What if we found better terms than “soft skills” and “hard skills” to discuss the things we do as judges? If you haven’t heard those terms before, ‘soft skills’ is a term that judges often use to describe those skills that we can’t objectively measure. (Credit to Logistics Champion Jonah for the definition.) In practice, […]
Author Archives: Matthew Fox Community Champion
The Summer of the Local Store Community
When I first read about the return of the Pro Tour and all the qualifying events that would go into it, I was excited as a player, as a judge, and as a fan of the game. More than anything though, I was thrilled to see Pro Tour relevant events taking place at the local […]
Conference FAQ!
Judge Academy Conferences FAQ As conferences continue to ramp up, I’ve been getting a lot of questions and so I wanted to create this FAQ to help folks. I’ll continue to update this so if you have a question that’s not on here send it in to me at Matthew@judgeacademy.com Also, I know that there […]
Let’s Confer About Conferences
When I started in my role as Community Champion, I was excited for the chance to partner with judges who wanted to organize conferences. The last few years have seen so much innovation as the need to go digital inspired folks to take conferences in lots of new directions. I was excited to be taking […]
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Prerelease Kit
I’m so excited to share our Kamigawa Neon Dynasty (NEO) Prerelease Kit with all of you! Prereleases are some of the most fun events you can run as a judge but they can be challenging, especially for anyone who hasn’t judged live magic in quite some time (which is likely a lot of us.) […]
First Impressions- Introduction to the Community Corner
Your First Magic Event Do you remember the first time you walked into an organized Magic event? Was it a Friday night draft at your local store? A Pro Tour qualifier or prerelease you went to with your friends? Did you skip right to the main event of a Grand Prix, or start off with […]