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(L1) Joseph Babadi goes over a recent SCG Regionals he judged at, and gives us an excellent overview of how it all went down.

SCG Summer Regionals Florida: The Ballad of the Judge Experience

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In this report, (L2) Thomas Davis took an in-depth look at his performance as Head judge at a recent Premier Invitational Qualifier. He looked back over several incidents which occurred at the tournament, and reflected on how he handled those situations in this well written report!

Capitol Debates, Capital Mistakes – Red Shirting SCG Washington DC’s Modern PIQ

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(L1) Dylan Goings had some great observations from GenCon 2015 to share with everyone, along with a great message for all of us, regardless of our experience or judge levels!

InGeniousCon: Clever Event Hacks and the Judges Behind Them at GenCon

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(L2) Brian Paskoff looked over his performance at Eternal Weekend, where he judged both the WMCQ and Vintage Champs. He recounted a few of his experiences judging in this report, and also shared some suggestions for judging who might not have experience with Eternal formats.

Eternal Weekend (WMCQ + Vintage Champs) Report

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Michael Zimmerman gives us a critical overview of how he ran a recent SCG Premier Invitational Qualifier as the Head Judge, and where he thinks he could have done things better.

Some Good, Some Bad – SCG Chicago Modern PIQ

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Ian Mervin Go shares his experience judging one of the biggest WMCQs in the world, all the way from the Philippines! In this report, we hear about the things that left the deepest impressions on him and some valuable takeaways!

Tournament Report for WMCQ #1 – Philippines 2015

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Michael Anderson volunteered to run on-demand events for the StarCityGames.com Open in Cincinnati, Ohio. Here's 5 steps to help make it a success if you ever find yourself in a similar assignment!

On-demand Events at SCG Cincinnati - The “New Normal”

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Christopher Wendelboe looks over his recent experience as both a team lead and being on a deck check team at SCG Open: Worchester, and has some interesting scenarios he came across and how he handled them.

SCG Worcester Two Day Report: First time Team Lead + Sunday Funday

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Greg Lauro gave the Polish Deck Check technique a try and shares with us his experiences with it, along with some thoughts and things to look out.

Polishing Up Deck Check Technique @ San Diego SIQ 2015

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Sashi Kumar Balakrishnan (or better known as Loco) shares with us his (mis)adventures in Down Under! Read about his experiences at GP Sydney, the ‘Sydney Swap’ and more!

Loco and the Adventures of the Missing Luggage (GP Sydney 2015)

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Théo Cheng faced some interesting challenges as he led a team for the first time while head judging a Team Sealed event! Read about the various language-related issues he had to deal with and the valuable lessons he learned from it.


GP Lyon 2015 Sunday Team Sealed – Head Judge Report

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Fabian Peck was “slightly disappointed nothing exploded” during GP Beijing 2015. Read more about what contributed to such a successful Team Limited event!

Grand Prix Beijing 2015 – Team Sealed

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Paul Johnson was at the front-lines when the world was introduced to the “Sydney Swap” at Grand Prix Sydney 2015. Read about the insights and the advice he has for us when carrying out this new deck swap procedure!

Swap, Drop, and Roll? A GP Sydney Tournament Report

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Paul Zelenski was judging an SCG 5K not too long ago. In this report, he shares with us some interesting scenarios and detailed analysis from the tournament and more!

Learning by Doing

Also, Kevin Desprez wrote a tournament report on being the head judge of GP Kobe 2015 on his blog What's Up, Docs?!

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QJ Wong writes about the Last Chance Trials in a Japanese Grand Prix where he got as close as possible to the center of all the LCT action as the scorekeeper of GP Kobe 2015's LCTs!

GP Kobe 2015 – An Introduction to Last Chance Trials in Japan

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