A Player’s Journey Through MLG A Recollection by xSixSuppy
I’m on the airplane right now heading back home from Anaheim, and I am leaving behind a weekend of craziness, fun, excitement, adrenaline, all wrapped in one package. Since I keep a personal journal anyways, I thought this would be a nice time to document and share some of my thoughts before, during, and after the event that was one of the most fun weekends in my life.
Pre-MLG
So before this event I have to be honest, I was not expecting much. My only other MLG event had been Anaheim the previous year, and it was a tournament in which I was knocked down first round by ChoyafOu and then taken out soon after in the loser’s bracket round two by Lastshadow. Throughout the past year I had not been able to perform to my satisfaction at local LAN events in the Bay Area, often placing under top three. This came as a pretty big shock to me as in Broodwar, LAN events were always predictable and I would generally get first or second. Just before MLG Anaheim though, I was able to win the UC Davis Spring Open Tournament over QuanticState 3-2, which definitely helped boost my confidence a bit (something which I had definitely been lacking). As well, Berkeley gets out a month earlier than most other schools, and this was a perfect opportunity to play more Starcraft, as during school time it was sometimes a struggle to even play ten games in a week. I refrained from getting Diablo 3 (although I was distracted by DotA 2 for a bit) and practiced more than normal, but I was still feeling lost in ZvT and ZvZ. Just a few days before MLG Anaheim, I practiced with my teammates and friends such as Perfect, Ver, Binski, Mkengyn, Sasquatch and Sanddbox and totally revamped both of my playstyles in those matchups – and off to MLG.
Fans and Support
One thing that I really would like to tell everyone is how much having fans and support means to a player. Well, at least for me, I feel like having people rooting for me and cheering me on was a huge factor in me playing better in this tournament. Fans are SO important.
My friends watching me play SeleCT on the feature stage
Some friends I knew from highschool came to MLG and presented me with a CheckSix shirt that they designed and had my name written on it. Then I looked and saw that they were ALL wearing it. I can’t even describe how awesome that felt right then. Throughout the tournament they watched almost all my games, even when I was in the middle of the player pit and they could barely even see the match. They were so damn awesome and I am so glad they were there.
Just as stressed or even more so as they watched me play
Having a body of support is simply just so motivating. It added a burden on to me that made me compelled to give it my all in every single game. This MLG I had so many people rooting for me to do well. I recently won the CSL Excellence in eSports Scholarship which made me feel like I had much of CSL backing me up, my friends all wished me luck before the event, my teammates and manager watched every game and gave me tips and advice, etc. I had an obligation to try my absolute hardest. And when it paid off, and when I got a win – wow was it definitely worth it.
Me with my supporters after a 2-1 victory over coLKiller
The importance of fans and supporters, in my eyes, is something that should be more emphasized. When I was playing Killer for example, I saw so many Koreans standing behind him, including MvPTails whom I had knocked out earlier in open bracket. After every match they would talk in Korean and, regardless of what they were actually saying, I was assuming they were giving him top-notch advice, which terrified me in the upcoming games. When he ended up doing a void ray zealot attack that took out my third in game three, I was thinking it must have been their advice for him to do that attack which worked very well against the strategy I was doing. I thought the game had been lost but I came back and managed to win in one of the most tense victories of my run in MLG. Simply the fact that Killer had so many supporters watching him though was enough to terrify me, and probably give him more confidence.
Another clear example of when supporters were a source of tremendous positive energy is when Socke beat Dongraegu in pool play. I happened to be playing a match right next to them at that very moment, and I was shocked when I suddenly heard extremely loudly, “FUCK YEAH!!!” which ended up being Socke’s victory cry as DRG gg’d out of the game. There was a gigantic crowd behind him that immediately erupted into applause and started cheering. I know if I was Socke at that moment, I would have felt like I was on the top of the world. I would have felt that I could take any foe down, no matter how strong. Fans have that kind of a power, hence why I was so grateful for my fans, even if few, at MLG Anaheim. Fans and supporters of all players, know how important you are to players and let your support shine.
