{"id":3186,"date":"2024-03-27T05:30:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T05:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2024-04-02T02:12:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T02:12:09","slug":"judge-program-announcements-q1-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/it\/blog\/2024\/03\/27\/judge-program-announcements-q1-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Program Announcements &#8211; Spring 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3186\" class=\"elementor elementor-3186\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b734ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b734ce\" 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-f174753\" data-id=\"f174753\" 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-72072f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72072f1\" 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 and welcome, interested readers!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This article covers the announcements from the Judge conference presentation at Pro Tour Los Angeles, especially our new and amazing Judge logo as well as the official name of the Flesh and Blood Judge Program.<\/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-7f3d460 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f3d460\" 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\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_header.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3194\" alt=\"Judges of Rathe\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_header.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_header-300x38.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_header-768x96.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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-fdfb43d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdfb43d\" 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 name \u201cJudges of Rathe\u201d is to reflect the unique identity of our amazing community in the world of Rathe. Going forward, we will be using the name and our brand new logo for our community Judge resources. For example, the Judge Discord is now called \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/flesh-and-blood-judge-hub-874145774135558164\">Judges of Rathe &#8211; Discord<\/a><\/strong>\u201d. Judgehub is the main exception, and will remain as \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/judge.fabtcg.com\/\">Judgehub<\/a><\/strong>\u201d to help identify it as the testing and event website for clarity and simplicity.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are looking forward to updating and showing you all the new applications for the Judge logo: Judge Booths, online pages, and even future Judge merch!<\/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-75d9a2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"75d9a2f\" 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\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"812\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/judges_of_rathe_rectangular_black.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3204\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/judges_of_rathe_rectangular_black.png 812w, https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/judges_of_rathe_rectangular_black-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/judges_of_rathe_rectangular_black-768x348.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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-3dc926f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3dc926f\" 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\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3195\" alt=\"New LSS Team Member\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section2.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section2-300x38.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section2-768x96.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ee2e52 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ee2e52\" 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-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68ecd51\" data-id=\"68ecd51\" 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-22b09fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"22b09fe\" 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\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1444.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-3206\" alt=\"Niccolo Paqueo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1444.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_1444-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\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-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-794f5e9\" data-id=\"794f5e9\" 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-68cce75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68cce75\" 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\">We are very happy to announce that Niccolo Paqueo is joining the Legend Story Studio team as the Assistant (to the) Rules Manager. Niccolo has made ongoing contributions to the program since 2021, and we are delighted to have him working with the LSS team in an official capacity!<\/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-438bbbe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"438bbbe\" 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-4d6c2be\" data-id=\"4d6c2be\" 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-715303f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"715303f\" 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\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3196\" alt=\"Quick Updates\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section3.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section3-300x38.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section3-768x96.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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-75f5c33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75f5c33\" 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<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All current applicants for Team Lead Evaluations have been processed, and new slots are available going forward. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/it\/blog\/2023\/09\/25\/team-lead-certification\/\">Click the link here for the Team Lead Certification information.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Refresher exams are now live and they are required for all judges! <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/it\/blog\/2023\/12\/16\/2023-testing-policy-update\/\">Head here for a summary.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An official Flesh and Blood Card database was previewed at the Pro Tour Judge conference. More details on this soon!<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New hero&#8217;s handbook is in development. Looking to be released later in the year.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More updated to be made to the Judgehub resource page to improve the user experience and onboarding for new judges.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Judge Community Representative Leads (JCR Leads) got a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/responsibilities-JCR-Leads.pdf\">outline of responsibilities<\/a><\/strong> to facilitate regional growth better.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Judge Community Representatives (JCR) also received an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Judge-Community-reprensentative-responsibilities.pdf\">outline of responsibilities<\/a><\/strong> detailing their duties to their region.\u00a0<\/span>We will have a more elaborate article about these two positions soon!<\/li><\/ul>\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-714bcbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"714bcbe\" 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\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3197\" alt=\"Conferences\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section4.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section4-300x38.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section4-768x96.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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-46a7f83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46a7f83\" 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\">We would like to encourage you all to take the opportunity to run local Judge conferences. We already have conferences paired with Battle Hardened and Callings, but we want to increase the number that are run at local and independent levels. For the remainder of 2024 we want to especially encourage stand-alone local and regional conferences. For state- or country-wide conferences (or conferences that are particularly special) we want to help you facilitate it! <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.monday.com\/forms\/00dc194b21a4200d4df6caa1809d7dee?r=use1\">Head here to apply for a conference.<\/a><\/strong> Please plan with at least 2 months lead time, as applications are processed at the start of each month. You can find additional information on conferences here.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We will also run special geo-region conferences with extra LSS support. Now that we have more dates for premier events, we are working on the scheduling and locations. The expectation is to start with July and give you a 3-month lead time to plan accordingly. Each one will be a stand-alone 2-day conference focused on education and community growth.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A new conference article just got released and is showcasing our new feedback initiative for conference quality.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/it\/blog\/2024\/03\/27\/presenters-training-team\/\">Have a read here!<\/a><\/strong><\/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-8a2df14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8a2df14\" 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\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section5.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3198\" alt=\"Event Level Requirement Updates\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section5.png 800w, https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section5-300x38.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.judge.fabtcg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Judge_announcement_section5-768x96.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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-4cbb0da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4cbb0da\" 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\">We are making some adjustments to the level requirements for high-tier tournaments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Calling weekends<\/span><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Calling main event and Battle Hardened judges need to be L1+<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Calling main event and Battle Hardened team leads need to be L2<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We expect L2 to be the base requirement for floor judges later in 2024<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pro Tour and Worlds weekend specific<\/span><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pro Tour and Worlds main event judges need to be L2 (since last year)\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We expect team leads to require the team lead certification in 2025<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Calling, Pro Tour and Worlds head and support judge applications are not public anymore<\/span><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is now managed via a dedicated process enabled a approved candidate pool<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Currently planned are application windows every 6-9 month<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Approved candidates will stay active and eligible to be picked for 18 month<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Applicants failing an application twice will have a 12 month cooldown<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All Battle Hardened Head Judges going forward need to be L2 at the time of selection<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There may be exceptions (at the discretion of LSS), especially for the L2 requirements for floor judges, due to language and regional needs.\u00a0<\/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-9b7f48e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9b7f48e\" 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-c8bdb56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8bdb56\" 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\">At this point we also want to make a big shout-out to the amazing staff team from Pro Tour Los Angeles! Stage staff, admin staff, Judges, Star City Games, and everybody else involved!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And of course, thank-you all for being the amazing Judges of Rathe you are, and we hope to see many of you at the next Pro Tour in Los Amsterdam.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><strong>From Your LSS Team,<\/strong><br \/><strong>Judge Program Manager Klaus Lassacher<\/strong><br \/><strong>Rules and Policy Manager Joshua Scott<\/strong><\/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<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re kicking off our quarterly news with a fresh new look for 2024! 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