[Spoilers] MLG Columbus 2011 Photos Day 2

Raelcun

United States3747 Posts

June 05 2011 09:44 GMT

Edit: the middle finger references weren't serious Kiwi was kidding around and I told him to do it again so I could take a picture, and Destiny was just trolling. I"m affiliated with ROOT and know them both rather well don't take it so seriously next time guys

Okay well you thought I had a lot of photos last time? I got more today, I tried to cover more than just the ROOT guys today even though they were still my focus when they were playing. But there was a lot more time where no ROOT people were playing so I was free to wander around

A side note about the conditions, it's hard to see from all the MLG coverage but the room is basically as dark as a cave. And some areas have super bright lighting while others are just pure darkness this makes it rather difficult to photograph in there and the only way to get around this is to just take TONS of photos. I had to throw away a ton of uselessly blurry, out of focus, washed out, too dark etc. photos. Also because of how dark it is some of the exposure times are super long so I missed some moments I really wanted to catch for you guys. So because of that some of the photos arent actually that good in quality but if it was a moment I really wanted to show you then I didn't toss it.

Anyways ranting and backstory aside make sure you visit root-gaming.com as that's who I'm representing this whole time and here's an ASSTON of pictures.

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Destiny and LzGamer greeting some fans before their matches

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I caught Destiny actually playing yeah

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Destiny and Lz

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LzGamer

Incontrol victorious over TLO (The crowd went nuts)

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Well you see the reason why I hate horses...

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Naniwa looking like a badass against Drewbie

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Drewbie and Naniwa with their game faces on

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A pretty good shot of the player area

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There was a pretty good sized crowd just around the open bracket area

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I honestly... don't know I really don't

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Incontrol was getting mobbed, everyone kept saying they'll miss him on State of the Game

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Incontrol with mor efans

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Ugh that game was tough

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Okay get ready to make the comeback you can do it Drewbie

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Naniwa looks unphased

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Hotbid presumably trolling in his natural habitat (Twitter)

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Closeup on naniwa

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Drewbie looks more than ready

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A god of war showed up while they were playing

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Drewbie and July

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In an honestly hysterical moment in game 3 Naniwa pauses

Naniwa: People keep running on the stage
my sound
gets disconnected
Drewbie: Okay
tell them to GET OUT!
Naniwa: I would
but I'm playing...
Drewbie: <3

July looking badass

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mOoNan squaring off against July

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July looking more focused

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Wow that game was tough

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July getting refocused for game 2

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Okay July you can do this

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mOoNan warming his hands up for game 2 (it's pretty freezing in there)

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Game faces back on

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Incontrol achieved nerd baller status by sitting in the badass booths

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The crowd was even bigger today

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SelecT looking badass while he plays

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Oh hey look it's ROOTFayth

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July's turn in the baller enclosure

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KiwiKaki facing off against July

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Sheth setting up to face MMA

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MMA is a scary dude

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Game on

You can literally watch this guy walk in front of my camera... in a still photograph new levels of trolling reached.

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Sheth looks worn out after game 1

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But still gives me a smile through the booth before the next game starts
(really mad that this picture messed up since it's such a good shot. In comparison to everywhere else in the room the booth's are WAY too bright and he's overexposed but somehow it still needed a long exposure time... figure that one out.)

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Sheth: How is MMA even possible? Is he human?

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"Phbbbbt!"

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So can MMA and I throw some T-shirts to the crowd?

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MMA tossing a t-shirt. The long exposure time actually lets you see the tshirt in flight.

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Not starcraft related at all I just had to record the guy walking around in a Gumby suit

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Destiny chilling with FXO Slog, Anthony, Tgun, and VT Whiplash

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Why do people glare at me when I point cameras at them? (Destiny flipped me off shortly afterwards... Idra what have you started?)

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TLO and SixjaxMajor in the foreground, CatZ and qxc behind that

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CatZ and qxc squaring off

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Optikzero watching qxc

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Optikzero doing... ? Fayth laughing at him and other FXO members watching the match.

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Someone just did a funny I guess?

