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JOJOsc2news
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
3000 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-03 19:15:12
May 17 2012 18:25 GMT
#1
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Prologue


Of Turtles and Coincidences tells the story of my first attendance of a StarCraft II Event. How is this about turtles? Let me tell you. I will start with the "Coincidences" though. I had interviewed Pholon a while back about himself and his work for Teamliquid.net. I mentioned back then that I am from Germany. Pholon didn't really remember where exactly though so he asked me on Skype last Saturday if I am in Cologne that weekend because he thought that's where I live. It isn't. I live about 6 hours away from there. I asked him why and he told me that the WCS Belgium/Netherlands Nationals would be held there in the brand new ESL studio (some attendees include LiquidRet and Grubby as well as the casters Kaelaris and Templar and the host Soe).

So I made a decision. I thought what the hell, I'll drive the 6 hours and asked Shawn (organizer) if I could visit the studio for the event and he said yes. So thanks to the coincidence that Pholon thought I live in Cologne I decided to go to the event. Thanks for not remembering!

Now to the turtles...
The event was run by the guys of Turtle Entertainment who are behind a lot of the ESL productions and content. The studio's they built in Cologne are really quite amazing and all of them that I met at the event were really nice. It was a great experience overall and I can only recommend everyone to go there if they have the chance to visit a live event. The new studio has a bar in it and you are literally right there with the players and casters which makes for an amazing experience.

I am sorry if you expected pictures of turtles in this blog but behold! There's a really cute dog hidden somewhere in this blog. That should definitely make up for it!




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Konrad "Templar" Kleinholz (left) and James "Kaelaris" Carrol (right) casting

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LiquidRet being interviewed by Soe

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TL Admin Pholon watching the LiquidRet Interview

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Grubby warming up, watched by his fans

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Corentin "Makouni" Lacroix

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Belgium Nationals Champion Olivier "Orly" Bellemans

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Antoine "EC.Elvis" Paquay

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Templar preparing to cast the Belgium Nationals

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Soe preparing to open the event while the make-up crew does the finishing touches

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Cassandra (Grubby's wife)

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A look backstage

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There is a bar in the studio. They served free soft drinks, including every possible flavor of Red Bull (didn't know half of them even existed)

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Thanks Soe and Kaelaris for taking this picture with me (I hope it's not too evident that I slept about 1 hour the night before)

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A few people of the amazing Turtle Entertainment crew who ran the event. Thanks for having me!

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Dutch Pride

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Templar and Kaelaris casting the Netherlands Nationals

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Soe-ception.

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Thank you carni for the studio tour. It was surreal to actually be in that studio.

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Did Grubby win?
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He won!!!

Brace yourself for the cuteness. uiduiduiduiduiduiii




2. Videos


Impromptu interview with Soe.
It was so spontaneous that I even had to change the SD card in the middle of the interview.


A little impression of the tournament and the awesome studio.
Includes the moment when Grubby defeated LiquidRet on the final map.





The pictures are just a small selection. If you want to see more (including the winner's ceremony) click here!




Thank you to everyone I met there. I cannot mention everyone but to randomly name a few in no particular order: Vincent (Pholon}, Jule, Marco, carni (thanks for the awesome tour), Christian, Aladin, Bernd from Blizzard, Aveline, Soe, James (Kaelaris), Shawn, Manuel (Grubby), Jos (Ret) and Pandi and everyone else! I had a blast!


*****
✉ Tweets @sc2channel ⌦ Blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/JOJO ⌫ "Arbiterssss... build more arbiterssss." Click 'Profile' for awesome shiro art!
TheKefka
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Croatia11752 Posts
May 17 2012 18:26 GMT
#2
Well that was hard.
Cackle™
JOJOsc2news
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
3000 Posts
May 17 2012 18:27 GMT
#3
On May 18 2012 03:26 TheKefka wrote:
Well that was hard.


Thank you for supporting me in the worst moment of blog anxiety
✉ Tweets @sc2channel ⌦ Blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/JOJO ⌫ "Arbiterssss... build more arbiterssss." Click 'Profile' for awesome shiro art!
Ares[Effort] *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
DEMACIA6550 Posts
May 17 2012 18:30 GMT
#4
I witnessed part of this blog come to life in real time, nice job!
Moderatorgold coin
OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
May 17 2012 18:32 GMT
#5
5/5 because yeah. 5/5
(and nice pictures!)
[TLMS] REBOOT
marttorn
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Norway5211 Posts
May 17 2012 18:34 GMT
#6
/applause

Also, It is official that Grubby is the perfect human being. Elaboration was just given in the TL-ABL irc chat.

