Aug 22, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min · 11 segments
The best part of Magic is The Gathering, the people. However, the people can often be the worst part as well. In tournaments, judges dont just deal with mistakes and miscommunication. We also deal…
Brian PrillamanHost
Charles FeatherHost
Marcos SanchezHost
Or do we want to define what unsporting conduct category is as a whole first? Go for it.
But the IPG defines it a little bit more distinctly as disruptive behavior that may affect the safety, competitiveness, enjoyment, or integrity of a tournament in a significantly negative fashion.
There is a big difference between unsporting behavior and non-sporting behavior, specifically.
Like, there is a large swath of behavior that is... not nice okay and is not really sporting but doesn't cross the line into unsporting okay um some sometimes if someone makes a mistake in the game a legitimate mistake someone might call that hey they're cheating when they're not cheating cheating has a definition in magic that that has a test you know, criteria that you have to meet in order to be cheating.
Unsporting conduct is, I don't want to say kind of the same way, but there is a definition and actions can fall outside of that.
Also, you'll notice when Marcos gave his definition, he said, can affect the tournament in a significantly negative fashion.
There are going to be interactions, minor interactions, that impact things negatively.
Typically, if you're the floor judge at a larger competitive event, you don't want to be dialing into some of especially some of the bigger USC categories we might talk about without at least involving or bringing over your head judge and being like, hey, this is happening.
Just to be clear, especially when we're talking USC major and USC minor, what we want to call attention to, and we're going to call attention to this up front, is something can be undesirable, but not necessarily undesirable to the point of USC minor, or undesirable to the point of USC major.
Or do we want to define what unsporting conduct category is as a whole first? Go for it.
But the IPG defines it a little bit more distinctly as disruptive behavior that may affect the safety, competitiveness, enjoyment, or integrity of a tournament in a significantly negative fashion.
There is a big difference between unsporting behavior and non-sporting behavior, specifically.
Like, there is a large swath of behavior that is... not nice okay and is not really sporting but doesn't cross the line into unsporting okay um some sometimes if someone makes a mistake in the game a legitimate mistake someone might call that hey they're cheating when they're not cheating cheating has a definition in magic that that has a test you know, criteria that you have to meet in order to be cheating.
Unsporting conduct is, I don't want to say kind of the same way, but there is a definition and actions can fall outside of that.
Also, you'll notice when Marcos gave his definition, he said, can affect the tournament in a significantly negative fashion.
There are going to be interactions, minor interactions, that impact things negatively.
Typically, if you're the floor judge at a larger competitive event, you don't want to be dialing into some of especially some of the bigger USC categories we might talk about without at least involving or bringing over your head judge and being like, hey, this is happening.
Just to be clear, especially when we're talking USC major and USC minor, what we want to call attention to, and we're going to call attention to this up front, is something can be undesirable, but not necessarily undesirable to the point of USC minor, or undesirable to the point of USC major.
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