Thank you so much for your support <3
Tournament Play
It’s not unknown that open bracket is an exhausting gauntlet that tries the endurance of even the toughest competitors. Sheth even talked about how WCS on top of MLG made things even more tiring here in his own blog. Still, I was not prepared at all for how exhausting it would be.
Why is it so tiring? It’s not like a huge amount of games. People go on long ladder sessions and can play far more games in the course of a day than they do in the span of an entire MLG weekend. But ladder is completely different in my opinion. The matches in MLG are so taxing mentally, because you must bring your A game in every match or else risk facing elimination. Every game must be played with 100% effort with 100% focus. When you finally get that glorious victory – oh wait, the tournament is running slightly behind schedule, you need to quickly move to your next computer and face the next competitor who might be even tougher than the previous one.
I found myself often hoping the organizers would call the day to end. After tense, stressful and close games, players need a refuge to relax for a few moments, compose themselves and then prepare for the next match. Perhaps the continuous playing of matches could be viewed as a benefit, however; players won’t have time in between matches to overthink things and get worried. I know that by the time WCS was finishing up on Friday though, I was exhausted out of my mind. I started my match against QuanticIllusion at about 1:00 AM and after a very close match with QuanticTheognis just before, I was in no mood to play any more matches. I subsequently lost 2-0 to Illusion, pretty badly in the first game (I did a roach bane cheese that I really should not have done) and then a very close loss in the second game. If I had had a night to rest, however, I think the match could have gone differently. Unfortunately for me, that was the end of my WCS run, but making top 16 and qualifying for Raleigh was still satisfactory. Again though, we had matches tomorrow at 11:00 AM, so there was no time for prolonged rest – it was simply “go go go.”
Tiring open bracket play
Particularly exhausting matches for me that I remember were versus coLKiller and versus dignitasSeleCT (in our extended series that went to seven games). I remember versus Killer I came back after losing my third in the final game, yet he continued to stay in the game and pulled off tons of storm drops and killed SO many drones. My broodlords were pushing into his base but I suddenly realized that, wow, I really didn’t have any mining left anymore! My legs were shaking and I was so terrified that he might actually come back and take it if I didn’t have enough broodlords. As soon as I saw the words GG I literally dropped everything I was doing and began pushing against the table to get up and shout victoriously, but after a few seconds he still hadn’t left the game yet so I frantically scrambled to start playing again. He finally left and a wave of relief passed over me. I turned over and saw Stephano and BlinG watching me and realized I would have to play him immediately afterwards – there was no time to rest (again, as I talked about earlier with supporters, just seeing Stephano there with BlinG was enough to make me feel a lot more scared in the upcoming match).
Something interesting that I’d like to say is that, in some cases, starting off down a game in a best of three actually might make you play better. In my case versus BlinG, I quickly lost the first game to his robo sentry immortal all-in. Now most people would think this is a huge disadvantage being down a match, and of course it is, but it also forced me into fight or flight mode. The realization that I could suddenly be eliminated after just having an insane series versus Killer (and that I would miss out on championship brackets) dawned on me quickly, and I literally felt a surge of adrenaline flow through my veins. I got that sinking feeling in my chest and knew that the next games I would need to focus 100%. In the next two games I played my heart out and was able to edge out a win 2-1.
Playing on the featured stage versus Theognis
Finally we reached me versus SeleCT. The previous two games had been exhausting, and this would be no different. On top of that, the series was extended, with me being down 1-2. I felt more confident this time though. My teammates had gone over with me on how to properly defend 2 rax (which I had defended so poorly against SeleCT in the first series) and told me that I could do it – that I could win. This match was in MY favor this time. I don’t remember seeing anyone sitting on SeleCT’s side supporting him, but I clearly remember my teammate Ver sitting there and giving me a much needed sense of support in this series. After every match I would talk to him and he would reassure me in my play (apparently I just figured out that you’re not supposed to be allowed to talk to people in between matches?) and even if there was no strategical advice to give, his presence was greatly helpful to me. I won 4-3.
