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Smix
United States4549 Posts
Being a fan of something, it always feels good if you can help out or contribute to the community in some way. This is how I started translating back in '09 when I joined teamliquid and translated a bunch of broodwar content - it was something I could feasibly do, and I felt like it was a way I could actually contribute to the community and not just be another fan who just enjoyed watching the game.
Fast forward to this weekend - through the recommendation of Kennigit, I was able to land a job as a translator for IPL 3 at Atlantic City, and... it was just amazing. The first night I got there, I was immediately called to the lobby and told that Slayers was about to pull in, so I needed to be there to help them get checked in and settled. I was really curious as to how I would react when I saw them in person - would I be starstruck? Would I be nervous? Would the fan in me explode and make me all giddy? This gigantic limo pulled up and they all filed out (minus Jessica and Boxer cause they had arrived earlier separately), and it was immediately work-mode - I was too distracted with trying to handle the different tasks so I didn't have the giddy fan reaction, but I did maintain a slight amazement at what was happening around me - I was surrounded by progamers, the players that I had been watching through an online stream. It was a surreal feeling that never left the entire weekend - I would sometimes just stop what I was doing and feel that wave wash over me, "god, I'm here, I'm RIGHT here..."
The first two days, there were so many technical difficulties that went on, primarily for two reasons - the computers were old computers that would heat up easily, especially in the booths where there was no air circulation, so this would cause lag during games and they were constantly being replaced with a new set of computers to try and fix this. The other, much bigger problem was that a truck crashed into a pole, messing up a fiber wire that effectively shut down all the internet of New Jersey. We tried to use the internet at the hotel instead, but it was shitty and all the players complained of lag and were obviously very frustrated. I felt especially bad for Group C (hero, sleep, select, thorzain) - not only did they have to wait around forever, the lag obviously affected their gameplay and frustrated them so much - having to deal with a situation like that during a live tournament setting is so trying on the mind when you're already tense because of normal stage nerves. At this point of the tournament, I started really wondering how IPL was going to continue running - we were over half a day behind schedule, and at the time Comcast was still trying to fix the issue with us having no idea how long it would take. The entire tournament was put on hold for a problem that we couldn't do anything about - all we could do was wait and see.
This is where I have to mention how amazing all the staff at IPL were - despite all these issues that were stressing everyone out, everyone maintained their composure and there was never a sense of frenzy or panic. All options to try and tackle the problem were carried out, and if it didn't work, other alternatives were discussed with no voices raised or sense of alarm. Everyone was on their toes, always ready to get up and carry out a task with no sense of reluctance. It was just amazing - despite the fact that we were faced with this incredibly shitty situation, people still maintained an optimistic mindset - "how can we fix this?" "have we tried this?" "okay, let's try doing this instead".
And then finally - the internet came back up, and the next two days ran so, so smoothly that it was like this breath of fresh air. God, it was so amazing just watching the wheels of this machine that had started out shitty and rusty run so smoothly. If there were ever any other issues that arose, they were all so minor and easily fixable - as I worked the last two days, I could feel this incredible sense of satisfaction at watching the tournament continue to flow despite everything. All staff stayed on their toes and worked hard, and this time we were seeing the results of our efforts through the smooth flow of games and schedule - such a stark contrast to the first two days.
Spending four days constantly talking to the Korean players, I became closer to a few of them, namely MC, Sleep, Ryung, Alive, STC. Most of them were younger than me, so after the first two days they called me "noona" (which is korean for older sister) and we were on a comfortable talking basis. MC was so, so chill. He's just as he is in interviews - outgoing, honest, and just awesome. It got really cold backstage so one time as he was waiting to go shake the hand of the player he was about to face, he took off his jacket and said, "wear this" and then casually went out for the handshake, then proceeded to roll over his opponent. Sleep was really chill and super manner too - he cracked me up because all he did was drink coke and coffee the entire weekend but he was still ALWAYS so tired, so indicative of his username lolol. Out of the slayers players, he has the least knowledge of english so watching him have english conversations was so funny haha. Ryung would troll him so hard every time he spoke english hahaha. STC was so, so manner - if you guys didn't notice, he would bow about 10 times whenever he was out on stage to the audience. Just incredibly humble and nice. Ryung was interesting because at first he was super reserved and didn't say much of anything, but he began to ease up a bit toward the last few days and he's actually a really funny guy haha, has that dry humor. Alive is so freaking cute - his answer to all english questions are "okay" and "I don't know". All the korean players knew how to say "you chobo" "me gosu" and other hilarious, short sentences haha. It should also definitely be mentioned that Mr. Chae (GOMTV) was freaking AWESOME. My god, that man just went around talking to everyone with such high spirits.
