DCI | Ron Salahub | Report
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| 2009-09-25 | The Riki Rules - Charlotte Legacy | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi | Report
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| | Now the exciting story of how a Progenitus got Dread Returned in a Legacy event. In the same event, Riki also saw a player who turned over his opponent's morph for no reason. Only in Legacy…
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| 2009-09-21 | GP Sao Paulo Report: The LL perspective | DCI | Damián Hiller | Report
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| 2009-09-21 | The Justice League - Five Ways | Star City Games (en) | Max Knowlan | Education & Development
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| | DCI Certified Judges have a long list of responsibilities. If you had to sum it up in two words, I'd like to say it's “kick butt.” In actuality, I think it can be summed up in a very obvious way. “Help Magic.” More or less, that's our job.
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| 2009-09-18 | The Riki Rules - 2 Harms 2 Way | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi
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| | Back from Charlotte, Riki delivers the follow up to his Harm's Way article from two weeks ago. Hang on because this one delivers fast and furious.
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| 2009-09-16 | Handling Investigations | DCI | David de la Iglesia | Work & Run a Tournament, Communication, Judging Techniques, DQ Investigation
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| | An article about techniques, procedures and how to conduct an investigation for a possible disqualification.
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| 2009-09-16 | What is a Local Judge? | DCI | Ryan Dare | Education & Development, Training, Testing, Mentoring, Judge Certification
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| | Ryan sums up what to look for in a Level 1 candidate and how to conduct judge certification.
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| 2009-09-10 | The Justice League - Rules, Learning, and FAQs | Star City Games (en) | Paul Smith |
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| | My favorite time to judge is at prereleases, because all of the cards are shiny and new, and nobody knows exactly how they work yet. Players come to you with genuine questions because they don't understand how something works on a card that you haven't even seen yet, and that seat-of-the-pants judging is my kind of judging!
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| 2009-09-05 | Grand Prix Prague Judge Blog | The DCI Family (en) | various | Blog
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| | Judging in the city of a hundred spires.
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| 2009-09-04 | The Riki Rules - Where There's a Harms, There's a Way | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Harm's Way. It has been heralded as the most confusing card in Standard. Riki does his best to demystify it for you.
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| 2009-09-03 | The Justice League - Adventures on the Other Side | Star City Games (en) | Nicholas Sabin |
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| | There's a fine balance that must be maintained between theory and practice. If you spend too much time doing, then there are many missed opportunities to better understand what you're doing and why you're doing it. If you spend too much time thinking, too much time theorizing about your potential actions, then it's easy to overthink yourself into the trap of doing absolutely nothing and letting all that theory rot from disuse. So it goes with Magic - both in playing, and in judging.
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| 2009-08-28 | A Roving Report From U.S. Nationals, Grand Prix: Boston, and GenCon | Star City Games (en) | James Elliott | Report
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| | U.S. Nationals marked a year since my first attempt at Chicago to rise to Level 3 in the judge program. And in the last couple of months I’ve been asked by a lot of people whether I was going to try again anytime soon. To be honest I’m been seeking an all too elusive ‘quiet couple of months’ in which I could polish up on a few things before then setting my sights on a date.
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| 2009-08-28 | The Riki Rules – Call a Judge | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi | Policy
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| | Riki played in his traditional “break PTQ,” but went in with the intention of calling a Judge on every infraction. Did he actually play Magic or was he too busy calling Judges all day?
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| 2009-08-22 | Judge the game, see Asia! | The DCI Family (en) | | Blog
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| | An european Judge in Asia: 2 weeks, 2 GPs.
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| 2009-08-25 | The Justice League - British Nationals and Grand Prix: Brighton | Star City Games (en) | Paul Smith | Report
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| | British Nationals and Grand Prix: Brighton were, for me, a single event, as I was one of the relatively few judges on staff for four consecutive days. I had a great deal of fun there, and this is my tournament report.
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| 2009-08-21 | The Riki Rules – The Definitive Chess Clock Article | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi | Organization
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| | What day is it? Saturday. That makes this a kind of neo-Saturday School. And to kick off this time slot, Riki unleashes the much-anticipated story of Magic, chess clocks, and you.
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| 2009-08-17 | Studying for Your Judge Exam | DCI | Carlos Ho | Training, Testing, Learning, Exams
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| 2009-08-14 | The Justice League - So You Want To Be A Rules Guru? | Star City Games (en) | Max Knowlan | Rules, Learning
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| | Any time someone approaches me with interest in becoming a judge, there is one thing I will always ask them: "Why do you want to become a judge?" I’ve gotten a wide range of responses, but one of the ones I hear more than almost any other is: "I want to know the rules really well."
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| 2009-08-10 | The Infraction Procedure Guide and Unsporting Conduct | DCI | Sean Catanese | Rules & Regulations, IPG, Unsporting Conduct
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| 2009-08-09 | The Riki Rules – All Your Soldiers Are Belong to Us | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi | Report
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| | He’s back, and before he can give you the skinny on his long-awaited chess clock experiments, Riki has a few stories to tell from GP Boston. What does “all my soldiers” mean, and why was Patrick Chapin arguing with a spectator.