At this point, I believe it was around 8:30 or 9:30 PM (I forgot what hour), and I had been playing since 4:00 PM and hadn’t gotten a chance to eat dinner yet. The admins were rushing things along though because SeleCT and my's best of seven probably held the tournament up by a lot. So after three massively taxing matches, versus Killer, BlinG, and SeleCT, I finally had to take on Thorzain, and I guess my fuel had run out. He outplayed me completely in the first game, and in the next game I was feeling confident with creep spread over 70% of Tal’darim but his push was strong and my flanks did not trade cost efficiently enough, and he eventually ran me over. This game I also had no support, as Ver and my other teammates had been kicked out of the player pit. I lost and my MLG run was over.
A brief reprieve from the gauntlet of death in MLG Open Bracket
Throughout the course of the event I thought to myself different hypothetical scenarios and what would have happened if the outcome of one event was slightly different. For example, if I had simply closed out the series versus RangeD in WCS that I was leading 1-0 in, would I have perhaps made it further in WCS? I would have had to play less, and my next opponent would have been NonY, who I have to admit that I would have felt pretty confident against as my ZvP was feeling on fire at MLG. If the match hadn’t been at 1:00 AM, could I have maybe beaten Illusion? If I hadn’t lost to SeleCT, could I have maybe beaten Golden’s sometimes inconsistent ZvZ, and made it into pool play? Or if I had time to rest before playing Thorzain, could I have perhaps gone further in the tournament? But thinking these types of questions is not very productive. The fact is, at the time I was outplayed, and so my opponents deserved every win that they got. The only thing I can do about it now is be more prepared next time – that’s all that can be done.
MLG Spring Championships 2012 Breakout Player Award
So what is some feedback that I could give to the event and how it was run? There have been a lot of really good posts recently giving suggestions on how to improve things, and I agree with a lot of them. From a player perspective, I have a few additional things to offer:
1. Music was not able to be listened to, which potentially could have affected many people who normally listen to music as they play StarCraft.
2. Sound from the venue could not be filtered out at all and was highly distracting. No music / no white noise meant that EVERYTHING could be heard. Announcements, player calls, people talking nearby if they were loud enough, etc. I specifically remember in my last game during SeleCT, all the KeSPA introductions were going on, and it was oh so distracting. MLG perhaps could consider using earbuds plus noise cancelling headphones as a solution to this.
3. Please, please, PLEASE show more open bracket matches. I felt like the same thing happened to Scarlett in IPL 4, who really got no game coverage when she was likely one of, if not the, biggest stories at IPL 4. The only games I had streamed the whole tournament were the ones versus SeleCT in our first series. What about all the other players who made some noise at MLG? Axslav for example, who despite not doing so well in WCS, later went on a tear in MLG Open Bracket? Players like Sasquatch, who demonstrated solid play throughout both MLG and WCS but got literally ZERO exposure. All these players have unique personalities, many of them are AWESOME people with AWESOME stories and play AWESOME games – but it’s like they don’t even exist! This is a big problem with these tournaments. It feels like the pool players are actually the only players playing in a tournament. Everyone else is just useless buffer.
My suggestion to MLG is perhaps along the lines of a solution somebody else offered in another thread. He suggested having pre-interviews that would be run during down time when shots of the crowd were starting to get old. Something else that would be really cool I think would be interviews of players doing well in Open Bracket, and then have some person go through the replays and pick out the major engagements and sort of showcase them on stream during downtime. This would be a great way to engage the audience and also give some exposure to players doing well in open bracket, and would not take too much effort to pull off either. As it stood, my only coverage was done through ESFIWorld, CSN, CSL, and some other interviews – I think MLG should play a much larger role in its own tournament in order to give exposure to players.
Regarding other feedback such as the kicking out of players from the player pit, I believe there are already quite a few topics addressing that. One other minor thing that I thought was interesting but not overly distracting was people taking pictures of you during the game.
It leads to photos like this one!
