World Tour Shizuoka 2025

GIRAFULL is excited to announce the opening of the World Tour Shizuoka 2025 weekend staff applications!

This is your chance to join the team as a Judge or other staff.
Applications will close on Monday July 7 (end of day anywhere worldwide). 
A selection will be made and communicated by Monday 14 July. 
Please ensure you read through the entire application before applying.

EVENT INFORMATION

Dates: September 26 - 28. 2025
Venue: Twin Messe Shizuoka
1-10, Magakane 3-chome, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, 422-8006, Japan.

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

Friday: Scheduled Events, On Demand Events
Saturday: Calling - Day 1, Scheduled Events, On Demand Events
Sunday: Calling - Day 2, Battle Hardened, Scheduled Events, On Demand Events

ROLES AND EXPECTATIONS

We are looking for judges, scorekeepers, and admin staff to help with the event in the following roles, the description is only a broad overview to give you an idea of the role:

• Floor Judge
  • You will help run casual scheduled events or on demand drafts as a head or floor judge or be a floor judge at a competitive/professional tournament.
  • You may also be assigned as a Learn to Play judge.
  • Level 1 or Level 2. To be able to be a judge in a competitive or professional rules enforcement event (excluding Battle Hardened) level 2 is required, limited exceptions may be made for language coverage, other logistical needs, or for Level 1 Judges working directly with a mentor to possibly obtain their Level 2 recommendation. That is only after having fulfilled all other requirements for L2.
    
    
• Team Lead
  • You will lead a team of 2-6 judges for a given task during your team lead day. This mostly ranges from leading a team at one of the competitive/professional events or at a scheduled event.
  • You will be required to be in contact with the head judge team/scheduled event lead as well as write and send a team briefing before the show.
  • During the event your focus is to enable your team to fulfil their tasks as well as take care of their wellbeing and foster feedback.
  • Level 2 is required to be a team lead.
    
    
• Scorekeeper
  • You will be scorekeeping different events during the weekend. You may also assist with other tasks at the stage.
  • This role requires a baseline familiarity with GEM and PurpleFox.
    
    
• Scorekeeper Lead
  • You will be scorekeeping different events during the weekend, including the Calling.
  • This role requires a high familiarity with GEM and PurpleFox, especially drafting processes.
  • You will also take care of the other scorekeepers, including their mentoring.
    
    
• Experience Coordinator
  • This role will be the first point of contact for attendees, staff or other parties at the event to reach out to in case of harassment or discrimination. There will be one tournament organizer/staff member performing this as well as one person solicited from the Judge Hub application. You will not be required to necessarily find a direct solution to problems that arise, the tournament organizer staff will be available to assist you, however you will be positioned as a first point of contact that will field, assess, and triage circumstances as they arise.
  • Applicants should be comfortable in conflict resolution, mediation, and handling sensitive conversations.
  • Proficiency in Japanese is an asset.
  • The role brings high visibility to all attendees, players, and staff, so that you are easy to identify and approachable.
  • Please mention any training or relevant experience you have in this area in the application questions.

• Battle Hardened Head Judge
  • You will be the Head Judge of the Battle Hardened on Sunday. This requires you to plan and communicate your event with your leads and floor judges as well as execute the event on the day.
  • You will be required to be in contact with other leadership positions and the event organizer before the show to organize the staff schedule as well as sending out team briefings for your judges.
  • During the event your focus is to enable your team to fulfill their tasks as well as take care of their wellbeing and foster feedback.
  • This role has a focus on rules and policy.
  • Level 2 is required to be the Battle Hardened Head Judge.
  • One other day on the weekend will be as team lead and another day as floor judge.

• Scheduled Events Lead
  • You will be leading the scheduled events and the Judges with them over the weekend. This will range from 5 Judges up to 20 Judges.
  • You will be required to be in contact with other leadership positions and the event organizer before the show to organize the staff schedule as well as sending out team briefings for your judges.
  • During the event, your focus is to enable your team to fulfill their tasks as well as take care of their wellbeing and foster feedback.
  • This role has a focus on logistics and mentorship.
  • Facilitating any disqualification reports made on side events, including verification that they got submitted.
  • Level 2 is required to be the Scheduled Events Lead.

The outline of roles and responsibilities 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.

GENERAL EXPECTATIONS

Staff of this show will be direct brand ambassadors for the game and should act accordingly. This means presenting themselves professionally as well as delivering great customer service for all attendees. Additionally, here are some general expectations:

• Shift times
• Your shifts each day can be in the window of roughly 8:00 am to 10:00 pm.
• Shift lengths will be around 10–11 hours, with a one-hour lunch break and at least one thirty-minute break.
• Please be aware that, if you are not available for the time frame above you need to mention that in the application, it may reduce your chance of being staffed.
• Your actual shift call times will vary by role and shifts.
• You are required to be ready to work your shift at your actual call time, this means being in uniform and ready to listen to your briefing.
  
  
• Judge attire
• 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, please answer accordingly in the application questions.
• Your uniform needs to be covered when you are not on shift, unless you are in the break room.
• Please avoid attire directly featuring brands of other TCGs.

• Staff communication
  • We also expect every staff member at the event to update themselves on information posted in the staff Discord to be aware of general information as well as their roles and responsibilities.
    
    
• Selling, buying and trading
  • Staff or attendees are not allowed to sell or buy any items in or near the event hall. 
  • The only exception to this is official vendors in the event hall.
  • Trading cards or other gaming items are allowed. 

• Access to privileged data
  • You are not allowed to share or use any data you have access to as a staff member for anything non-event work related unless given explicit permission by the organizer. Examples include but are not limited to: decklist data, metagame data and other sensitive data. 

STAFF COMPENSATION

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

In addition to the below, every staff member will receive one display box of current product total for the weekend.

Travel and accommodation needs to be arranged and paid by each staff member on their own, independently of the organizer.

Payment details

Payment will be paid in full in JPY (cash) on Saturday afternoon or Sunday.

SPONSORSHIP

In addition to the staff compensation outlined above, sponsorship is available. Applicants can request sponsorship during the application process by responding to the relevant question. This can be for reasons of distant travel or others. 

The following are the maximum that can be requested per region:
Japan: max. 10000 JYP
Asia (non Japan): max. 30000 JPY
Australia and New Zealand: max. 60000 JPY
Rest of the world: max. 120000 JPY

JUDGE CONFERENCE

This event will feature a Judge conference; details will be announced closer to the event. This event will have presenter support.
The conference will have separate applications on a different JudgeHub page. The link to that event will be added here later as soon as the conference event is created. 

STAFF RECOGNITION

All staff members, regardless of the number of days worked and their role, will receive promotional items for the event.
This promotional gift is an expression of appreciation for the contributions of all staff working this event. These items should not be considered 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 occur during the weekend event. The exact details of the staff celebration will be confirmed and communicated closer to the event. For most shows this will happen Sunday evening.