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Liquid In China
Hey everyone, in the absence of anyone doing media coverage, I decided to take a lot of pictures and video footage for you guys to see.
I'm going to keep it short and sweet, though I have a goldmine of quotes, photos and video. When I get back I'll do some uploads because it's pretty hard to get around the Great Firewall of China.
Room setup (for those interested): FLUFF + TC, Mike + Sam, Korok (Lone wolf, though later joined by TL's Flamewheel)
This is Carson, our translator and helpful guide! Everyone loves him, he's super awesome and friendly:
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His hotel room number was 9-11, ominously and morbidly funny (at least to me).
The Arrival:
Here's a picture of ixmike after a super long 23 hour day (The very first good chair):
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Upon arriving at the hotel, we noticed this super awkward bathroom setup (Later figured out that there was a blind):![[image loading]](http://puu.sh/2YHKc.jpg)
We went out for a late night snack on some restaurant district in Shanghai (Only notable food item was dumplings): ![[image loading]](http://puu.sh/2YHLX.jpg)
*Bulba is a vegetarian and is having the worst time ever finding food - more about this later*
They gave ixmike gloves (LOL):
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Day 1:
We decided to take a walk around and visit a convenience store for some snacks and drinks.
This is the central dome-shaped hub that connects several major districts (lights up at night and is very cool): ![[image loading]](http://puu.sh/2YHPK.jpg)
Korok and Mike getting some drinks:
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Mike's first interaction with a local, the cashier-woman initiated with Chinese - Mike was confused. Korok promptly tells her, in Chinese (yeah he speaks a little), that he doesn't speak: ![[image loading]](http://puu.sh/2YHTh.jpg)
The thirst of champions, Mike's water spills all over his shirt and he dgaf's: ![[image loading]](http://puu.sh/2YHUU.jpg)
On the way back, the hub is pleasantly decorated and very colorfully lit at night time: ![[image loading]](http://puu.sh/2YHWV.jpg)
Another shot of the hub:
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Guess which Indian this is (He literally doesn't get out of bed, ever): ![[image loading]](http://puu.sh/2YHZR.jpg)
Lunch:
We met up with Alliance and our very cool translator and friend Carson to get some lunch.
Walking to a nearby shopping plaza to get food (Alliance members in the front): ![[image loading]](http://puu.sh/2YI2d.jpg)
S4, son of Magnus, and Sam, Mr. Bed, talking about the competition on the way over: ![[image loading]](http://puu.sh/2YI3k.jpg)
Liquid:
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Going out for breakfast with Alliance, they wanted McDonald's haha. Korok decided that we should eat something more Asian so we left them there:
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Bulba practicing that Jeffery Dahmer pose for G-1:
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Carson is taking 5 simultaneous orders for us at this Chinese noodle place (poor guy) -- We all got some chicken curry or beef noodles with a mango drink, being a noob asian I didn't take a picture of it immediately (forgive me):
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Sam awaiting his vegetarian food (turned out to be rice and a vegetable appetizer), the guy has had nothing but mediocre food choices all day lol: ![[image loading]](http://puu.sh/2Z9la.jpg)
Mike knows how to order desserts (we went to a dairy queen right after):
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TC's reading material, wait a minute...:
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This is no coincidence... Facebook creator and author:
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And apparently 2009 said TC is the future of the West (burning of the west). What a person.
