JudgeCast

We’ve been a long time gone…and a lot’s happened during our time away.  Nonetheless, send your rules questions tojudgecast@gmail.com (we’ve been answering them even on hiatus). In this episode, Sean and Jose cover new developments in the DCI, including a mass of levels-up, premier event changes, and – part of the reason for our hiatus – California’s victory over Spain in getting to 75 certified judges (with 5 more in the last month!). Sean Head Judged Regionals and Jose led Logistics there, so

Our guest in this episode is Kevin Binswanger, DCI Regional Coordinator for the Southwest United States. We chat about remote judge certification, regional conferences, and his war with northern Europe. Jose’s battery dies midway (or the DCI ninjas got to him, we don’t really know), so Kevin takes on co-host banter duties. Rules questions abound in this episode, but we’re always up for more. Send your questions to JudgeCast@gmail.com. DCI Rules Website: http://dcirules.org Regional Coordinator

For BanterCast (Episode #25), Riki returns for the SCG Open in San Jose. We cover his spin out in Nebraska, interesting rulings from the tournament floor, and a host of banter. When Jose and Riki get started, Sean doesn’t stand a chance. Rules and policy questions can be sent to judgecast@gmail.com, and be discussed in future shows (or Sean will cut them out, one or the other). Thanks, as always, to our wonderful hosts at MTGCast.com and ManaNation.com.

Worlds Interviews in #24, including Fabian Peck, Edwin Zhang (China’s DCI Regional Coordinator), and a great review of how logistics works at a large event from Australian Level 4 Judge James Mackay. Rules and policy questions can be sent tojudgecast@gmail.com, and be discussed in future shows (or Sean will cut them out, one or the other).

Hello and welcome to JudgeCast! This time, Sean and Jose discuss Sean’s recent trip to Magic’s World Championship in Chiba, Japan. We also bring you interviews recorded on the event floor and elsewhere (stay tuned for more in future episodes). Interviewees include Takanori Nakamura, DCI Regional Coordinator for Japan; and Alexis Rassel and Clair Dupre, two outstanding French judges promoted to Level 3 at Worlds. We also answer listeners’ rules questions and debate the merits of changing the fix for

In this episode, the Sean (newly relocated to Berkeley, CA) and Jose (still in Sacramento) cover the hottest new things in the world of judging Magic, ahead of Sean’s trip to Chiba later this week. Is Saito Magic’s new Pete Rose? What is “Stalling” after all? Your rules questions, up-to-the minute EDH announcements from Wizards, and maybe some more griping about WPN and MPR dying, but at least we end on a high note! You can send your rules questions to judgecast@gmail.com, also feel free to send in

In this episode, our intrepid JudgeCast crew is dragged back to the mike, kicking and screaming to talk about recent changes to the Wizards Play Network that may impact events near you. Sean and Jose also cover California State Champs (for which Sean was Head Judge) and Grand Prix Toronto from the account of newly promoted Canadian L2 judge Charlotte Sable. But that’s not all! We have new listener questions on rules and tournaments, including a potential MTGO bug and a “What happens when I screw up