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One week after this Finals occurred, I finally found the time to write this. This has been one of the best meetups I have ever been to and I thank each and every one of you who came out to enjoy and celebrate the LAST BW OSL Finals. Now I am not very good at writing recaps so forgive me if this doesn't feel as epic as it did on that day.
This all started when I found out that the OSL Finals was going to be delayed a week. I was originally planning to host the event at my house, but I wanted someplace bigger where more people would be able to come and be together for this monumental moment. After getting wind that Cybercraft, the place where we usually held these kinds of meetups, was reopening, I went over there frequently to check if it was open and to arrange a meetup there if it was. When I saw that the place was open, I helped the new owner set the place up along with Certified and convinced him to leave the place to me for the night so that we could host the finals event there.
Fast forward to Friday, August 3rd. We had a wonderful dinner at a nearby restaurant, then came over to Cybercraft to play all night long!
I'll let some of the video I took do the talking.
+ Show Spoiler +
If you're wondering where all the booze and food came from, they're from the H-mart next door, a Korean supermarket that's open 24/7, at least this particular one.
During the middle of all this, the AC went out in the place. We were hot and stuffy as heck. Despite all this, I again thank everyone for staying positive and taking it in stride. I also thank Wyrm, who came in the middle of the night, for fiddling with the thermostat and getting the AC started again.
When the games started, everyone here was so excited. Seeing Boxer and Yellow on stage just gave me the chills, and when they danced the Kong Dance, everyone was jumping up and down and dancing here as well. Then... + Show Spoiler [Finals Spoiler] +"Herp derp DTs into GG." - Kibibit
After witnessing history in the wee hours of the morning, some of us went over to IHOPs for breakfast like bosses. Nothing like an omelette to celebrate what I just saw.
To those who went: I again thank you all for coming out and bearing with me, the overbearing organizer, and for giving me free food and booze from H-mart.
Group photos:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/PRChZ.jpg)
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ipZwe.jpg)
Special thanks to:
1. Flamewheel for the laptop, hosting mafia, and generally being awesome every time we met over this summer. I wish you luck when you study abroad for the upcoming term.
2. Blasterion for helping me out a lot during preparation.
3. Certified for getting hired at cybercraft and being patient with me in training me so that I could man the front desk during the night.
4. Micronesia for dropping me off at home :D
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Has it really only been a week? That just blew me away.
That video is really green 
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Whoa this sounds awesome :D
Super cool to see that Blast is still around and micronesia being a bro keke. Wish I could've come lol, seems that most of the TL meetups with all the awesome people occur at locations far away from norcal usually uguu. Go TL 
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Baa?21244 Posts
wait wtf zow you have a cj entus jacket?? O_O
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On August 13 2012 10:13 Aerisky wrote:Whoa this sounds awesome :D Super cool to see that Blast is still around and micronesia being a bro keke. Wish I could've come lol, seems that most of the TL meetups with all the awesome people occur at locations far away from norcal usually uguu. Go TL
Blast is only "around" because he lives close by. I often call him out when I go to Flushing.
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Yeah I know, I just mean it's cool that he's around and up for events and whatnot ^^
But still so jealous, all of you guys are east coasters </3
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United States24776 Posts
hahaha you have day1 of game1 on film apparently... where I was chosen by mafia, checked by cop, and then saved my the medic!
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On August 13 2012 10:37 Aerisky wrote:
Yeah I know, I just mean it's cool that he's around and up for events and whatnot ^^
But still so jealous, all of you guys are east coasters </3
One of the guys in the photo actually came to NYC 2-3 days before the event for his research and came down to the event. Lucky guy.
Flamewheel was also lucky because that weekend was his last in NYC.
@Probe1 I blame the lighting.
@micronesia.I struggled to remain silent when I saw that.
Then you were scum in the last game and almost won.
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wooo nyc still alive, you guys are great
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Micronesia, will you ever forgive Blasterion for his betrayal in RISK?
Finally ate my money's worth at IHOP, though I was still hungering for more.
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United Kingdom14464 Posts
T_T Still that Blasterion got banned, good to see that he's still part of the scene.
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United States24776 Posts
On August 13 2012 11:05 Phelix wrote:
Micronesia, will you ever forgive Blasterion for his betrayal in RISK?
Finally ate my money's worth at IHOP, though I was still hungering for more.
There will be NO FORGIVENESS
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United States10328 Posts
yayyy
I should watch these with sound
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CA10830 Posts
LOOOOL i didn't even know you were filming me when i was studying. my headphones block out pretty much all sound. so focused yo. but hey i guess it was kind of worth it because i got an A on that exam! haha
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This is the NYC meetup that I missed?
T_T
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CA10830 Posts
Also I wasn't in trouble in my bgh game! I ended up cannon rushing the front while reaver dropping in the Terran min line
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On August 13 2012 20:24 supernovamaniac wrote:
This is the NYC meetup that I missed?
T_T
Now I won't be able to see you until winter! T_T
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Ah that's mafia game host guy was way too serious. lol
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