90: Deep Dive Into Judging with L3 Jared Sylva

Jared Sylva is a Level 3 judge with the Grand Prix Head Judge role and is the Organized Play Department Manager for StarCityGames.com. Jared lives in Roanoke VA. Click to Tweet: I got a ton of value from Jared Sylva when he shared his story on #MTGProTutor today! Click here: <a href= "http://bit.ly/mtgprotutor-ep90">http://bit.ly/mtgprotutor-ep90   First Set Revised   Favorite Set Onslaught (because of Morph)   Favorite Card Wirewood Savage   What makes Magic: The Gathering fun for you? The mental challenge and the game of optimizing resources.   Early Challenge Jared got too fixated on an idea and tried to build decks around mechanics or specific cards, even if it wasn't good.   Most Negative Moment Having to Disqualify someone for offering to roll a die for the win when the player had NO idea that was illegal. The rules are very clear and have to be enforced and it was hard to DQ this player.   Proudest Magic Moment Seeing many friends advance in the judge community, specifically Jason Reedy when he was recognized for being on his way to becoming a Level 3 judge after running side events like a boss.   Deepest Thing You've Learned About Yourself Knowing that he has a reputation for arrogance, Jared recognizes that some people like him as a leader and others don't. He's learned how to be a leader to those assigned to follow him, as supposed to those who choose to follow him.   Improvement Suggestions Making Magic: The Gathering accessible to all kinds of people is a huge focus and Jared puts out a call to the whole community to make it an equally enjoyable experience for all ages, races, genders and sexual orientations. It's up to all of us.   Magic Resource Magic: The Gathering website - list of Regional Coordinators who can put you in touch with someone local to you if you want to become a judge. <a href= "https://judge.wizards.com/">Judge.Wizards.com - Judge practice exams   Connect With Jared Sylva Twitter: <a class= "ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav" href= "https://twitter.com/JaredSylva">@JaredSylva   Check Out Magic Story Magic Story brings the lore of the Multiverse to life in an audio presentation never before heard in the Magic community.   Listen to Episode 1 here or on <a href= "http://www.magicthestory.com/">www.magicthestory.com   Sponsors <img class= "alignleft wp-image-4231" src= "http://www.mtgprotutor.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Patreon-milestone-2-300x300.jpg" alt="Patreon milestone 2" width="250" height="250" />