RethinkJeffI don't actually have to make this decision for another 6 months, but I think I'm going to have to let my #JudgeAcademy membership drop this year. It's full of people trying their best, but unfortunately their best doesn't apply to the bureaucratic end of running and supporting a professional certification organization. This Q3 conference stuff started out as a nightmare, and is now exposing just a lot of weird behavior. I wish them the best of luck. #magicthegathering #magic #mtg
I was trying to be optimistic but with #JudgeAcademy's most recent announcement about conferences being what it is, I think I'm not going to work a big event ever again. It was already hard to justify my membership, but with the shift to in person confs, with large groups of people in small spaces, it's clear they don't care, and it's going to be at least another 5 years before it's safe to work a TCG event again. I've got more feelings about it, but I'm still processing. #covid #magic #mtg
Mike of Magic and Chemistry@MisterNicholas Honestly, I don't think there's a way for them to actually be distributed and them be treated in the manner into which they should be (short of magical faeries putting them under your pillow at night). They're supposed to be rewards and tokens of gratitude. But they've just become forms of compensation without just saying overtly they're payment.
So #JudgeAcademy and conferences have mostly become "how do I maximize my EV and get most foils" instead of community and education.
Getting more in depth here since I have more character space.
I'm really disappointed and disheartened by the #MTGJudge community way more so than I am #JudgeAcademy
With the murmurs of yearly fees going up (by $10 mind you), there were immediate criticisms of "why pay more when I'm not getting anything". Especially from veteran judges. When there's been this massive outcry to make sure that judges are adequately compensated for their work and that we have tools and resources...
Let's start with an #introduction
I'm Mike and during the day I deal with #radiochemistry #chemistry in PET research.
At night and on the weekends, I'm heavily involved with #magicthegathering as an aspiring competitive player and a Level 2 #JudgeAcademy #MagicJudge
If you've got questions about either, lemme know! I totally dig discussing either.