I started watching starcraft 2 through MMA winning Columbus, and Milkis had told me that he's awesome and so mannered, and he was exactly that. The last night, it was sad because the most of the korean players were under 21 so they couldn't come to the after party. The twitch.tv afterparty was awesome - open bar which made it even better. There were some pretty amazing performances that night - sadly I missed temp0's performances but I was able to see the amazing and beautiful Anna Prosser sing a few songs (she really is so, so nice and wonderful) and even had the honor of singing Dan with temp0 haha. Other notable performers - David Ting, the man who made IPL3 possible, HD and Flamewheel roflrofl, Select (missed this but apparently he was amazing) - it was definitely a good time. Afterward, Rekrul, Waxangel, Nazgul and I were headed back to the bar that everyone frequented over the weekend and ran into the Slayers players so they happily joined us and it was just an amazing time haha. MMA is a weak drinker so he had one cranberry vodka. Ryung and Sleep also had one beer each, and Sleep had the cute asian glow going on. TSL's Alive actually drank a lot, but it was okay because he didn't have to leave at 6:30 a.m. like the other Slayers players. They stayed until about 6 a.m. and then they unfortunately had to leave to pack and whatnot. The rest of us stayed until about 8 a.m. and then I had to leave as well to crash.
God, there are just way too many stories from each night and this blog is getting long enough as it is, so I'll save those for next time...
To conclude here are some messages -
Susie - I ruv you so much. So glad I was able to see you again and I can't wait for IPL4 haha. You know you are my unni for life <3
Megumi - so good to meet you, thank you for the clutch meals when Susie and I were dying of hunger T_T Savior frealz.
Anna & Rachel - you guys did such an amazing job this weekend, definitely deserve more credit and love. There were so many times that you had to do things on the fly because we needed filler time for technical issues going on and you guys just pulled it off effortlessly - so professional <3 Would love to see you guys again at future events 
All the IPL staff - you guys are all SO chill and awesome, and made working this event that much more amazing. Sumi, I didn't get to see you as much as I would've liked but T_T next time~ Ajay - you constantly made sure we were okay and <3 All the staff I met - Ryan, Ken, Adrian, AConn, Ron, and so many other people al;ksdjfd; I'M SO GLAD WE DID IT!!! Ahhhh
TL friendz - you know who you are, you guys are all awesome, just so glad to be able to share this experience with all of you!
Rek - oppa you know you are my big bro 4 lyfe, good seeing you again
DJ Wheat/Apollo/Painuser - you guys were amazing, and god I'm saying that a lot in this blog but it's so true, and I'm sure you guys have been receiving a lot of love as well Wheat you are so chill and I was amazed at how approachable you were despite how big of a figure you are. Apollo it was good seeing you again after 2 years!! Keep up the killer work mate Taylor it was awesome meeting you as well!! I'm glad we got to chill a bit despite all the busy-ness! Hope to hang more at future events!
Everyone else I met and talked to - thank you for making this weekend just... so incredible for lack of a better word because it's 1:30 a.m. and I'm so tired. I hate this blog recap because it barely scrapes the surface of all that went on behind the scenes but I figured a post was due.
