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drumsetjunky
Profile Joined May 2011
United States136 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-10-13 10:04:58
October 13 2011 09:51 GMT
#1
Getting to work for IGN at their first live eSports event was a dream come true. They spared no expense to bring out the best people and even went out on a limb to invite the community to get involved directly. Flights, Hotel, and food were all taken care of for the entire week and being an eSports fanatic this was an opportunity not to be missed. I was with the Live-U Camera Crews roving about the two casinos for the event so my view might be a bit limited.

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Monday was hectic with getting people and resources in place just to prepare for the next few days of set-up. Basically, I couldn't do anything vital to my job set till the rest of the Camera Operators arrived so I just did whatever I could do to help.

Tuesday is when things really began, the morning was full of working on getting the Live-U packs and cameras ready. I'm glad that I spent time learning the manual(even though nothing major needed to be done)! The latter portion of tuesday was invested testing the Live-U packs in Circus Maximus(C-Max). My crew was the PM shift for C-Max but our talent( the lovely Tricia "Megumixbear") was not set to arrive till Wednesday.

Wednesday afternoon Tricia arrived and we spent awhile talking about what we were planning to do for the rest of the week. The highlight of Wednesday was getting to greet players as they checked in with Tricia. Getting interviews set up I actually got invited to have dinner with team EG(SirScoots+Anna Prosser as well), Seltzer, and djWheat. Fatefully, as we were seated I was called out to do more testing for the Balley's Live-U packs. More testing ensued...Scoots if you're reading this, dinner's on me next time!

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Thursday I got up bright and early(after a late night no less) figuring I would catch the opening ceremony and help out the AM C-Max Live-U team. Delays, due to the Blizzard IP Blacklist issue, kept the morning slow and I ended up eating a long breakfast. By the time my shift was primed to begin things were up and running rather smoothly. Our shift started and we were out of the gates running getting crowd reactions, player interviews, and even spot casting some games! The highlight of the night was sitting down with Select, Slush, Kiwikaki, and Socke in Balleys for a round table interview. Great Fun!

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Friday was interesting to say the least. All the internet for the event went down right before the main stream was to begin. Rough beginning to the game. 8( I really felt that even through this I was a great asset to the whole production. While helping out the AM C-Max crew David Ting(Head Honcho for IGN eSports) comes to us and wants us to go live from where the internet issue began. After letting Mr. Ting know of my live news experience, I was in essence told to do my thing.
Arriving on the scene, I jumped out of the taxi and got right to work. Talking with Police and ComCast supervisors I got a quick run down of what had happened. A Semi with trailer in tow had misjudged his vertical clearance and had pulled down the lines leading to the boardwalk. Running to where Lani and the Live-U crew had set up I was ready to give her the information when she told me to actually report the news on air! Now I'm not camera shy, I've been working with them and around them for at least a decade. But the idea of being in front of thousands of fellow gamers was a bit daunting. I was told afterwards that I did a great job. I have yet to see the actual footage so I'll wait to give my own critique till then. The rest of Friday was a blur of interviews that took place during my PM shift(and it was a long day). The night ended well with watching the GSTL Finals in the Playhem Pen with new friends.;-)

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Saturday actually went as planned with the internet being reliable and shifts happening on time. Overall, the day was a huge success and after two days of putting (virtual) fires out the crew needed a moral boost. Pretty much everyone went out and had a couple in celebration of a day actually going as planned.

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Sunday was bitter sweet as through difficulty the crew had banded together but the event was coming to a climactic end. We were ready to show off our hard work focusing our efforts on the final stretch but sad that it was set to end. The day was stacked with interviews but we finished up soon enough to actually watch the finals in the main area with the spectators. This was my first chance of the week to actually sit and watch an entire set of games. With a good seat centered up in the crowd and a cold beer in hand....I was a happy StarCrafter.
The wrap party after the event was really alot of fun with an open bar, Kareoki, and many friends to say goodbye to. I actually didn't stay long however because my flight back to Texas needed me ready to hop in a taxi at 3am.

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I'd like to take a moment and recognize the crew as a whole for having grace under pressure keeping things together. So many things happened that were out of our hands and yet we made it work. You guys are awesome. Getting to know so many new people interested in this thing called eSports was so amazing. It felt a bit like family having so many people of similar intrests together working for a common goal. There are sooo many people I'd like to specifically make shout outs to but there are so many I'd probably forget someone! Meeting so many complex and interesting people over a weeks time was the best thing I could have ever hoped to take away from any event.
You know who you are, and you are awesome!

****
www.drumsetjunky.com -- www.twitter.com/drumsetjunky
trancey
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States430 Posts
October 13 2011 10:10 GMT
#2
good stuff!

1 tip though, you should upload your pictures via the teamliquid "Upload Image" on the top right of your editor bar. It formats and re-sizes the images for you perfectly!
AIOL!
Profile Joined January 2011
France962 Posts
October 13 2011 10:37 GMT
#3
Wow 30K dollars for 4 days ! awsome salarys in US
Stephano!!!!!!/Nerchio/Mana/Hasuobs/Grubby/Kas/Tarson/Sarens/Goody/BeastyCury
EunhaK
Profile Joined February 2011
France22 Posts
October 13 2011 12:01 GMT
#4
last pic is golden
leo23
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States3075 Posts
October 13 2011 12:12 GMT
#5
damn what a juicy check
banelings
Equinox_kr
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States7395 Posts
October 13 2011 14:20 GMT
#6
Nice photos man, wish I could've been there!
^-^
d3_crescentia
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4054 Posts
October 13 2011 16:10 GMT
#7
Hey man, I saw you around at the event but I didn't think we talked much. It's super cool that you got to do the LiveU stuff, especially with the crash scene - I'd been telling EVERYBODY in the Open Qualifier room about that once I'd heard, so major props there.
once, not long ago, there was a moon here
Fleebu
Profile Joined April 2011
Great Britain65 Posts
October 13 2011 16:26 GMT
#8
On October 13 2011 19:37 AIOL! wrote:
Wow 30K dollars for 4 days ! awsome salarys in US


No, that was the prize for the winner.

Most Americans don't get 30k in a year.
It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark
drumsetjunky
Profile Joined May 2011
United States136 Posts
October 13 2011 20:21 GMT
#9
On October 13 2011 19:10 trancey wrote:
good stuff!

1 tip though, you should upload your pictures via the teamliquid "Upload Image" on the top right of your editor bar. It formats and re-sizes the images for you perfectly!



Thanks for the tip!


It was a great event! I'd recommend heading out to the next one if any of you get a chance! IGN knows what they're doing and overall gets the point of what eSports could become.
www.drumsetjunky.com -- www.twitter.com/drumsetjunky
aNDRoM
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States637 Posts
October 13 2011 20:49 GMT
#10
Haha, great pic with the GIANT PRIZE CHECK! Thanks for all your hard work! Glad you were able to enjoy some games too!
Hi. My name is Werner Brandes. My voice is my passport. Verify me.
John Madden
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
American Samoa894 Posts
October 14 2011 00:25 GMT
#11
30k but omg wow.
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