After watching the GSL live and wondering why other people aren't raving about it after having completely ridiculous nergasms, I decided I would write a little something to try and persuade all of you who even had the slightest hint of desire to be a part of the best Starcraft experience of my life.

(Not in order of importance)

Reason #1.
The Cheerfuls.
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Some of the people that watch GSL are serious artists man.
After they get (or sadly don't) their cheerful aired, they give it to the Gom Staff who post it on the walls. I thought it was just going to be one wall, but the whole frickin place is covered in cheerfuls. Hidden among them are SC memes and jokes, very nice artwork, heartfelt fan messages, etc. I seriously spent an hour looking at the cheerfuls.

Reason #2:
The Photo Gallery
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Second best thing to actually being with the players.
The hall of fame pictures give me nerdchills thinking about the games in their finals. And the pictures with the players and all their fans are seriously so amazing to look at. Also seeing all the players in one place is really, really awesome.

Reason #3:
Free stuff
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Free drinks. ZOMG. Drank so much Pepsi and Mountain Dew.

Oh and the GomGirl laid out snacks at the table, but when I got to it they were gone. :[

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So much paper for cheerfuls, SO MUCH FUN.

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This is tea. And water next to it. And free Gom brand tissues. ^^

DAMMIT I deleted the picture with the balloon boomers, but that was awesome too. The noise they make cannot be beat. I was overwhelmed by how hospitable everyone is. The GomGirl was so friendly, and Cella told me to drink some soda, cuz it was free. ^^

Getting to my fourth point:
Reason #4:
People

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The GomGirl is so nice, and cute in person. She's really friendly. ^^
After I bought a Gom shirt, she asked which my favorite player was, and I said Nada. She went to go get a picture of Nada then gave it to me. They're so hospitable.
I should've asked for a picture with her... Dammit.

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Bought a gom shirt... Apparently it comes with a BoxeR signature, picture and 2 gom stickers. And then the Nada picture the GomGirl gave me. ^^

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qxc drops in when he isn't laddering or practicing. Yep.
Also, didn't get pictures with them, but Moletrap, Doa and Wolf were all there watching. It's really so surreal talking to them. Just talking story, usually about SC, but still, really fun to just chill with them.

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Tastosis are so nice in person. Just wait till after the games and they gladly take pictures. ^^ They can't really talk story when they have to cast though, but even in breaks they'll chat as much as they can. When I approached them before the games started Tasteless thought I was Korean and asked if I spoke English, haha.

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Cella. He's so funny and really welcoming. I was too starstruck to ask Bomber and MMA for pictures so he asked them for me after seeing that I was just staring at them with my jaw open. Then after I asked to get a picture with him and he was really surprised. I guess he doesn't think he's as popular as he is. He was even more surprised when I asked him to sign my Gom shirt. ^^

The Gom staff in general are just so accommodating and nice. They do their best in the English that they know, but you can tell that they try really hard to make you feel welcome, and thank you for coming to watch GSL.

Am I missing something?

Oh right,

Reason #5:
The Players

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I coudl've gotten pictures with Optimus and Genius, but I'm not the biggest fans of them. Esp. Optimus after he beats MMA. >:[

But anyway, HOLY SHIT. If you go early, the players kinda just lounge around before they go in the studio to set up. You can nab pictures with them and even talk to them a little. They're always so welcoming. I was shaking with nerdgasms as they came up the stairs. Throughout the games, they'll walk by you and sometimes wave or just smile. It's a ridiculous nerd dream come true.

It's surreal because the cameras make the studio seem really big... It's not.

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I'm sticking out my foot from a chair in the front row. You're seriously right there. That intensifies the emotion when you're playing. After MMA lost and I saw Cella go in his booth to comfort him I was seriously tearing up...

Notice I didn't mention the games. Don't go just for the games. Sure watching Starcraft is fun, but most of the time you'll just be looking at the players and Tastosis/casters. It's such an awesome experience. Meeting the players... mindblowing.

Watching GSL live. Priceless. Seriously.

DO IT.

Looms

United States4624 Posts

August 24 2011 13:02 GMT

I smell an epic blog incoming

Mattchew

United States5684 Posts

August 24 2011 13:12 GMT

Nada SC2 Box should have been standard issue wtf blizzard

shannn

Netherlands2891 Posts

August 24 2011 13:15 GMT

oooooooooooh that Jinro one and star wars reference are so good.

5/5 man :D
Did you go today in ro16 day 2 of code s?

1 Day earlier and you could've met with Tastosis!

mizU

United States12125 Posts

August 24 2011 13:25 GMT

On August 24 2011 22:15 shannn wrote:
oooooooooooh that Jinro one and star wars reference are so good.

5/5 man :D
Did you go today in ro16 day 2 of code s?

1 Day earlier and you could've met with Tastosis!

I did meet Tastosis!

On August 24 2011 22:12 Mattchew wrote:
Nada SC2 Box should have been standard issue wtf blizzard

I laughed for a good minute after seeing it. Then looked at it again then laughed some more.

So cute/funny.

Tschis

Brazil1511 Posts

August 24 2011 13:46 GMT

If only I had the money to go there! :{

Thanks for the pictures :D

awu25

United States2003 Posts

August 24 2011 13:48 GMT

Do they still raffle out free stuff at the end of the day? (Mouse/mousepads/speakers?)

brachester

Australia1786 Posts

August 24 2011 13:48 GMT

God damn, ur so lucky!!!!!

mizU

United States12125 Posts

August 24 2011 13:51 GMT

On August 24 2011 22:48 awu25 wrote:
Do they still raffle out free stuff at the end of the day? (Mouse/mousepads/speakers?)

That might only be for GSTL. :o

I wouldn't know. They didn't do it when I went.

Rinrun

Canada3509 Posts

August 24 2011 13:59 GMT

#10

So much awesome... I need to experience this one day. :o

awu25

United States2003 Posts

August 24 2011 14:00 GMT

#11

On August 24 2011 22:51 mizU wrote:

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That might only be for GSTL. :o

I wouldn't know. They didn't do it when I went.

I went back in January for Code S. They probably got rid of it. It must've cost way too much giving out that stuff every day.

mizU

United States12125 Posts

August 24 2011 14:02 GMT

#12

On August 24 2011 23:00 awu25 wrote:

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I went back in January for Code S. They probably got rid of it. It must've cost way too much giving out that stuff every day.

The sponsors probably stopped supplying them.

shannn

Netherlands2891 Posts

August 24 2011 14:04 GMT

#13

FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Mizu :D

More pictures needed! Nicely done man :D

dartoo

India2889 Posts

August 24 2011 14:13 GMT

#14

5/5, for awesomeness, really seems amazing to go and watch gsl live. Free pizza would've notched up the epicness even more :D

ComaDose

Canada10357 Posts

August 24 2011 14:27 GMT

#15

Awesome 5/5!
So inspiring I have to make this happen one day.
After seeing them so many times on stream I can't imagine what it would be like to feel them :O