What’s New Season 3 is coming! Sponsorship applications for conferences held between July 1 and September 30 are now open! The primary application window for this season closes May 14. Due to an expected delay in the delivery of promos to the Judge Academy office, we are cautioning organizers that it is extremely likely that […]
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I Promise This Isn’t About Warcraft
Here I go, finding ways to write about my hyperfixations again… …do you like World of Warcraft and/or longform video essays about niche topics? Earlier this year documentarian Dan Olson published a video essay titled Why It’s Rude to Suck at Warcraft. It is a deep dive talking about various social constructs in the context […]
Quarter 1 2023 Conference Bulletin
Season 2 Supplemental Applications This took a bit longer to prepare than expected, and as a result this form’s deadline has been extended out until March 26, 2023. You can find the form here: https://forms.gle/9VeCYGZ6Y1DXckJq6 Postponing Launch of Mid-Year Conferences to 2024 One of the original goals for a mid-year celebration was to help supplement […]
Academy Blog: What I Learned About Magic: The Gathering While Watching Monster Trucks Do Sick Flips
It is Saturday night. You and your friends have taken your seats at your local stadium. The brisk winter wind chills your hands as they hold your comically large can of overpriced beer. You are surrounded by the smell of curly fries and methane. The air is filled with a cacophony of combustion engines and […]
An Update to Conference Applications
For a while now we have been using a rolling acceptance system for our conference application process. It has certainly gotten the job done, but it has some larger logistical hangups and it has not scaled well with the growing interest in conferences. In an effort to streamline the process further, use a bigger global […]
The Following Contest…
You know they say all opening announcements are created equal, but if you have been to a large number of events you can see that statement is not true. Ok fine, they don’t actually say that and if you’re a fan of professional wrestling you are certainly already wondering what this is all going to […]