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Who to Follow – Judges, Part 2

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Weeks like this are when I wish I could feature someone a second time.

If you took my advice and decided to follow Art Halavais when I wrote him up a while back, you’ll know that he is absolutely blowing up Twitter this week with quality. It’s actually amazing to watch. You’re actually just going to get a bonus Who to Follow this week because if you’re not following Art Halavais, I’ll make it really easy. Go here. Solid plan; I like where you’re head’s at, readers.

If you are following him, you know what I’m talking about, but if you’re not yet, I’ll give you an idea.

 

 

 

The best part is that no one even asked these questions—he just preempted them with an answer. Because he is all of the value.

Following judges in general seems like all of the value. I’ve done one modest judge installment, but I’ve also profiled a ton of judges for other things. Because why pigeonhole anyone as one thing or another? Still, there is real, obvious value to following judges on Twitter and other social media, and I’ve found some more judges to follow so you can get your learn on. It’s time for another installment, and this one is going to be value with a capital V. Strap in for “Who to Follow – Judges, Part 2”.

Jeph Foster

Where You Know Him From: Almost reaching Platinum status for Frequent Flyer miles

Current Title: Level 2 Judge, Player, Venerable Degenerate

Social Media:

Twitter

Facebook

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Just two of my favorite people hanging out. NBD

If all Jeph Foster had done in his entire life was scour Yelp for great sushi restaurants in the Indianapolis area and stumble across Sushi Club, the actual best place to eat in Indianapolis (sucks to your hoity-toity shrimp cocktail), he would go down in history as perhaps Magic: The Gathering’s greatest hero.

However, he’s provided so much more than that. For example, he reacted to a player having Notion Thief played in response to a Jace Brainstorm activation in the best way possible, and he was rewarded by being immortalized in meme form.

A solid player on top of being a great judge, Jeph is also just a genuinely great person in general. He likes Pokémon a lot more than you’d expect from an adult, but come on. You played it, too. We all did. Get over yourself.

The judge community can be pretty tight, and Jeff happily joined in when #RobCastellonFacts was trending after Rob’s insane play at the Pro Tour.

 

Jeph took a minor break from tweeting, but he is all over Facebook, and he hasn’t forgotten about Twitter by any stretch of the imagination. In fact . . .

 

Give Jeph a follow. You’ve seen him at events—introduce yourself. He’s great value, and you never know what kind of wacky adventure you’re going to become embroiled in by sheer virtue of your proximity to him. That’s half the fun.

Chad Havas

Where You Know Him From: Judging, silly

Current Title: Level 2 Judge

Social Media:

Twitter

Facebook

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Some days, I really wish Chad still wrote for QuietSpeculation. Most of his writings there are behind the paywall, but I found an unlocked one for you. Most of his recent contributions have been to the twitterverse, as he is no longer writing Magic articles, but that’s just fine considering his contributions to the twitterverse are worth checking out.

 

 

 

Chad’s a genuinely great person, and I finally was able to meet up with him at Grand Prix Las Vegas after interacting online only for about a year. Hit him up on Magic Online for a game—or chess.com even. I tend to find myself falling in line with his instincts about a Limited format, I think he’s a great writer who should come back to it when he finds the time, and I think he recognizes that people genuinely like what he has to say on Twitter. In fact, I’m sure he knows.

 

You can never know too many people who know the rules inside and out and who are still active enough in the game to know what’s what. Give Chad a follow, and you’ll see what I mean.

Zak Whyte

Where You Know Him From: I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t know him. It’s weird.

Current Title: Level 2 Judge

Social Media:

Twitter

Facebook

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I’m serious—everyone knows this guy.

 

Even he knows it.

 

When he’s not serving in the Air Force, he’s usually either playing in a Legacy event or judging. A man after my own heart, he’s still slugging it out with Maverick despite people trying to tell him he’s wrong. He’s not wrong, dammit. If Goblins is allowed to be a thing, so is Maverick. And so is Legacy, for that matter, and he’s a strong advocate for the format in a day and age where everyone seems to want to let it die.

 

Sometimes he loses heart, though.

 

 

That last one was about League of Legends, but let’s not pretend it doesn’t apply to Magic.

Zak has his rules knowledge down, he’s a serious gamer, and he’s always willing to throw down whatever game is being played, and for someone everybody knows, he should have a few more Twitter followers. That’s where you all come in.

 


That does it for me this week. Join me next time when I’ll be finding you even more value than your faces can handle and slipping it to you smooth like a palmed twenty-dollar bill hitting the hands of a nightclub bouncer. Not that twenty bucks is more value than you could handle. The metaphor really breaks down at that point—that much is obvious.


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