Here are some pictures from over the weekend that I took -
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/uQiOM.jpg) Flamewheel and Susie! ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/5U6Ke.jpg) R1ch! ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/FJBvq.jpg) Susie and I love R1ch!! hehe ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/c5ywb.jpg) Me, Mango, Hot_Bid, and Intrigue! ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/bNcWE.jpg) Ret and Hot_Bid! ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/bBqpW.jpg) happy heyoka? haha ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/hM8YN.jpg) Sorry, but who eats pure spinach the morning after a long night of drinking? Rofl flamewheel ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/mMiGU.jpg) The jacket MC let me borrow haha ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/kkZeK.jpg) Sleep and Mr. Chae wanted to see the ocean and loved it haha ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/2j5c1.jpg) Random IPL guys came up to Mr. Chae and Sleep and asked if they wanted to play frisbee, and despite never having played before, Mr. Chae goes, "Sure!" haha ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/cSSpQ.jpg) djWHEAT trolling stc hahah ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/CSEbm.jpg) So much bromance between MC and STC. Actually MC was just super bromancey with everyone haha ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/E5x36.jpg) After Lucky beat MMA - still so friendly and awesome. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Qj3KD.jpg) Flash cards I made on the right, Flash cards Hot_Bid made on the left LOL ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/3O9DM.jpg) Bromance between Apollo and MC. Rekrul is not amused haha ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/SnqdW.jpg) Sleep talking to Thorzain. Ryung was making fun of Sleep so badly for speaking bad English haha ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/RQnFq.jpg) Thorzain napping T_T so cute. All the players napped at one point or another - so tired TT ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Ig59t.jpg) Sleep and Thorzain hahaha so cute ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/7t3dM.jpg) me flamewheel susie at afterparty (stole it from you unni! kekkke) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/taCR3.jpg) me and temp0!! (stole from your fb album ^^) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/c0sms.jpg) With MMA!
It was an amazing weekend - thank you all for your love and encouragement despite it being my first time doing something like this!! It was such, SUCH an honor to be involved in an event of such caliber - I'm sure I can speak for everyone when I say my heart was positively glowing by day 4 with how awesome everything turned out. There's so much more I want to say but it's been a long day and I have a test to study for tomorrow morning - back to being a normal college student T_T
ESPORTS! <3
 
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Many will be disappointed that intrigue isn't a girl.
Excellent blog yo, gewd pics. Also flamewheel qt.
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Awesome pictures and really cool descriptions of all the Korean players. Thanks! :D
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Nice blog! ~~
I wish I had gone T_T!
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Disappointed at the lack of face-blurring in these pictures.
Jokes aside, looked like an amazing time, too bad i was broke and couldn't go  . Also typical hot bid, lol'd so much at the flash cards
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FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
Posting before this thread becomes swamped with comments yo.
Also wow HB so good.
Also don't hate on spinach it ups my defense.
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Isn't that ret and hot_bid instead of ret and intrigue?
Also feel sick looking at fw's plate. Too much vegetables...
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Smix
United States4549 Posts
^Ah thanks!! Corrected ^^
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On October 11 2011 16:19 flamewheel wrote:
Posting before this thread becomes swamped with comments yo.
Also wow HB so good.
Also don't hate on spinach it ups my defense.
We need more comments from you as to your apparent need for spinach in the morning after drinking.
Supposed hangover cure or do you just love spinach?
edit: you edited as I quoted, no fair. You're still nuts.
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Katowice25012 Posts
I'm pissed as fuck I'm not in any of these pics. Especially that one we retook because I wasn't awesome enough the first time.
edit: super happy the flash cards are in though, we tried that joke on a ton of people and no one got it.
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FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
On October 11 2011 16:28 I_Love_Bacon wrote:Show nested quote +On October 11 2011 16:19 flamewheel wrote:
Posting before this thread becomes swamped with comments yo.
Also wow HB so good.
Also don't hate on spinach it ups my defense. We need more comments from you as to your apparent need for spinach in the morning after drinking. Supposed hangover cure or do you just love spinach? edit: you edited as I quoted, no fair. You're still nuts.
No hangover that night I just have started liking spinach recently. Didn't feel like eating anything else at the time.
