Working with t.o.2
- 1. Working with Tournament Organizers John Papadakis, L1 Judge
- 2. Outline • Roles and responsibilities • Regular Tournaments • Competitive Tournaments • Popular Issues • Conclusion
- 3. Roles and Responsibilities Tournament Organizer: Physical requirements of the tournament Sanction and advertise tournaments Staff the tournaments Provide prizes and compensations
- 4. Roles and Responsibilities Judge: • Registration, Pairings, Scorekeeping • Be available to answer questions • Deal with illegal plays, assist with requests
- 5. Regular Tournaments • Loose roles • Judge and T.O. can also play in the tournament
- 6. Competitive Tournaments • Roles of each must be separate and definite • Head Judge has priority over T.O.’s requests
- 7. Popular Issues • Compensation • Penalty Overrule • Judges not invited to tournaments
- 8. Compensation Prove yourself worthy, gain their trust Can be travel expenses, store credits, single cards Consult with your Regional Coordinator
- 9. Penalty Overrule How to avoid it Be proactive Don’t deviate from IPG How to deal with it Talk with the T.O. in private, use customer related terms Explain the IPG
- 10. Judges not invited to tournaments • Consult your local level 3 or your R.C • Work with other T.O.’s to build a reputation • Talk with the T.O. • Tournament reports can help
- 11. Conclusion Keep a balanced relationship, we need them as much as they need us!
Editor's Notes
- #4: 1 product, site, gaming material 2 may need help in deciding format, entry fees, prizes 3 us!
- #6: T.O. may not even be there
- #9: Use your diplomacy skills, the very skills that you use when you judge Bring into his attention the global level of compensation Compensation is not only about boosters or money
- #10: Usually in Match Losses, DQ’s Be proactive, explain the cases that might hurt, before applying penalty or remedy Show him the IPG and explain why we apply this penalty
- #11: The players will ask for you Tournament reports can improve the T.O.’s as well
- #12: When you work with a experienced T.O. ask him for advice Physical presence if possible, better than email If you take a country wide initiative, consider putting into the loop the primary T.O. as well T.O. -> Players -> Judges (one of the top 5 things that players want, is a judge)