Photoshoot
Mike in the hotel lobby with his Liquid jersey on:
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Zuckerberg looking pale as ever:
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Alliance guys (Left to right: Bulldog, S4, Loda, Akke, EGM):
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Some shots of the hotel lobby:
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Carson looking extremely promiscuous HAHA (Carson is so awesome):
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Blurry shot of Burning:
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ROTK and Burning:
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Waiting for our Cab to take us to the stadium for photos:
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Korok being Korok, Akke with his rolled up sleeve look:
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Loda is telling everyone how he hates clockwork because he keeps getting pushed up cliffs at Roshan:
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Apparently all the cab drivers have these plastic shields around them:
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Crossing the street is an experience, the green light doesn't actually guarantee your safety. Note: ixmike almost died here, a car literally almost wrecked him:
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On our way to the stadium:
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Waiting on some people to finish their badminton (pretty jealous, I wanted to play):
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Bulldog:
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Boys in blue (TC dodged because he's a wallflower):
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We're going to be playing down here, Carson said it fits 1000 spectators:
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Korok's like... "We can't speak Chinese":
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Bails immediately:
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Really great group photo of Carson and Alliance:
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It's actually a pretty clear day, Korok said it's usually smoggier in China:
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ixmike intimidating the competition, Orange esports unphased:
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Back at the hotel
Guess who went back to bed:
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We watched a bunch of replays setup on an HDMI cord and monitor. We really want to visit the Dota Super League studio to watch LGD.int play Rattlesnake. Carson tells us that we can go later and that G-1 wanted to interview TC, as well as the other carry players (Loda, Mushi, and Burning).
At the conference room where TC (Western Burning) sits with Burning (Eastern Burning):
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Quick story: Blame TC for this by the way, he didn't record the footage of me awkwardly pointing at Burning (him noticing in the periphery) and telling Carson to tell him that he's my favorite player. Burning kept looking at me because I kept saying his name and subtlety pointing at him like a zoo animal. Carson was messing with me acting like he didn't know what I was saying so I told TC to redo the video and he failed to press the record button! What a shame, what a shame. At least I professed my fandom to Burning. My two favorite players TC and Burning!
Mushi:
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Loda joins us:
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Burning doing his interview:
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Filming new hit Chinese propaganda news show, "Zuckerberg on China" (He hopes to expand his dominance by tearing down the great firewall of China in regard to Facebook -- currently blocked): ![[image loading]](http://puu.sh/2Zavk.jpg)
Waiting on a cab to visit the Dota Super League studio!
Something about Loda's face... Also, the city at night is so vibrant:
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First cab, Alliance goes first. (THIS IS RUDE) Notice Asian woman driver - Bulba notes "This is how we get rid of our competition":
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Ironically he steps into the cab as well (they almost killed a biker on the way there apparently, at least that's what Akke told me) -- We can also afford to lose an Indian:
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Arrived at the location and was met by Helen (I took video footage but I can't upload it so we just get some blurry shots):
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She took us down some street to the base:
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We were late and game one finished, LGD.int came outside to say hi and also to get some fresh air (I took video footage again, this has to wait for me to come back home to upload):
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Brax looking pretty bamf:
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A glimpse of the production room:
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LGD.int.2.S4 (You heard it here first):
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This stage is very cool:
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Dire and Radiant towers:
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I recruited LGD.int.2.Facebook.TC (S4 is pleased) -- I also told TC he looks like Woody from Toy Story:
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Okay well the rest of the footage is Video, and there's a good amount of it. I'm probably going to make a little video when I come back in my free time. This trip has been completely hilarious and awesome so far. I'll try to take some pictures but it will eventually slow down due to having to compete and all.
Cheers
-FLUFF
P.S. No one took any pictures or video really. So I never got any pictures. I have some shameless blurry selfies though.
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Mike is so handsome. Amazing blog. Keep us updated!
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This was an awesome photoblog. Keep these coming and good luck in G-1 League.
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Awesome pics. Keep it up!
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wow, so many pictures, thanks 
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Welcome to Shanghai, and good luck for G-1 !
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PLEASE KEEP UPLOADING MORE!
you guys sure look you are having a great time!
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this was incredibly awesome! i'd love to see more of this and i'm hoping you guys do well in g-1!
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Great pictures, really nice to see you guys enjoying yourselves there.
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Lalalaland34491 Posts
Loving this, thanks a lot Fluff!
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lol great pics, glad that you are enjoying the trip! More pics/blogs please!
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All things ixmike are hilarious. There must be a correlation here.
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United States4714 Posts
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sick work fluff, gl in the tournament
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On May 23 2013 10:33 icystorage wrote:
PLEASE KEEP UPLOADING MORE!
you guys sure look you are having a great time!
that!
gl TL gl Alliance
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Loved scrolling through all these pics. Thanks for sharing!
