On October 04 2011 10:07 Catchafire2000 wrote:
Nothing wrong w/ looking professional if it's THE main thing you are doing. Destiny is awesome for doing wtf he wants to do.

The problem is that look is horribly "IT guy" if you know what I mean (wearing a tie does not make you look professional)... but the bar isn't set very high for pro gamers. Hope everyone there does well.

skipgamer

Australia701 Posts

October 04 2011 01:16 GMT

#708

now That's a LAN... Glad to see the LAN culture is still alive even at the pro level and I hope to see more of these events

Primadog

United States4411 Posts

October 04 2011 05:55 GMT

#709

Now hangover from energy drink binges had mostly passed, here are some thoughts from one of the lucky fools that attend Red Bull LAN.

Now That's a LAN

If we disregard, for a moment - the Formula 1 next to Tyler, the catering, the massage therapists in the screening room - this event encapsulated the roots of esports: a few nerds under one roof, enjoying the games and the company of friends. The venue is a tad bigger, but the air there was not unlike those grade-school lan parties I used to frequent. Sure, these are all the top professionals and gaming pays their bills, but when it gets down to it, they're just here for the love of the game.
Training for StarCraft is serious business

Despite attending as White-Ra's guest, my only interaction with Mr Special Tactic was a gift from Europe and a quick trip to the training table. Unlike what many assumed in the TL thread, the Pros did took every advantage of the training opportunity from 1 till 11. Besides dinner and snacks, the Pros spent almost all their time either at their training station or crowded around another's practice. Despite being surrounded by pros, other guests and I rarely had a chance to chat with them. That's a good thing.
Halo Pros are different folks

Photo: Red Bull

Even for an uninitiated like me, I could tell that the Halo pros were playing with the same intensity as if it was the MLG finals. On the other hand, the StarCraft pros were there to learn. They crowd around Bomber to watch how his games unfold; qxc would tell Minigun to cheese him left, right, and center so his macro game can be tested properly; White-Ra would refuse to play on stream unless Day9 gives him a specific match-up. I am not too sure which method is better or worse, for the pros and for the audience, but it certainly points to differences in mentality behind these two eSports.

Oh, another cultural difference - I was there for most of Sunday, but I never seen a StarCraft Pro that utilized the massage table, yet the Halo Pros would line up for "the Russian one." Go figures~
Working for Red Bull is awesome

Every employee I met there reiterated this, and I don't think it's forced. While it was Sunday, quite a few employees were lounging around the offices, and they weren't there to work. If my office resembles a skate park, or my cubicle sits next to a Formula 1, or I can walk a few steps and watch White-Ra play, I'd hang around too. Lucky bastards.
Red Bull is serious about eSports

Sam, Red Bull's gaming guy, is high Masters and talks about StarCraft with the same intensity and enthusiasm as any TeamLiquid veteran. Red Bull didn't just haphazardly added StarCraft to their boot camp line-up - they wanted to get involved and planned for a long time. Probably the best news of all, Red Bull will get more involved in StarCraft very soon. Sam was quite excited, but all he was willing to say was,
Big things are coming!

It was fun and I look forward to what Sam has planned for us.

Real Photography from Red Bull
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Socke

White-Ra

Pokebunny

Tyler

SLush

Destiny

Day9 lecturing qxc

Herculix

United States946 Posts

October 04 2011 06:26 GMT

#710

On October 03 2011 18:53 tofubeans wrote:
Will there be SC2 only stream VODs? I hope so because there was such good content last night on the SC2 stream, like Tyler and Sheth commentating the Minigun vs Ret games, etc.

yeahhh. i'm really looking for this right now. there was like no major attention given to this so i didn't bother planning around it and now i regret it. i want VODs so bad, moreso than replays since a lot of people seem to be talking about how good the commentary was both from day9 and the players

Namu

United States826 Posts

October 04 2011 14:33 GMT

#711

What happened to the replays?
I checked a couple of days ago when this was still going on, and they were available..
now they're not? a bit confused..

MCDayC

United Kingdom14464 Posts

October 04 2011 15:04 GMT

#712

Are there VODs of this event? Cause it sounded awesome.

cojosc2

United States87 Posts

October 04 2011 15:10 GMT

#713

On October 04 2011 23:33 Namu wrote:
What happened to the replays?
I checked a couple of days ago when this was still going on, and they were available..
now they're not? a bit confused..

Day9 said that since it was a training even that it is up to the pros that attended if they want to release replays or not.

KDot2

United States1213 Posts

October 04 2011 15:14 GMT

#714

Primadog ....... that was an amazing post I enjoyed reading it

mantower

Sweden131 Posts

October 04 2011 15:28 GMT

#715

Yeah Primadog, awesome post, I enjoyed it aswell.

And Sam saying big things are coming, RedBull getting their own SC2 team? :D

soapyy.

United States103 Posts

October 04 2011 22:57 GMT

#716

Everyone just keeps arguing about Halo vs Sc2, its ridiculous.

(the people on the redbull stream)

sVnteen

Germany2238 Posts

October 05 2011 16:05 GMT

#717

so nice

Xenocryst

United States521 Posts

October 06 2011 01:03 GMT

#718

white-ras gon take it cuz he's so pro

Sarang

Australia2363 Posts

October 06 2011 01:08 GMT

#719

On October 06 2011 10:03 Xenocryst wrote:
white-ras gon take it cuz he's so pro

nah man, Bomber already won 4-3 against Day9 in the finals. =P

...

Wow, typing that made me wish Day9 played professionally. =(

Xenocryst

United States521 Posts

October 06 2011 01:09 GMT

#720

although about the possible RedBull SC2 team. this i am torn about...... on one hand it helps the pro SC2 scene a LOT... but i also know just HOW bad for u redbull really is and can't say I'm a fan of it being promoted