February Minnesota Judge Mob

Organizer: Outpost 2000 & Beyond in Crystal
Judge manager: Erick Carlsted
Event type: Other
REL: N/A
Format: No Format
Event date(s): Feb. 24, 2015
Location: Crystal, Minnesota, United States
Venue: Outpost 2000 & Beyond Crystal
5560 W Broadway Ave
Crystal, Minnesota
(763) 528-0263
Applications accepted through: Feb. 22, 2015

Event Information

It's February, which means it's time to start planning another Judge Mob! What is a Judge mob? To Quote Ken Bearl: 

What is it? A gathering of judges and aspiring judges at a different store once a month every month.

"Why should I go? Stores could hold a judge appreciation draft with 10 dollar entry and no prizes. Additionally I expect EDH games and possibly a cube draft to go on. Maybe could talk the store into a judge discount on that day.

"Why are we doing this? I want to foster a better relationship between stores and judges. Also hanging with judges and <s>complaining</s> talking about judge stuff is awesome. Ideally we also get judge candidates and new judges involved in the community.

"Why the weird name? Well I was thinking about it like a flash mob but with judges hence Judge Mob, I also like that judge mob should be an oxymoron. I thought Judge Circus would be funnier but not as neat.

"Why not use Judge Gathering as the name? Well I want judge gathering to be more special with group activities to focus on judges learning more like a mini conference."

 

There will be Pizza, Commander, and drafting. This event is open to all judges and prospective judges. There will be opportunities for testing for L1.

At this Judge mob I am also planning to run a new sort of draft, a "Borg Cube" draft. 

The rules are simple: " This is a new magic cube format: Each participant brings 70 different cards in penny sleeves, with an ownership marker on them(for later sorting) 9 of each color, 9 colorless/artifacts, 9 gold cards, and 7 lands Shuffle them all together and draft with 5 packs of nine. Each card has a ~64% chance of being in the card pool. The cube changes based on who is playing and therefore the card pool. Conspiracy cards are allowed, but they count as colorless/artifacts. Silver bordered cards are not allowed."

Staff Members

Name Level Region Role
Rob McKenzie
Level 5 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Dan Milavitz
Level 3 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Erick Carlsted
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Staff
Jesse Abrahamson
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Ken Bearl
Member (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Andrew Birrenbach
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Thomas Burchers
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Steven Farkas
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Kami Hann
Uncertified USA - Pacific West Staff
Jonathan Hawkins
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Leon Henderson
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Phillip Johnson
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Joshua Marin
Member (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Floor Judge