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| 2009-07-31 | The Justice League - Know Your Enemy | Starcitygames (en) | Nicholas Sabin |
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| | Magic is a useful game in that it tells us who our opponent is, what we're fighting against. More often than not, it's Faeries (or Kithkin, or whatever the Hot New Deck is nowadays). Sometimes it's the fatigue of staying up until four in the morning playtesting, then waking up at six and driving four hours to a PTQ and getting there just in time to sign up.
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| 2009-07-24 | The Justice League - Intuitive Interactions of Continuous Effects | Starcitygames (en) | James Elliott | Rules & Regulations, CR, Layers
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| | It's been quite a month of change for the humble Magic player and judge alike. We've been dragged kicking and screaming into the new M10 rules (albeit I was caught saying aloud, “Before damage goes on the stack” by Mike Suire at the prerelease last Sunday- it seems that old habits die hard).
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| 2009-07-21 | The Art of Eight-Man Drafts | DCI | George Trichopoulos | Working & Running a tournament, Organization
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| 2009-07-19 | The Claudia Rules - It's a Trap! Classic Pitfalls of Tournament Magic | Channel Fireball (en) | Claudia Nellessen |
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| | Either there are enemy ships in sector 47, or you've received a penalty for a simple error you could have prevented. Claudia can help you avoid the latter, but unfortunately she's out of spare battlecruisers to get you out of the former.
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| 2009-07-17 | The Justice League - The 51% Rule and the Tale of Two Cities | Starcitygames (en) | Max Knowlan |
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| | In our society, you are innocent until proven guilty. But just how much proof do you need? I know that to be found guilty, there needs to be some very solid, concrete evidence that can prove for sure that the accused did it. A judge or jury can't punish you without being sure you deserve the punishment. That's not the way it works in the world of Magic.
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| 2009-07-13 | How to Get Through a Day | DCI | Gijsbert Hoogendijk | Working & Running a tournament, Judging Techniques
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| 2009-07-12 | The Claudia Rules - Kicking Things Off | Channel Fireball (en) | Claudia Nellessen |
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| | Taking a much-needed vacation, Riki has asked one of his good friends to fill in. Say “guten tag” to Claudia and read the story of how she got her start in judging.
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| 2009-07-06 | How to Sell a Ruling | DCI | Gijsbert Hoogendijk | Working & Running a tournament, Communication, Judging Techniques
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| 2009-07-05 | The Riki Rules - Tour of Duty | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | After seven weekends in a row of judging, Riki sits back and reflects on what he learned. Take a look and figure out what you can learn from his experiences judging everywhere from a PTQ to a Pro Tour!
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| 2009-07-02 | The Justice League - Fun Times in Minneapolis | Starcitygames (en) | Nicholas Sabin |
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| | My official job title at Star City Games is Events Coordinator. This typically involves promoting our events, staffing them, and then traveling throughout the Southeast to run them. Although I've never actually counted, it's a safe bet that I run some thirty to forty events every year, everything from Prereleases to PTQs.
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| 2009-06-05 | Judge! - Issue #1 (June 2009) | The DCI Family (en) | Adam Cetnerowski | Newsletter
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| 2009-06-29 | A Matter of Perspective | DCI | Jurgen Baert, Nick Sephton |
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| | What is a virtual game state and how can it help answering suboptimally worded rules questions without giving away strategic information.
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| 2009-06-29 | The Justice League -- What We Think | Starcitygames (en) | Max Knowlan |
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| | Wizards of the Coast did a survey to find out what players thought of the DCI, and they discovered that about 80% of tournament players like judges, and feel that judges are an integral part of a successful tournament. 80%, eh? So why isn't that number at 100?
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| 2009-06-28 | The Riki Rules - If The Sky Falls in the Forest… | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | On the heels of the controversial M10 rules changes came some alterations to tournament policy and Judge penalty documents. Riki goes over the deeper implications of what these changes could mean to you regarding sideboarding notes and spectator involvement.
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| 2009-06-25 | The Justice League - To Waikiki and Back | Starcitygames (en) | James Elliott | Report
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| | Hello everyone! The day my last article came out I was getting ready to start an epic journey. A tale that would take in four tournaments, in four weeks, and in four different states -- Washington, Hawaii, Missouri, and Arkansas.
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| 2009-06-22 | Art of Mentoring | DCI | Zohar Finkel | Education & Development
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| 2009-06-21 | The Riki Rules - The Times They Are A-Changin' | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | It's been a few weeks now and we've all had a chance to absorb the M10 changes. Riki finally chimes in with his thoughts after watching the raging battle shake his windows and rattle his walls.