Meeting People
I’ve only been to one MLG before, but I think this MLG must be one of the best. Not only did the KeSPA players come, but also all the WCS Qualified Players, meaning that essentially everyone that I’ve played on ladder or seen online was there. I met so many people and hung out with so many, and it’s really awesome to see how people are in real life. For example, Everize is somewhat bm on ladder (at least that’s what we thought) but he’s a legit mothereffer in real life haha, the dude is hilarious (even though he stole my bed when he already had his own hotel room! Haha)
Like last year, however, I was still so intimidated by the famous and well known players, and was too scared to go up and talk to them. Last year I literally didn’t talk to anyone famous because I was so scared. This year, luckily, I got to talk to some and a lot of them are really cool. LzGamer for example was so freaking nice and gave me lots of encouragement before my match against Tails. I think that was awesome and us Americans and foreigners should always unite against the Korean machine!
Players are real people! This is a pretty obvious statement but I often didn’t or couldn’t realize this when I was there, and so I still have some regrets about not meeting people. For example, Stephano and BlinG watched several of my games, and I said hi to them briefly, but I really wish I had talked to them a little bit more, maybe gotten a photo or something. I’m a huge fan of Stephano and didn’t say anything to him, why?! I’m too intimidated I guess.
Stephano and BlinG watching me in the 7th game vs SeleCT
One real legit mofo though was SeleCT. I am so glad I sorta got out of my comfort zone and interacted with someone famous, and I think my experience really goes to show that these famous people are definitely approachable and friendly (in most cases at least!). Basically, after my first game versus Tails I believe, I saw SeleCT standing behind Tails, and I was just looking at SeleCT and he looked back. Normally I would just avert my gaze immediately, scared of being caught staring at him, but then I just gave a really super creepy smile and then he smiled back, and throughout the rest of the event he was just really friendly to me. What an awesome guy! I really look forward to seeing him at future events.
Jaedong! and others watching me play Sasquatch in WCS
I walked past the KeSPA players so much but didn’t say so much as a single word . . . I wish I had now! I still met a lot more people this MLG though and was really glad I did. Met a lot of TL posters that I’ve known for years, tons of my ladder foes (who are really cool and friendly in person), etc. etc. It was a great experience!
Post-MLG
So how do I feel regarding my post-MLG thoughts? I definitely got a major confidence boost from this tournament and know that it really is possible for me to do well if I try my best. I definitely am looking to work on my ZvT and my ZvZ more. My ZvP can also be improved but it was by far my most solid matchup in this tournament, and if I had continued getting Protosses I am confident I could have done even better. My ZvT was definitely my crutch here at MLG, which is odd since Zerg is so favored in the matchup right now. I definitely will be hoping to improve that matchup.
One thing that I learned here (that I knew already I guess, but the idea was reinforced) is that Starcraft 2 is such a volatile game. Literally anything can happen, and almost anyone can take a game off anyone if they are playing well. The differences in skill are so close, and only a few minor differences account for who comes out on top. This is completely different from Broodwar, where even progamers had significant gaps in skill and the best were essentially untouchable for most players. A few things struck me as perfect examples of how volatile Starcraft 2 is. Axslav’s early defeat in WCS, only to later go on to tear it up in MLG and make championship bracket; Trimaster’s similar defeat in WCS and solid performance in MLG; Pokebunny 2-0ing HelloKitty in MLG and proceeding to get 0-2’d in WCS by him; Mystik losing 1-2 to Daisuki in WCS, winning 2-0 over Daisuki in MLG. Really, anything can happen at any moment! It is frustrating since it is very difficult to be confident in yourself when literally any player you play has the potential to beat you, even if you consider yourself much better than them. Not like Broodwar at all!
Thanks David :D
Still, this MLG was just a fantastic experience and I had a blast, and was so ecstatic that I was able to get good results. I want to again thank all my fans, friends, and supporters. Like I said, it is YOU guys who motivated me and gave me the adrenaline, energy, inspiration to do my best. I’m sure it is the same with many other players out there. It is so important that you continue supporting players with all your heart! Please keep it up!
Thanks for reading! Your favorite wolf signing out.
Suppy you are the breakthrough player of this event! You did an amazing job! I can see nothing but bright things in your future. Congratz and I hope you continue to improve and do well in future events.
There was an MVP player right next to you in the picture with the KeSPa players and they chose to watch you instead! :D Great blog man, congrats on your performance!
On June 13 2012 07:25 sertman wrote: There was an MVP player right next to you in the picture with the KeSPa players and they chose to watch you instead! :D Great blog man, congrats on your performance!