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Smix
United States4549 Posts
On October 11 2011 16:30 heyoka wrote:
I'm pissed as fuck I'm not in any of these pics. Especially that one we retook because I wasn't awesome enough the first time.
edit: super happy the flash cards are in though, we tried that joke on a ton of people and no one got it.
lloolol i added it just for you
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Great blog and behind the scene, you did a great job translating, seemed so relaxed on stage, like you had done it a 100 times before . Keep up the good work.
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awesome pictures
and good job
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Is the after-party open to regular folk or do you have to be a player/staff/involved with the production in some way? I'd assume the former, since otherwise you'd have a bunch of fanboys/girls hanging around.
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Korea (South)17174 Posts
the post e-sports event love is in the air
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FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
I think it was anybody over 21 with one of the IPL IDs could get in.
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Bahaha, I completely lost it at the pic of the  Flash cards. Hot_bid for president.
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ty nice blog!!
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Great blog, thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work and I hope you will continue to work with IPL in the future!
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Katowice25012 Posts
Better, but is our friendship already irreparably damaged? time will tell.
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I wish I got to watch more of this event, but everytime I did tune in you (and the other translators) were going a great job. Never thought I would see Susie at an SC2 tournament~
Also, the pic in MC's jacket just screams "fan girl".
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Flash cards was absolutely hilarious.
Also, I am insanely jealous about MC's jacket.
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Rekrul's gaze is fucking scary LOL. Amazing blog and thanks for the pictures. 
Btw Smix, are you going to MLG this weekend as a translator? Awesome job you did with lilsusie.
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Great blog <3
Great job over the weekend too! Awesome pictures too :D
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Great blog, thank you!
I always love the insights about the koreans, because its hard to realize how awesome they are because of the language barrier :o
Hopefully my korean will pick up quickly, so I can start to fully understand them without a translator ^.^
Oh and thumbs up for spinach, its awesome!
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Aotearoa39261 Posts
I hate being isolated in Newb zealand
I need to get to one of these events
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5/5
Amazing pictures, thanks for sharing. You should tell flamewheel spinach tastes better cooked than raw.
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aww wat a sweet story <33
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3030 Posts
What the heck, so much spinach. Nice pictures.
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Me and my friends agree upon that this may have been the greatest sc2 event hosted so far. Im a big fan of GSL, but the way you guys did the stream having multiple cameras and backstage interviews kept me watching 6 hours per day during this whole weekend. It was FUN !
So thank you for IPL!
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United States7166 Posts
those pics are too cute. nice blog 5/5
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Awesome insight. You and susie did a fantastic job translating. Hoping IPL4 will be as much of a blast as IPL3.
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you and mma, huh? 
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zomg Thorzain is cuter than internet cats.
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only got to meet you guys for half a second at the end of the event, but the translator staff was really chill and did a great job on the production
see you at IPL Vegas?
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Great blog! You did a wonderful job translating btw.
Vods of the afterparty performances? Ahaha.
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Sounds like you had a blast at IPL. But you deserved it. You did an outstanding job this weekend.
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Nice pictures, cool to see the faces of TL members.
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great blog and stories! I lol'd at the plate of spinach and Sleep whispering sweet nothings to Thorzain.
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nice blog, and smix u are a babe
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Great blog and pictures! Thank you for sharing!
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Croatia9487 Posts
Flamewheel - Popeye the Sailor lol
Nice blog ^^
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ZOMGGG FLASH CARDS omgg.... I srsly lold. Thankssss for the picsssssss
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lololol Flash cards...nice.
@Flamewheel, I got your back on the spinach dude! Only salad I'll eat is of the spinach variety. Spinach fighting!
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so awesome to read :D
you were really good smix ;o
the tzainxsleep and mcxstc bromance omg
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Really enjoyed the pictures. Nice to see most people enjoying themselves (Come on R1CH; smile in pictures with ladies. ) My one suggestion is that you ask people to take pictures of you with other people rather than self-photos. They're not really endearing and you end up with better pictures if someone else takes it.
