Hello everyone,

I imagine many of you are already aware that we have specific documents to help us with the process of disqualifying a player (if that's the case, you may skip to “***JANUARY 2017 UPDATE***”).

If this is your first time reading about these documents, you'd be happy to know that you don't have to improvise when dealing with a disqualification, we do have specific instructions for both players and judges AFTER a DQ has been issued.

All the information and instructions can be found at
http://blogs.magicjudges.org/o/disqualification-process/

On this page you will find links to a Player FAQ which you should print and give to the player (this is to avoid confusion, the player isn't going to be at their greatest state of mind and it's very important we provide the player with key information). Even if you'd like to talk to the player and explain them everything, please make sure to give the player a printed copy of this document.

You will also find a HJ DQ document which gives specific how-to instructions and things to do after you decide to DQ the player. And, for the Tournament Organizer, there's a third document clarifying some of the most frequent questions.



***JANUARY 2017 UPDATE***
There has been an update in the Player DQ FAQ (the document we should give to every player we disqualify from an event). There were some minor edits, but the major content changes are:

Disqualified players are still allowed to play at most sanctioned events. However, if they are qualified for a Pro Tour, World Championship, or World Magic Cup, they have to contact Wizards via email to check their invitation status and to have their case be given priority and resolved as soon as possible.

Clarification about disqualified players not receiving any Planeswalker/Pro Points for the event they were disqualified from. (The same item includes prizes, which disqualified players do not receive, unless they were already handed out).



This new update to the Player DQ FAQ is already available in English and 13 other languages. I'd like to thank everyone for their contributions in updating this document:

Chinese Simplified (Zhaoben Xu)
Chinese Traditional (Zhaoben Xu, Hans Wang, Alex YEUNG)
Czech (Milan Majerčík)
French (Sophie Pagès)
German (Philip Wieland)
Hebrew (Yuval Tzur)
Italian (Andrea Mondani)
Japanese (Takanori Nakamura)
Polish (Krzysztof Ciesielka)
Portuguese (Lucas Horta)
Russian (Arseniy Egorov)
Serbian (Milorad Pavlovic)
Spanish (Alejandro Raggio)

This document can be found at: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/o/disqualification-process/


If you have any suggestions on how to improve these documents, or you'd like to help with translating these to your language, please contact me at: araggio@gmail.com

Edited Alejandro Raggio (Jan. 23, 2017 09:42:46 PM)