Thanks That was Dongraegu when he was facing Socke LOL! And that's the game I was playing when I heard all of a sudden "FUCK YEAH!" when he won
this was a really good blog 5/5. That was an awesome run through mlg, and i hope you do even better at the next one! Good god i would be tilting so hard if jaedong was standing behind me watching me play. Congratz on the epic run, and good luck at all of your future events!
wow, I didn't know they gave out a breakout player award. just another thing to add to the list of ways they could improve the closing ceremonies, i guess!
Amazing stuff, Congrats on your run and award (breakout player!). I'm so jealous, you had Jaedong watching you.... DUDE JUST TURN AROUND AND HUG HIM or something, what are the odds he's watching you again at an MLG!
On June 13 2012 08:15 chobopeon wrote: Awesome. I wish I knew you won that award. Why wouldn't MLG announce that on stage or something? It seems like a big deal.
There is still time; feel free to put it up on Gamespot! :-D haha. MLG actually interviewed him when they gave it to him, but we haven't seen that interview yet .
On June 13 2012 08:15 chobopeon wrote: Awesome. I wish I knew you won that award. Why wouldn't MLG announce that on stage or something? It seems like a big deal.
There is still time; feel free to put it up on Gamespot! :-D haha. MLG actually interviewed him when they gave it to him, but we haven't seen that interview yet .
<3 Suppy
The video editors were stretched really thin so they had to cut a few interviews. I don't know specifics but if it's not up yet, I doubt it's going to come up. Sorry about that. I'll get you next time
Great blog man!! Really enjoyed reading it. From what I read it does sound a lot like you've got a lot of potential to become one of the best with a lot of time and practice, keep it up my friend, hope to see you do even better in the future! <3
Great blog man!! Really enjoyed reading it.From what I read it does sound a lot like you've got a lot of potential to become one of the best with a lot of time and practice, keep it up my friend, hope to see you do even better in the future! <3
Excellent work, Conan. That was a hell of a breakthrough performance you displayed at Anaheim. However, your superb play comes at a price: people will now expect far more of you than is reasonable. You'd best start beating top Koreans within the month, or people will start to hate you.
Such an awesome read thanks for taking the time to write all of this! I remember checking out the open bracket on my drive back from NY and telling my girlfriend how you had such an amazing run! :D
Congrats dood you deserved that Breakout Player Award!!! I better get to hang out with you in Raleigh!
edt: Also someone get me a job casting the open bracket for MLG THEY NEED MORE COVERAGE!!!
Very nifty perspective to read about and wow a lot of people really took notice of you! Congratulations on the award, didnt know about that either. As always ♥ pics~
On June 13 2012 10:00 Raven068 wrote: Great Read! I'll be sure to keep an eye on you in future tourneys/watch you stream if you do that.
Also somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought you could use ipods and other mp3 players. Did that change?
AFAIK this is still allowed but I don't have personal knowledge on it.
Since Astro is a sponsor of MLG and their mixamps are connected to every PC, it makes sense that they would allow you to connect an mp3 player to the mixamp (and it then mixes your external mp3 player with the PC's sounds). Otherwise it's just a fancy audio extension cable.
Here's another pic u can add to your collection. (Sober...ish?) Supply & friends post mafia. 5:30am Monday morning heading back to hotel...except Tyler who somehow forgot he was staying at the Marriott and had to walk back my himself lol. Sorry bout pic quality. You guys in it can testify to the taxi dodging that had to be done to take it. hehe
You really did tear the protosses up this event Glad you made a name for yourself this event even though you beat some of the players I enjoy watching ^_^
I know I saw a bunch of comments like "wow axslav/incontrol lost to 'suppy' LOL @ THEM" only for you to show them it wasn't a fluke later on Those stories are the best kind.
Nice read. And yeah, you just can't use the internet browser (youtube, etc) for music. iPods are fine. Suppy played some sick games at MLG, he was slaying some nerds for sure :D
Here I am, at 4AM in france, reading your pretty long blog, and enjoying it like crazy. Great writeup, and very nice thoughts on the competition. Glad you enjoyed yourself at this MLG. I was re-casting along with P&T and other people from the french community the MLG all week end long from 2AM till 9 or 10am and it was hard to get a glimpse of what was going on in open bracket. It always is. Saw the CSL sign on main stream though ! Anyways, still looks like a great place to be for a Starcraft2 gamer ! Hope I can get there in person someday !
