1. T.O. – Judge – Players
Interaction
A love story…

2. Popular Issues
• Compensation
• Penalty Overrule
• Judges not invited to tournaments

3. Compensation
• How to ask
– Use your diplomacy skills, the very skills that you
use when you judge
– First prove your self worthy, and gain his trust
– Bring into his attention the global level of
compensation
– Compensation is not only about boosters or
money, single cards or travel expenses could kick
in
– Consult with your Regional Coordinator

4. Penalty Overrule
• How to avoid it
– Gain trust, by proving yourself
– Be proactive, explain the cases that might hurt, before
apply penalty or remedy
– Don’t deviate from IPG
• How to deal with it
– Talk with the T.O. in private
– Show him the IPG and explain why we apply this
penalty
– Use customer related terms

5. Judges not Invited in Tournaments
• Consult your local level 3 or your regional
coordinator
• Work with other TOs to built a reputation. The
players will ask for you
• Talk with the T.O.

6. General Advices
• When you work with a experienced T.O. ask
him for advices.
• Physical Presence if possible, is better than
email
• If you take a country wide initiative, consider
putting into the loop the primary T.O. as well

7. Players
• Categories
– Players that show disrespect
– Players not good with penalties
– Rules Lawyers

8. Disrespect
• Why?
– Problem with authority in general
– With a specific Judge
– Personal Reasons

9. Penalties
• Remedy – Infraction – Penalty – Extra time
• Use the IPG
• Explain the philosophy

10. Rules Lawyer
• Identify them
• Consider Rules Enforcement Level
• Confront them
• Infractions apply to them as well!

11. Conclusion
• Be patient and gain their trust by your hard
and valuable work
• Ask your Regional Coordinator for advice, or
the local Level 3
• Ask for feedback