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Haha, awesome stories, and it was awesome to hang out with you guys at the event. That entire event was such a blast I'm almost sad it had to end.
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Australia7069 Posts
When are flash cards going up in the tl shop. Awesome blog and great photos
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On October 11 2011 18:09 Plexa wrote:I hate being isolated in Newb zealand I need to get to one of these events
Everyone in the Asia Pacific region like you and me feel the same way. Goddamn acquiring a tourist visa to the US from here is hell.
On October 11 2011 19:41 Kiante wrote:
When are flash cards going up in the tl shop. Awesome blog and great photos
THIS, I want them Flash Cards!
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I always wondered what flamewheel and R1CH looked like, haha you guys are funny! (in a good way)
This event with all of those legendary pro gamers is something that you will treasure forever, and I hope one day I can make it to one of these events. Great recap, looking forward to the next one
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wow great esports blog.
esports and IPL fighting!!
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Very nice =) Love the flash cards
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my god looks fantastic, very nice read!!!!
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Great picutres. I like the Thorzain/Sleep and MC/Apollo pictures epsecially. Gotta love our communnity haha
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Good read, nice photos. ^__^
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ALLEYCAT BLUES49648 Posts
Flash Cards OMG!
Hot_Bid wins at everything!!!
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On October 11 2011 18:09 Plexa wrote:I hate being isolated in Newb zealand I need to get to one of these events
Yep, major event in Aus or NZ and I would make sure I could get there for sure!
But getting to the US or KR or EU is so expensive
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You are so amazing, Smix. You did a -fantastic- job as a translator, and now you also include the community into what's been going on backstage and all? God, I hope every tournament hires you. Keep it up!
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very nice
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wish i coulda gone...next time!
very nice blog
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Great blog! Really enjoyed the pictures. Flash cards hahaha
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Great read, thank Smix! :D
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Zurich15315 Posts
You were fantastic Smix. I am unreal jealous of all of you who went.
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Thanks for the recap of the event. Despite all the difficulties early the whole production was amazing.
Big props to you and the other translators, you all did an amazing job and managed to seem not overly starstruck.
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Are Thorzain and Sleep on love ?
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Germany25649 Posts
I seriously need to find a job so i can go to these events one day
Sounds so awesome.
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I'm slightly jealous we don't get these types of quality events here in Aus. Thanks for the write up.
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so many hotties, more thorzain!
first pic is my favorite though, flamewheel looks so scared, wonder which girl he is afraid of :D
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lol when i first saw r1ch i thought "hey he looks like idra"
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arghhhh, some of the last pic doesn't work for me
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DjWheat showing some hot_bid trolling skills in the picture with thestc
thanks so much for sharing
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On that last photo with MMA you guys look like a couple! Awesome blog & pictures <3
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Great blog, smix!
A those flash card are indeed awesome! Oh Hot_bid...^^
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LOL HB..... "Flash Cards". Well played.. and Flamewheel eating raw Spinach....useful vegetable toi have? Thanks Smix, E-Sports is proud! Except for Rekrul, he's become the grim reaper.
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Thanks Smix, you did a wonderful job at the tournament - my buddy and I were commenting on how professional your interpreting was. Speaking in the first person ("I" instead of "He"), holding the mic when you ask the question in Korean instead of leaving an awkward silence. Nice job, and hope to see you at more events in the future.
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United States4796 Posts
Lots of love, and thanks! :D
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I always love these post-event blogs. It's great to hear about the experiences people had during the event. It seemed like it was quite amazing. Thanks for sharing your experience!
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IPL 3 - such an horror
am i the only one who reads this all the time?^^
Well the ipl live event was great for me. I spend the whole weekend nights watching. Particularry enjoyd the live panels and LO3's
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Awesome post! I really enjoyed it despite it's troubles. You are very pretty.
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Looks like an awesome time. So random with Sleep and mr chae suddenly standing on the beach.
Loved the flash cards^^
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random ipl guys coming up and saying hey brochae want to play some frisbee?
awesome <3
thanks for translating the event (and telling us about it with this awesome blog)!