SUPPY! I need to go be part of your fan clud dude :D, this was a really cool post. Its guys like you that make this scene what it is, really manner, and crowd friendly. GL in the future, break out player of the year .
Guess I didn't really think about the music/outside noise thing. You must've been really thrown out of your element without "Trance Around The World" playing, eh Conan?
On June 13 2012 12:33 Shooz29 wrote: Guess I didn't really think about the music/outside noise thing. You must've been really thrown out of your element without "Trance Around The World" playing, eh Conan?
We need to get Conan an mp3 player so he can listen to the podcast version of TATW :D
Thanks for sharing your experiences, great blog. Always good to see that up and comers can do well even against the established pros so that new blood can enter the scene. You had an amazing run, gl in the future.
I remember you when you were a young "not your average wolf" doing high-pitched BW casts (to be fair, your voice hadn't changed yet), slowly making your way up through iCCup. It's great to see you doing well, hope you make the most of your SC2 career!
On June 13 2012 15:20 Funnytoss wrote: I remember you when you were a young "not your average wolf" doing high-pitched BW casts (to be fair, your voice hadn't changed yet), slowly making your way up through iCCup. It's great to see you doing well, hope you make the most of your SC2 career!
Those casts started the whole sc2gg thing. they were more significant than they seemed at the time.
I rofled pretty hard when I saw the open bracket and saw that you knocked Incontrol out first round, cause that TL attack or whatever game between you two was the first I had ever heard of the Superior Wolf.
Hopefully sc2 will shape into bw, where the skill levels get less continuous, more discreet. As it is now it might be good for a lot of foreigners, but ultimately a sport needs to be based on skill, not chance.
3. Please, please, PLEASE show more open bracket matches. I felt like the same thing happened to Scarlett in IPL 4, who really got no game coverage when she was likely one of, if not the, biggest stories at IPL 4. The only games I had streamed the whole tournament were the ones versus SeleCT in our first series. What about all the other players who made some noise at MLG? Axslav for example, who despite not doing so well in WCS, later went on a tear in MLG Open Bracket? Players like Sasquatch, who demonstrated solid play throughout both MLG and WCS but got literally ZERO exposure. All these players have unique personalities, many of them are AWESOME people with AWESOME stories and play AWESOME games – but it’s like they don’t even exist! This is a big problem with these tournaments. It feels like the pool players are actually the only players playing in a tournament. Everyone else is just useless buffer.
I went to the tournament to spectate my team & favorite players. I knew that I'd languish in third-hand stories about how far this or that player went and what the matches looked like. This was NOTHING like the experience being directly behind the player you're rooting for and cheering every major victory. Holding your breath at every tense moment. Even the inverse view of the player's opponent trying hard to defeat your hero, which adds to the suspense in a whole other way.
But some of the matches I really wanted to see occurred 3 rows in from where spectators/press are allowed to stand. EVEN when most of the 30+ computers sat empty, big matches were fought in the dead center, far from the fan's views. I knew CrazyMoviNG was losing based on the number of fuzzy dots of marines rolling all over, but had to squint and surmise most of what was happening (And I will be that nerd that brings binoculars to the next event, damnit. Although, given the squeamishness of the poorly-trained officials, it would risk banning.) Sandbox's matches were mainly unviewed by me; I had to ask him afterwards how they went, because he played just too far in the center of the open bracket clump. Insur's amazing run was about 50-50. Axslav, same story. I'm straining my eyes to view them at the edge of the barrier, knowing at least this isn't waiting for a twitter/irc feed telling me when he's won or lost. MLG still has a ways to go in many ways. And of the matches I missed, I'm still in doubt if I can relive the moment in a replay ... ever.