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| 2009-06-11 | PG 52: Out-of-Order Sequencing | Starcitygames (en) | Paul Smith | Rules & Regulations, PG, Out-of-Order Sequencing
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| | What a hectic month of judging I've had! Since we last chatted, I've judged at a Regionals in Cardiff, A GPT, a PTQ and a Regionals in Kent held on consecutive days, a London Regionals, and a local Standard tournament to qualify for the Bath Invitational, not to mention playing weekly at the FNM. You would have thought with all that Magic the last thing I would want to do is write about judging, but far from it!
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| 2009-06-07 | The Riki Rules - Strange Days in Seattle | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Riki is back, and covers his first tournament as a Level Three judge! Take a look at his GP experience, including how to deal with everyone's new favorite mechanic, Cascade!
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| 2009-06-05 | Pro Tour Honolulu Judge Blog | The DCI Family (en) | | Blog
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| | When judges go to the beach.
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| 2009-06-03 | The Justice League - Managing Expectations | Starcitygames (en) | Nicholas Sabin |
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| | When Riki Hayashi introduced me (and the rest of the Justice League) to all you fine StarCityGames.com readers, he mentioned that I am an asker of questions. Now, to be truthful, I ask lots of questions. I like poking and prodding at the assumptions we hold in the DCI as judges. Now that I have an audience, allow me to poke and prod at the assumptions that we -- yes, we, even though I don't think I've played FNM in a year -- hold as players. So let me ask you this...
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| 2009-05-28 | The Justice League - Regionals | Starcitygames (en) | James Elliott |
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| | In my experience, Regionals tends to bring in a bunch of players with a wide range of ability. For some people this is the biggest tournament they will play in (unless a GP shows up close enough). With this in mind, I remind players that the Universal Tournament Rules states players must shuffle an opponent's deck at the start of a game, and must at least cut a deck when presented after shuffling effects during a game.
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| 2009-05-24 | The Riki Rules - Why You Didn't Win Regionals | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | So you didn't win Regionals. Why? As a Judge, Riki brings some unique insights from the sidelines as he has observed some trends in why players don't win tournaments.
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| 2009-05-21 | The Justice League - The Tortoise and the Hare: Slow Play | Starcitygames (en) | Max Knowlan | Rules & Regulations, IPG, Slow Play
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| | Read The Justice League every week... at StarCityGames.com! Thursday, May 21st - At the end of the first day of Grand Prix: Vancouver, head judge Seamus Campbell told the staff that a total of two Slow Play penalties had been handed out. He then asked us “how many do you think there should have been?” to which someone responded “a lot more.”
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| 2009-05-18 | Leadership and Team Management | DCI | Filipe Fernandes | Education & Development, Leadership, Self-Improvement
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| 2009-05-17 | The Riki Rules - He Plays Too | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Sheldon Menery is one of the most prominent Judges in the world, and Riki has had several interesting encounters with him. Luckily, none of these encounters have involved cage fighting (Riki would lose). Also, find out the first details of the upcoming California Judge Conference.
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| 2009-05-14 | The Justice League - Mixed Bag | Starcitygames (en) | Paul Smith |
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| | Every judge, at the beginning of their journey, was not a judge. Also, every judge has to have started as a player at some point. I think this assertion is easy to prove - you learn so much about the game just by attempting to play it, that I can't really see how you can effectively judge without playing the game.
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| 2009-05-13 | Big in Japan | DCI | David de la Iglesia | Report
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| | David de la Iglesia reports from PT Kyoto with a view of the differences between western and japanese judging and how to overcome the cultural barrier.
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| 2009-05-10 | The Riki Rules - Charm School | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Riki follows up on last week's topic with the Esper Charm question. What's the mode? What's the target? He'll also tell you the most important thing to know for Regionals.
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| 2009-05-07 | The Justice League - Assembling Your Army | Starcitygames (en) | Nicholas Sabin |
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| | It's not very often that a 63/63 Legendary Human Warrior gets shut down by a 1/1 Frog. Yet there I was, staring down David Rappaport (a good friend and a great judge from Michigan), completely cold to his Spore Frog/Volrath's Stronghold recursion. Meanwhile, Kresh the Bloodbraided glowered at me, craving blood and finding no joy.
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| 2009-05-04 | The Riki Rules - Profane Bluffs | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | After a week off to talk about Jund, it's back to judging. Riki dissects the infamous “Profane Command bluff” and introduces a few other interesting plays for discussion.
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| 2009-05-04 | From Certifier to Certifier | DCI | Alfonso Bueno | Education & Development, Training, Testing, Mentoring, Teaching, Judge Certification
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| 2009-04-30 | The Justice League - A Cascade of Standard Events | Starcitygames (en) | James Elliott |
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| | Active player has Tendrils of Agony on the stack with a storm count of 10. The opponent plays Angel's Grace in response and wants to know what will happen if he lets everything resolve and then plays Lightning Helix. First, a match at a PTQ is between two players and it's not my job to advise people what to do or when to do it!