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3861 Posts
<3 <3 <3 <3!
When I'm a bit more collected I'll post my own blog too I guess 
Miss you!!
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United States2822 Posts
It was nice meeting you backstage, Smix (although my introduction was super awkward!)
I was super surprised that you recognized my TL username. :p
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pretty awesome seeing the players back stage like that.
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Thorzain and Sleep, best couple!
Awesome pictures and you did a great job translating
5/5
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awesome blog, you did a great job translating and i loved the pictures!
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Thanks for the blog and the work that you did at IPL (and Susie too), its a shame that they couldn't have hosted the after party in a place that was a bit more lax on ID so the Koreans could have gone.
On October 11 2011 16:37 flamewheel wrote:Show nested quote +On October 11 2011 16:28 I_Love_Bacon wrote:On October 11 2011 16:19 flamewheel wrote:
Posting before this thread becomes swamped with comments yo.
Also wow HB so good.
Also don't hate on spinach it ups my defense. We need more comments from you as to your apparent need for spinach in the morning after drinking. Supposed hangover cure or do you just love spinach? edit: you edited as I quoted, no fair. You're still nuts. No hangover that night I just have started liking spinach recently. Didn't feel like eating anything else at the time.
I eat plates of lettuce and raw spinach sometimes, but I don't know if I'd order it in a restaurent. Cooked spinach is sooo much better too.
On October 11 2011 18:09 Plexa wrote:I hate being isolated in Newb zealand I need to get to one of these events
At least you get the RBC.
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Nice blog and great pictures!
You also translated really well, with a very soothing voice :D.
Thanks !
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Damn, you are lucky >.< But somehow R1CH looks exactly like I thought LOL
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sick pics. Glad you enjoyed it.
R1ch looks younger than i tought.
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Great pics. MC being a boss as expected.
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Seems like one of the best times of your life. :o
Also, great job translating everything, It went really really smooth! Thank you!
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Excellent read, loved it.
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Awesome blog, you can really feel the passion !! And you were great on the job, hope you'll be able to do it again.
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Fantastic! The image of Sleep and Thorzain was amazing, haha.
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Warms my heart. Good job; great post.
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Flash cards FTW haha :D
Great pics <3
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lost it at the FlaSh cards. Wp sir.
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yess smix's face is everywhereeee, FINALLY.
i love you, i'm so happy for you :>
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Those Flash cards, LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL i just died.
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Hottest girl in esports *Confirmed*
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intrigue is so cute, both IRL (ICANSEEUBUTUCANTSEEME) and when moderating. Aside from that, loved the pictures, and Sleep really digs Thorzain's hair.
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United States33135 Posts
yup, practically everyone is faster than TL's official coverage T_T
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Omg
looks like you had an amazing time!
btw where can I apply to be become a kr/eng translator on TL?
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United States22883 Posts
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You did such a great job, lilSusie as well. Thank you very much!
PS: Finally I've seen a picture of the wizard.
+ Show Spoiler +PPS: You have the voice of an angel
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Thanks for sharing, IPL did a damn good job even with the circumstances. I can't believe Hotbid and his flash cards... must have been an amazing event. Awesome community <3.
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awesome blog, I love comparison of the flash cards... Why was hot bid carrying around sc1 player pictures??? Lol
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<3 smix daebak~~
great translations and lovely voice. you have earned many ahjussi fans this weekend.
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Great job translating and very nice blog!
Thorzain napping is the ultimate example of why he is "Un-bm-able". Even by the Gracken himself.
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Awww, I would enjoy this so much if you dident end all the photo describtions with hahaha or LOL!
God, How can that bother me so much?
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Awesome blog some cool stories in there
I think this needs a correction though (Paragraph 3 mid way through)
I felt especially bad for Group C (hero, sleep, sleep, thorzain) - Surely sleep didnt play as two players ^_^ wasnt it select?
