European Modern Series Final Mega Weekend, Stansted

The European Modern Series finals need you!

Axion Now is excited to invite you to apply for their upcoming Mega Weekend, hosted at the Radisson Blu Stansted Airport, on Saturday 7th - Sunday 8th September.

This will be a very large and very competitive event that offers valuable judging experience and development opportunities through being part of a larger judge team. As usual, we are looking for judges willing to go the extra mile to offer players an amazing experience. 

For those of you who are more familiar with our application format, please make sure to check out the sections on shift timings and standby judges below - there are some special arrangements for this event.

Applications for this event will be open until Sunday 4th August. Make sure you read the information below carefully before applying. 

Below you can find all of the essential information you will need before applying to this event. To help out judges who are applying to judge for Axion Now for the first time, or who are interested in applying for something new, we have also collected together more detailed information on our typical roles, responsibilities, and expectations. You can read this here: LINK

SCHEDULE

The Mega MCQ Weekend will feature three large events, as well as side events:

Saturday 7th: European Modern Series Finals & Team Trios Constructed

Sunday 8th: Mega Modern

SHIFT TIMINGS

Saturday:

Due to the predicted length of the European Modern Series Finals, we will be operating an early and late shift of judges to cover the whole day. Timings for these shifts are as follows:

Early Shift: 8:30 until shortly after the end of the swiss (expected around 20:30)

Late Shift: 11:30 until the end of the event (expected around 23:30)

Head Judges and Scorekeeper: 8:00 until the end of the event

Sunday:

Floor judges: 9:00 until the completion of the swiss rounds and any required support with clearing the venue (expected around 20:00)

Head Judges and Scorekeeper: 8:30 until the end of the event

If you find that your transport options would require you to arrive or leave a little earlier or later than these times, please make this clear in your application - we can work around most reasonable requirements.

COMPENSATION, TRAVEL SPONSORSHIP & ROLES

Compensation:

Payment will be in boxes of the latest standard set (M20). Axion Now will also be offering a cash alternative (via online payment). 

Judges: 1.5 boxes or £82.50 (per day)

Mega Event Head Judges and Scorekeeper: 3 boxes or £165 (per day)

Standby Judges:

Standby judges will receive the regular shift compensation rate if activated. Standbys not activated will have the choice of either free main event entry or side events of equivalent value. 

Saturday 24h notice option: Due to the qualification requirements / team requirements on the Saturday, we offer the option to be a “24h notice” Standby judge. This means that you will get at least 24h notice if you are activated and otherwise are not expected to be at the venue on the day. Compensation for this role is half a box or equivalent cash value.

Travel Sponsorship:

We will also be offering the opportunity to apply for travel sponsorship, to allow us to bring in more of the brilliant judges from further afield. You can apply for travel sponsorship in units of 1 box or £55 equivalent. 

If you would like to apply for travel sponsorship, please indicate in your application both the amount you would like to apply for and a minimum amount of travel sponsorship you would need to consider applying to this event. Don’t worry if these are the same - we just want to make sure we can use our travel sponsorship budget to its best effect.

Roles:

All judges will be needed for tasks ranging from taking judge calls, contributing to event and venue logistics and making sure players are having a great day. We also have a number of special positions which you can apply for. 

Requiring previous experience:

• Main Event Head Judges (L2+)

• Scorekeeper (Large event scorekeeping experience required)

• Team Leads (experienced Comp REL judges)

Open to everyone:

• Side Event Head Judges

• On-Demand Drafts Manager

• Special Circumstances Coordinator

• Axion Now Representative

For more information on specific roles and expectations, please check the document here: LINK

You are welcome to apply for as many roles as you are interested in. The roles listed are aimed at a range of experience levels - unless it says otherwise, we welcome applications for these from judges of all levels and experience. If you are applying for a special role, make sure to let us know why you would be great for the job in your application

Judge selection will be published at the latest on Friday 9th August to give you plenty of time to plan your travel.