Judge Booth
Judge Booth is providing some rules questions in a fun environnement and allowing to test the players' knowledge about Magic Rules at MTG events. This project manages the questions for the interactive Judge Booth : http://booth.magicjudges.org.
| Project Manager: | Jordane LACOMBE |
|---|---|
| Public: |  |
| Alignment: |
Sphere Project - Learning
(Lead: Sophie Pages ) |
Project Description
Goals of the Judge Booth
Judge Booth is providing some rules questions in a fun environnement and allowing to test a player's knowledge about Magic Rules at MTG events.
Provide a different perspective on the Judge Program
If a player doesn’t have a local judge in their community and only interacts with us in competitive settings, they may falsely believe that judges are only grim figures involved to distribute penalties when something goes wrong. The judge booth allows players to interact with judges as a group of individuals who share a passion, who are fun to hang out with, and whom they can befriend and trust, as opposed to just people in positions of authority. The booth wants to make a connection between judges and players. The players have the right to discuss any topic they wish when they are at the judge booth, and the judges running the booth should adapt and respond. If a player wants to vent on something that went badly for them, we’re there to listen. If we can help, we will. If we can’t, we’ll direct them to someone who can. If we don’t know what to do, we’ll take their email and contact them once we do know. This gives players a much more personal experience with Judges and the Judge program all together.
Rules education
People learn new things about rules and cards interaction thanks to the quiz, and that’s great. We always educate a player who is wrong on a question and often a player who is right, by going deeper than the initial question. People will always leave the booth with more knowledge than they came in with.
Recruitment Tool
The quizzes allow us to spot people with great rules knowledge. Those individuals could more easily be certified, so ask them if they are interested in becoming a judge. The player in front of you is maybe the next L1 in your area, and can help to grow your local community.
Increase fun for the event
…by creating memories, and provide a good experience to players. We’re one of the ways to make sure they still have a good day, even when they might have lost the first 3 or more rounds in the tournament.
The questions for the booth are ONLINE and you can find them here: http://booth.magicjudges.org/
It works from most tablets and other mobile devices and of course from normal Computers. If you spot any error or if you have problems with those questions, feel free to send feedback. If you still need an offline version, you can switch to an offline mode which won't require internet connection once the questions have been cached. If you want to suggest new questions, just enter them here.
The source code for the project is available for free on Github.
Project Members
| Name |
|---|
| Jordane LACOMBE |
| Sophie Pages |
| Saverio Palmieri Neto |
| Youjin Choi |
| Juan Del Compare |
| Jack Doyle |
| Zohar Finkel |
| Lamberto Franco |
| Matteo Manchi |
| Eoram Moon |
| Clélia O'Connell |
| Tomas Ornowski |
| Ivan Petkovic |
| Gianluca Pizzuti |
| Florencia Valle |
| Michael Wiese |
| Emilien Wild |
| Steven Zwanger |