{"id":3662,"date":"2024-11-07T04:45:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T04:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/?p=3662"},"modified":"2024-11-07T09:40:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T09:40:56","slug":"the-head-judge-support-judge-selection-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/de\/blog\/2024\/11\/07\/the-head-judge-support-judge-selection-process\/","title":{"rendered":"The Head Judge &amp; Support Judge Selection Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3662\" class=\"elementor elementor-3662\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dcd4c1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dcd4c1c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5c279c\" data-id=\"c5c279c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6b3300 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6b3300\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hello judges and players! In this brief article we would like to introduce you to the selection system for the Flesh and Blood Head and Support judges. We are:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f2403a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f2403a1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3557b5\" data-id=\"a3557b5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0f85ec\" data-id=\"e0f85ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/302181933_6234121806614470_5026354556377237195_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Klaus Lassacher, Judge Program Manager<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70ceeda\" data-id=\"70ceeda\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9542a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a9542a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/judge.fabtcg.com\/accounts\/profile\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000041659.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-3536\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000041659.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/1000041659-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Alfonso Bueno, Advanced Certifications Lead<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8e1881\" data-id=\"d8e1881\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b4afc1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b4afc1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46a95e8\" data-id=\"46a95e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc39327 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc39327\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The positions of Head Judge (HJ) and Support Judge (SJ) are vital to any Premier event, not only because they are responsible to issue the final ruling on any judge call and they decide in cases of cheating or other infractions, but also because they set the mood, standards and values of the entire Judge Program.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When we designed the selection system, we had to weigh many factors on what makes a great Head\/Support Judge, find out how to qualify them and, at the same time, create an evaluation system that is fair and reliable.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the following lines, we\u2019re going to explain how the selection process works in its second iteration. As we run the process and we gain expertise, we expect to keep adapting and improving it. We would also like to credit Ward Warren, who has been the previous advanced certification lead. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28e51c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28e51c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">STEP 1: Experience Requirements<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b5fb3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b5fb3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those represent the minimum experience we believe a judge needs to have enough expertise to be HJ\/SJ at a Premier event. This does not mean that anyone with this experience is qualified for the position. Each human is unique, each one has their own strengths and weaknesses and their own learning processes. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the moment, the requirements to apply to the Premier Event HJ\/SJ evaluation process are:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">L2 Judge for 180 days+<\/span><\/li><li>One of the following criteria:\u00a0<ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Head Judge of a Battle Hardened<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Support Judge of a Battle Hardened at a World Championship or Pro Tour weekend<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Head Judge of a 250+ player FAB competitive event.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Having been team lead 3 times at Calling tournaments or above events.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p>In future applications, the minimum time required as L2 will be raised to 360 days. The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/de\/blog\/2024\/10\/02\/team-lead-certification\/\">Team Lead Certification<\/a><\/strong> will be required starting in 2025. Other requirements may be added in the future, the positions of HJ\/SJ are to always be covered by the most skilled people in the Judge Program.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bab2e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3bab2e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">STEP 2: Free Text Questions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85edce6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85edce6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After verifying the requirements the applicant will receive a set of 4 or 5 prompts they should answer in around half a page each in a limited amount of time. Those prompts must be answered solely by the candidate without any input from others; the candidates are also not allowed to show the questions to anybody. Any questions they have must be asked in reply to the email they received the prompts from.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Answers will be anonymized and sent to to a selected group of evaluators, mostly being selected current Premier Event HJ\/SJ to evaluate them anonymously. Each will evaluate answers from all candidates in one or two questions. Multiple people will evaluate each question and the score will be averaged.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By anonymizing the answers we prevent any favoritism, even unconsciously. Candidates must make sure their answers are anonymous when writing them. A guide will be provided to the candidates with some suggestions (like providing the names of Events and Judges to use in their text, instead of the real ones that could identify them).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By having all the answers to the same question evaluated by one person, we ensure consistency in the evaluation. If an evaluator has a tendency to give high or low scores all candidates will be affected the same way in the same question.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By having multiple people evaluating each question and making the average of the qualification, we lessen the weight of each evaluator&#8217;s preferences or style on each question. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-361f3e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"361f3e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">STEP 3: Personal Interview<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b389a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b389a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For those candidates who successfully pass step 2, there will be an online interview, tailor made to evaluate that candidate\u2019s weaknesses. The content and shape of each interview will vary, but the ultimate goal of each interview will be ensuring the candidate is qualified to perform the roles of Premier Event Head Judge or Support Judge. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b9b089 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b9b089\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other Relevant Details<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae02144 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae02144\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Failing the selection process:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> A candidate, who fails this process <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">twice in a row<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, won\u2019t be allowed to apply for any selection process run in the next 12 months.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Feedback after the process:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Running just the evaluation part of the process is highly resource intensive, as you can see in the above description. While we agree the process would be purely better if we could provide personalized feedback and mentoring to each candidate who fails, unfortunately this is beyond the Program&#8217;s current capacities. Therefore this process must be understood as an evaluation process, not as a training process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>First events as Premier Event HJ\/SJ<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: After acquiring the Premier Event HJ\/SJ certification for the first time, the judge, in most cases, will be required to spend one event as a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> HJ\/SJ Observer and then another as Support Judge, before they can act as Head Judge of a Premier Event.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Selection process frequency:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> When the selection process will be performed will ultimately be decided by the Judge Program Manager according to the Organized Play needs.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Judges passing the evaluation will receive the Premier HJ\/SJ tag on JudgeHub, passing the evaluation does not automatically guarantee a show as shadow head judge, support judge or head judge.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Premier Event HJ\/SJ expiration:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Once a judge passes the evaluation process their Premier Events HJ\/SJ Certification will be valid until the next selection process happening at least 18 months after the judge got their Certification. This means, if a judge gets their Premier Event HJ\/SJ certification in Sept 2024, they won\u2019t need to test again in the process run in Jun 2025, but will need to recertify in the process run in June 2026. For HJ\/SJ that passed the first evaluation earlier in 2024, they will be divided up over two or three evaluations.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5ca117 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c5ca117\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4fb875 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b4fb875\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor elementor-3641\" data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3641\"><section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b0677f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b0677f3\" data-element_type=\"section\"><div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\"><div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d7d94ab\" data-id=\"d7d94ab\" data-element_type=\"column\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\"><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af56102 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af56102\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p><span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>All photos used in this article are courtesy of John Brian McCarthy, whose work you can find at\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #999999\" href=\"https:\/\/judgesatwork.com\/\">Judges at Work<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The positions of Head Judge (HJ) and Support Judge (SJ) are vital to any Premier event, not only because they are responsible to issue the final ruling on any judge call, but also because they set the mood, standards and values of the entire Judge Program. 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