Axion Now is excited to invite you to apply for their upcoming Mega Weekend, hosted at Jury’s Inn Milton Keynes, on Sunday 15th December.

This will be a large and 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. 

Applications for this event will be open until Sunday 9th November. 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. Please read carefully, and do not hesitate to get in touch - we welcome any questions about the event or the application process.

SCHEDULE

The Mega Weekend will feature a large modern main event, as well as side events, including Axion Now's WPN Qualifier Series Final,

SHIFT TIMINGS

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: 9:00 until likely at some point during the quarters (expected around 20:30)

Late Shift: 11:30 until the end of the event (expected around 22:30)

Head Judges and Scorekeeper: 8:00 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 cash via online payment. 

Judges: £85

Mega Event Head Judge and Scorekeeper: £160

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. 

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 of any amount. 

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.

Please note that as this is a one day event, the amount of travel sponsorship available will be limited.

Roles:

All judges will be needed for tasks ranging from taking judge calls, contributing to the 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. These require previous experience:

• Main Event Head Judge (L2+ required)
• Scorekeeper (Large event scorekeeping experience required)
• Team Leads (experienced Comp REL judges)
• Side Event Head Judges (Comp REL experience required) 

You are welcome to apply for as many roles as you are interested in. 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 15th November to give you plenty of time to plan your travel.

Judges are expected to promote the event to their local communities.