Hey, all! Holidays are around the corner, and after that, we start a brand new year! As a heads up, I’ll be working to clear out any outstanding items this week, but outside of that we will be Out of Office Wednesday afternoon 12/23 – Friday 1/1. I’ll still keep an eye out for anything […]
Author Archives: Nicolette Apraez
Tuesday Updates – Changes to Updates and Office Hours for 2021
Hey all, With 2020 coming to a close, I wanted to start setting expectations for 2021. I’m planning on making some changes to how I interact and update you all on new things coming down the pipeline for Judge Academy. The first change is about our weekly Tuesday Updates (like this one!). Now that the […]
Endorsement and Recommendation Clarifications
We have had some great feedback, questions, and comments come from the community over the last week or so, and we wanted to take some time to clarify a few things about the recommendation and endorsement portion of the Level 1 and Level 2 advancement processes. Level 1 Endorsement: We’ve had questions come up both […]
Tuesday Update 2021 Conference Policies
Hey, friends! Today, I wanted to talk about some changes to Conference Support for 2021! These will be put into place for all conferences starting in January. At that time, the information on the Conference page under MTG Resources will be updated to reflect the changes. Most of the conference support policies are the same as […]
Tuesday Update – L2 Tests Live
Hey all! This week we added our final L2 class to the Competitive REL track. This completed the Comp REL badge and was our last class left before launching the L2 Exams. This means that all L2 courses now have a 1-day cooldown, each badge final exam has a 2-week cooldown, and the L2 Exams […]
Tuesday Update – Nov 17th
Hey all! I wanted to get this out before it got too late on our end. Today I finished up another L2 Module, Working with Other Judges, in the L2 Event Management track. I’ve passed that off and expect it to go up on the site later tonight, so be sure to check back tomorrow! […]
Tuesday Update – Interim CoC
I’ve added the text from our Interim Code of Conduct below. Our goal was to create something similar to an Educational/University Honor Code. This is intended to be concise, to the point, and something short enough that we can set a clear expectation that all judges need to have read and understood it. The conduct […]
Tuesday Update 11/3
First off, thank you to everyone who participated in the Angela Chandler Memorial Tournament this past weekend. We had 217 players from all over the world participate, and between entry fees and stream donations, we raised over $4000 for Angie’s Living Trust, to help support her two young children through this difficult time. If you […]
Tuesday Update – Oct 27th (Angie Chandler Tournament this weekend!)
Hey all! As a reminder, the Angela Chandler Memorial Tournament is taking place on Sunday at 9am PT Angela Chandler was a phenomenal friend and organizer for the Magic Judge community. She was a great example of what the Magic Judge community strives to be, and everyone who interacted with her walked away better for […]
Response to Inappropriate Actions and Behaviors
A post was made last night in the Judge Academy Discord server sharing a racist alteration of a Magic Card. Regrettably, a number of people engaged with this content positively before its problematic nature was pointed out. We were made aware of the issue early this afternoon, at which point the original post had already […]