Great blog, worth the effort!
memes are a dish best served dank
TheKefka
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Croatia11752 Posts
May 17 2012 19:06 GMT
#7
I tried to read the whole blog but I got stuck on the pic of grubbys wife.Yes I am a terrible person.
Cackle™
ShoCkeyy
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
7815 Posts
May 17 2012 19:15 GMT
#8
Loved it :D Must of had fun at the event though.
Life?
JOJOsc2news
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
3000 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-17 19:28:17
May 17 2012 19:28 GMT
#9
On May 18 2012 04:15 ShoCkeyy wrote:
Loved it :D Must of had fun at the event though.


Thank you! It had an amazing time at the event. I'm looking forward to hopefully go to more events in the future.
✉ Tweets @sc2channel ⌦ Blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/JOJO ⌫ "Arbiterssss... build more arbiterssss." Click 'Profile' for awesome shiro art!
Anacletus
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States733 Posts
May 17 2012 19:55 GMT
#10
Incredible blog, awesome read! 5/5!
http://talk-to-stimey-please.1324083.n2.nabble.com/
JOJOsc2news
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
3000 Posts
May 17 2012 19:57 GMT
#11
On May 18 2012 04:55 Anacletus wrote:
Incredible blog, awesome read! 5/5!


Thank you Alanectar!
✉ Tweets @sc2channel ⌦ Blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/JOJO ⌫ "Arbiterssss... build more arbiterssss." Click 'Profile' for awesome shiro art!
Praetorial
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States4241 Posts
May 17 2012 20:27 GMT
#12
This was better than the last blog you wrote!
5/5
FOR GREAT JUSTICE! Bans for the ban gods!
JOJOsc2news
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
3000 Posts
May 17 2012 20:30 GMT
#13
On May 18 2012 05:27 Praetorial wrote:
This was better than the last blog you wrote!
5/5


I would have hoped so. Thank you, spent a lot of time on this one and no alcohol involved this time.
✉ Tweets @sc2channel ⌦ Blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/JOJO ⌫ "Arbiterssss... build more arbiterssss." Click 'Profile' for awesome shiro art!
Soe
Profile Joined March 2010
Switzerland18 Posts
May 17 2012 20:49 GMT
#14
Was nice meeting you there
Also the dog totally made up for the missing turtle!
Support bacteria - they are the only culture some people have
Jaaaaasper
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States10225 Posts
May 17 2012 23:01 GMT
#15
Awesome blog jojo 5/5, the only thing that could have improved it would have been moar cute animals( and hamsters).
Hey do you want to hear a joke? Chinese production value. | I thought he had a aegis- Ayesee | When did 7ing mad last have a good game, 2012?
diejule
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany416 Posts
May 17 2012 23:17 GMT
#16
Dear Jojo! I have been behind the scenes of ESL events as an admin, PR Manager, CM and now Game Head Coordinator for 7 years. This is maybe the 3rd time someone from the eSports press thanked me or gave me credit. It means a lot to me. I wanna thank you for being such a well mannered and smart person. You have been looking into every detail of our event organization which I realized already 5 minutes after I arrived, crawling on the floor to get the best pictures, even photoshopping stuff on the spot and interviewing nearly everybody. Keep it up! I also wanna thank uthermal/curse and grubby/cassandra for sharing food and stories and for the fun drive back to the hotel. I'd gibe you guys a lift anytime. Bernd was as he always is: smart, helpful, pleasant to work with. My thanks also goes out to Alex the best stage manager of all times, pünzli, baschi and Benni. Oh and Meike for impressive driving/ navigation.
Stay open minded. Always.
ShoCkeyy
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
7815 Posts
May 18 2012 04:28 GMT
#17
On May 18 2012 08:17 diejule wrote:
Dear Jojo! I have been behind the scenes of ESL events as an admin, PR Manager, CM and now Game Head Coordinator for 7 years. This is maybe the 3rd time someone from the eSports press thanked me or gave me credit. It means a lot to me. I wanna thank you for being such a well mannered and smart person. You have been looking into every detail of our event organization which I realized already 5 minutes after I arrived, crawling on the floor to get the best pictures, even photoshopping stuff on the spot and interviewing nearly everybody. Keep it up! I also wanna thank uthermal/curse and grubby/cassandra for sharing food and stories and for the fun drive back to the hotel. I'd gibe you guys a lift anytime. Bernd was as he always is: smart, helpful, pleasant to work with. My thanks also goes out to Alex the best stage manager of all times, pünzli, baschi and Benni. Oh and Meike for impressive driving/ navigation.


Well written, I know exactly how you feel some times
Life?
Pholon
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Netherlands6142 Posts
May 18 2012 09:13 GMT
#18
Nice blog! :D Cool vid and nice pics ^^ Had a really good time, thanks again to everyone there for such a worthy sunday. See you again sometime soon!
Moderator@TLPholon // "I need a third hand to facepalm right now"
Primadog
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4411 Posts
May 18 2012 09:15 GMT
#19
Great work as usual jojo.
Thank God and gunrun.
mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
May 18 2012 09:16 GMT
#20
Everyone is so photogenic ^^
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
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