this is what a Netrunner head judge looks like
(This post was originally posted on Cohost.)
This weekend I was the head judge for this year's EMEA continentals event, the second biggest Netrunner event in the world. It went so, so, well and I am so incredibly proud of what the team achieved. this was my first time being head judge of an event: I still can't believe that me, a little tournament organiser in the UK, got to be so important at such a big event. I loved being visibly queer in such a queer community, and I hope that other queer people see that they can help run these kinds of events too. I'll be writing the experience up in more detail once I return to the UK - there were a lot of challenges that are interesting to talk about!
Anyway, you get to see my outfits: the judges got bright pink shirts so that we could be clearly visible, which I tied up because it was too hot and wore with cute black shorts. The other outfit was for the Friday, when I actually played some Netrunner rather than judging - it's inspired by a runner called Smoke (particularly this image of her) who I was playing on the day. I have the kind of boots she's wearing but didn't want to wear them in 30⁰ heat! I'm glad that my confidence has increased enough recently to be happy showing some skin because otherwise I would have died in the heat lol
Anyway maybe I should sleep some more night night