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| 2009-04-27 | Dealing With Disabled Players | DCI | David Lyford-Smith | Working & Running a tournament, Organization
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| 2009-04-23 | The Justice League - (Ir)Regular REL | Starcitygames (en) | Max Knowlan | IPG, Regular REL
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| | What exactly is a regular rules enforcement level event? In essence, it's kitchen table Magic gone pro. Such events attract players from all walks of life, but they're targeted at people that will probably never play in an event with a higher enforcement level.
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| 2009-04-20 | How Events Go Bad | DCI | Stephane Manaranche | Working & Running a tournament, Self-Improvement
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| 2009-04-19 | The Riki Rules - PTQing for Fun and no Profit | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Riki reports on a PTQ from the other side of the fence, as he actually sleeved up a deck and went into battle. He may not have won the tournament, but he will be in Honolulu anyway!
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| 2009-04-16 | The Justice League - Active versus Passive Judging | Starcitygames (en) | Paul Smith |
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| | Judging is at times a careful balancing act. We want the players to have fun, but fun means different things to different people. Spike has fun by winning, and if his opponent plays fast and loose he'll look for an opportunity for a free game win, no matter what the personal cost. However, forcing the casual player to play a precise, technical game whilst at an FNM held at a pub with alcohol at most games is an exercise in futility.
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| 2009-04-14 | A Practical Approach to Handling Altered Cards | DCI | Claire Dupré | Rules & Regulations, UTR, Card Interpretation
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| 2009-04-12 | The Riki Rules - Click, Clique, DQ? | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Vendilion Clique has caused plenty of miscommunication issues, and today Riki tackles all aspects of how and why the targeting and revealing works with the ever-so tricky faerie. He even examines the Clique-based Martin Juza DQ, as there has been plenty of misinformation on that subject as well!
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| 2009-04-09 | The Justice League - Deconstructing Disqualifications | Starcitygames (en) | Nicholas Sabin |
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| | A few weeks ago, we held a pair of PTQs at the Star City Game Center in Roanoke. Happily enough, I was able to judge both of them - head judge on Day 1, and then floor judge on Day 2 - and I would like to make particular note of the zero disqualifications issued over the weekend. Of course, there were warnings, and game losses, but no disqualifications.
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| 2009-04-07 | The Riki Rules: Level 3 in Kyoto | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Riki shares the final chapter of his advancement from Level Two judge to Level Three, which was quite harrowing indeed. Anyone interested in taking their judging to the next level would do well to read this, as well as anyone interested in Riki's epic saga!
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| 2009-04-06 | Back to the Grindstone | DCI | Chris Richter | Rules & Regulations, CR, Triggered Abilities, Replacement Effects
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| | Chris describes the interaction of Grindstone's ability with triggered abilities (e.g. from Gaea's Blessing) and replacement effects (e.g. from Darksteel Colossus) that remove cards from the game.
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| 2009-04-02 | The Justice League - Drafting, SCG 5K Indianapolis, and More Crime Fighting | Starcitygames (en) | James Elliott |
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| | This weekend was the big one: StarCityGames.com's $5000 Standard Open in Indianapolis. I think it's clear from the GPs in the Midwest over the last few years that we have a hotspot right here for Magic attendance (GP: Chicago, Indianapolis, and Columbus). Trying not to get carried away with things, I thought a conservative estimate would be 400+ as I was getting ready to leave on Friday afternoon…
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| 2009-03-31 | Pro Tour-Kyoto - Head Judge's report | DCI | Riccardo Tessitori | Judge Article of the Year 2009]
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| 2009-03-31 | Grand Prix-Los Angeles - Head Judge's report | DCI | Scott Marshall | Report
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| 2009-03-31 | 2008 GP-Vienna Report | DCI | Wei Rao | Report
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| 2009-03-29 | The Riki Rules: Next Level Judging: One to Two and Missed Triggers in Chicago | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Riki continues his series on how to advance in the exciting world of judging, offering advice on the path from Level One to Level Two. He also covers triggered abilities, a discussion brought to the forefront by Pat Chapin's feature match at Grand Prix Chicago.
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| 2009-03-26 | The Justice League - Top Penalties | Starcitygames (en) | Max Knowlan | Rules & Regulations, IPG
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| | Unfortunately, most of the penalties we give are to good, honest folk, the kind you really want to sit across from during a match, and they're out there getting penalized for a simple mistake or misunderstanding. These penalties are necessary to keep the integrity and fairness of an event, but that doesn't mean I have to enjoy handing them out. In an effort to save both players and judges from heartache, here are some of the most common and easily avoidable penalties.
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| 2009-03-19 | The Justice League - Who Judges the Judges? | Starcitygames (en) | Paul Smith |
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| | For this week, I want to start by reviewing my poll from last month's article, then move on to a topic broadly on improvement and feedback for judges.
