StarCityGames.com Invitational Weekend: New Jersey

Organizer: Jared Sylva
Judge manager: Star City Games
Event type: Star City Games Tour
REL: Competitive
Format: Mixed Formats
Event date(s): Aug. 19, 2016-Aug. 21, 2016
Location: Somerset, New Jersey, United States
Venue: GARDEN STATE CONVENTION CENTER
50 Atrium Dr
Somerset, NJ 08873
Applications accepted through: July 4, 2016

Event Information

Welcome!

Thank you for your interest in joining us at StarCityGames.com Invitational Weekend: New Jersey. Below, you will find all the information you'll need to be a judge at our event. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at judge@starcitygames.com. We look forward to working with you!

EVENT INFORMATION

Invitational Head Judge: Nicholas Sabin - L3 - Wendell, North Carolina

Modern Open Head Judge: CJ Crooks - L3 - Fayetteville, North Carolina

Standard Classic Head Judge: Eric Smith - L3 - New York, New York

Legacy Classic Head Judge: Abe Corson - L3 - Alexandria, Virginia

Rules Enforcement Level: Competitive

If you are a Level 2 Judge who is interested in a future opportunity to Head Judge a Classic event, please fill out this Google Form Application.

EXPECTATIONS

Judges at StarCityGames.com Open Weekend events are expected to prepare for each event by reviewing the Comprehensive Rules, Magic Tournament Rules, Infraction Procedure Guide, and Judging at Regular REL documents. These documents can be found at the Magic Judges Document Center. As representatives of StarCityGames.com and the Magic Judge Program, judges are expected to behave in a professional manner at all times. This includes arriving on time, and in appropriate attire. 

Judges are expected to arrive no later than 10:30 am on Friday, 9:00 am on Saturday, and 8:30 am on Sunday and are expected to stay until the conclusion of the Swiss rounds. If you anticipate being unable to arrive on time or needing to leave before 7:00 pm please include that information in your application.

Judges at the StarCityGames.com Open Weekend will be provided a StarCityGames.com judge shirt, which is expected to be returned at the conclusion of the event. The Judge should arrive with black pants, black belt, and black, comfortable shoes. During breaks, or any other time that a judge is off duty, judges should remove, or cover, their Judge shirt.

COMPENSATION

Compensation at StarCityGames.com Opens is based on judge certification level and is paid in Compensation Units (CU).

Each CU can be redeemed for one of the following:

Uncertified Judges are staffed as candidates for StarCityGames.com Open Weekend Events and receive one Compensation Unit per day. If someone staffed as a Candidate certifies before the event, he or she may choose to withdraw, or remain on staff in a candidate position.

Judges and Candidates also receive a gift including a free month of StarCityGames.com Premium access, a StarCityGames.com Invitational winner token, an assortment of StarCityGames.com Judge Rewards tokens, and five (5) StarCityGames.com Judge Reward Points for each day on staff.  Full details about the Judge Rewards program can be found here.

HOW TO APPLY

In addition to submitting an application ("Apply Now!" at the top of the page), we ask that all applicants complete a GoogleForm with additional questions. Applications without either of a completed GoogleForm response or a Judgeapps application will not be considered.

If your judge level is not currently correct on JudgeApps when you apply please mention this in your application.

The application window for this event will close at 11:59 PM Eastern time on July 4, 2016. Judges wishing to apply for this event after the application window has closed will need to contact us at Judge@starcitygames.com.  

Please note that late applications will be considered at a lower priority than those received during the official application window.

SALES ASSISTANTS

The StarCityGames.com Dealer Booth is looking for judges who are interested in coming in early to work as Sales Assistants on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The possible shifts are as follows:

Friday 9:45am - 11:45 am
Saturday 7:45am - 9:45 am
Sunday 7:45am - 8:45 am
Each selected judge receives an additional $20 payable by check or $25 StarCityGames.com store credit per day.

TESTING

Magic Judge Program testing for Level 1 and 2 is available at this event.

Anyone wishing to test for Level 1 must meet the following criteria:

Judges who wish to be considered for testing for Level 2 must meet the following criteria:

TRAVEL

We do not provide travel or hotel sponsorship for floor judges at our Open Weekends. Information on room blocks and local hotels will be located in the Event Fact Sheet as it becomes available.

Staff Members

Name Level Region Role
Paul Baranay
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Dan Collins
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Abraham Corson
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Head Judge
John Brian McCarthy
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Ward Warren
Level 4 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Staff
CJ Crooks
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Head Judge
Nicola DiPasquale
Level 3 (Judge Academy) Japan Floor Judge
Jonah Kellman
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Elliot Raff
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Jacen Simon
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Eric Smith
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Head Judge
Jared Sylva
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Staff
Sierra Black
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Christopher Cahill
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Mani Cavalieri
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Autumn Cook
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Chase Culpon
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Zachary DeLadurantaye
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Ben Eldridge
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Charles Featherer
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Matthew Foster
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Daniel Jackson
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Jason Malott
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
James Mckay
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Eli Meyer
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Eddie Mountney
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Tate Prodigalidad
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Christopher Rumore
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Nicholas Sabin
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Head Judge
Rick Salamin
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Kush Singhal
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Matt Cooper
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Steve Peterman
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Staff
Phil Rose
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Kali Anderson
Uncertified USA - Midatlantic Staff
Zachary Apony
Uncertified USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Sam Barrows
Uncertified USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Katie Bishop
Uncertified USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Adena Chernosky
Uncertified USA - Pacific Northwest Floor Judge
David DeGrace
Uncertified USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Star City Games
Uncertified USA - Midatlantic Tournament Organizer
Joshua Gang
Uncertified USA - Pacific West Floor Judge
Trevor Gulley
Uncertified USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Riki Hayashi
Uncertified USA - Midatlantic Staff
Anthony Hullings
Uncertified USA - Northeast Floor Judge
James Kerr
Uncertified USA - Midatlantic Scorekeeper
Abby Kraycar
Uncertified USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Chris Lansdell
Uncertified Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Rebecca Lawrence
Uncertified USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Gilbert Medeiros
Uncertified USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Jennifer Scott
Uncertified USA - Midatlantic Scorekeeper
Ilan Seid-Green
Uncertified USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Brian Thomas
Uncertified USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Zak Whyte
Uncertified USA - Southeast Floor Judge