World Championship 2023

tournamentcenter is excited to announce the opening of the 2023 World Championship Judge and Staff Applications!
This is your chance to be part of the team in the role of a Judge, Admin, Coverage or Scorekeeper.
The applications will close on Monday, July 31st, 2023 at 23:59 (anywhere in the world).
A selection will be made and communicated by Monday, August 7th, 2023.

Make sure to join our Discord Server: tournamentcenter Staff Community Discord 

Please ensure you read through the full application before applying.

IMPORTANT NOTE: we will collect some personal data after the selections are done -- this will be done via a two-step process. We will need you to provide these on time, so look out for a Google Form soon after acceptance notices have gone out!  

EVENT INFORMATION

Dates: November 17th-19th, 2023

Venue: Fira de Barcelona Montjuic, Pabellón Centenario, Av. del Paral·lel, 185, 08004, Barcelona Spain

The World Championship weekend will include events over three days as follows:

• Friday 17 November

• World Championship Rounds 1-7: Classic Constructed and Booster Draft

• Professional Tournament Invitational

• Super Armory

• Full schedule of Public Events

• Saturday 18 November

• World Championship Rounds 8-14: Booster Draft and Classic Constructed

• Calling Day 1: Sealed Deck (Open Entry)

• Full schedule of Public Events

• Sunday 19 November

  • World Championship Top 8: Classic Constructed

  • Calling Day 2 + Top 8: Booster Draft

  • Battle Hardened: Classic Constructed (Open Entry)

  • Full schedule of public events

ROLES AND EXPECTATIONS

We are looking for judges, scorekeepers, coverage and admin staff to help with the event in the following roles:

• Friday (7:30am to 9:30pm) – Shift lengths 10-11 hours

• Head Judge (World Championship)

• Support Judge (World Championship)

• Team Lead

• Floor Judge

• Scorekeeper

• Event Admin

• Coverage Writer

• Saturday (7:30am to 9:30pm) – Shift lengths 10-11 hours

• Head Judge (World Championship, Calling Barcelona)

• Support Judge (World Championship, Calling Barcelona)

• Team Lead

• Floor Judge

• Scorekeeper

• Event Admin

• Coverage Writer

• Sunday (7:30am to 9:30pm) – Shift lengths 10-11 hours

• Head Judge (World Championship, Calling Barcelona, Battle Hardened Barcelona)

• Support Judge (World Championship, Calling Barcelona)

• Team Lead

• Floor Judge

• Scorekeeper

• Event Admin

• Coverage Writer

• We are looking for staff to work either two or three days:

  • Friday and Saturday

  • Friday, Saturday and Sunday

  • Saturday and Sunday

The outline of roles, responsibilities, and shift times above is an estimate of our staffing requirements for the event. Please note that these are subject to change, and may be adapted upon our final staff selection for the event. Your actual shift call times will vary by role.

If selected as part of the event staff, you will be expected to work a minimum of two days. Applicants who apply for all three event days will be given higher priority. The expected shift length is approximately 10-11 hours with a one-hour lunch break and at least one thirty-minute break.

Judges are expected to arrive on time and in appropriate attire. Predominantly black pants, or similar, and predominantly black shoes. If you have one or multiple yellow judge shirts, please bring them to the event. Additionally judge shirts can be provided in limited quantities.

Judges and Scorekeepers may be assigned to any of the following:

• World Championship

• Calling

• Armory

• Battle Hardened

• Public Events

• Professional Tournament Invitational

Admin Staff may be assigned to any of the following:

• Registration

• Customer Service

• Prize Wall

• Event Ops

• Coverage

Coverage Writer: will require experience in writing (ideally about Flesh and Blood), experience in events and knowledge about the metagame. The expectation will be to write between 12 and 15 short articles over the three days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) about an amount of pre-set topics during the weekend (side events, curiosities, Calling, Battle Hardened, artists, etc), ideally of between 200 and 300 words each.

STAFF COMPENSATION

The staff outlined below, will receive the following per day worked, based on their role for that day:

• Floor Judge: 175 EUR and 2 boxes of current set product

• Team lead: 275 EUR and 2 boxes of current set product

• Battle Hardened Support Judge: 275 EUR and 2 boxes of current set product

• Battle Hardened Head Judge: 375 EUR and 2 boxes of current set product

• PT or Calling Support Judge: 375 EUR and 2 boxes of current set product

• PT or Calling Head Judge: 450 EUR and 2 boxes of current set product 

• Stage or prize wall staff: 175 EUR and 2 boxes of current set product

• Scorekeeper: 275 EUR and 2 boxes of current set product

• Stage or admin lead: 375 EUR and 2 boxes of current set product

• Coverage writer: 275 EUR and 2 boxes of current set product

You can apply for a Travel Stipend if you live outside Europe. Travel sponsorships are very limited and can be requested in multiples of 100€, up to 400€. You may specify both your requested level of travel sponsorship (which we'll try to accommodate if we select you) as well as your required level of travel sponsorship (which we will honor if we select you). Note that having a high required travel sponsorship will reduce your chances of being selected due to the limited nature of these sponsorships.

STAFF RECOGNITION

All staff members, regardless of the number of days worked and their role, will receive a selection of promotional items for the event. This promotional gift is an expression of appreciation for the contributions from all staff working this event. These items should not be considered as part of, or in lieu of, your staff compensation for the event. Additionally, all staff members who are Certified Level 1 or above with the Judge Program will receive a selection of judge specific promotional items.

A staff celebration with food, drinks, and booster drafts, will happen during the event weekend. The exact details of the staff celebration will be confirmed and communicated closer to the event.

CONTRACT

Close to the event, you'll receive two DropboxSign Invitation Mails with a link to our contract and addendum for this event. There you'll be able to read and sign them online. Please do so before the event! If you have any questions about this, please send them to staff@tournamentcenter.biz.

In order to generate these documents, we will ask you for the following information in the Acceptance Form:

Your name

Your PayPal email-address

Your TIN (ID number, Insurance Number, National number, etc)

Your address

That's it for now,

Best of luck in your application, Judges!!  

Robin & Jurgen