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Another grrr at long exposure moments as qxc and catz pose nicely in good sportsmanship

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qxc post game

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Everyone watching the game on stream

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MMA watching MC play

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MMA after MC won

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MC with fans

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Losira on the other side of the room getting ready for one of his last matches

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Sheth and AskJoshy watching the matches

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Why does everyone look at me like that when I take pictures of them? QQ
JP and Thorzain

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Sheth with Sjow and the head honcho of Dignitas

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Sheth Morrow and Sjow

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Oh hey Naniwa

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Haypro shows up hey guys I can't fit you all in the frame anymore... also Hotbid lurking in the shadows

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I assume hotbid just trolled everyone by their reactions

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Slush and Fayth talking to the dignitas guys while Kiwi shows up

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Kiwi clowning around, Fayth looks so shocked at his behavior hahaha

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Fayth clowning around with Dignitas fellows

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Okay what they're actually doing is funnier... I believe this is where they were teaching eachother new swear words in different languages

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Everyone's laughing Gretorp seems unimpressed

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Thorzain Morrow Select and Haypro chilling

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Fayth SLush and Thorzain hanging around

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More joking around, they kicked us out shortly afterwards and everyone went in different directions.

As usual MLG was a boatload of fun. And I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. I got home way earlier today so I took more time to clean up the photos and of course that means Im posting these later than yesterday sigh. Anyways one more day of MLG hope you guys are enjoying the pictures.

s.a.y

Croatia3840 Posts

June 05 2011 09:51 GMT

Great pictures.

thanks a lot.

Philip2110

Scotland798 Posts

June 05 2011 09:51 GMT

Alot of nice pictures thanks for posting

vahgar.r24

India465 Posts

June 05 2011 09:54 GMT

nice ones man

warcralft

Singapore609 Posts

June 05 2011 10:00 GMT

AWESOME PICS

Fritzkefit

Germany79 Posts

June 05 2011 10:01 GMT

Naniwa looks like a Viking. Cool stuff

Darksoldierr

Hungary2012 Posts

June 05 2011 10:06 GMT

Sweet, thanks again

Novalisk

Israel1818 Posts

June 05 2011 10:10 GMT

Awesome pics, tyvm <3

bgx

Poland6595 Posts

June 05 2011 10:14 GMT

thank you

Gladiator6

Sweden7024 Posts

June 05 2011 10:15 GMT

#10

ThorZain were's your neo glasses?

StarStruck

25339 Posts

June 05 2011 10:22 GMT

#11

Those chairs look really uncomfortable to play in.

Fayth doesn't look like the nerdiest of the nerds anymore.

EDIT: Guys if you are going to take pictures it's always best to ask them to pose if they aren't in the middle of a game or something else. O;

Highways

Australia6102 Posts

June 05 2011 10:29 GMT

#12

Awesome pictures.

@Raelcun, how you you describe the Starcraft crowd vs the Halo crowd? In terms on size, noise and passion.

FarbrorAbavna

Sweden4856 Posts

June 05 2011 10:35 GMT

#13

great pictures, awesome and ty!

Alot of people actually dont like getting their picture taken, dont know why, but if you ask they are more accomodating and wont flip you off or will simply say no. Either way it's better, though most players seemed to not have a problem with it except a few.

SuperStyle

United States976 Posts

June 05 2011 10:36 GMT

#14

Cool stuff dude.

gn1k

United States441 Posts

June 05 2011 10:37 GMT

#15

Thanks a lot for the photos. Thorzain is so good.

HereBeDragons

1429 Posts

June 05 2011 10:41 GMT

#16

I like your picture narration =D. And I totally understand when you say it's soo frigging hard to shoot in a place with dimmed lights like that. And you can't shoot in a player's face with flashes on either. Shame, a lot of them were good ones, like the CatZ - qxc handshake, but weren't quite clear.

(Max 20 chars)

149 Posts

June 05 2011 10:45 GMT

#17

I love that. Lot's of pictures and always a little remark who these people are or what's going on there.
Makes the pictures a lot more informative.

Raelcun

United States3747 Posts

June 05 2011 10:48 GMT

#18

The whole angry thing is a joke, theres like 5 million people there with cameras

Plus all the people "getting angry at me" I know rather well.

Also the SC crowd is GIGANTIC way bigger than the Halo crowd louder by far and extremely fickle. THey just love to cheer... for anything for anyone. The first day they were cheering when koreans lost or did anything poorly. Today they were cheering like mad for MC when he won.

CoMMoDuS

Germany507 Posts

June 05 2011 10:49 GMT

#19

I bet the god of war is radiating skill while he plays, drewbie will probably be on a new level soon.