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Despite both Kim "Bisu" Taek-yong and Song "Stork" Byung-goo were not very happy with taking tournaments in China, it looked they had fun to see pandas in Chengdu in the opening day of WCG 2009.
For the first time WCG grand final comes to China, today is a typical foggy day in Chengdu. Artosis asked me if it's the pollution or the mist, I said the later. The humid weather, the spicy food and pandas are all about the city. The traditional face-changing performance from Sichuan opera is on the same stage with some awful Korean style boys' group dance and Shaolin kungfu. The multicultural idea is understandable. But I'd give the opening ceremony a score of 5 out of 10. They put too many different things together and make it boring to everyone (almost).
From the press conference and the mayor's speech.
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Artosis & Tasteless
I met the two big boys outside of the venue after I picked up my press pass this afternoon. Thanks to the pass with TL's name, they recognized me as well lol. They have a table near the main stage. In next four days, we‘re gonna enjoy their lovely live broadcasting in English.
It seems OnGameNet is their neighbor.
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Skinny Toss
I saw him among hundreds of specators at the venue with a glance. The beloved Dinotoss must lose a hell lot of weight. He looked sooooo skinny in real life, more skinny than what the photos look like. An OGN cameraman was doing an interview by his side. I guess I may finally see myself on OGN because of the 5 minutes I sat next to Stork. He had his cellphone and some hand cream on his hands, sending several text messages. I tried to communicate with him with simple English but failed. The venue was crowded and he's a bit shy. But I'm sure he got that I'm a reporter from the "Teamliquid". He even explained to the cameraman TL is foreign SC site following progaming scene. Good job, Storky boy! I left them alone with an autography and several photos.
Stork and the cameraman
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Stork's autography on my press pass
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I thought about asking Stork where I can find Bisu and Jaedong. But it's not appropriate after all. I looked around again and again. No revolutionist, no tyrant. Actually from many other reports, it seems no one saw Jaedong today at the venue. One Jaedong fanboy friend of mine said, "He must practice in a secret place." Whatever, we will see two Jaedong's games tomorrow for sure, vs. Draco and vs. Toodming.
Opening Match
The kick-off game was Warcraft 3 between Sky and Yaws. Warcraft 3 is huge in China, having the most domestic fans and loudly applause. And Sky is their hope for 3 gold medals at WCG (he already had 2). There would be a lot of more spectators for Warcraft 3 than any other games this time. Well, hope I can get a chair at the front when SC games are put on the main stage.
Yaws vs. Sky
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TO BE CONTINUED