So why does Bulba stay in bed all day? Still jetlagged? No proper food? *wink*
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great pics cant wait for the matches. too bad no team group pix with azn teams :<
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AWESOME! Carson really is the man haha, he really brightens your day whenever you talk to him
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Nice work fluff. Upload more.
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Dis pic blog is absolutely amazing. Like, top 3 TL blogs all time.
So true how TC looks like both Mark Zuckerberg and Woody from Toy Story. How did I never notice before?
More of this please.
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"At the conference room where TC (Western Burning) sits with Burning (Eastern Burning)"
lol'd
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Hahaha there's always weird and funny moments when ixmike is involved. No wonder Fluff said, "One does not simply meet ixmike88, one experiences ixmike88." :D Thanks for sharing Fluff! Keep em coming! <3
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house of leaves is a fucking sick book, good on you TC
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tc has good taste in everything I'm so jealous
and mike always looks so happy.
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House of leaves is so boss... Just seeing it makes me want to read it again,
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love blogs about other teams' trips, so jealous :D
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Not enough Ixmike pictures!
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So awesome... good luck Team Liquid!!
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amazing read
kick ass guys
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Nice pictures, good luck in G-1!
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Bulba is just storing up energy to make plays
Like Bulbasaur stores energy to use solar beam
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Holy crap what an update lol. Thanks for all the pics, you captured some pretty cool moments :D
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On May 23 2013 11:43 Shaella wrote:
Bulba is just storing up energy to make plays
Like Bulbasaur stores energy to use solar beam
This quote is 5/5 right here.
GL Liquid!
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What size shoe does Mike wear?
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On May 23 2013 12:13 Lovely So Handsome wrote:
What size shoe does Mike wear?
Size 88
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Looks amazing! Good luck out there
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Tell them to break out of their shell and explore while they have time. Not every one gets to be young and travel to an awesome place! They'll miss out on trying everything. Loved your enthusiasm. Looking forward to more.
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DON'T DRINK NORMAL WATER THERE! Beware of bottled water too.
Last time I went to China, I got terribly, massively sick from the water I ordered at a restaurant (dumb I know).
Don't get sick and be unable to play to your full potential TL!
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Nice pics. Dem white pants of Alliance.
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Awesome Fluff keep it up!
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Does anyone else think that Alliances uniforms with the white on white look hideous? Or am I just being a girl
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Awesome blog! I can't wait for the finals.
Best of luck to you and the rest of TL.LGD.INT.2.FB!
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I see you guys got the wonderful experience of the Chinese hotel windowed bathroom. Glad to hear yours has a curtain, not all of them do.
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Helen looks cute 
Almost as hot as Mark Zuckerberg there.
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I'm not really a DotA fan, but I am fan enough of Liquid to enjoy this blog ^_^
Good read
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Love House of Leaves.
Great photos, best of luck!
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LOL holy shit, Bulba's comment on the cab driver, and TC looking like Woody. Great pics + story so far.
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Great photo collection, Fluff, thanks for sharing. But like you said, it needs more pics of you!
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Looks like fun! Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to more pictures and, of course, the games.
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Korok looks so good! He lost a lot of weight!!!
10/10 would bang.
And lol @the hotel bathroom picture.
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I expect Mark Zuckerburg to dominate in China and take over the internet.
Thanks so much for documenting everything on your trip Fluff, this is one of the reasons why you're my favorite captain. :D
AND TAKE MORE PICTURES OF YOURSELF. (Or ask others to take pictures of you!)
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Thanks for the content Fluff!
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Vegetarian food is hard to find in China 
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This is awesome. Must get more!
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Awesome Fluff! GL to you in the tournament!
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Awesome update. Thanks for taking the time to do this, Fluff!
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Great pics! I challenge you to a badminton duel should you get to San Francisco before august or Denmark following :p
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The room service at the hotel brought me some decent fried rice. That shits gonna be all i eat this week. oh well.
where's subway
flamewheel where r u bro
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Thanks for uploading so many pictures! :D The more the better! GL TL and Alliance!
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The Alliance team uniforms are so much better than EG's. o_O
On May 23 2013 11:05 Restless- wrote:
Hahaha there's always weird and funny moments when ixmike is involved. No wonder Fluff said, "One does not simply meet ixmike88, one experiences ixmike88." :D Thanks for sharing Fluff! Keep em coming! <3
That's a good line. BD
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Papua New Guinea1059 Posts
That guy mike should really do something about his look...
