NASL Signature Hunt

bne27

United States18 Posts

July 27 2011 01:26 GMT

The Preparation
After seeing the list of all the players and casters who would be appearing at the NASL finals, I had a crazy wild dream of gather as many signatures from them as possible. The first inspiration came to me when I saw the NASL finals bracket, and I thought to myself, "Wouldn't it be cool to have all the players sign a poster version of this?". However, there were a lot of unused space in the bracket, and the bracket itself looked too bland. I decided to make my own poster, so I began searching the web for a cool "spacey" picture for the background (I forgot where I found the picture for my final poster) of the poster that I was going to make. After spending hours with Photoshop, I went to closest OfficeMax and had my poster(s) printed out.

Furthermore, I wanted some special for two of my favorite Brotosses, so I printed an extra poster for them. I also realized that the BW legends SlayerSBoxeR and JulyZerg are going to be there, so why let them sign my SC2 box when I have my Starcraft Battle Chest laying around?

The Hunt
Day 1: Well, I went to the venue about 30 minutes before the event starts, and there was already a line waiting to get seated. During the wait, Day[9] decided to give everyone in-line a round of high fives(or tens), and four of players (I forgot which) walked into the venue. My body was itching to get their signatures. Once in the inside venue, I spend no time in scouting where the players are, and I was quickly able to catch a lot of the players in the practice area (Players such as ST_Squirtle, LiquidRet, etc). Then more and more players started to come out to interact with the fans, and I was able to get Gretorp, MC, and White-Ra's signtures. In the mist of all the fans, I was able to grab an unsuspecting Artosis (who was going back to his room, I think) to sign my poster.

By the end of the day, I was able to grab the majority of the players and casters' signature. Most noticeably signatures missing are Day[9], TSL_PuMa, and SlayerSBoxeR. ...but Boxer was has already been eliminated from the tournament, and I didn't know if he was going to be back. My heart sink.

I would also like to apologize to iNcontrol for interrupting his lunch. I should've waited

Day 2: I was able to get get MC and White-Ra's second signature for my Brotoss poster. I also helped one of friend in getting his shirt signed. Furthermore, I got Puma's after his RO4 matches as he was leaving (Although I feel bad for starting the line of fans waiting to interact with him). But still no Boxer

Day 3: Finally got Day[9]'s. Well, the awesomeness that is the BO7 between MC and Puma caused me to completely forgot about my poster. I was cheering and clapping hard for MC the whole time. It was an awesome experience, the crowd was awesome, and it was worth to be down there just for this BO7. However, I remembered my end goal for my poster when Day[9] reintroduce all (well, most of them) of the players back on the stage, and there he is, Boxer, the Emperor himself is still here.

The hunt is back on. After the event ended, I waited at the backstage for the Emperor, and suddenly, there he was. I grabbed my pen and walked toward him, but someone was ahead of me. I lend the person in front of me (he didn't have one at the time) my pen, because I realized that Boxer might simply leave if he can't do anything. Once it was my turn, I took my pen back and had the Emperor sign my poster, and shook his hand as he finishes. I turned around and there was already a huge crowd and photographers have already been taking pictures of the Emperor signing my poster.

I quickly walked out the crowd and thought to myself, "I did it, I actually got ever single players and casters!". Moments later, Boxer was called back into the VIP area to plan his escape from his fans (Completely understandable as there was a huge crowd). It was then I realized that I was one of lucky few who managed to get Boxer's signature at the event. It was awesome.

The Result
See for yourself

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Starcraft Battle Chest Signed by JulyZerg and Day[9]
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Two of my favorite Brotoss: White-Ra and oGsMC
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The poster with signatures of all the casters and players at the event
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Closer up of all the signatures
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Thank you for all the people who made the event possible. Thank you for all the players and casters who take their time to interact with all their fans. Thank you to all the people in this community for being awesome. :D