Presented during the Europe East Winter Conference 2017

1. Bribery and Collusion
& How to DQ
Sebastian Pękala
EU-East Regional Conference
Athens, 4 Feb 2017

2. Bribery & the Rules
How to properly DQ?
Judge Center Investigation
Agenda

3. IPG 4.4. UC – Bribery & Wagering
Player offers incentive to
entice an opponent into:
conceeding,
drawing,
changing result,
or accepts such offer.
Bribery & the Rules
Penalty:
Disqualification

4. MTR 5.2. Bribery (tl;dr)

Share prizes you didn't win yet

Split prizes in top X (cash, store credit, prize tickets, product)

Concede to a teammate to get max prizes for the
team

Ask TO to change prize structure

Ask for concession, then split/share prize
Bribery & the Rules

5. I have X points, you
have less than me. Even
if you win this match,
you won’t get a prize
Well, then if I let you
win this match and then
you get a prize, we can
share it and we both get
something.
Last Swiss round

6. I just want the card, I
don’t want to go to the
tournament. I let you
win the slot if you give
me the promo card.
PPTQ Final

7. I’m quite generous,
concede the match and
then we can talk.
In-contention table

8. Judge! If I offer my
opponent 50€ to
concede, is that legal?
At a table

9. Let's split 7 packs each
instead of 12/8/4/4.
Who's in?
At the start of top4

10. Announce your decision
Collect statements
- don't forget: name, DCI#, email address!
Secure tournament sanctioning #
Enter penalty into WER
How to properly DQ
blogs.magicjudges.org/o/disqualification-process/

11. Fill in all fields correctly (be careful)
Write your statement first
(before reading or translating other statements)
Copy other statements to the report (no comments!)
If DQing 2+ people for one situation, make
reference to other investigations using IDs
Judge Center Investigation