WER common issues and Scorekeeping

How I got into running events

A topic that is rarely discussed

Very useful for L1 and L2 judges

Useful for judges regularly attending store-level events

Why this, why now, why me?

Part of the whole Magic experience that is sometimes overlooked but quite important

Help make events fun Help make events run smooth Enable reporting and PWP Track player behaviour

Context of WER and scorekeeping

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a definition somewhere?

Who is that scorekeeper guy?

MTR 1.9 Scorekeeper

The Scorekeeper ensures the correct generation of pairings and all other tournament records throughout the tournament. The Scorekeeper’s responsibilities include:

• Generating correct pairings each round and accurately entering the results of those rounds.

• Solving all scorekeeping problems that arise in consultation with the Head Judge.

• Making sure all necessary information is included in the tournament’s report to be submitted to the DCI.

The Head Judge has the final authority in determining corrective action for scorekeeping errors.

Who is that scorekeeper guy?

Different role during events

Different “pacing”

Harder to replace

Higher autonomy

Higher impact on tournament flow

Does not require judge certification

Same thing but different

What could possibly go wrong?

Explain, educate, empower

Decide what can be done by someone else

Have a back-up plan

Don’t panic

Anyone can be a scorekeeper

HJ and SC

The hungover guy

The person with no Magic experience

Some exmaples

Trained professionals

Different client

Much more challenging and demanding

Scorekeeping at GPs

The only tool available to stores

Supports different products

Replaced DCI-R

Used for things other than scorekeeping

Updated periodically

At least it gets the job done… usually

Wizards Event Reporter

The Golden Rule of WER

Do NOT update.

The Golden Rule of WER

"object not set to valid bla-bla“

judges not allowed to play at regular events

not allowing newly created DCI numbers

WER issues (past and present)

ending events after midnight

weird single elimination bracket

top 8 bracket are not useful

erasing data from an event

double bye in small events

must use multiprint

WER issues (past and present)

Turn it off and on again

Contact support

Do it manually

Don’t forget the data logs

Some fixes

entering the wrong player

not dropping a player

dropping the wrong player

entering the wrong result

Not all errors are WER’s fault

The event must go on

Don’t make players wait

Avoid mistakes or fix them ASAP

There is human interaction involved

Things to keep in mind

Not as scary as it seems

Be familiar with MTR

Keep track who played who

Double check points

Do it fast

Try to avoid tiebrakers if possible

Manual scorekeeping

SC and WER can help make Magic events

fun

Scorekeeing is easy

WER works, just don’t update it

Mistakes happen, look for solutions

Tl;dr

Thank you!