Hello fellow Judges,
its time to welcome an amazing number of 146 new L1s, 29 new L2s, one L3 and
last but not least one new L4 Judge. This sums up to a total of 177
advancements! October 2012 was a very succesfull month for our judge family.
Hooray :D

The new L1s are:

Name / Region / Country / Tester / New Level
Ciro Brizzio / Buenos Aires / Argentina / Jose Nazareno / 1
German Mas / San Juan / Argentina / Ignacio Agustin Costarelli / 1
Michael Barclay / Queensland / Australia / John Tong / 1
Jex Calder / Queensland / Australia / Devin Smith / 1
Alana Lamburd / Queensland / Australia / John Tong / 1
Jeremy Puku / Queensland / Australia / John Tong / 1
Mason T Andjelkovic / Victoria / Australia / James Mackay / 1
Tyson Henning / 0 / Australia / Devin Smith / 1
ABEED BENDALL / Alberta / Canada / Darren Gamble / 1
Roudi Bachar / Nova Scotia / Canada / Kyle Ryc / 1
Matthew Balcom / Nova Scotia / Canada / Kyle Ryc / 1
Matthew Bernard / Nova Scotia / Canada / Kyle Ryc / 1
Mark Manning / Nova Scotia / Canada / Kyle Ryc / 1
Neal Hackler / Ontario / Canada / Kyle Ryc / 1
Guillaume Daoust / Quebec / Canada / Mauro Bongiovanni / 1
Andrew Dugal / Quebec / Canada / Mauro Bongiovanni / 1
Steve Giannopoulos / Quebec / Canada / Mauro Bongiovanni / 1
Kyle Hislop / Quebec / Canada / Michael McCliment / 1
Kyle Craig / 0 / Canada / Maxwell Knowlan / 1
Ariel Sandoval / 0 / Chile / Jorge Antonio Penailillo Monckeberg / 1
Hao Du / Beijing / China / Xin Wang / 1
Bin Zhu / Beijing / China / Yanzhi Wang / 1
jing ting wu / Jiangsu / China / Zhaoben Xu / 1
Yin Xin / Jiangsu / China / Zhaoben Xu / 1
Junhao Pan / Shanghai / China / Li Ji / 1
Daniel Restrepo / Antioquia / Colombia / Jorge Yukio Victoria / 1
Marek Augustin / 0 / Czech Republic / Jan Odvarka / 1
Richard Bednarik / 0 / Czech Republic / Tomas Kriz / 1
Tomas Klimes / 0 / Czech Republic / Erik Adame / 1
Jiri Kubos / 0 / Czech Republic / Tomas Kriz / 1
Jonas Breindahl / 0 / Denmark / Gilbert Hedegaard / 1
Veljo Hagu / 0 / Estonia / Kaupo Liiv / 1
Teemu Suo-anttila / 0 / Finland / Arttu Kaipiainen / 1
Franck POILLY / Paris / France / Francois Grossi / 1
Cédric Ballatore / Sud / France / Gerard TERPIN / 1
Quentin Goyet / 0 / France / Maxime JOURDAN / 1
PIOVAN Jerome / 0 / France / Francois Grossi / 1
Steffen Jäger / Hessen / Germany / Tobias Licht / 1
Patrick Frentzen / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Germany / Sebastian Reinfeldt / 1
Dominik Lewis / Rheinland-Pfalz / Germany / Tobias Licht / 1
Lawrence Matthews / England / Great Britain / Andrew Quinn / 1
Carl Butcher / 0 / Great Britain / Edward Miles / 1
Marco Lazzazzara / Roma / Italy / Francesco Scialpi / 1
jacopo borrelli / 0 / Italy / Mirko Console / 1
Davide Rinnen / 0 / Italy / Piero Nicolli / 1
Harunobu Takeda / Chiba-ken / Japan / Kenji Suzuki / 1
Hitoshi Iizuka / Hyogo-ken / Japan / Masaru Koide / 1
Jun Akabane / Nagano-ken / Japan / Jun Yanagisawa / 1
Takehiko Matsumura / Saitama-ken / Japan / Takeshi Miyasaka / 1
Kenichiro Arai / Tokyo-to / Japan / Tomoya Nakajima / 1
Yosuke Okimura / Tokyo-to / Japan / Tomoya Nakajima / 1
Taro Itou / Yamanashi-ken / Japan / Naoaki Umesaki / 1
Hiroki Kimonji / Yamanashi-ken / Japan / Wataru Hosaka / 1
Mohammad Nazri Ishak / 0 / Malaysia / Sashi Kumar Balakrishnan / 1
Ward Poulisse / 0 / Netherlands / Anniek van der Peijl / 1
Jan Van Der Ham / 0 / Netherlands / Dustin de Leeuw / 1
Jan Ang / 0 / Philippines / Glicerio Garcia / 1
Adam Izdebski / 0 / Poland / Sebastian Pekala / 1
Filipe Guimaraes / 0 / Portugal / Goncalo Rodrigues / 1
Sergej Izherskij / 0 / Russia / Ivan Bratchenko / 1
Egor Kuznetsov / 0 / Russia / Ivan Bratchenko / 1
Dmitry Pyatov / 0 / Russia / Tarima Nikita / 1
Vasiliy Saenko / 0 / Russia / Tarima Nikita / 1
Mihail Turetskiy / 0 / Russia / Nataliya Mikheeva / 1
Gonzalo Alonso Alvarez / 0 / Spain / Jorge Requesens / 1
PAU CANADELL / 0 / Spain / Alfonso Bueno / 1
David Miguel Garcia Lopez / 0 / Spain / Carlos Ho / 1
Arnau Rosas / 0 / Spain / Albert Masclans / 1
Natalia Ruiz / 0 / Spain / Carlos Navarrete Granado / 1
Fernando Valverde / 0 / Spain / Carlos Navarrete Granado / 1
Samuel Lowejko / 0 / Sweden / David Frendin / 1
Robin Nielsen / 0 / Sweden / Anton Myrholm / 1
Dan Oksman / 0 / Sweden / David Frendin / 1
Lachi Lu / 0 / Taiwan / Chia Hao Chen / 1
Jeff Sirkis / Alabama / United States / Brian Guess / 1
Thomas Cao / California / United States / Kyle Ryc / 1
