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.
Destiny and LzGamer greeting some fans before their matches
I caught Destiny actually playing yeah
Destiny and Lz
LzGamer
Incontrol victorious over TLO (The crowd went nuts)
Well you see the reason why I hate horses...
Naniwa looking like a badass against Drewbie
Drewbie and Naniwa with their game faces on
A pretty good shot of the player area
There was a pretty good sized crowd just around the open bracket area
I honestly... don't know I really don't
Incontrol was getting mobbed, everyone kept saying they'll miss him on State of the Game
Incontrol with mor efans
Ugh that game was tough
Okay get ready to make the comeback you can do it Drewbie
Naniwa looks unphased
Hotbid presumably trolling in his natural habitat (Twitter)
Closeup on naniwa
Drewbie looks more than ready
A god of war showed up while they were playing
Drewbie and July
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
my sound
gets disconnected
Drewbie: Okay
tell them to GET OUT!
Naniwa: I would
but I'm playing...
Drewbie: <3
July looking badass
mOoNan squaring off against July
July looking more focused
Wow that game was tough
July getting refocused for game 2
Okay July you can do this
mOoNan warming his hands up for game 2 (it's pretty freezing in there)
Game faces back on
Incontrol achieved nerd baller status by sitting in the badass booths
The crowd was even bigger today
SelecT looking badass while he plays
Oh hey look it's ROOTFayth
July's turn in the baller enclosure
KiwiKaki facing off against July
Sheth setting up to face MMA
MMA is a scary dude
Game on
You can literally watch this guy walk in front of my camera... in a still photograph new levels of trolling reached.
Sheth looks worn out after game 1
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.)
Sheth: How is MMA even possible? Is he human?
"Phbbbbt!"
So can MMA and I throw some T-shirts to the crowd?
MMA tossing a t-shirt. The long exposure time actually lets you see the tshirt in flight.
Not starcraft related at all I just had to record the guy walking around in a Gumby suit
Destiny chilling with FXO Slog, Anthony, Tgun, and VT Whiplash
Why do people glare at me when I point cameras at them? (Destiny flipped me off shortly afterwards... Idra what have you started?)
TLO and SixjaxMajor in the foreground, CatZ and qxc behind that
CatZ and qxc squaring off
Optikzero watching qxc
Optikzero doing... ? Fayth laughing at him and other FXO members watching the match.
Someone just did a funny I guess?
Another grrr at long exposure moments as qxc and catz pose nicely in good sportsmanship
qxc post game
Everyone watching the game on stream
MMA watching MC play
MMA after MC won
MC with fans
Losira on the other side of the room getting ready for one of his last matches
Sheth and AskJoshy watching the matches
Why does everyone look at me like that when I take pictures of them? QQ
JP and Thorzain
Sheth with Sjow and the head honcho of Dignitas
Sheth Morrow and Sjow
Oh hey Naniwa
Haypro shows up hey guys I can't fit you all in the frame anymore... also Hotbid lurking in the shadows
I assume hotbid just trolled everyone by their reactions
Slush and Fayth talking to the dignitas guys while Kiwi shows up
Kiwi clowning around, Fayth looks so shocked at his behavior hahaha
Fayth clowning around with Dignitas fellows
Okay what they're actually doing is funnier... I believe this is where they were teaching eachother new swear words in different languages
Everyone's laughing Gretorp seems unimpressed
Thorzain Morrow Select and Haypro chilling
Fayth SLush and Thorzain hanging around
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.