I don't intend to bias myself out of useful discussion. If they stream a main stage, offstage, and 2 open bracket players, fans will clamor for 2 more open bracket. If they stream main, off, and 4 OB, you'll have disgruntled fans wondering how in tarnation they chose those 4 and missed the most important OB match there. And on we go. There's a limitation there: you can't please everybody and streams will not rise to the live event ever. I want more discussion on MLG's side to how much more can reasonably be done to show the exciting matches they generate to fans dying to see them. I'd like a big interactive bracket up one day where you can click upcoming matches to vote whether they're streamed on the final two streams. Grab a couple garden-variety youtube casters/teamliquid streamers (Heck, even eliminated pro-gamers) and pop them in that game.
Keep at it Suppy! And MLG, your tri-view mainstage display was a step up from anything previous, keep going further.
Coming from a school that has an unending rivalry with Cal, and having first learned the name of "Suppy" when you beat my school's team in the CSL... I'm not exactly positively predisposed towards you.
But after that MLG run, and after reading this blog... I'm a fan. =D
<3
P.S. Cal might beat us in Starcraft, but we won Big Game the past two years, sooooooo I'm okay with that ^^
Great job Suppy! Although you kicked out some of my favorite players, I'm very happy to see some new blood have success in major tourneys. I know you didn't get much on stream exposure, but trust me, people take notice when a name they don't recognize makes it deep in the open bracket. Keep improving and I'm sure you'll get the credit you deserve!
Great blog, Mr wolf! I was stalking you on sc2 for match updates all event great results! You should try to come out to DC sometime to visit. Haven't seen you in ages!
Conan! I was so stoked when I heard you'd be attending MLG, it's not too often when someone from your local scene is such an absolute baller that he tears it up at an MLG! A huge congrats on your performance! Breakout player definitely well deserved.
I'm probably gonna tell people forever about getting to play you at Zerg Christmas but GL to you man, and I will be anxiously following and cheering for you at future events!
On June 13 2012 22:25 zerger420 wrote: Can you count Suppy as a true American?
If so I think Violet, Sleep, Puma, JYP, etc should be counted as American as well.
He doesn't look Native American to me either, so I guess "no, he's not a true American."
If you're implying that you have to be white to be considered a "true American", or you can't be considered a "true American" if you come from Asian decent, then you're just plain ignorant.
awesome read suppy, I was rooting for you following the brackets, woulda been great if we could "follow" a players games through the open bracket some how. Good luck at Raleigh
On June 15 2012 03:21 HeavOnEarth wrote: where are the epic tales of drunkwolf ? :D
He had a beer wrestled away from him by 2 people (hazely and R1CH I think?) and moved across the room, and then 5 minutes into a game of mafia (without getting up) he had a beer.
for all your SC2 noobs that didn't follow the foreigner brood war scene:
after watching the first teamliquid attack, a friend linked me the following video i laughed so hard i cried, and watched the video again and again =)
ladies and gentlemen, if you haven't seen it yet, watch TL attack first episode (with incontrol as the guest), then watch this and if you are like me, you will forever be a fan of this wolf that is not an ordinary wolf
Here's another pic u can add to your collection. (Sober...ish?) Supply & friends post mafia. 5:30am Monday morning heading back to hotel...except Tyler who somehow forgot he was staying at the Marriott and had to walk back my himself lol. Sorry bout pic quality. You guys in it can testify to the taxi dodging that had to be done to take it. hehe
omg ahahaha thx for the pic but yea we all sobered up nicely at that point :p forgot to take videos tho!!
Brilliant Blog mate, congrats on an a really solid performance at the the events. One thing you should be aware of was that as you started to post result after result, many people in the TL live report threads were asking about you. This community on TL doesn't miss these things even if the event doesn't give you the screen time that everyone would have liked. All the best for future events.
You did well supps~ MLG should have 3 streams up. maybe red for main stage, blue for pool, some other colored stream for open bracket players who look promising.
On June 17 2012 03:41 NITRIXdaisuki wrote: You did well supps~ MLG should have 3 streams up. maybe red for main stage, blue for pool, some other colored stream for open bracket players who look promising.
I agree with Daisuki on this I actually tweeted @ Puckett and Lee yesterday about adding another stream!
So they are looking into it, the question is if there will be a change in Raleigh or not.
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