Grand Prix Ottawa-Gatineau

Welcome, judges!

On behalf of gamekeeperonline & Spellkeeper Events and Mauro Bongiovanni, I'd like to thank you for your interest in judging at Grand Prix Ottawa! The main event will take place on November 22nd and 23rd, 2014, with Last Chance Grand Prix Trials being held on November 21st. The tournament will be held at the Gatineau Congress Centre. The format is Khans of Tarkir Limited.

The Head Judge for Grand Prix Montréal is Kevin Desprez, L5 from France.

Applications will be accepted until September 28th, 2014. If you have any questions or wish to apply after this deadline, please email Jason Wong at jasonwong9@gmail.com.

Expectations

Judging is fun, but it’s also a lot of work. While working, judges may be expected to help with the following, and more:

-          Taking judge calls

-          Controlling the crowd

-          Providing customer service

-          Setting up/taking down tables, chairs, table cloths, pairings boards, table numbers

-          Picking up garbage

-          Pushing in chairs
-        Register decklists (note that some judges selected to judge on Friday will be assigned to deck registration, as opposed to floor judging)

Accommodations

Room sponsorship is only available to L2+ judges. If you are an L2 judge, you must be available for all three days to receive room sponsorship.

There are a limited number of slots for judges who require room sponsorship. If selected, you will be sharing a room with another judge for Friday and Saturday night. L3+ judges can receive sponsorship for one extra night as well, if requested in your application. Please indicate in your application if there is anyone you would like to room with specifically.

Please note that you have a higher chance of being accepted if you do not require room sponsorship.

Standby

Judges may apply to be a standby judge as well. Judges selected to be standby will receive free entry into the event (not including Sleep-in Special or VIP), but may be required to judge if attendance reaches a certain threshold. If activated, standby judges will receive the same compensation as other judges but instead of judge foils, they will receive 108 packs.

All standby judges must be L2+, We will not be accepting L1 Judges as standby.

Compensation

Judges judging at least two full days will receive a selection of promotional foils as a thank you gift from Wizards of the Coast.

All judges will receive a $20 food stipend per day worked.

Judges also get the following base rate per day worked:

L1 judges will receive 36 packs of the latest Magic set

L2 judges will receive 72 packs of the latest Magic set

L3 judges will receive 108 packs of the latest Magic set

L4 judges will receive 144 packs of the latest Magic set

L5 judges will receive 180 packs of the latest Magic set

Additionally, the following bonuses will be offered:

If the main event has 1500+ players, all judges will receive an extra 25% of their base pay.

If the main event has 1800+ players, all judges will receive an extra 50% of their base pay.

(These bonuses apply to all packs given out as compensation, for any/all tasks.)

Judges who volunteer (and are selected) to setup or teardown the event site on Friday morning or Sunday night respectively will receive an additional day's worth of base pay. 

 Judges who volunteer (and are selected) for deck registration will receive 50% more of a day's worth of base pay. 

For example:

An L2 who is scheduled for Friday judging and volunteered for deck registration, she’s assigned to deck registration. She judges both Saturday and Sunday, and stays Sunday night to help with teardown. The event has 1600 players. She would receive 1.25 x (72 Base pay +36 Deck reg bonus) + 1.25 x (72 + 72) (for main event) + 1.25 x 72 (for teardown) = 405 packs.

BONUS:
L3+ judges who judge at Both GP Ottawa and GP Vancouver 2015 will also receive a $350 travel stipend to help offset costs. This stipend is payable at GP Vancouver.

How to apply

In your application, please include the following:

-       Which days you are available to judge

-      Whether you can help with setup or teardown

-       Whether you require room sponsorship

-       Primary phone number/e-mail address

-       Any special concerns/requirements

-      Would you be willing to do stage/staff duties for a day in addition to your 2 days judging duties? 

Please note, we are also looking for people to help with stage staff operations, such as side event registration/scorekeeping, product manager, customer service. If you are interested in pursuing that side of tournament operations, please answer "Yes" to the question and we will get in touch with you. Judges selected for these tasks will receive 108 packs per day. If working all three days, they will also receive three nights of room sponsorship and up to two packs of judge foils based on work and experience.

You can also choose to apply to scorekeep one day and judge two. This would be a great way to gain experience scorekeeping larger events.

Thanks for applying, we hope to see you in Ottawa!