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Saying that the Vegas trip to the IPL4 and GSTL finals hosted at the super-glam Cosmopolitan was a success would be a huge understatement. I finally got to put faces to the hundreds of people I chat with on a daily basis, met new friends and potential business partners.
Some highlights
- The marble floored group entrance area at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas - welcome to luxury!
- Getting double-takes from a well-known SC2 player I had dinner with in Toronto only a week earlier
- Having breakfast with a few Barcraft organizers and David Ting, founder of the IPL and eSports GM at IGN
- Seeing the games with thousands of others around me and feeling the passion that was once only reserved for people watching 'real' sports
- Watching a friend almost peg one of the Korean commentators in the back of the head during a match with the cork from an ill-aimed bottle of booze
- Chatting it up with IPL, GSL, Blizzard Ent., RIOT, AMD staff, team owners, documentary makers, and members of the press. We're all in it together!
- Being the straw that broke the camel's back between a group of friends to convince one of them to put all the cash in his wallet on a single high-rollers roulette table spin, and subsequently watching him lose it all. I then tried making the group feel better by ponying up my own cash at the normal tables, they chose the simple game of 'War'. Ended $60 up, whoops
- Watching the photographers from TeamLiquid sort and qualify thousands of potential shots at blistering speeds and then running back out loaded with tons of gear to get more shots.
- Giving one of my casino credit stubs to a bare-footed editor that was tirelessly working throughout the entire event. Hopefully he gets more personal time next time!
- Solidifying my opinion that gin & tonic is delicious, Citadel is almost as good as Hendricks. Yum</li>
- Few more things you can only read on my blog
Here's a clip I took during the open bracket showcasing high actions per minute (APM)
And this is why you go exploring off the main strip...
Can't wait for the NASL season 3 finals in Toronto, and upcoming MLG and IPL events - THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING FOR US.
