When I'm getting a guest judge's opinion, I always ask them to give me at least a three sentence explanation on who they picked and why. And I won't take "he was just better, bro" as an explanation.

I believe the last guest judge I had was John Austin. Honestly, I wasn't expecting much out of John because I've never pulled him in for judging and he's still pretty new. But he came up with good reasons to back up his judgement call and we actually went back and forth for about three rounds discussing the match. And his call ended up being a call that the rest of the judges made without him knowing so it worked out perfectly.

For me, it's just a relief to have a fresh pair of eyes examine something. I don't like this idea that my judging or Soldier's judging is the only correct way to determine a match. Maybe the way I judge something happens to be wrong. Maybe Duke is wrong. Maybe Shane is wrong. So I'm all for someone stepping in and showing us how it's done if they don't agree with the decisions we're making. After all, being a board moderator doesn't mean we're absolutely, 100% correct in everything we do. I'd like to see everyone get a chance at making some decisions around here, even if they are small. I like to see this fed as more of a group effort type of deal instead of just 3 guys at the top who run it the way that's enjoyable for themselves. I like the idea that it's all OUR fed and not just my fed or Shane's fed.

That's why I really want to get this guest-GM thing for Saturdays off the ground. I think it will make this place a lot more fun seeing different styles go to work.

Not only that, but it gives people a chance to learn about other characters and learn some tricks along the way.

That's just me anyway. If you guys would prefer that just me, Duke and Shane judge everything, I suppose that's something we could look into and discuss.