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[Ask Me] A weekend at WCG USA 2009 Finals

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Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-27 21:58:48
September 27 2009 21:45 GMT
#1
WARNING: THIS BLOG WILL GIVE AWAY WCG USA SPOILERS (I don't think any replays/vods are available anyways.)

So I was planning on making a big blog detailing all our adventures and fun times at WCG USA, but then I realized I didn't want to write a whole organized formatted coded shit blah blah blah after coding the whole R&S thread. What I'm gonna do instead is just make note of a couple highlights and invite TL members to ask me about anything you want - the players, the organization, the atmosphere, the games - if I can answer it I will. I didn't really bring a camera for most of it so I don't have any pictures (I think my dad took a few) which I sorta regret. All in all it was a TOTALLY awesome weekend!

- Friday I got there late and missed most of the games. I spent most of the time hovering around the players area (we weren't allowed into it ) and not really talking to anybody... was too shy to approach anyone. I basically just watched the games I could and talked to LuckyFool and KawaiiRice a tiny bit until...
- Friday evening all the players walked outside, a couple of them did a couple interviews, again I just sort of hovered around without talking to anyone like a shy nerd D:. Then they started walking and I was basically just talking to KawaiiRice lol (he barely talked anyways) and I stayed with them (they were walking the direction of my house). Eventually I just ran in front of them and started to go home, but then Artosis yelled "hey kid in the T1 shirt" and I turned around, and he asked who I was. I was just like uh some random teamliquid guy and he was like oh who? and I said I was Pokebunny and he's like oh Pokebunny! and then we talked a bit and he invited me to dinner (with him, IdrA, KawaiiRice, Slog, G5, Nyoken, and some guy I didn't know D: ) (2 blocks from my house omg) so I borrowed KawaiiRice's phone and called home and ran to get money. We had dinner at a nice little diner, the food was fine, talking to them was awesome, and it was a great atmosphere. One of the better days of my life ^_^

- Saturday I again missed a bunch of the games but I was there to watch IdrA drop his only game of the tournament to a 5 pool sunken rush on Colosseum from iNcontroL. After that I had baseball, and when I came back the playoffs were mostly over. I watched the Losers Bracket Finals (G5 vs Louder) which were pretty tense games and I was pretty into it. Saturday evening I didn't end up going anywhere with the players afterwards. Saturday was a bit more comfortable though, was able to talk to more people since I knew a bunch of guys from dinner the night before.

- Today (Sunday) there was only the Grand Finals left to play, so I watched the finals from Louder's PoV and then again watched the replays casted by Artosis and PsyonicReaver on the big stage after hanging around chatting and watching Virtua Fighter (and complaining about how boring it was). We went to lunch at the same diner we went to on Friday and this time PsyonicReaver, Machine, iNcontroL and his girlfriend came with us. It was another awesome meal, after that I went back to the convention center and then home since nothing much was going on. I went back near the end but it was pretty much over (most players had left) so I didn't do anything. Another of my big regrets was not saying goodbye to most of the players and people there so if you end up reading this, bye guys! It was a great weekend and I hope the finals are somehow here in NYC again next year!

Wow, that ended up being longer than I thought it would be lol

Note: Sorry about all the run-on sentences and missing commas or w/e

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Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
Stipulation
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States587 Posts
September 27 2009 22:00 GMT
#2
Yeah! Thank for letting us in on WCG.
Achromic
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
773 Posts
September 27 2009 22:15 GMT
#3
Awwww, why so shy!
Blah
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-27 22:23:26
September 27 2009 22:20 GMT
#4
On September 28 2009 07:15 Ryoo wrote:
Awwww, why so shy!


because I'm 14 and approaching people who are older than me that I've never seen before is a bit weird...
It's just like wtf do you say to someone you've seen a bit online lol

(you have been honored with my 1500th post, fuck yeah goliath)
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
Shigure
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States215 Posts
September 27 2009 22:20 GMT
#5
Hey, u might have seen me there on saturday. I was talking to micronesia(spelling?) lol watching the WCG made me finally stop lurking.
Iam the mod in KawaiiRice's stream, banning you
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
September 27 2009 22:22 GMT
#6
On September 28 2009 07:20 Shigure wrote:
Hey, u might have seen me there on saturday. I was talking to micronesia(spelling?) lol watching the WCG made me finally stop lurking.


I was talking to micronesia a bit on Saturday, probably saw you but didn't know who you were. I was a 14 year old white kid D:
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21242 Posts
September 27 2009 22:24 GMT
#7
Sad I wanted to go but got swamped with essays at the last minute
TranslatorBaa!
LeperKahn
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Romania1838 Posts
September 27 2009 22:35 GMT
#8
awww little pokey is growing up.

:3
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Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
September 27 2009 23:01 GMT
#9
On September 28 2009 07:35 LeperKahn wrote:
awww little pokey is growing up.

