Hello judges!
I've got the honor and great pleasure of announcing the 2012 Magic Online Judge Open (MOJO)!
After two years in a row providing some great judge-only fun to recognize all of the hard work that
judges put into this game its community, the fine folks from WotC have agreed to running it again
this year! Yup, they're aware of all those things you do for the game: helping out at your store's
events, being the backbone of Premier Play in your zone, growing the local judge community,
helping out at Grands Prix and Pro Tours, etc.


When will it take place?
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There will be two events on two different weekends. You can only play in one of them. If you play
in the first one, you're no longer eligible to play in the second one.

Saturday, September 1. 16:00 GMT
7 am US PDT, 10 am US EDT, 16:00 Central European Time, 23:00 Japan Standard Time

Sunday, September 9. 9:00 GMT
12 am US PDT (midnight from Saturday to Sunday), 3:00 am US EDIT, 9:00 Central European
Time, 16:00 Japan Standard Time

*Note: We've made efforts to ensure the accuracy of these dates and times, but we could have
made a mistake. Take the US PDT time as a reference to double-check what will be your local time
for each event.


What's the format?
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Magic 2013 Deck. You get your product for free. Pretty sweet, huh?
Well, it's not really free: you've already earned it with your hard work. ;-)


So, who's invited?
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Every certified judge with a Magic Online account. That means you and any other candidates you
can manage to get certified before we pull usernames for MOJO!


What do I need?
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A Magic Online account, and having it listed in DCIFamily. Please double check that it's correctly
listed in your DCIF profile. You can find instructions about how to create a DCIF account or update
it in the FAQ:
http://wiki.internationalmagicjudges.net/index.php/MOJO#Frequently_Asked_Questions_.28FAQ.
29 [wiki.internationalmagicjudges.net]

I can't stress enough how important this is. Your account name must be listed **before Monday,
August 20**. Otherwise, you risk not being able to participate in this event.

And obviously, you'll need a place to play. In the worst-case scenario, this will be your home
computer. But we'd like to encourage all judges to gather together for this event, as we think it's
more fun if you spend this day not only with your online friends from afar, but also with local
judge friends. Picture this: you play a round, meet another judge from a faraway land while
playing, and once you're done, you chat with your local friends about how you're doing in the
tournament, the people you're meeting online, etc. Similar to playing a local tournament, but as a
celebration of how awesome it is to be a judge.

The coolest gathering I've heard of took place at Legion Events, in Madison, WI, during the 2010
edition of MOJO. Thanks, Steve Port, for lending a place for judges to meet and play!
Take a look at this pic to get an idea of what I mean:
http://tinyurl.com/mojo2010-pic [tinyurl.com]


Are there any prizes?
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Yes, there will be. We're still figuring them out, but for the time being I can confirm that every
judge will get an Aeon Chronicler avatar. Yup, it's the non-tradeable judge-exclusive avatar that
was given last year, so if you missed last year's events or got certified after them, this is your
chance to get it! It's perfect for showing that you're a certified judge in Magic Online.
Once we have more information about prizes, we'll post it here.

Anything else I need to know?
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If you don't have a Magic Online account, what are you waiting for to get one? You can sign up
here:
http://tinyurl.com/getmtgo [tinyurl.com]

If you haven't played Magic Online before, it's a good idea to get used to the interface and how it
works, especially the clock.

Once the ball gets rolling, updating your MTGO profile to list your name and country/region might
be a good idea. ;-)

If you aren't lucky enough to find a place to play with local judge friends, you can join the
#mtgjudge channel on EFnet. There should be plenty of judges hanging out there between rounds.
Any IRC client will work out for this, but to make things easier for you, we've got a very
straightforward webclient in DCIFamily: http://dcifamily.org/irc [dcifamily.org]

We've got a few official MOJO communication channels out in the 'net:
Facebook event page: http://tinyurl.com/mojo2012-fb [tinyurl.com]
Apps.MagicJudges.org thread: http://apps.magicjudges.org/forum/topic/1220 [apps.magicjudges.org]

Best regards,
Carlos Ho
Panama/c.r.i. Spain