November 2021 Judge Academy News and Updates
Hey, all! November News and Updates are below! As usual, I (Nicolette) will be around for Office Hours tomorrow in the JA Discord from 9am-10am Pacific and from 4pm-5pm Pacific. To see these times in your local time zones, follow the links below: 9am Pacific 4pm Pacific Website Updates: Over the next few weeks, you’ll […]
Judge Academy 2022 Announcements
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Hey! This document is extremely dense. We tried to add as much context and explanation as possible, along with a number of preview images we thought members might like. We were asked to create a summary of sorts, to make the key highlights easier to digest. That is linked HERE. Please note that […]
August Judge Academy News and Updates
Hey, all! August News and Updates are below, along with some additional clarifications around the End of the Year Celebration Conferences! This month is a little weird with the first Tuesday and first Wednesday being on different weeks, but since I know you all have been eager for information regarding the End of Year Regional […]
July 2021 Judge Academy News and Updates
Hey, all! July News and Updates are below, along with some announcements and a promo reveal! Website: Our site has continued to grow and improve over the last month! Completed Features/Updates: We have added the Digital Events badge to the set of items automatically added to your available badges after completing all the content. We have […]
June 2021 Judge Academy News and Updates
MTG Event Organizer Champion!: Please welcome Thomas Conmy to the Judge Academy team! Thomas brings a unique combination of understanding events and conventions of all sizes, as well as having experience with remote education, development through gaming, and production experience. He’ll be helping us push through the editing and post-production of our outstanding L3 modules, […]
May 2021 Judge Academy News and Updates
FREE Arena Judge Event: This past weekend we had our first of two Judge Arena tournaments, sponsored by Facebook to test out their new Facebook Gaming interface! Congrats to Axel Martinez for winning, and thank you to everyone who participated. We’ve informed them of various bugs and feedback around optimizations, and are looking into additional […]
5/13 Announcement
This morning, Wizards of the Coast made an announcement regarding Magic Esports for the 2021-2022 season and beyond. You can read that announcement here. In this announcement, however, they also mentioned focusing on smaller in-store and regional events as areas start to open physical play again. While this absolutely makes sense, we also know that […]
April 2021 Judge Academy News and Updates
FREE Arena Judge Event: As a reminder: Facebook is sponsoring 2 free JA Magic Arena tournaments for Judges, each with a prize pool of $1,000 USD. They will be Arena – Standard Bo3, 256 player single elimination brackets, with prizes for Top-8. Judges participating must have a Magic Arena account and Standard deck, and use […]
Update – Nametags and Conferences
First off! Many of you have already placed orders on the MTG Pro Shop for Judge Shirts! Steve has been working over the last week to add JA Nametags to the site for sale as well. A few things on this: If you purchase a nametag while making another order, there will be no additional […]
March 2021 Judge Academy News and Updates
FREE Arena Judge Event: We have been tapped to explore Facebook Gaming’s software around digital tournaments. This is all new for us, and we are excited to dive into this new event tool with you all. With that in mind, Facebook is sponsoring 2 free JA Magic Arena tournaments for Judges, each with a prize […]