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MLG Dallas: The Tara Babcock Experience!

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TaraBabcock
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States391 Posts
November 09 2012 02:57 GMT
#1
My experience of the 2012 MLG Fall Championships in Dallas, Texas. I check out the venue, talk about hotel issues, watch epic StarCraft II matches, hang out with some progamers, casters, eSports personalities, what I thought of the matches, and some fun adventures along the way!

Enjoy my raw footage of MLG Dallas from my semi-insider point of view!



Thanks to all of the progamers, casters, fans, translators/managers, and friends I molested with my camera during the weekend!

Here is a quick update from Dallas:


**
Supermodel Nerd Stream! twitch.tv/tarababcock
Jecko
Profile Joined May 2012
United States40 Posts
November 09 2012 03:47 GMT
#2
Yay good videos :DDD
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
November 09 2012 06:37 GMT
#3
gotta love those high apm hugs yo
krndandaman
Profile Joined August 2009
Mozambique16569 Posts
November 09 2012 07:14 GMT
#4
--- Nuked ---
Mothra
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States1448 Posts
November 09 2012 08:43 GMT
#5
Haha that was oddly entertaining. You look just like the character Elvira.
TaraBabcock
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States391 Posts
November 09 2012 10:31 GMT
#6
On November 09 2012 12:47 Jecko wrote:
Yay good videos :DDD


<3
Supermodel Nerd Stream! twitch.tv/tarababcock
TaraBabcock
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States391 Posts
November 09 2012 10:31 GMT
#7
On November 09 2012 15:37 LuckyFool wrote:
gotta love those high apm hugs yo


Damn right! The best kind! :D
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divito
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada1213 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-09 13:42:54
November 09 2012 11:29 GMT
#8
On November 09 2012 16:14 krndandaman wrote:
I think you look better makeupless for some reason.

Most girls do look better without make-up. Either because they overdo their make-up, choose a look that doesn't suit them, or they don't know how to apply it, one will almost always look better with nothing. It's especially more obvious with someone that does the fake look like Tara does, to see that she actually is attractive without. To be honest, I used to despise (harsh?) Tara's entry into eSports, with the gimmicks and her look, and what she was trying to do.

All that said though, these videos humanized her a lot more with more natural speaking, less placations, and more of her actual personality. The added aspect of actually accepting a video without make-up to appear online takes away much of the negative feelings I had.

Nice videos, and you seem like a lot more of a real genuine and interesting woman.
Skype: divito7
Aelonius
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Netherlands432 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-09 12:47:35
November 09 2012 12:40 GMT
#9
Hey Tara,

I've been pretty vocal before as you know, and I am quite suprised at the second video. It shows a sort of 'vunerability' which I find very interesting to watch and listen to. It gives a lot more personality and that's great :D . Hopefully you'd grab this and push more like this in the future ^_^

''The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.''—Ronald Reagan
TaraBabcock
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States391 Posts
November 09 2012 13:44 GMT
#10
On November 09 2012 20:29 divito wrote:
That said, I used to despise (harsh?) Tara's entry into eSports, with the gimmicks and her look, and what she was trying to do. All that said however, these videos humanized her a lot more with more natural speaking, less platitudes and more of her actual personality. The added aspect of actually accepting a video without make-up to appear online takes away much of the negative feelings I had.

Nice videos, and you seem like a lot more of a real genuine and interesting woman.


Thanks for the feedback. It's cool that shit I randomly decide to do conveys my genuine nature. It sucks that who I am or what I look like is constantly fighting against a negative stereotype, but stereotypes are there because they, more often than not, hold truth.

I'm just glad I am given chances to prove myself in the community and a medium to do so like TL.
Supermodel Nerd Stream! twitch.tv/tarababcock
TaraBabcock
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States391 Posts
November 09 2012 13:48 GMT
#11
On November 09 2012 21:40 Aelonius wrote:
Hey Tara,

I've been pretty vocal before as you know, and I am quite suprised at the second video. It shows a sort of 'vunerability' which I find very interesting to watch and listen to. It gives a lot more personality and that's great :D . Hopefully you'd grab this and push more like this in the future ^_^



Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you guys liked the little update video. There was a lot of crazy imperfect stuff happening, and I thought it'd be interesting to let people in on all the random stuff as it happened, and keep the actual MLG Dallas video a bit more on topic and professional (as professional as a POV video with no FX taken with a shaky point-and-shoot can be, anyway).

WOOT!
Supermodel Nerd Stream! twitch.tv/tarababcock
HeeroFX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States2704 Posts
November 09 2012 14:40 GMT
#12
Thanks for the videos, you always put up fun things for me to procrastinate with.
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-09 17:59:19
November 09 2012 17:56 GMT
#13
Have to agree with the rest of the guys.

Tara you look much better when you aren't all dolled up.

You go girl!

P.S. Happy Birthday.
solidbebe
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Netherlands4921 Posts
November 09 2012 20:52 GMT
#14
Weeeeooooooow so much better without the makeup imo I like your videos way better like this because you look like an actually interesting person, not just someone trying to score with looks (not to come of harsh here :/)

Anyways, happy birthday! Looking forward to more videos like these.
That's the 2nd time in a week I've seen someone sig a quote from this GD and I have never witnessed a sig quote happen in my TL history ever before. -Najda
TaraBabcock
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States391 Posts
November 10 2012 02:22 GMT
#15
On November 09 2012 23:40 HeeroFX wrote:
Thanks for the videos, you always put up fun things for me to procrastinate with.


Yeah! Glad I could be of service!

Thanks for the Birthday wishes, guys! Sucks to be sick on my birthday and miss my LA trip AND not be able to stream.
Supermodel Nerd Stream! twitch.tv/tarababcock
TroW
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States67 Posts
November 10 2012 03:40 GMT
#16
I laughed aloud at the "wonderful, phallic, epilepsy-inducing stick" comment, that was pretty funny.

Cool to see the venue and members of the community from a more casual perspective, thanks for posting this!
"A thinker sees his own actions as experiments and questions--as attempts to find out something. Success and failure are for him answers above all." - Friedrich Nietzsche
trias_e
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States520 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-10 06:49:23
November 10 2012 06:49 GMT
#17
Nice vids! Awesome seeing day[9] and mc in the wild.
Aerisky
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States12129 Posts
November 10 2012 08:03 GMT
#18
Indeed, you do much better without the makeup, which I personally find kind of overkill at times.

Hope you get better and that you have fun oh your birthday though. Yay MC! :D
Jim while Johnny had had had had had had had; had had had had the better effect on the teacher.
reikai
Profile Joined January 2011
United States359 Posts
November 14 2012 05:01 GMT
#19
On November 09 2012 19:31 TaraBabcock wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 09 2012 12:47 Jecko wrote:
Yay good videos :DDD


<3


Are you guys dating? I played Jecko first round TT
Et Ducit Mundum Per Luce. :T:
TaraBabcock
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States391 Posts
November 14 2012 05:03 GMT
#20
On November 14 2012 14:01 reikai wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 09 2012 19:31 TaraBabcock wrote:
On November 09 2012 12:47 Jecko wrote:
Yay good videos :DDD


<3


Are you guys dating? I played Jecko first round TT


No, we're just besties and roommates. :D

Glad everyone is liking the casual look at the event and the pros/casters and stuff. Maybe I'll try put something together for IPL this month as well.
Supermodel Nerd Stream! twitch.tv/tarababcock
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