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| 2009-03-15 | The Riki Rules: Next Level Judging: Zero to One | Channel Fireball (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Hey, guys. You know me. I'm Riki Hayashi. I'm going to talk about judging. I'm very happy to be the first, or at least one of the first, to be welcoming you to the new ChannelFireball, or CB.
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| 2009-03-12 | The Justice League - A Tale of Haggling, Triggers, and Crime Fighting | Starcitygames (en) | James Elliott |
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| | A couple of rounds into the day, it was brought to my attention by TO Alan Hochman that one or two spectators at the GP had been described as acting suspiciously. The people in question were pointed out to me and I was asked, along with other judges, to be extra vigilant, as more bags had already been reported missing that morning. I spotted one of these individuals watching Ben Wienberg's match while I was walking around…
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| 2009-02-27 | New DCI Judge Shirt FAQ | DCI | John Carter |
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| 2009-02-18 | Mnemonics and Helpful Notes | DCI | Ute Kronenberg | Working & Running a tournament
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| 2009-02-16 | The Riki Rules - Welcome to Your First Pro Tour | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Once in a while, I get a message that catches my attention. This one was from Lucas Siow, a local PTQ winner and first time PT competitor. Going into his first PT, Lucas wanted to know about the differences between a PTQ and a PT. What are the differences in playing Magic at a Professional REL event?
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| 2009-02-09 | The Riki Rules - Two Scoops and a Sprinkle of Conflux | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Two weeks ago we dealt with two DQ stories. The second one detailed a so-called "fake scoop," one player intentionally misleading his opponent into thinking he was scooping to "force a concession." Obviously, this is a fairly scumbag maneuver. If you do stuff like this, stop it. If someone tries to do something like this to you, call a Judge.
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| 2009-02-02 | The Riki Rules - Introducing the Justice League | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | When you judge seven large multiday tournaments in one year, you tend to make friends quickly. These connections come in handy when you're in need of some highly talented and motivated individuals to assist you on a special project...
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| 2009-01-26 | The Riki Rules - A Tale of Two DQs | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | A Disqualification is the worst possible way for a player's tournament to end. Check that. Getting dragged out of the tournament site in handcuffs by the police is worse, which I have seen happen, so a DQ is at the very least second worst.
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| 2009-01-19 | The Riki Rules - The Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Extended | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Battlestar Galactica kicked off its final half season yesterday. Unfortunately, I missed it because I was in Los Angeles as the Magic Pro Tour kicked off its hopefully not-final season with an Extended Grand Prix. But before BSG started its historic final run, the Sci-Fi channel ran a half-hour special with the top ten things to get new viewers caught up on the show. Let's see if we can do the same with Magic…
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| 2009-01-13 | Having Lands on Hand | DCI | Aaron Hamer, Carlos Ho | Working & Running a tournament, Organization
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| 2009-01-12 | The Riki Rules - Anatomy of a Slow Play | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Slow Play is one of the most difficult calls for a Judge to make because of the subjectivity of the infraction. The truth of the matter is that Slow Play happens a lot more often than it gets penalized for. Too many Judges are reluctant to pull the trigger on giving the penalty, figuring the player is "just about to make a play. I'll give him just a few more seconds."
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| 2009-01-09 | Chris Nguyen's Worlds 2008 Judge Report | DCI | Chris Nguyen | Report
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| 2009-01-01 | The Riki Rules - Makeshift Judgequin | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | The Judge seminars were all informative, with some good clean fun mixed in. The high point for me was during John Carter's “Q&A with the New Judge Coordinator” seminar when Paul Smith from the UK asked Carter what he thought of my column. The response was pure gold: “As it turns out, Riki does in fact rule.”
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| 2008-12-29 | The Riki Rules - Judging in Memphis | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | I don't remember exactly when I decided to Judge at Worlds in Memphis. Given the pace I've been on this year, it might seem like a no-brainer to attend a domestic Pro Tour. (Is Worlds a Pro Tour or not? I've heard it go both ways.) But with Kyoto being the first Pro Tour of 2009 and me with some relatives that needed visiting in Japan, vacation days were looking tight.
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| 2008-12-02 | The Riki Rules - Chatter of the Judge | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | I've been bombarded with a variation of one question all week: "What do you think of Zac Hill's article?" Zac's article, "Sealed Redux, and a Little Bit of "Judge!"" lit a firestorm of discussion and controversy that followed me all over the Internet, where I've had e-mail exchanges, PM exchanged, IM chats, IRC discussions, and even a Facebook chat on the subject...
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| 2008-12-15 | The Riki Rules - Judge Potpourri | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Obviously, everyone knows that lying to a Judge is a seriously bad thing. What sometimes slips through the cracks is how equally serious it can be to lie to your opponent or to intentionally ignore infractions until it is convenient to do so. Like a broken record, if you discover something wrong, you need to... (wait for it)... call a Judge.
