Category: Games
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Article about Judging Published
Finally my article about judges and judging got published over at Star City Games. Yay! Update: URL corrected …
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PTQ London
Yesterday we had a PTQ for London in Berlin. Two days before the event Huy, the scheduled head judge called me and asked whether I could do the HJ, since he had to leave early. Of course I happily accepted. We had 68 players, which was a low turnout. Kamigawa seems to bore people. Personally…
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Interview with Andy Heckt
Finally I finished my judge article. I will send it in early next week. As a bonus, here is the complete interview with Andy Heckt: First of all: What is your official job title at Wizards? Network Manager – this is because my duties coordinate player need, the judge program, and organizers of premiere events…
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Brothers in Arms
I’ve recently played through Brothers in Arms and I was disappointed. Brothers in Arms is a tactical shooter in a WWII settings with a storyline that’s based on true events. The gameplay is centered around flanking the enemy. You normally have two squads at your command, where on squad is used to pin the enemy down and…
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Public View of Judges
I’m very disappointed with recent articles about judges. Terry Soh’s premium article on Star City Games seems to stand out. I have to admit that I haven’t read the article, since I don’t have SCG premium, but the comments about this article are enlightening. Also, Noah Weil’s article from today doesn’t portray judges in a good light, although I have the…
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Tracking Repeat Penalties
Penalties are supposed to be upgraded when a certain offence is repeated during a tournament. In small tournaments with only few judges that works well, since all judges communicate efficiently (in German we would say: “sie tratschen wie Waschweiber”). But the larger the tournament gets the more difficult it gets to learn about previous penalties.…
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Judge Article Up!
Since the Wizards page is back up, I can confirm that my judge article about the Rodgau PTQs “between the years” is really up. Here are some more pictures from that event. Update: One thing that wasn’t presented well in the article was how bad I was feeling during the whole tournament. At the evening before the first…
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Judge Article Up?
flame- told me earlier on #mtgjudge that my judge report is finally up at the DCI page. Unfortunately that page is currently down. So I have to wait a little bit longer …
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GP Leipzig Judge Photo
The judges of GP Leipzig: This picture is from flame-‘s blog. I added the names with the help of flame- and other members of #mtgjudge. Thanks all! Missing on this picture are at least MJH, Thomas Kugler, and Martin Damen.