<3
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this is the best! thank you for the awesome blog! :D
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Yep everyone there was very chill. No one was pretentious about their position. It really felt like a collaboration. Being a production assistant usually sucks but it was a blast. I got to set up for Huk, and translate a bit for the Korean players. It's really hard to work and root for a certain player. Everyone puts in a ton of effort and you wish everyone could win.
Big thanks to Errol Pinto. He was kind of quiet for the entire event but he's a extremely nice guy. He was always looking out for the people working under him and very patient too. He was often left with a lot to do. It's hard not to want to help him.
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smix got that swagger, nice job this weekend
<replay saved guy
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Amazing performance with Tempo!!!
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Totally incredible event. Being a ref at the IPL3 was one of the best experiences of my life to date. It was beyond fun meeting and interacting with all of you there, it was such a great and friendly community.
From drinking with white-ra and having his "Special Cigars" (Cuban cigars) to playing Mafia with you fine folks from TL, it was just an incredible event.
I regret not taking as many pictures as the rest of you did, but the memories that were made that week will always be treasured.
Lots of love to all of the staff and players~!
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United States4549 Posts
On October 12 2011 04:29 Remaker12 wrote:
Yep everyone there was very chill. No one was pretentious about their position. It really felt like a collaboration. Being a production assistant usually sucks but it was a blast. I got to set up for Huk, and translate a bit for the Korean players. It's really hard to work and root for a certain player. Everyone puts in a ton of effort and you wish everyone could win.
Big thanks to Errol Pinto. He was kind of quiet for the entire event but he's a extremely nice guy. He was always looking out for the people working under him and very patient too. He was often left with a lot to do. It's hard not to want to help him.
Are you Jun?? :O If so, really really awesome work this weekend!! ^^
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On October 12 2011 05:08 Smix wrote:Show nested quote +On October 12 2011 04:29 Remaker12 wrote:
Yep everyone there was very chill. No one was pretentious about their position. It really felt like a collaboration. Being a production assistant usually sucks but it was a blast. I got to set up for Huk, and translate a bit for the Korean players. It's really hard to work and root for a certain player. Everyone puts in a ton of effort and you wish everyone could win.
Big thanks to Errol Pinto. He was kind of quiet for the entire event but he's a extremely nice guy. He was always looking out for the people working under him and very patient too. He was often left with a lot to do. It's hard not to want to help him. Are you Jun?? :O If so, really really awesome work this weekend!! ^^
Yes xD. Thanks. You and Suzy were great! Thanks for staying past your shift when it was busy.
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Smix is female?? Never knew.
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Braavos36372 Posts
I'm glad my flash cards contributed.
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Good read and awesome pictues! It's always nice to hear when someone that is passionate about their hobby gets employed doing just that. eSports hwaitiiing!
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Flash cards...wow.
So bad...lol.
Awesome write-up and great pics! Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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Sorry for my ignorance all, but wasn't it said somewhere that lilsusie dislikes SC2? did she attend more for the people rather than SC2 itself?
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God, intrigue is the ugliest girl ever. Yet, I'm ok with it.
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Nice blog, loved the pictures and the captions
5/5
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My god thorzain is adorable
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did anyone grab a video of smix and temp0 doing dan? I would love to see it, my favorite sc2 song by far.
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Damn that a big ole' ESPORTS family right there. I kind of wish more Korean players talked more on TL, even with bad english, just get more of this kind of behind the scenes stuff. Really adds personality to the players beyond the game.
Awesome job Smix! Also, props to getting a picture of R1CH, I could never find one of him. He doesn't look as Dumbledoreish as I thought.
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we need to go dancing~ ♥ delightful meeting you!! ^^
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Awesome pics. MC is always so awesome lol.
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The experience is kind of surreal, all the progamer walks right by you, Mr. Chae and Select sit right behind you, to which I can hear every single word they spoke, even though I don't understand Korean.
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/pQ1qH.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ebKk8.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/vqHdt.jpg)
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And this one deserves special mention, i think
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ur72s.jpg)
(i can't really tell if Hot_bid is winning or losing, lol)
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FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
Nazgul play mafia with me
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Agreed, needs more mafia talk. Jumps out and points at flamewheel! Bullshit!
