EPTVideo: http://blip.tv/file/1036149
I start off by having a "sip" of Haji's beer..just watch.
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Me + MJY
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Mondragon's cheerful from WGTour
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TL Photo, third row on the right
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Me a bit tipsy
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Me and fucking Sea[SHIELD] MOTHERFUCKERS!
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OMFG ME AND THE MAESTRO. WE DID SHOTS OF VODKA.
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One of the 5837 high fives I gave Sea.
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Epic
Day 2 – Saturday, June 28th
Jaap and I woke up at 7:30, extremely excited for the day's events. We end up at the event at 9:00 and as we were press, did not have to wait in the extremely long line. Our first objective was to play StarCraft 2 and between the two of us that weekend, we played more than 100 games with himself primarily Zerg and myself experimenting with Protoss. After a few hours of StarCraft 2, we watched the new game announcement and while watching the trailer, the hair on my arms were standing straight up. Nothing like a Blizzard trailer to make a game seem so epic like they do with every trailer they've created in the past decade. We play so more StarCraft 2 until two more administrators from WGTour arrive – Roman (Error) and Seb (Baal), with CDS)Jump tagging along with Roman to the event. As Jump and Roman both worked for United Gaming TV, a Czech internet eSports TV channel, they interviewed me regarding StarCraft 2. We go out to eat, joined by Frida (Vilda) from GosuGamers. After some food, we all split up to watch the tournament (Mondi schooled by Sea) or play some StarCraft 2. We leave the venue at 9:30 and finally arrive at the TeamLiquid meet up that evening. WGTour made two cheerfuls for the foreigners, as they needed some loving as well which we presented. James made a video of Idra's presentation which can be found here: INSERT LINK. The night was a great one – finally meeting everyone behind their nicknames. Nothing like some great people and so much StarCraft 1 and 2 conversation. - almost as if everyone had been friends for years. People eventually leave throughout the night with the greatest of the days yet to come.
Day 3 – Sunday, June 29th
More StarCraft 2 gameplay, StarCraft 1 tournament, and StarCraft 2 showmatches. Unfortunately, the finals were a let down to many as Sea[Shield] lost in two games – 45 minutes was needed from start to finish for the finals. In Game 2 when Stork had all six of his arbiters ESPed and it looked as if Sea would push out for the win, 5-6 groups from Stork were waiting to crush the counter and win the match. G.s)Naruto and his 2v2 partner each defeated a Blizzard staff member in the 1v1 showmatch. The two then decided to win the StarCraft 1 2v2 tournament 2-1 as in all three games, both Zergs died first. Naruto led his team to victory and a sword worth $300 USD. The event closed at 9:00 so Haji and myself decided to get some food before heading to the afterparty at one of the hotels. At the kebab place, what a coincidence, but some TL members: James, Blake, Nyovne, Rage, XeoFreeStyler, and a few others. We all head over to the hotel where we meet Seb, Jaap, Joy (Meat), Trevor (Manifesto7), Chosi, and a few others with some beers and some nice conversation. Down comes numerous people including the infamous Xlord who while 16, looks as if he is 12, and drinks as if he is 8 yet no one saw him drinking once downstairs. Other guests include Christoph (Mondragon), Dreiven, Jonas (The1Crow), Elenore (Ore), and a whole bunch of WoW gamers. But the best was to come: Sean Oh (CJ Entus's coach), Ma Jae Yoon (Savior), Sea's coach, and Sea. The number of high fives I gave them each must be in the twenties. Sean Oh and I had a great talk as my Boston Red Sox hat came in handy. He too knew Boston and I told him my love for the Maestro. He leaves and comes back with 2 CJ uniforms that the Maestro himself had worn. The two men to get them: Haji and myself. We get a picture with the Maestro in them and throughout the night, the two progamers were hounded by everyone both sober and drunk. Thankfully, numerous pictures and videos were taken by both Seb and James. LINKS. Jaap and I finally leave sometime at night.
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