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On May 23 2013 14:49 Liquid`BuLba wrote:
The room service at the hotel brought me some decent fried rice. That shits gonna be all i eat this week. oh well.
where's subway
flamewheel where r u bro
I feel your pain Bulba
#vegetariansunite
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We need more of Lodas chest !
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This is awesome. Thanks for the pictures and little captions FLUFF. GL Liquid fighting!!!
Btw, laughed my ass off about the asian women drivers joke.
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Cool photoblog. I like how mike is beaming in every picture. Fluff, you simply MUST get a video of Pajkatt doing his gunshot pose, it is to die for.
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Hahaha, so all the time I'm reading I'm slightly annoyed by you not putting up any pics of yourself, I thought that was felt typical fluffbehavior as well. And then the post scriptum! Haha, so awesome! Great blog! Keep us updated!
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Shanghai has bird flu... not sure how extensive.. TAKE CARE
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Awesome pictures! Looks like you guys are having a great time! GL in the tournament.
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Are you kidding me? You are in Shanghai and went to a junk food place...?
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Northern Ireland22208 Posts
Looks like you're enjoying yourselves out there!
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On May 23 2013 16:59 JustPassingBy wrote:
Are you kidding me? You are in Shanghai and went to a junk food place...?
Honestly, should have chinese mcdonald's or KFC once just to see how different the menu is over there, having pizza in china is also a pretty fun experience.
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Love your blogs Fluff, it's reallly awesome that indians are expendable some of the proplayers keep in touch with the community this closely ^^
Thanks yo (:
And ffs, why are the games played during the exam ?
I won't be able to watch it live, bummer ! >
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Oh man, Was at Shanghai last week, didnt get the chance to catch up to you guys, btw. Where's the venue in Shanghai for the Dota2 Super league? or the LGD base?
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If Bulba is a vegetarian he's gonna have a really bad time, Chinese ppl dont believe in meals without meat(I'm half-chinese, half-vietnamese).
Also, LOL Alliance going for MacDonalds in friggen China, with one of the BEST cuisines in the world! So damn northern european! Fordømte svensker 
Btw whats Fluff's ethnicity?
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On May 23 2013 17:56 BadAim wrote:If Bulba is a vegetarian he's gonna have a really bad time, Chinese ppl dont believe in meals without meat(I'm half-chinese, half-vietnamese). Also, LOL Alliance going for MacDonalds in friggen China, with one of the BEST cuisines in the world! So damn northern european! Fordømte svensker Btw whats Fluff's ethnicity?
half-awesome, half-badass
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Canada19447 Posts
Great blog! Please do some more .
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Awesome pictures, thanks for sharing!
"Zuckerberg looking pale as ever:" I laughed out loud.
Try to put up a fight vs the chinese monsters TL, good luck.
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No problems with asian girls chasing the ixmike stache on the street? Interesting!
Great blog fluff
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Isn't rice commonly cooked with some kind of meat broth? I wouldn't even trust that tbh.
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Awesome job on the blog!! Keep it up. I'm sure most of western Doto will be hungry for moar ^_^v
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Rice cooked with just water>?? no?
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great blog, i loved it. more of this!
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On May 23 2013 18:36 givemefive wrote:
Isn't rice commonly cooked with some kind of meat broth? I wouldn't even trust that tbh.
No rice is either cooked or steamed in plain water.
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Burning of the west. God damn TC. Moving up in the world. Nice blog 5/5
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who was the indian though
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nice pictures, thanks. And poor vegetarians, I remember their sad fate in Prague, where it was impossible to get nice salads in restaurants, and 80% of the time they ended up eating crumbed and fried camenbert .
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Greate Blog. I love Shanghai, i am so jealous of you guys :-)
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Fantastic! Thanks Fluff, great blog ^^
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On May 23 2013 12:30 deejayy wrote:
DON'T DRINK NORMAL WATER THERE! Beware of bottled water too.
