I want to become a judge in my local city. Can anyone help me get started?
Go to the Wizards judge center.
Yay for more people wanting to become judges!
A great place to start the would be to pass a Rules Adviser test on the Judge Center. Basically, it just shows that you have a solid enough rules knowledge to be a good candidate for judge-ship. If you go to the DCI Judge Center (a quick google search should find it), you can start taking Rules Adviser practice tests. These are a great way to get used to weird things they may ask you and the kinds of questions you'll see on your RA test. Once you start hitting consistently good results, then you can try the actual Rules Adviser test. If you pass that, awesome! You'll probably do fine on the rules portion of your L1!.
The next step should be to find another Judge in your area to be your mentor. Ask if you can shadow them at events like FNM, so you can learn how they run tournaments and also how they handle rules questions. From there, it's basically up to the judge's discretion for letting you answer calls and helping run things, then when you both feel like it's time, you'll have an L2+ (Possibly your mentor, possibly someone else) administer your L1 test. If you don't have any L2s in your area, I'm sure there are online ways of getting it done. Many GPs and Star City Events have judges there that would be able to test you if you can travel to them. If you pass the test, congratulations, you're now a certified Judge! (Once the paperwork goes through, at least!)
Quote from: Remillo on February 03, 2015, 01:28:35 PM
Yay for more people wanting to become judges!
A great place to start the would be to pass a Rules Adviser test on the Judge Center. Basically, it just shows that you have a solid enough rules knowledge to be a good candidate for judge-ship. If you go to the DCI Judge Center (a quick google search should find it), you can start taking Rules Adviser practice tests. These are a great way to get used to weird things they may ask you and the kinds of questions you'll see on your RA test. Once you start hitting consistently good results, then you can try the actual Rules Adviser test. If you pass that, awesome! You'll probably do fine on the rules portion of your L1!.
The next step should be to find another Judge in your area to be your mentor. Ask if you can shadow them at events like FNM, so you can learn how they run tournaments and also how they handle rules questions. From there, it's basically up to the judge's discretion for letting you answer calls and helping run things, then when you both feel like it's time, you'll have an L2+ (Possibly your mentor, possibly someone else) administer your L1 test. If you don't have any L2s in your area, I'm sure there are online ways of getting it done. Many GPs and Star City Events have judges there that would be able to test you if you can travel to them. If you pass the test, congratulations, you're now a certified Judge! (Once the paperwork goes through, at least!)
How old do you have to be to be a judge?
Quote from: Vindog on February 07, 2015, 01:06:34 PM
Quote from: Remillo on February 03, 2015, 01:28:35 PM
Yay for more people wanting to become judges!
A great place to start the would be to pass a Rules Adviser test on the Judge Center. Basically, it just shows that you have a solid enough rules knowledge to be a good candidate for judge-ship. If you go to the DCI Judge Center (a quick google search should find it), you can start taking Rules Adviser practice tests. These are a great way to get used to weird things they may ask you and the kinds of questions you'll see on your RA test. Once you start hitting consistently good results, then you can try the actual Rules Adviser test. If you pass that, awesome! You'll probably do fine on the rules portion of your L1!.
The next step should be to find another Judge in your area to be your mentor. Ask if you can shadow them at events like FNM, so you can learn how they run tournaments and also how they handle rules questions. From there, it's basically up to the judge's discretion for letting you answer calls and helping run things, then when you both feel like it's time, you'll have an L2+ (Possibly your mentor, possibly someone else) administer your L1 test. If you don't have any L2s in your area, I'm sure there are online ways of getting it done. Many GPs and Star City Events have judges there that would be able to test you if you can travel to them. If you pass the test, congratulations, you're now a certified Judge! (Once the paperwork goes through, at least!)
How old do you have to be to be a judge?
I believe 14 and there is no age restriction on RA.
Quote from: Thetrufflehunter on February 07, 2015, 06:13:57 PM
Quote from: Vindog on February 07, 2015, 01:06:34 PM
Quote from: Remillo on February 03, 2015, 01:28:35 PM
Yay for more people wanting to become judges!
A great place to start the would be to pass a Rules Adviser test on the Judge Center. Basically, it just shows that you have a solid enough rules knowledge to be a good candidate for judge-ship. If you go to the DCI Judge Center (a quick google search should find it), you can start taking Rules Adviser practice tests. These are a great way to get used to weird things they may ask you and the kinds of questions you'll see on your RA test. Once you start hitting consistently good results, then you can try the actual Rules Adviser test. If you pass that, awesome! You'll probably do fine on the rules portion of your L1!.
The next step should be to find another Judge in your area to be your mentor. Ask if you can shadow them at events like FNM, so you can learn how they run tournaments and also how they handle rules questions. From there, it's basically up to the judge's discretion for letting you answer calls and helping run things, then when you both feel like it's time, you'll have an L2+ (Possibly your mentor, possibly someone else) administer your L1 test. If you don't have any L2s in your area, I'm sure there are online ways of getting it done. Many GPs and Star City Events have judges there that would be able to test you if you can travel to them. If you pass the test, congratulations, you're now a certified Judge! (Once the paperwork goes through, at least!)
How old do you have to be to be a judge?
I believe 14 and there is no age restriction on RA.
This is true.
If you have to ask, you can't afford it.