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| 2008-12-08 | Who are DCI Judges? A Rules Advisor's Point of View | DCI | Filipe Fernandes | Education & Development
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| 2008-12-08 | The Riki Rules - Spectator Spectacular! | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Since the very beginning of my run here at StarCityGames.com, I have been bombarded with the "spectator question." It basically boils to some variation of "If I'm watching a match and I witness them make some kind of mistake (rules-wise, not strategic), what can I do?"
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| 2008-12-01 | The Riki Rules - Grand Prix: Atlanta | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi | Report
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| | There was a DQ in the last round of Day 1 involving noted Brazilian Pro Willy Edel and a local player. The issue at hand was that his opponent claimed he had dealt damage to Willy with Exuberant Firestoker, something that Willy denied. Enter a Judge, and in fact, enter Head Judge Seamus Campbell as the dispute got that big and convoluted...
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| 2008-11-25 | The Riki Rules - 4 Versus 273 at California States | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | At Thermopylae, 300 Spartans stood their ground against 200,000 invading Persians. At California States, 4 Judges stood their ground against nearly 300 invading players. It was 273 to be exact, and it blew most estimates by a hundred…
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| 2008-11-21 | Regelquiz #24 | PlanetMTG (de) | Sebastian Rittau | Rules Quiz
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| 2008-11-18 | The Riki Rules - You Can't Spell Elves Without a Missed Trigger | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | Elves! with a capital exclamation point was the story of the tournament from a player perspective. The supposedly secret tech only surprised people with the fact that everyone seemed to have it. As I mentioned previously, the Judging staff got the first hint that something was up when we heard about the dealers selling out of Glimpse of Nature the night before.
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| 2008-11-14 | Ask the Judge, 11/14/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Nick Fang |
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| | Nick Fang shares his thoughts for judges on adjusting to the changes to the Prerelease system and how judges can influence and help shape the program.
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| 2008-11-11 | Regelquiz #23 | PlanetMTG (de) | Sebastian Rittau | Rules Quiz
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| 2008-11-11 | The Riki Rules - I Am A Jelly-Filled Doughnut | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | This is the story of my Pro Tour in Berlin. As I come close to finishing this article, I can tell that it will be the first of two or three on the tournament. This one will follow the tournament in a mostly linear fashion, hitting on some of the fun short storylines of that weekend.
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| 2008-11-04 | The Riki Rules - Shuffling Off | Starcitygames (en) | Riki Hayashi |
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| | As the Monty Python boys taught us, three is the number of minutes thou shalt have to shuffle before each game, no more, possibly less. At the three minute mark you must present your deck. If you delay in presenting your deck after three minutes, you should receive a Slow Play infraction. I say “should” because this is one of those penalties that will almost never be given out.
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| 2008-10-31 | Regelquiz #22 | PlanetMTG (de) | Sebastian Rittau | Rules Quiz
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| 2008-10-31 | Ask the Judge, 10/31/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Seamus Campbell |
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| | It's been an eventful week since I last wrote here, to say the least. I've been taking in Berlin since Saturday morning, which put me well ahead of most of the Pro Tour crowd. I've had some fine meals, appreciated some classic architecture (love the ubiquitous courtyard spaces), and rolled my eyes at countless young, oblivious, and often drunk students from every English-speaking nation around the world...
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| 2008-10-24 | Regelquiz #21 -- Turnierregeln | PlanetMTG (de) | Sebastian Rittau | Rules Quiz, MTR
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| 2008-10-24 | Ask the Judge, 10/24/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Seamus Campbell |
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| | This week, I depart for Pro Tour Berlin with some baggage and a new EDH deck.
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| 2008-10-23 | Yawgmoth's Whimsy - Strange Vehicles | Starcitygames (en) | Peter Jahn | Report
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| | Peter Jahn reports from GP Kansas.
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| 2008-10-20 | Managing Public Events | DCI | Kevin Desprez | Working & Running a tournament, Organization
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| 2008-10-17 | Regelquiz -- Best of | PlanetMTG (de) | Sebastian Rittau | Rules Quiz
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| 2008-10-17 | Ask the Judge, 10/17/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Seamus Campbell |
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| | Are the days getting shorter? It certainly feels like it. And I'm not talking about when the sun rises or sets. I'm talking about the level of sheer, hectic bustle that is descending upon my life. It's a back-to-back PT sandwich with GP Atlanta in the middle. Will you be there?
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| 2008-10-10 | Magic Nationals -- International / Collector's Edition | PlanetMTG (de) | Falko Görres | Report
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| 2008-10-10 | Ask the Judge, 10/10/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Nick Fang |
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| | Level 3 judge Nick Fang reflects on the Prerelease with a short survey for judges on their own experiences.
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| 2008-10-09 | Logistics: If You are Doing It Right, No One Will Notice | DCI | Peter Jahn | Working & Running a tournament
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| 2008-10-03 | Regelquiz #20 | PlanetMTG (de) | Sebastian Rittau | Rules Quiz
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| 2008-08-22 | Die Schiedsrichter der DM 2008 (und andere VIPs) | PlanetMTG (de) | Sebastian Rittau | Rules Quiz
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| | Sebastian introduces the judge team of the German National Championships 2008.
