EPTKrefeld on Saturday. But then I decided not to do it, since I am
so fucking lazy at writing my thoughts. But now I got so drunk and
if my friiends would not dodge my offers of getting wasted on
Monday evening I would still be drinking. But now I am at home
watching this Russian TV-channel as a background noise and
drinking by myself like a real life alhocolic, I've decided to
write down all my thoughts about this experience, and, of course,
I forgot my glasses at work, so forgive me guys, for all the typis
I will make during writing this short essay.
So where did I stop? Let me remember, cause this paragraphs I've
started writing after one hour after the previous one. I had to go
and buy some Kilkenny in Edeka.
So I decided to go visit Krefeld and this SC2 event called
Homestory Cup, here I must take an important note, that I am a
hardcore broodwar fan, when I found out that some of the koreans
are going to show up, unfortunately (or fortunately?) there were
not Flash, Bisu, Jaedong and Stork. But still these guys were
enough for me, if you watched HSC, you already who they were,
Baby, Wooki, sHy, Stats.
So I was like "good"! Amazing, let me book the tickets and ask for
vacation from my Professor...But there were no exact dates until
last months, so insted of going for the whole event, I had to
stick only for Saturday, since Monday is a working day and I have
to leave early.
But anyway it was enough for me and I tried to buy the ticket. And
during this procedure I think I've became apparently an owner of
PayPal accoung! What a fucking brilliant idea it was. And then I
bought the tickets to Krefeld using my super useful Bahncard 25.
And I don't know why but I decided to come there at the early
morning (later in the text I will write why this was one of the
biggest mistakes I made during plainning this trip).
Ok, now we are on Friday, one day before I go to Krefeld, it is
alreayd 2nd day of the tournament, and I still don't know who
advanced where, cause I had no fucking time with all these
experiments I had to do. So I am just packing my tickets and
watching finally the stream, and I had this strange feeling. Like
how the fuck am I going there, like you are here, and the next day
you are there. Here I must tell you that I've been BW since ~2005,
at the times when youtube was 240p max, at least in Russia, and
all the BW knowledge I had was from the infamous (at least in
Russian speaking community) Rox.KIS.Bruce's VODS. I watched these
guys Baby, Wooki, sHy, Stats playing on Proleague, OSL, MSL and
the thought that I will see them the next day overwhelmed me, and
I just had no plan of what I am going to do if I see them. I
thought that if I make one photo with them will be enough, lol.
So, I am finishing now 4th bottle of Kilkenny, and I must soon go
again to buy another sixpack, cause it is Monday and it is a long
week. I am arriving to Duisburg where I need to take a change to
Regional Bahn, so I did. And it was so early in the morning and my
brain probably was not functioning well, and when they announced
the station is Krefeld Uedbirgen or something like that I went
out. And after 5 minutes when the train had already left I realize
that it is a wrong fucking station. Thanks God, I had to wait only
20 minutes for the next train.
I wanted to post some photos I made, but I am so drunk right now,
that I can't find this stupid wire to connect with laptop. So I am
finally in Krefeld and walking to this place. Good Smart Guy Take
rented appartments not so far Hauptbahnhof, so I did't spend much
time walking, only 15 minutes. So when I saw the house and it was
written TakeTV on it, I couldn't believe my eyes, I will finally
see some real BW players! LOL.
So I am inside now, I show my ticket, they put on my wrist this
green piece of paper. And now I see the insides, and I realize I
made the first fucking mistake I didn't take my slippers! Cause
how the fuck would I know? There is now fucking survival guide,
like what should I bring there or not? I once asked on reddit, but
it was fucking buried under balance patch cryings.
So I pass these German bouncers at the entrances. And I am inside
and its 12:30. And now I realize my second mistake, my biggest
mistake of planning this trip, I arrived to fucking early! I had
to wake up like at 8:00 to get on train at 9:00 to come here
12:30. This was stupid, later if you are still reading this
bullshit stream of thoughts you'll understand why. I am walking
around the place to get familiar with it, I must say that I came
alone, this is possibly my third mistake, cause when you have a
company it is ten times more fun. But I don't have here any
BW or even SC2 fans among my friends (or maybe I have and it is
just they are so embarrased to talk about this? who knows?).
So what i was talking about? I have already forgot, there was like
a 30 minutes gap, and I don't want to read what I have written.
Yeah, I am hungry! Like very hungry! And I found out that this
place offers no food! Only drinks, but I am so hungry that I need
a very big lunch, you remember that I had to wake up early in the
morning. And I ate nothing besides musli. So I wanted to go out
and find some place to eat (I have googled the best brauhaus here
in Krefeld), but then I see Stats... He was running out of some
basement to the some place, which I later found out to be a
toilet! And I couldn't believe my eyest, I see Stats running,
alive. LOL. I didn't even have time to ask for a photo or
something. He was too quick. I had to message my friends to tell
them, I needed Wi-Fi, I asked these bouncers on the entrance if
there is Wi-Fi, and they say no. And I am shocked how the fuck it
is possible, now Wi-Fi at the LAN party? Haha. They show me the
screen of their laptop and it says no connection. But since I am
coming from Russia, and I was taught well by my parents: you must
always ask several people! And I ask some guys about Wi-Fi and
they tell me there is one! The password was taketv_123 or without
_, I can't remember clearly now. So I get the connection and then
I see Rogue! And now I am fast enought to ask for a photo. And now
I see where they all going. They go to the basement, and this
basement is only for VIPs and stuff, and here is my instant regret
(not really instant, maybe after a couple of hours or later, read
further if I write about it at all, lol) is that I should have
bought the VIP ticket. Cause when the fuck am I coming again here?