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Hyrule19001 Posts
On October 12 2011 15:55 Phelix wrote:
Agreed, needs more mafia talk. Jumps out and points at flamewheel! Bullshit!
That sounds like Krukar talk to me
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The Flash Cards were cute Thanks for sharing!
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awesome pictures
didnt read the entire text i have to admit
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Awesome blog Smix. IPL3 was awesome! Wish I could have been there!
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FLASH CARDS!!! And Thorzain sleeping
Edit: Also, hi Legs!
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The last photo wins. Damn MMA is cool.
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Smix
United States4549 Posts
On October 12 2011 09:13 scudst0rm wrote:
did anyone grab a video of smix and temp0 doing dan? I would love to see it, my favorite sc2 song by far.
Oooooh I would like to know this as well!!!
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On October 12 2011 09:13 scudst0rm wrote:
did anyone grab a video of smix and temp0 doing dan? I would love to see it, my favorite sc2 song by far.
Did you just request a menage a trois video?
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Haha Flamewheel looks like a withdrawing Ponyta in that one pic.
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wow. Looks like you had an amazing time! Love the "Flash" cards hahahha (:
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OMG FLASH CARDS LOL XD that was just too good~
sounds like a great time~ everyone seems to have had fun at ipl
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illsick
United States1770 Posts
I love all pictures with MC
I hope he gets code S in Orlando, he just makes code S so much more entertaining
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Amazing job at IPL3 Smix. I hope you'll have more opportunities coming your way in the future.
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I wish I'd gone to IPL. Thanks for the pictures and the story.
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SUch an amazing blog :O I would wish to do something like that and meet all of you I'm sad i'm not that good with my english :\
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Great blog, great pics. Looks like IPL was a success :D
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Amazing pics makes me want to attend the next IPL event!
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Oh my god, all this time I've been on TL and lurked before I was on tl I've always thought you were a guy, and I'm pretty surprised now to find out that you're a girl! Still love you tho, and also awesome blog!
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flamewheel 2qt. Amazing pics!
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Nice read, thank you!
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That last pic is very cute--so...photogenic. It's nice to have a face for many of the familiar TL names like Flamewheel. Gotta respect healthy eating! I've just experienced more IPL3 than I did on the weekend (internet was down for most of it though).
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United Arab Emirates874 Posts
Hahahah the flash cards were awesome. great blog :D :D
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Besides the fact that I really enjoyed reading that blog I have to admit that one of my first thoughts when I saw the pictures was "Wow, she's cute". Hope that doesnt violate any TL rules and gets me banned ^^
Fun to read btw, keep it up!
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Haha, that picture of Thorzain sleeping is so cute.
Awesome pics, looked and sounded like a great experience!
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Very nice read. Too bad these things dont have a +1 or a like button. e-Sports <3 indeed.
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nice pictures, nice blog!
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more tits would have been awsome.
User was temp banned for this post.
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What Smix? No LUV???
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hats off to ipl3, it was really well done despite all the issues at the start.
your voice is so good, like one guy commented: "angelic voice" :D
and thanks for doing the voice for sc2gears, your voice is one of the main reason why I use it everytime I play sc2 :DD
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Smix
United States4549 Posts
On October 15 2011 19:45 HDstarcraft wrote:What Smix? No LUV???
To be fair I was out with taylor one night! Just means we'll have to hang out more next time ^^
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Hyrule19001 Posts
On October 15 2011 19:45 HDstarcraft wrote:What Smix? No LUV???
don't worry, I'll buy you more beer to help drown the pain
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I know this is really old, but I just wanted to bump this since she is doing a GREAT job at MLG Winter Champs!
Good stuff Smix!
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Also where are flamewheels eyebrows.
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Australia8532 Posts
Yeah great job Smix - thanks for the bump because i don't know how i missed this when it was first posted!
Flamewheel and spinach leaves ay =P
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FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
I just don't have much eyebrow hair.
I haven't had raw spinach in months. Shit's so hard to find during winter season.
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