This weekend’s Sunday right after the Gameswalker 50k Standard event will be the 2019 Philippine Judges Conference. A big thanks for the Bacolod judges for the hosting this year, which mainly benefited me as I am just one boat ride away. On a serious note, I am looking forward to improved topics and activities at this conference as compared to that of last year.

My preparation maybe more on the Standard tournament on the day before. I was hoping to discuss a topic and be part of the lecturers but I haven’t thought of the new idea to share. I still think to be that of a novice in the knowledge of judging and handling rules. I’d be looking forward to appreciating all the learnings that I will encounter on this conference. There is a list of topics on the Judges’ app page which I think I will go through by tomorrow or Thursday as I am still divided into that and preparing my sideboard plan.

This will be an exciting weekend I am pretty sure.

I recently saw the announcement on the SEA Region Judges group on Facebook posted by my fellow judge Felix Capule about the date and venue of this year’s Judges Conference Philippines. I remember attending last year’s conference in Tagaytay wherein we enjoyed almost all of the activities and learned a lot from the lectures and topics conducted by some of the Level 2 Judges.

This year’s Judge Conference will be at Bacolod City this coming September 15th and hosted by the local game stores affiliated by judges Edwin and Ian Philip. This will be a major advantage for me since I only need one fast craft or Roro ride to cross to Bacolod. I would only hope for fair weather that day as the month is frequent by typhoons and monsoon rains.

They are currently looking for speakers to discuss topics for judging in Magic, its rules and related stuff. I am thinking of applying but I do not know at the moment what my possible topic would be. We shall see.

The pre-registration will start this July and I might be one of the first batch to do so.  Aspiring judges are also invited to join this conference. You can register by clicking on this link on the Judge Apps page.

I will be traveling in Manila this weekend for the yearly Magic: the Gathering Philippine Judge conference. This will be my first time to attend in which I have this on my bucket list finally achieved. I have planned to attend the conference in the past two years but had several constraints faced along the way. This time, the booking was done in advance and is complete.

This year’s Judge Conference is spearheaded by Ms. Aly Chrizelle and she had chosen the venue to be at Villa De Oro Resort in Tagaytay. The first day will be on Saturday at 9 am and we will have a shared van to take us to the place. My flight schedule is the first flight of Cebu Pacific on Saturday and will arrive 6:50 am. The pick-up point for the van is in Makati so that might take me a while to travel from NAIA Terminal 3. Good thing is that they have asked someone to pick me up at the airport. I had not visited Tagaytay for somewhat a long while so this trip has got me excited to check on the tourist attractions there. Here is a preview of the resort.

This will just be a weekend event and I will be back in Iloilo by Monday morning. I am hoping that this will be a productive and knowledgeable trip with regards to the topics related to judging events and card rules. Stay tuned as I might post a Day 1 recap on the topics and happenings during the MTG PH Judge conference.

Until the next blog post.