Jonathan Connolly / California / United States / David de la Iglesia / 1
David Delgado / California / United States / Louis Fernandes / 1
Liam Edwards / California / United States / David de la Iglesia / 1
Jago Goddard / California / United States / Leonardo Maros / 1
Jacob Haven / California / United States / David de la Iglesia / 1
Manuel Inacio / California / United States / Vicente Davis / 1
Alex Valencourt / California / United States / David Zimet / 1
Mickey Walkup / California / United States / Vicente Davis / 1
Dan Wegner / California / United States / David Zimet / 1
Steven Wood / California / United States / Leonardo Maros / 1
Josh Anderson / Florida / United States / John Temple / 1
Anthony Haviaras / Florida / United States / George FitzGerald / 1
Lin Meise / Florida / United States / George FitzGerald / 1
Josh Shishilla / Florida / United States / Travis Coffman / 1
Andrew Turpin / Florida / United States / Bryan Prillaman / 1
David Mantel / Georgia / United States / CJ Shrader / 1
Kellen Neal / Georgia / United States / Aaron LaCluyze / 1
Cody Coffelt / Idaho / United States / Ashton Chapman / 1
Ian Smith / Idaho / United States / Jeff Phillips / 1
Brian Miller / Maryland / United States / Matthew Braddock / 1
John Kubilis / Massachusetts / United States / Tim Gagne / 1
STEVEN COLLINS / Michigan / United States / Peter Jahn / 1
Jake Kindsvogel / Michigan / United States / Arthur Edson / 1
Leonardo La Marca / Michigan / United States / Matteo Maria Tonazzo / 1
DEREK Miller / Michigan / United States / Chia Hao Chen / 1
Jarvis Roach / Michigan / United States / Arthur Edson / 1
Sam Smit / Michigan / United States / Ryan Rubley / 1
ERIK VANDEVOOREN / Michigan / United States / Ryan Rubley / 1
SETH VEIT / Minnesota / United States / John Laitinen / 1
Adam Hubble / Mississippi / United States / Brian Guess / 1
Anthony Morris / Mississippi / United States / Brian Guess / 1
Charles Gabbert / Missouri / United States / Benjamin Smithee / 1
Christopher Meyer / Missouri / United States / Benjamin Smithee / 1
David Scopac / New York / United States / William Anderson / 1
Michael Fan / North Carolina / United States / Chris Henry / 1
Harry Frank / North Carolina / United States / Brian Bradshaw / 1
Rafeal Jenkins / North Carolina / United States / Adrian MacVean / 1
Cory Leeman / North Carolina / United States / Aaron LaCluyze / 1
David Meetze / North Carolina / United States / Brian Bradshaw / 1
Kimball Polanik / North Carolina / United States / Brian Bradshaw / 1
Mike Potente / North Carolina / United States / Brian Bradshaw / 1
Jon Rackowski / North Carolina / United States / Aaron LaCluyze / 1
Joe Rittner / North Carolina / United States / Aaron LaCluyze / 1
Louis Rowe / North Carolina / United States / Brian Bradshaw / 1
Richard Wilkins / North Carolina / United States / Brian Bradshaw / 1
Daniel Green / North Dakota / United States / John Laitinen / 1
Noah Stromberg / Ohio / United States / William Carrig / 1
Brandon Schmidt / Oregon / United States / Bob Narindra / 1
Matthew Bevenour / Pennsylvania / United States / Michael Caffrey / 1
George Roehr / Pennsylvania / United States / Mike Noss / 1
ALBERT WOOTEN / Rhode Island / United States / Tim Gagne / 1
Jacob Boschee / South Dakota / United States / Justin Hovdenes / 1
David De Loach / Texas / United States / Jim Shuman / 1
John Hessler / Texas / United States / Mitchell Waldbauer / 1
Caitlin Nestick / Texas / United States / Mitchell Waldbauer / 1
Josh Smith / Texas / United States / Benjamin Smithee / 1
Thomas Sowders / Texas / United States / Jeff Zandi / 1
Bryan Hare / Vermont / United States / Casey Brefka / 1
David Van Dusen / Virginia / United States / Jeph Foster / 1
George Fama / West Virginia / United States / Tom Williams / 1
Kevin Hundt / Wisconsin / United States / David Bornitz / 1
Damien Miller / Wisconsin / United States / Steve Peterman / 1
Christopher Morger / Wyoming / United States / Adam Hunt / 1
Jose Miguel Caldera Amundarain / Bolívar / Venezuela / Carlos E. Rada P. / 1
Leonard Dominguez / Bolívar / Venezuela / Carlos E. Rada P. / 1
Christian Mejia / Bolívar / Venezuela / Carlos E. Rada P. / 1
Johnnys Torres / Carabobo / Venezuela / Carlos E. Rada P. / 1
Mary Angel Davila / Distrito Capital / Venezuela / Carlos E. Rada P. / 1
Jean Carlos Hallak / 0 / Venezuela / Carlos E. Rada P. / 1
Hansi Muller / 0 / Venezuela / Carlos E. Rada P. / 1