I don't think anytime soon, cause too much shit to do here.
And as I understood my only chance of seeing the koreans and some
other sc2 players is when they want to pee, ahahahhahahaha. Smart
guy Take! If there was a toilet in the basement, they would never
go up. LOL And I asked the guys on reps.ru if they had questions
to ask koreans, I promised if I will have a chance I will ask
them. But the problem was that they were always on a hurry, you
know where, to pee and go back to the basement.
And I will tell here right now, that you couldn't talk to winners
cause they had a game next day and the losers were too sad to talk
with you (Neeb! Damn he looked devasted after he lost in the group
state).
So where did I stop? Yeah, I was fucking hungry! So I went to look
for his Brauhaus, and as soon as I arrived, it was 14:15, I found
out it is closed, it is fucking closed and opens only at 17:00. I
try to look for another place, and I find this croatian restaurant
and the problem is now try to guess? It closes at 14:30 and
reopens againg at 17:30. Shiiiiiiiiiiit. I arrived to Krefeld to
early... So I ended up in these network restaurants like
Extrablatt, Vapiano, where you eat the same food everywhere.
But now I am so full, I can't get up. After 1 hour and a half I
finally get back to TakeTV house. Now it is almost full, and now I
realize my 6th or 7th mistake, I didn't count, you keep tracking.
There is no fucking free seat to sit, and I am tired and full, I
just want to put my ass somewhere and watch some games. Basically
I had a realy urgent need to seat, like you know, their sponsor
NEAD for SEAT! And ironically, or maybe it was planned by smart
guy Take, there were not enough seats! Ahahaha.
I've already forgot what I wanted to write here, since I've spend
like several hours here in front of the monitor and my fingers
hurt and I just want to watch the next episode of Walking Dead and
finish the beers.
Maybe I'll share my first impressions experiences of the people, I
myselft not a big a fan of the theory that the first impressions
are the most real ones. But anyway these ones are the first and I
am not sure when there will second and others.
So I saw this korean guy with camera, in TL t-shirt. And maybe I
was already drunk from Krombacher, initially I had thought if it
is GTR, but then I googled GTR teamliquid and in the pictures and
the face looked diifferent, then I thought it is John The
Translator, but this time I didn't google and I asked directly if
he is he, and of course he was not. But the reply was not that
nice, like get the fuck off. Then I just tried to talk with him
and ask his nickname directly, the same reaction. He was kind of
"spießig". And that make me sad.
And the complete opposite was Rich! He was making photos around,
and when I saw the nickname on the back I couldn't believe it. The
guy who made available afreeca to us is here. I had to make a
photo with him, and I don't know why, but he was surpised, lol. I
think he had banned me before a couple of times, or maybe it was
not him. I can't remember. Very easy-going guy. And he said next
year will be very good for BW, or maybe it was in my dreams later.
I am not sure.
InControl seemed to be very serious. Like when I tried to talk to
him he seemed to thinking on his next jokes during casting. Very
focused. Not like Rotterdam or ToD, I am not saying they were not
focused, but they were much more relaxed. Haha. About Neeb I
already wrote, I think. TLO is TLO, hahahahahahahahahha!
Damn, I am tired of typing, I will just write againg about the
biggest mistake I made. I came too fucking early! I woke up like
at 7:00 to start really watching at 16:00, it was stupid. I am
saying this because the most fun started after the games have
finished! Like at 2 am and I already couldn't handle. I simply
passed out in the cinema lounge. I could just here the music and
the voiced and I couldn't join them because I was so tired. And I
had a train back like at 6 am, one guy woke me up, I wake up and I
see Rotterdam running with to girls, where does he get the
energy?! Party all night and then cast all day. Ahahahha.
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, and I managed to get autographs, and I got
Wooki's two times, lol. Cause one guy took my paper and gave to
Wooki to sign, despite me telling him that I've already got it,
ahaha. Damn, I wish I hadn't come so early. When I went out I saw
TLO, Stephano, Demuslim and some other sc2 players. Have I told
you since I am not so dedicated to sc2 how I thought that Patience
was Solar, and Solar was Patience, fuuuuuuuuuuuck. This was so
embarassing, ahaha. So I wanted to ask for a photo, but I was
tired, and I heard they were talking about some really serious
stuff, Stephano was telling TLO, that doctor is the one who heals
people, after hearing that I decided not to bother them and go to
the train station...
Damn, this was a very nice event, I wish I knew what to do before
I came, maybe I could have more fun! Yeah, and it was very
surreal, like standing in the line for the toilet, I turn my head,
and I see sHy talking to Stats behind me, also wating to pee. lol.
Dennis, thank you for making the only toilet availble only on one
floor!
Ha-ha!
