Here is a gallery of photos from the NASL Season 2 finals Day 2 in Ontario, California. Please follow me on twitter (@silverfire) if you like them!
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If you could include one of these bylines as 'photo by' or 'credit' with the photo or at the bottom of the post or somewhere else that's visible, that'd be great!
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A PM with the link to wherever it gets posted would be awesome, too!
This is a video of the whole venue, something that seems to be missing. Great work at getting action into your pictures, when you see what you have to work with.
Dude, Gretorp is actually strong as hell. He carried Scoots on his shoulders through the red carpet, up the stairs to the stage and sat down in his chair. If I tried that I bet I would have the back of an old man for the rest of my life.
Why do they have games so late? Why can't they start earlier in the morning PST time? I'm digging the production of the NASL i.e. player videos/entrances (things MLG is lacking), but the long wait time and lack of a audience hinders the streaming and possibly live experience. Also you need to get the Korean player thing straighten up for season 3!
I wonder why such the low turnout. The stadium is awesome and I'm assuming they were expecting numbers similar to MLG. I kind of wish that the HoN winner's interview had a little better manners as dropping the F bomb 3-4 times during his interview doesn't exactly put eSports on the most professional level out there.
On December 05 2011 08:25 Shyndashu wrote: I wonder why such the low turnout. The stadium is awesome and I'm assuming they were expecting numbers similar to MLG. I kind of wish that the HoN winner's interview had a little better manners as dropping the F bomb 3-4 times during his interview doesn't exactly put eSports on the most professional level out there.
It doesn't help that this week is finals week at all the UC and Cal State schools.
On December 05 2011 08:25 Shyndashu wrote: I wonder why such the low turnout. The stadium is awesome and I'm assuming they were expecting numbers similar to MLG. I kind of wish that the HoN winner's interview had a little better manners as dropping the F bomb 3-4 times during his interview doesn't exactly put eSports on the most professional level out there.
It doesn't help that this week is finals week at all the UC and Cal State schools.
^this
me along with alot of people i know really cant commit to the time needed to attend nasl..im really sad that i cant, but theres so many finals for me and so many other college students this week in SoCal. I really wish i had time to go to the event, but unfortunately life has its priorities TT;
On December 05 2011 08:25 Shyndashu wrote: I wonder why such the low turnout. The stadium is awesome and I'm assuming they were expecting numbers similar to MLG. I kind of wish that the HoN winner's interview had a little better manners as dropping the F bomb 3-4 times during his interview doesn't exactly put eSports on the most professional level out there.
The location is the problem. Ontario is a remote location. There aren't a lot of young people who live there and it is a nasty drive (due to mountains and traffic) from the nearest big cities (Los Angeles and Orange County).
Also, the venue itself is lame. Parking is expensive and doesn't allow you to come and go. This combined with their on site food choices (no outside food allowed inside and their vendors are super expensive and really crappy food quality) means that nobody feels comfortable being there. I went for day 1 and day 2. Didn't bother to come back for day 3. I am much more comfortable watching on stream from home.
Just for reference. The MLG Orlando Barcraft in Irvine (Orange County) California had more attendees than the NASL finals. I went to both. I guarantee that the crowd would have at least doubled if they held it in Orange County or LA.
I haven't left library for days. Anyone Westcoast in the UC system should be hardcore studying right now, just bad timing by NASL if their target audience is mostly college students and is west coast based...
was able to watch the finals though, and that's about it
Am I the only one who thinks those mouz shirts look really cheap? I mean like the ones fast food joints use for work uniforms. Just my opinion but their shirts could look cooler, like EG or Liquids.