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Wer common-issues-and-scorekeeping
- 2. How Igot into running events A topic that is rarely discussed Very useful for L1 and L2 judges Useful for judges regularly attending store- level events
- 3. Part of thewhole Magic experience that is sometimes overlooked but quite important Help make events fun Help make events run smooth Enable reporting and PWP Track player behaviour
- 4. Wouldn’t itbe nice if there was a definition somewhere?
- 5. MTR 1.9 Scorekeeper TheScorekeeper ensures the correct generation of pairings and all other tournament records throughout the tournament. The Scorekeeper’s responsibilities include: • Generating correct pairings each round and accurately entering the results of those rounds. • Solving all scorekeeping problems that arise in consultation with the Head Judge. • Making sure all necessary information is included in the tournament’s report to be submitted to the DCI. The Head Judge has the final authority in determining corrective action for scorekeeping errors.
- 6. Different roleduring events Different “pacing” Harder to replace Higher autonomy Higher impact on tournament flow Does not require judge certification
- 7. What couldpossibly go wrong? Explain, educate, empower Decide what can be done by someone else Have a back-up plan Don’t panic
- 8. HJ andSC The hungover guy The person with no Magic experience
- 9. Trained professionals Different client Much more challenging and demanding
- 10. The onlytool available to stores Supports different products Replaced DCI-R Used for things other than scorekeeping Updated periodically At least it gets the job done… usually
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- 13. "object notset to valid bla-bla“ judges not allowed to play at regular events not allowing newly created DCI numbers
- 14. ending eventsafter midnight weird single elimination bracket top 8 bracket are not useful erasing data from an event double bye in small events must use multiprint
- 15. Turn itoff and on again Contact support Do it manually Don’t forget the data logs
- 16. entering thewrong player not dropping a player dropping the wrong player entering the wrong result
- 17. The eventmust go on Don’t make players wait Avoid mistakes or fix them ASAP There is human interaction involved
- 18. Not asscary as it seems Be familiar with MTR Keep track who played who Double check points Do it fast Try to avoid tiebrakers if possible
- 19. SC andWER can help make Magic events fun Scorekeeing is easy WER works, just don’t update it Mistakes happen, look for solutions
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