Alter Education Project
Project aimed at educating judges and players regarding alter legality.
| Project Manager: | Andrea Wallace |
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| Public: |  |
| Looking For: | Judges and/or alterists very familiar with the policy on alters and comfortable implementing it. |
Project Description
The data from a survey of 350+ judges and corresponding, soon-to-be released, article by Andrea Wallace, L2, has shed light on the shockingly low agreement between judges on the legality of card alterations. While the MTR provides guidelines for card approval, judges often rely heavily on Head Judge discretion due to the vague policy in this area. Because of this, there is a lack of consistency in the experience that players have when attempting to have alters approved. In light of this, we're aiming to create a living reference to discuss why some alters should or should not be approved. Through this project, we would allow players and judges to submit alters they are unsure about which would provide material for discussion. While its not possible to address every alter, creating a community of collaboration and subsuquent dialogue can hopefully provide education to judges and improve player experience.
Goals:
- Bring together judges and artists with strong policy knowledge to create a consencus and establish a precedent for tournament legal alterations.
- Create a public Facebook group allowing individuals to submit alters for discussion.
- Create a blog sharing insight into the legality of a variety of selected alters.
- Potentially re-survey the judge community bi-annually to look for improved understanding/agreement.
- Make these articles visible and transparent to interested individuals by updating the Facebook group.
- Eliminate common misconceptions about alter legality.
Project Members
| Name |
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| Jessica Livingston |
| Andrea Wallace |
| Jess Dunks |
| Riki Hayashi |
| Matthew Johnson |
| Luca Romano |