:3


~_~

I bet you wish you coulda been there D:
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
September 27 2009 23:15 GMT
#10
Osufam fighting

Artosis' e-machine now has Osu
@KawaiiRiceLighT
SnowFantasy
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
4173 Posts
September 27 2009 23:19 GMT
#11
On September 28 2009 08:15 KawaiiRice wrote:
Osufam fighting

Artosis' e-machine now has Osu


SUCESS?
Re-Play-
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Dominican Republic825 Posts
September 27 2009 23:21 GMT
#12
wow its very good when you know someone that plays the same game as you
im jellous Poke
P1: Best rank? P2:1st time iccup, P1:really? P1 looks at the account of P2 WOW B+ last season ^^
iSiN
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1075 Posts
September 27 2009 23:21 GMT
#13
I guess since you're 14 you didn't goto any parties with them... I wanted to hear about more drunken Idra/Machine games XD
Grouty @HoN/PCKJ <--<333 || Jaedong Fan Cafe GFX
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
September 28 2009 00:01 GMT
#14
On September 28 2009 08:15 KawaiiRice wrote:
Osufam fighting

Artosis' e-machine now has Osu


YES
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
September 28 2009 00:02 GMT
#15
We can be friends
if I come without a thing, then I come with all I need @tonightsend
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
September 28 2009 00:03 GMT
#16
On September 28 2009 09:02 tonight wrote:
We can be friends


-________-
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SanguineToss
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada815 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-28 00:14:28
September 28 2009 00:12 GMT
#17
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24676 Posts
September 28 2009 00:29 GMT
#18
On September 28 2009 07:20 Shigure wrote:
Hey, u might have seen me there on saturday. I was talking to micronesia(spelling?) lol watching the WCG made me finally stop lurking.

You mean it was me who got you to stop lurking right?

On September 28 2009 08:21 iSiN wrote:
I guess since you're 14 you didn't goto any parties with them... I wanted to hear about more drunken Idra/Machine games XD

Haha I'd tell you about the stuff that went down after pokebunny's bedtime... but I'm not sure which stuff would be okay for me to release to the public :3

Although on Saturday the open bar ran out before we had time to get particularly drunk XD
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
September 28 2009 00:49 GMT
#19
The bar actually ran out? LOL. That place was so pimp though it was amazing. Too bad we had to jet early.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24676 Posts
September 28 2009 00:50 GMT
#20
On September 28 2009 09:49 LuckyFool wrote:
The bar actually ran out? LOL. That place was so pimp though it was amazing. Too bad we had to jet early.

Nah they didn't actually run out (of most things), it was just that there was a limit to how many drinks they would sell before it became a cash bar.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
September 28 2009 01:04 GMT
#21
Ah that makes sense.

That golf game was pretty epic though haha, glad you were able to show and hang with everyone on Saturday, that was the best day of the 3 in my opinion.
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24676 Posts
September 28 2009 01:16 GMT
#22
Yeah no coincidence there 8)

And the golf game was all right except it kept saying I was drawing the ball which isn't accurate. I have an inside-outside swingplane which is 100% normal.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
September 28 2009 01:24 GMT
#23
wow wtf I missed so much -_-
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
September 28 2009 01:27 GMT
#24
Q: How talkative is KawaiiRice?
@KawaiiRiceLighT
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
September 28 2009 01:35 GMT
#25
On September 28 2009 10:27 KawaiiRice wrote:
Q: How talkative is KawaiiRice?


Not at all LOLOLOL

Let's give him a keyboard and a monitor above his head to project messages ^_^ :D :D





<3
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24676 Posts
September 28 2009 01:39 GMT
#26
On September 28 2009 10:27 KawaiiRice wrote:
Q: How talkative is KawaiiRice?

1 on 1 you talk to people but in groups you are usually pretty quiet!
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
September 28 2009 01:40 GMT
#27
On September 28 2009 10:39 micronesia wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 28 2009 10:27 KawaiiRice wrote:
Q: How talkative is KawaiiRice?

1 on 1 you talk to people but in groups you are usually pretty quiet!


He doesn't really talk to people 1 on 1 either -_- ...
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24676 Posts
September 28 2009 01:44 GMT
#28
On September 28 2009 10:40 Pokebunny wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 28 2009 10:39 micronesia wrote:
On September 28 2009 10:27 KawaiiRice wrote:
Q: How talkative is KawaiiRice?

1 on 1 you talk to people but in groups you are usually pretty quiet!


He doesn't really talk to people 1 on 1 either -_- ...

Well yeah he's quiet but I had never met him and inside of a few seconds I had him talking a little... it's all in the technique.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
September 28 2009 01:44 GMT
#29
he talked to me 1 on 1, sometimes.

We had to dodge flying air hockey pucks last night in the espn zone rofl.
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
September 28 2009 02:09 GMT
#30
On September 28 2009 10:44 LuckyFool wrote:
he talked to me 1 on 1, sometimes.

We had to dodge flying air hockey pucks last night in the espn zone rofl.


You were at espn zone? God dammit I was so out of the loop -_- it's right by my house ;;
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
September 28 2009 02:12 GMT
#31
Players' party
@KawaiiRiceLighT
Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
September 28 2009 02:15 GMT
#32
On September 28 2009 11:12 KawaiiRice wrote:
Players' party


Oh fock it was there? God dammit
Semipro Terran player | Pokebunny#1710 | twitter.com/Pokebunny | twitch.tv/Pokebunny | facebook.com/PokebunnySC
Shigure
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States215 Posts
September 28 2009 03:00 GMT
#33
Yeah, it was micronesia who got me to stop my addiction, but i seriously shouldve stayed instead of getting pulled away by my friends. I wouldve wanted to atleast say hi to the players
Also Pokebunny ur so lucky that ur house is so close xD
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