Nate had asked me to judge that same ROC that you were asked to judge (I'm going to assume you were asked first) but I told him that I couldn't possibly miss work for the haul that it would take for me to get to Chicagoland games (Dice Dojo) and that my missing out on pay for the day wouldn't be something that I could do for boosters/LE payment

I would normally have judged, but wanted to compete.