Portuguese Nationals 2018

Welcome another year to Portuguese Nationals 2018! :D

This year Gargula Gaming will be the Tournament Organizer, and the event will be held in Pavilhão Desportivo Alto da Faia, on July 21st-22nd. They count with us to help them to provide players a great experience during a weekend full of Magic events :)

This year the Head Judge (HJ) for the Portuguese National 2018 will be me, Sergio Pérez!

If you want to apply to be part of the judge staff and join me during this event, please read carefully the following information and apply before Thursday June  28th. Due to various issues this year's application window is very short (9 days), but still more than enough for an event like this, so please don't miss it!

1) Judge staff and expectations

For this event we'll need a team of L2 judges to cover the different needs during the weekend. The following numbers will be considered to cover the Main Event player attendance prevision:

  * Saturday and Sunday: 11 judges (including the HJ & SK) + 1 Standby judge

In addition to that, some additional judges might be selected to help with the probably busy Side Events :)

Even if we'll have a wide judge team to cover the event needs, be aware that there will be many people interested in judging the event and staff selection will be difficult.

Nationals will be a 2-day multiformat event, with both Standard and Booster Draft divided in a tournament swiss structure still to be determined and a top 8 cut. Exact details about the event will be published by the TO and the HJ will inform you later during the event preparation.

Selected judges should be up to date in Rules, Policy and the event format (both constructed and limited) at these dates.

In addition, you're expected to have an exemplar behaviour as event judges (inside and outside the event) and to be ready to judge on time with the uniform (*) at the beginning of your assigned shift.

(*) Black Magic Judge shirt / Iberia Judge t-shirt, black pants, black belt and black shoes. 

2) Selection types and benefits

There are three different type of sponsorship applications. Please, select those you need and/or would be willing to accept:

* Stand by judge: The judge commits to be available at the beginning of the day and accepts to be taken as part of the judge team if needed (receiving the corresponding Volunteeer compensation for this day); getting in exchange free entry for the Main event (or equivalent alternatives in case the judge is not qualified). This position is open for judges who are planning to attend to play and wouldn't mind to give an extra hand in case of need.

* Volunteer: The judge will be part of the judge staff during the day/s being accepted, receiving the corresponding compensation to their role (see Section 4) and food during the shift. The judge will not receive any travel nor hotel reimbursement/sponsorship.

* Full sponsorship: Volunteer + Room sponsorship + Travel sponsorship. The judge receiving this sponsorship commits to help on minimizing all the potential travel costs.

3) Days selected

You can select to judge one or two days, but it might not be possible to satisfy everybody's first interest. Please, mark both your interests and your preferences if both days selection wouldn't be possible.

4) Compensation

In case of being selected, the judge will receive a 90€ compensation for each day on staff:

TO might be interested in reducing the cash total amount offering part of the compensation in sealed product for judges interested in this option (more information would be share closer to the event if this option becomes available).

Apart from the compensation, the judge will receive either food, vouchers or money during their days in staff.

Judges with Full Sponsorship (or any kind of Room/Travel sponsorship) will also receive the associated benefits. However, any effort from your side to find an alternative Room from your side and to minimize travel costs will be welcomed and highly encouraged to keep these costs as low as possible for the TO.

Hope to see you all during the greatest Portuguese event of the year!!