You do realize the change hurts GP tournament organizers and not judges, right? The TO will have to pay or otherwise compensate the judges for working GP's since the foils won't be given out directly. And judges will still be able to get foils at conferences, same as before. So there is now more of a burden on the TO at a GP, but for judges there's basically nothing to lose even if they don't have L2/L3 buddies. As for that, judges who regularly work GP's are the most likely to be recognized in the new program as they'll know plenty of high-level judges.
You do realize the change hurts GP tournament organizers and not judges, right? The TO will have to pay or otherwise compensate the judges for working GP's since the foils won't be given out directly. And judges will still be able to get foils at conferences, same as before. So there is now more of a burden on the TO at a GP, but for judges there's basically nothing to lose even if they don't have L2/L3 buddies. As for that, judges who regularly work GP's are the most likely to be recognized in the new program as they'll know plenty of high-level judges.
They really should not remove the foils, its the best way to "pay" a judge.
It avoids taxes and its pretty much no cost at all for WotC to print a bunch of sheets.
If they really want the examplar "extras", than make it exactly that, EXTRA foils for the persons that stand out.
Ofcourse this "can" be abused, but in the end, we should at least put some trust in a lvl2+ judge to distribute the cards in a fair way (the majority of l2 judges are not too bad persons).
Why is it best? Why not, say, actual money? That's usually a good way of paying people.
As i said, that would mean pay taxes for the money, and its also bad for judges that actual earn money with an actual job (means even more taxes and anything that comes with it ; for students it might mean you actual get an income and you cant work beside it, which is all really bad).
Getting paid in "cards" solves all this and its pretty much direct money anyway if you sell the cards right away.
If you dont want to sell them, you can collect them, pimp some EDH decks or do whatever you want, which is all great as Magic is indeed a "collectable card game".
I define that as BEST, its such a good way to produce a Win-Win situation.
The former may be a reason for the switch (legality) and the latter is an issue for WotC to worry about, not the judges.
Theres no problem in getting "paid" in goods, especially not goods that only have a secondary market value and are not for sale at all.
From a basic perspective i dont want to have a judge that judges simply for the sake of getting a paycheck, i want judges that do it because they enjoy it (and might at least not invest money in doing so).
I know a lot of judges that started exactly like that, you judged because you wanted to, because your community needed you and it was rewarded, both by your local store and for the experience itself in bigger events.
Today events get bigger and bigger, and the world clearly doesnt have enough people that just do what they do for the sake of it, they want "money" and actual monetary gain, i say, if you dont like what you do, just dont do it ; either WotC will need to change, or WotC simply doesnt need you anyway (even if it sounds harsh, that how it will turn out).
If they wanted to give judges "more" money, they could simply produce more foils and promo stuff that only judges receive (even do so for the different levels, maybe locally different grand prix foils and what not).
All of it means more money for judges in a "tax free" way, which is a big boon and its at minimal cost for WotC.
Part of it is no longer wishing to subsidize tournament organizers--if they can get plenty of judges at minimal cost(1 box a day=roughly $80 or less cost to organizer=10+hr shift=$8/hr or less), why should WOTC give out cards to help subsidize the cost of having judges? Now TO's will either have to raise their compensation to get a large enough pool of judge staff applicants, or accept only those judges who're able to do it while losing $$ on each event they judge(after transportation costs). While the vast majority of judges don't expect to make money from working an event, most at least hope to not lose money for working all weekend--fewer judges will apply to judge events if compensation can't cover costs. It's not WOTC's job to subsidize the costs of hiring judges for tournament organizers, which is what the judge foil packets were doing.
Hopefully, once Level 3 judges have tried out the Exemplar program and resolved any tweaks, it'll be a better method of Judge Foil distribution when Level 2's get to join in.
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They really should not remove the foils, its the best way to "pay" a judge.
It avoids taxes and its pretty much no cost at all for WotC to print a bunch of sheets.
If they really want the examplar "extras", than make it exactly that, EXTRA foils for the persons that stand out.
Ofcourse this "can" be abused, but in the end, we should at least put some trust in a lvl2+ judge to distribute the cards in a fair way (the majority of l2 judges are not too bad persons).
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Why is it best? Why not, say, actual money? That's usually a good way of paying people.
The former may be a reason for the switch (legality) and the latter is an issue for WotC to worry about, not the judges.
As i said, that would mean pay taxes for the money, and its also bad for judges that actual earn money with an actual job (means even more taxes and anything that comes with it ; for students it might mean you actual get an income and you cant work beside it, which is all really bad).
Getting paid in "cards" solves all this and its pretty much direct money anyway if you sell the cards right away.
If you dont want to sell them, you can collect them, pimp some EDH decks or do whatever you want, which is all great as Magic is indeed a "collectable card game".
I define that as BEST, its such a good way to produce a Win-Win situation.
Theres no problem in getting "paid" in goods, especially not goods that only have a secondary market value and are not for sale at all.
From a basic perspective i dont want to have a judge that judges simply for the sake of getting a paycheck, i want judges that do it because they enjoy it (and might at least not invest money in doing so).
I know a lot of judges that started exactly like that, you judged because you wanted to, because your community needed you and it was rewarded, both by your local store and for the experience itself in bigger events.
Today events get bigger and bigger, and the world clearly doesnt have enough people that just do what they do for the sake of it, they want "money" and actual monetary gain, i say, if you dont like what you do, just dont do it ; either WotC will need to change, or WotC simply doesnt need you anyway (even if it sounds harsh, that how it will turn out).
If they wanted to give judges "more" money, they could simply produce more foils and promo stuff that only judges receive (even do so for the different levels, maybe locally different grand prix foils and what not).
All of it means more money for judges in a "tax free" way, which is a big boon and its at minimal cost for WotC.
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Pay someone 100$/day or give them a limited edition foil that cost .25 cents to print but goes for 100$ on the secondary market
They are literally printing money.
Hopefully, once Level 3 judges have tried out the Exemplar program and resolved any tweaks, it'll be a better method of Judge Foil distribution when Level 2's get to join in.