Welcome!

Thank you for your interest in joining us at ChannelFireball.com's TCG 5K Diamond event in Santa Clara, CA. 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 events@channelFireball.com. We look forward to working with you!

EXPECTATIONS

Judges 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 ChannelFireball.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 9:30 am and are expected to stay until the conclusion of the Swiss rounds. If you anticipate being unable to arrive by 9:30 am or needing to leave before 7:00 pm please include that information in your application.

Judges at the this event are expected to wear a judge shirt. If you do not have a judge shirt please indicate that and what size you need in your application.  We will try to aquire one that you can borrow, which is expected to be returned at the conclusion of the event. The Judge should also 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 for this event is based on judge certification level and is paid in Compensation Units (CU).

• Level 1 Judges will receive 1.5 CU.
• Level 2+ Judges will receive 2 CU.

Each CU can be redeemed for one of the following:

• $75 (Requires a completed United States tax form W-9)
• $100 in ChannelFireball.com store credit

HOW TO APPLY

Simply click on the "Apply Now!" link toward the top of the page. Please answer all questions in the application form.

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 Pacific time on 08/26/2014. Judges wishing to apply for this event after the application window has closed will need to contact us at events@channelfireball.com.