Last time I went to China, I got terribly, massively sick from the water I ordered at a restaurant (dumb I know).
Don't get sick and be unable to play to your full potential TL!
I've been to China numerous times and had never experienced this. Probably it's just the water from that particular restaurant.
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On May 23 2013 17:56 BadAim wrote:If Bulba is a vegetarian he's gonna have a really bad time, Chinese ppl dont believe in meals without meat(I'm half-chinese, half-vietnamese). Also, LOL Alliance going for MacDonalds in friggen China, with one of the BEST cuisines in the world! So damn northern european! Fordømte svensker Btw whats Fluff's ethnicity?
He's half Chinese, half Cambodian.
 FLUFFNSTUFF
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Look at all the swedes with white pants )
Well done with the blog, keep us updated please
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so tough life to be a veggie in china and being a veggie makes u sleepy :p
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great blog, thanks a lot!
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yo only take the teal taxis if you can, the rest are dodgy as fuck imo
http://i.imgur.com/lYjQTTv.jpg
I'm loving TC's choice of reading material, owns!
Liquid fighting!
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Thanks Fluff, great blog.
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Canada16217 Posts
Nice blog! enjoy the stay in china :D
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Netherlands6181 Posts
Awesome! Great work :D
Good luck ^_^
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I kept hearing the hotel was nice, Im glad to finally see pictures.
Aliance were all wearing white pants.... risky business.
Have fun in China and good luck
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AWESOME
A W E S O M E
keep on fluff and show ur face !
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Man, thx for this!! Really cool to see some pics of your experience there in China!
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Great blog! Some tips for Shanghai:
1) Air quality downtown can be sort of dodgy but shouldn't be too terrible yet because it hasn't hit June/July when the temperature raises to boiling the mirages shimmer in the air. I kid you not. If any of you guys are sensitive to air quality and stuff, you can pick up one of those white mask thingies if it helps you.
2) Vegetarian dishes..... Is Bulba vegetarian or pesco-vegetarian? If he can eat fish, it should be fairly easy to get stuff especially since Shanghai has a lot of seafood. Of course their pork chops are better, but those aren't fish >.>. If he doesn't eat fish, I'd probably stick to shi fan (rice porridge) with some pickled vegetables/steamed vegetables. You should be able to get that a lot of places. Fried rice also should be safe if you tell them what to leave out. If he likes spicy food, suan la mian (sour/spicy) noodles are typically vegetarian and come with some kind of green leafy vegetable depending on the restaurant/food stall. Gan bian si ji dou (Dry stir fried beans) are also quite nice and can be made without meat (some places add ground meat, some don't, but that's easy to fix). If he doesn't hate tofu, there's a lot of fried tofu/vegetable things out there. Hope that helps! Also vegetable buns!!! And if everything else fails, super cheap chong you bing (scallion pancakes) that you can buy at any random food cart for like 10 cents lol. You probably might be able to find some places that have vegetable dumplings as well. Oh yeah, ca ye dan (tea eggs, or eggs that have been boiled in a mixture of spices and tea, really good) can be bought from most food carts and should fulfill protein requirements if Bulba doesn't like tofu
3) Bottled water only from convenience stores should be fine; However, bottled water sold off the street is sometimes not actually bottled water >.> In restaurants, unless it's one of the nicer ones, it's probably better just to get some variety of tea (jasmine/oolong/etc) since that's boiled. Usually ends up costing less too, haha.
Good luck over there, and stay healthy! Hope you guys all have a safe trip
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TC is now my favourite liquid player. Excellent choice of reading material.
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u guys live in WUJIAOCHANG, omg!!!! i wish i could go back to china and support you guys!!!! fighting!!!!!!
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UPLOAD MORE PLEASE FLUFF. I LOVE THIS.
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Thanks a lot, Fluff. The pictures are pure win.
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thanks for the pics! looks like a lot of fun.
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this is awesome.. im a sc2 player and never played DotA2 (been watching some from the liquid guys when they stream but thats it) and i wish the sc2 guys could do something simular. really fun reading and good pictures keep em comming!
Liquid fighting!
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Thanks for sharing all those photos! looks awesome
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super jelly. thank you for the cool pics!
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