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| 2008-08-22 | Ask the Judge, 8/22/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Seamus Campbell |
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| | Seamus's Hall of Fame Ballot. Will he or won't he?
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| 2008-08-15 | Regelquiz #18 | PlanetMTG (de) | Sebastian Rittau | Rules Quiz
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| 2008-08-15 | Ask the Judge, 8/15/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Seamus Campbell |
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| | Seamus Campbell on Chicago, US Nationals, Polish arthouse cinema, truffles smothered in other truffles, and happy email surprises.
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| 2008-08-08 | Regelquiz #17 | PlanetMTG (de) | Sebastian Rittau | Rules Quiz
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| 2008-08-08 | Ask the Judge, 8/8/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Nick Fang |
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| | Nick Fang, road warrior judge, weighs in on overthinking, underthinking, and all the thinks inbetween.
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| 2008-08-01 | Regelquiz #16 | PlanetMTG (de) | Sebastian Rittau | Rules Quiz
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| 2008-06-27 | Ask the Judge #12 | PlanetMTG (de) | Sebastian Rittau | Rules Quiz
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| 2008-06-27 | Ask the Judge, 6/27/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Johanna Virtanen |
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| | It's that time of the year again: Nationals season is not far away. Johanna is signed up for four different National championship events again this year, and this week she tells us a little bit about how National championships tend to work in her part of the world.
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| 2008-06-26 | Yawgmoth's Whimsy - Grand Prix: Indianapolis | Starcitygames (en) | Peter Jahn | Report
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| | It's the largest Grand Prix ever held in North America, and you are on staff." That can mean anything from "It was the game where he got the double hat trick, and you were there," to "It was the largest airplane crash ever, and you were on board." No matter what, it was going to be a long couple of days and a lot of work...
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| 2008-06-20 | DCI Penalty-Guide Update, Juni 2008 | PlanetMTG (de) | Marcel Mike Schneider | PG
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| 2008-06-13 | Ask the Judge #11 | PlanetMTG (de) | Sebastian Rittau | Rules Quiz
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| 2008-06-13 | Ask the Judge, 6/13/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Seamus Campbell |
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| | Bearing Bad News. One of the less-exciting parts of judging is the process of issuing penalties. Well, they can be exciting, to be sure, but I, at least, am rarely excited to be delivering them. This week, I break down the penalties we hand out into several categories and offer tips on how to deliver them to players.
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| 2008-06-06 | Ask the Judge #10 | PlanetMTG (de) | Sebastian Rittau | Rules Quiz
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| 2008-06-06 | Ask the Judge, 6/6/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Nick Fang |
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| | Nick Fang, fresh off a triumphant turn as seminar leader at Pro Tour Hollywood, gives us a peek behind the scenes with a discussion of what failure means for a judge.
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| 2008-06-05 | Regular Vs. Competitive -- A Comparison | DCI | Ingrid Lind-Jahn |
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| 2008-03-28 | Alles neu macht der März.... | PlanetMTG (de) | Eckhard Maaß | Rules & Regulations, PG
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| | SEcki gibt uns einen Überblick über die jüngsten Änderungen der PG, insbesondere in Bezug auf Regular REL.
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| 2008-03-28 | Ask the Judge, 3/28/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Johanna Virtanen | Report
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| | This is Johanna Virtanen's report from Pro Tour Kuala Lumpur.
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| 2008-03-21 | One Year of Love | PlanetMTG (de) | Ute Kronenberg |
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| | Ute Kronenberg fasst ihr erstes Jahr als zertifizierter Schiedsrichter zusammen.
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| 2008-03-14 | Ask the Judge, 3/14/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Nick Fang |
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| | There's an adage out there that says that there's no such thing as doing a good job as a scorekeeper. Nick Fang proved that wasn't the case with a solid performance as Grand Prix Vancouver scorekeeper, and in today's column he offers stories from that event, advice, and ruminations on the job that works hard to stay off players' radars.
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| 2008-03-13 | A Framework for Communication | DCI | Nick Sephton | Rules & Regulations, Communication, Policy
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| 2008-03-10 | Shadowing | DCI | Chris Richter | Education & Development, Judging Techniques
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| 2008-03-07 | Ask the Judge, 3/7/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Seamus Campbell |
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| | Having had a couple weeks to reflect and recover from Grand Prix Vancouver, I thought I'd share some of my experiences and the lessons I took away from them. Some of these are lessons that I probably learned my first time out as a Pro Tour Qualifier head judge, my first time out as a Regionals head judge, and so on, but that's the way it goes: Five Things I Learned Head Judging My First Grand Prix.
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| 2008-01-25 | Who is Who? | PlanetMTG (de) | Heiko Schmidt |
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| | Eine allgemeine Übersicht über die Turnier-Mitwirkenden.