From here on our new L2 Judges:

Wang Fang / Beijing / China / Edwin Zhang / 2
John Eriksson / 0 / Finland / Johanna Virtanen / 2
Stephane DAMIZET / Est / France / Alexis Rassel / 2
Xavier Almeras / 0 / France / Guillaume Beuzelin / 2
Quentin Boussardon / 0 / France / Daniel Kitachewsky / 2
Alberto Laurenzi / Forli-Cesena / Italy / Walter Zarà / 2
Enrico Riccardi / Parma / Italy / Walter Zarà / 2
Ryuji Watanabe / Chiba-ken / Japan / Kenji Suzuki / 2
Tatsuro Iwakura / Tokyo-to / Japan / Naoaki Umesaki / 2
Masaaki Ohtake / Tokyo-to / Japan / Naoaki Umesaki / 2
Adrian Teodorescu / 0 / Romania / Philipp Daferner / 2
Lev Kotlyar / 0 / Russia / Eugene Bazhenov / 2
Ray Bechtel / California / United States / David de la Iglesia / 2
Ralph Colby / California / United States / David de la Iglesia / 2
Shawn Moore / California / United States / David de la Iglesia / 2
Jennifer Wong / California / United States / David de la Iglesia / 2
Cassidy Melczak / Colorado / United States / Scott Marshall / 2
Tony Munhollon / Colorado / United States / Scott Marshall / 2
Benjamin Bloodworth / Florida / United States / Benjamin McDole / 2
Joseph Kyle / Florida / United States / Nicholas Sabin / 2
Michael Starr / Georgia / United States / Nicholas Sabin / 2
Stephan Classen / Hawaii / United States / David de la Iglesia / 2
Jordan Randolph / Kentucky / United States / Sam Straus / 2
Blaine Campbell / New York / United States / Sam Straus / 2
Ryan Darris / Oregon / United States / Nicholas Sabin / 2
Joshua Locke / Texas / United States / David Hibbs / 2
James Christensen / Utah / United States / David de la Iglesia / 2
Karl Weisling / Wisconsin / United States / Brian Schenck / 2
Diego Kiedanski / Montevideo / Uruguay / Adrian Estoup / 2

Our new L3 Judge :)

Mitchell Waldbauer / Texas / United States / Jeff Morrow / 3

Here is what his RC Kevin Binswanger wrotes about him:
“When I moved to Texas, Mitchell Waldbauer was still the standard of
excellence, even a few years later. Upon our first meeting, Mitchell gave me
some of the best feedback I've ever received. Now returned to Texas, Mitchell
has had a significant impact on the judging community. I am incredibly pleased
to welcome Mitchell back to Level 3.”

And finally our new L4 Judge:

Jared Sylva / / United States / / 4

Here is again what Judge Program Manager Andy Heckt wrotes about Jared:
“Every once in a while, there is a Level 3 judge who has earned the respect of
Magic players and judges and expressed a desire to play an even greater
leadership role within the Magic community. When this occurs, the judge can be
considered for advancement to Level 4.
We are very excited to announce that Jared Sylva was nominated as Level Four
judge by a committee of Senior Judges for his exceptional experience and
knowledge of Magic Organized Play as a Magic judge, the Regional Coordinator of
the Mid-Atlantic, and as an Events Manager. He has shown his passion and
dedication to Magic judges and players in all of these roles, and specifically
through his contribution in event operations, conferences, and leadership.
Congratulations and thank you Jared!”


Cheers
Michael Wiese
Magic L3 Judge
Regional Coordiator German Speaking Countries