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1Focus
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States409 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-23 21:00:22
January 23 2012 07:50 GMT
#1
My First Lan Under Area 51

Friday 8:00 P.M. - 5:00.A.M. on Saturday

I told my teammates from Area 51 that I was going to sleep, five hours passed and I told them again. While I was laying there tirelessly wasting my time and energy "trying" to go to sleep, all I could think about was the event and not disappointing my team and teammates by having a horrible performance. I always try to carry everything on my shoulders never wanting to let it be to much for me. Since it was the first LAN event my team was ever showing up at, I was just really worried that we did not meet the expectations of what a sponsored team should be. I wanted us to introduce Area 51 with a bang.

Area 51 was usually known for its FPS games like CS1.6, CSS, TF2, COD, and BF3. This is the first time they hopped into an RTS Game and I didn't want them to regret it by not even making it out of my pool play. I was worried about so much that I went to the LAN with about thirty-forty minutes of sleep.

Saturday 6:30 A.M. - 8:30 P.M

I arrived at my teammates Strength's house and we left at 7:00 were would then have to enjoy a four hour drive(Which actually was not bad). When we got there, we met our last player Mind. He had been there for a while practicing and waiting for us to arrive. We had time to warm-up and relax while we waiting for the rest of the players to trickle in. At this point I managed to meet the event runner Torenhire, who I must say is an extremely nice guy. I also met NrGLuckyfool, someone I have known since released but never got a chance to meet in person, who is also an extremely nice guy.

At 1:00 in the afternoon Pool Play started. I was casted for the first game against a Zerg. My hands were shaking so much, I couldn't control it. It made me play pretty poorly but somehow I managed to overcome it and won. After that, pool play seemed pretty easy but when we got to bracket play a whole other beast was opened.

While I was waiting for the brackets, I was quite worried we might have a team kill since all three Area 51 members were still in. As the brackets went up and I saw it, I felt as ease because we avoided a team kill during the round of 16. Somehow we all managed to make it to the round of 8 and that I could say I was proud about. My round of 8 opponent was vGAnfield, a toss player who beat Vileillusion in the round of 16 which made me feel anxious and scared. VileIllusion is a really good terran player and if this toss was good enough to beat him, I thought he would then be a lot better than me. But that wasn't the case. I managed to come out with a 2-0 victory over him. I thought that momentum would carry over to the round of 4 but I found out that both my teammates were eliminated in the round of 8 which made me very sad and made me feel like more weight was put on my shoulders. I didn't want to let my team and teammates down.

During the round of 4 I lost pretty badly to this Zerg player which hit me pretty hard but I found out soon after that there would be a 3rd place round were both the losers in the round of 4 would play to see who would get 3rd . At this point I felt like I had nothing else to lose so I played the best game I could play managing to beat NrGLuckyfool in close 2-1 victory.

Thoughts On Event!

After all that I got a chance to relax on the way home after realizing what just happened. While I was at the LAN I met amazing players and people. It gave me a chance to improve my play while meeting people around my area. I also had a chance to cast with a great caster NaNManLXG. These are events no one should ever miss because they are just that fun.

I couldn't have gone to this event without the help of my team, "Area 51 Gaming" and my teammates Strength(driver there and back-god thank you), and Mind for showing me how to play and always giving me tips. Thanks to the sponsors: SteelSeries, End of Reality, Hurricane Host, Ammo Energy Drinks, and Killer Gaming.


Here is the link to the Vlog: http://www.twitch.tv/therealnanman/b/306153782

Here is the link to the Pics: http://s760.photobucket.com/albums/xx250/zStrickened/DC Netolic Lan Area 51/

*****
Twitter: iF0CUS
Spray
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States402 Posts
January 23 2012 08:44 GMT
#2
Cool blog man! I cant wait to go to my first LAN..
HuK Fighting~~!
1Focus
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States409 Posts
January 23 2012 19:34 GMT
#3
On January 23 2012 17:44 Spray wrote:
Cool blog man! I cant wait to go to my first LAN..



Ya man! you should try your very best to go to a LAN and enjoy...its a experience that will make you wanna keep going....Specially DC lan everyone knew eachother and i didnt but they all still talked to me which made it even better
Twitter: iF0CUS
TylerThaCreator
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States906 Posts
January 23 2012 22:45 GMT
#4
nice blog and gj @ the tourney. are you coming to the princeton csl lan?
aka SethN
1Focus
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States409 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-23 23:57:15
January 23 2012 23:49 GMT
#5
ohh theres one of those Time and Date plz?

oh is it the team one? if so i wouldnt be able to play would i? cuz i would nee 4-5 people right?
Twitter: iF0CUS
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
January 24 2012 00:03 GMT
#6
Princeton CSL event is gonna be in early March I believe. No idea on the format or who'll be allowed to play or whatnot I'm sure more details will be announced later.
1Focus
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States409 Posts
January 24 2012 00:05 GMT
#7
i just read....u can only play if ur in a college team -_- soo i dont think i can play so sadds...my college doesnt have a team
Twitter: iF0CUS
LuckyFool
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States9015 Posts
January 24 2012 00:07 GMT
#8
Ah.

I'm going as GMU coach if GMU team goes.
1Focus
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States409 Posts
January 24 2012 00:13 GMT
#9
hehehe that would be cool
Twitter: iF0CUS
WhoIsTylerDurden
Profile Joined May 2011
United States17 Posts
January 24 2012 09:43 GMT
#10
cDgFocus Fighting
With enough soap; we could blow up anything.
Zanulf
Profile Joined November 2010
Spain36 Posts
January 24 2012 09:44 GMT
#11
Nice blog man! Keep us posted with you victories, when your up there winning GSL and stuff remember us noobs

Focus FIGHTING!!!
TheRealNanMan
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1471 Posts
January 24 2012 17:39 GMT
#12
Awesome blog man! I'm glad you had such a good experience i'm sure we'll be hanging out at these events quite a bit in the future ^_^
Sc2 Caster | Host of Sc2 Up & Coming | The Godfather of Team LXG | Sc2 Historian | Youtube.com/NanMan | Twitch.tv/TheRealNanMan | Twitter.com/TheRealNanMan |
1Focus
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States409 Posts
January 24 2012 18:00 GMT
#13
definitely! i loved your casting and enjoyed the setup i look forward to it again
Twitter: iF0CUS
Burns
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States2300 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-25 02:02:15
January 25 2012 02:00 GMT
#14
On January 24 2012 09:07 LuckyFool wrote:
Ah.

I'm going as GMU coach if GMU team goes.


i really hope we go


TvZ mech is imba btw
(^_^)
What do you mean you heard me during the night, these are quiet pants!
Arkansassy
Profile Joined October 2010
358 Posts
January 29 2012 22:48 GMT
#15
You done good at the tournament and are obviously proud and have a right to be.

I clicked on this: Here is the link to the Vlog: http://www.twitch.tv/therealnanman/b/306153782 and was told it's no longer available. Just thought you might wanna know.

btw: Who's Luckyfool? hehe
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