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| 2008-01-25 | Ask the Judge, 1/25/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Seamus Campbell |
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| | With Grand Prix Vancouver on the horizon, GP Vancouver head judge Seamus Campbell reminisces about some of his experiences traveling for Magic events.
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| 2008-01-23 | No Really, Why Do We Judge? | DCI | George Michelogiannakis | Report, Education & Development, Community
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| 2008-01-18 | Bluffs und Wahrheiten | PlanetMTG (de) | Eckhard Maaß | Policy
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| | Was du schon immer über Spielerkommunikation wissen wolltest, aber bisher nicht zu fragen wagtest.
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| 2008-01-18 | Ask the Judge 1/18/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Johanna Virtanen |
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| | What is a Tournament Organizer? What do they do? Where do they do it? Johanna Virtanen gives you the rest of the picture on tournament management.
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| 2008-01-11 | Ask the Judge #2 | PlanetMTG (de) | Heiko Schmidt | Rules Quiz
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| 2008-01-11 | Ask the Judge 1/11/2008: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Nick Fang |
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| | Of the major documents that govern tournament Magic, the Penalty Guide is unique. While all of the other documents provide very clear cut answers and clearly specify what is correct and incorrect, the Penalty Guide is by necessity fuzzier, relying on more judgment, interpretation, and application specific to the situation at hand. Nick Fang offers some guidance on the principles that shape this crucial part of the DCI's approach to events.
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| 2008-01-07 | The Twelve Mistake Program to Becoming a Better Judge | DCI | Peter Jahn, Ingrid Lind-Jahn | Education & Development
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| 2008-01-06 | Ein PTQ am anderen Ende der Welt | PlanetMTG (de) | Jens Strohäker | Report
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| | Jens berichtet von seinen Erlebnissen als Head Judge eines PTQs bei der Weltmeisterschaft 2007 in New York.
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| 2007-12-28 | Ask the Judge, 12/28/2007: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Seamus Campbell |
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| | Ask the Judge Year in Review. Well, here we are, with the 44th and final installment of Feature Friday for 2007. We've published roughly 1600 Ask the Judge questions, and I don't even want to speculate on the total number of questions Chris answered in that period. This week, I'm going to touch on some of my personal highlights for the year in Magic.
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| 2007-12-21 | Top oder Flop: GP Stuttgart | PlanetMTG (de) | Marcel Schneider | Report
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| 2007-12-14 | Warum Judge? | PlanetMTG (de) | Ute Kronenberg |
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| | Warum wird man Schiedsrichter und warum besser nicht?
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| 2007-12-14 | Ask the Judge, 12/14/2007: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Nick Fang |
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| | Nick Fang covers the essentials of becoming a DCI-certified judge. Why do you want to certify? How do you go about it? What is most likely to trip you up? If you've ever wondered about the process, here's your comprehensive guide.
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| 2007-12-10 | The Training Cycle | DCI | Brian Schenck |
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| 2007-12-07 | Ask the Judge, 12/7/2007: Feature Friday | Starcitygames (en) | Seamus Campbell |
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| | It's good to be home. November was a busy and travel-intensive month, between running across the country for a Grand Prix and family travel for the Thanksgiving weekend. It's a little hard to be disappointed about not spending the weekend in New York City when I'm perhaps still not recovered from the previous month's exertions. This week, I want to share some of my experiences from Grand Prix Daytona and look ahead a bit to the new year.
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| 2007-12-03 | My First Grand Prix | DCI | Chip Beauvais | Report, GP
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| 2007-11-30 | Ask the Pro Judge, Teil 2 (deutsch) | PlanetMTG (de) | Heiko Schmidt |
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| | Interview mit L5 Schiedsrichter Toby Elliott.
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| 2007-11-26 | The Interaction of Continuous Effects | DCI | Nick Sephton | Rules & Regulations, CR, Layers
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| 2007-11-23 | Ask the Pro Judge, part 2 | PlanetMTG (en) | Heiko Schmidt |
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| | Interview with L5 judge Toby Elliott.
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| 2007-11-19 | Getting to Level 2 | DCI | Nicolas Glik | Education & Development, Learning
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| 2007-11-16 | Grand Prix Krakau | PlanetMTG (de) | Attila Klimmek | Report, GP
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| | Attila berichtet über die Erfahrungen bei seinem ersten Grand Prix als Schiedsrichter.
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| 2007-11-09 | Shortcuts - Understand the philosophy of PG section 51 | DCI | Scott Marshall | Rules & Regulations, PG, Policy
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| | There's bound to be questions about the new Shortcut Guidelines. We had more than our share of questions while writing this section; certainly, you're expected to have a few of your own. The conclusions from our debates are reflected in the result, but that may not be apparent to judges and players everywhere. This article will attempt to address that, presenting a detailed analysis of Section 51.
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| 2007-11-09 | Immer schön der Reihe nach | PlanetMTG (de) | Ute Kronenberg | Rules & Regulations
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