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Just finished the last day of Blizzcon! And spent the last several hours going through 1000+ photos to arrive at the final 86 -__-
I was lucky enough to have been given a press pass by WellPlayed, which meant that during the day, I wouldn't die of hydration and could run up to the press room for soda and coffee.
But even luckier than that, I was able to help out the GSL with some photography. Indeed, if you watched the end credits of the GSL Finals on Friday, you might have seen this:
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That's me in the third line :DDD
I emailed John (thanks to a tip from Doa!) several weeks prior to Blizzcon, and GSL graciously let me contribute what I could do making the finals as memorable as possible.
In any case, here are photos from Blizzcon at large and GSL Finals in particular.
(The full album is available here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nodnod/sets/72157627957222786/with/6271609635/. There are quite a number of photos that aren't embedded in the post because it was getting really long.)
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Tasteless by thedz_, on Flickr
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HE-TOSIS by thedz_, on Flickr
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Select in defeat by thedz_, on Flickr
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John waiting for GSL to begin by thedz_, on Flickr
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Tastosis, the casting archon by thedz_, on Flickr
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Day9 by thedz_, on Flickr
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Chris Metzen by thedz_, on Flickr
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Kennigit by thedz_, on Flickr
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Gom Crew by thedz_, on Flickr
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Excited Artosis by thedz_, on Flickr
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Tastosis groovin' by thedz_, on Flickr
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Tasteless looking fine by thedz_, on Flickr
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Orc by thedz_, on Flickr
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Elf 1 by thedz_, on Flickr
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Elf 2 by thedz_, on Flickr
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Nick says Hi. by thedz_, on Flickr
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MMA in booth by thedz_, on Flickr
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The play area by thedz_, on Flickr
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Zemotion watching MMA kick ass by thedz_, on Flickr
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MMA practices by thedz_, on Flickr
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Tasteless signs by thedz_, on Flickr
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Jeff films Sons of StarCraft by thedz_, on Flickr
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The wide world of APMs by thedz_, on Flickr
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Playing Heart of the Swarm by thedz_, on Flickr
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Gabe Newell waiting for Blizzard DOTA. by thedz_, on Flickr
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The RTS Stage by thedz_, on Flickr
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MVP in booth by thedz_, on Flickr
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MMA in contemplation by thedz_, on Flickr
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Nestea in his booth by thedz_, on Flickr
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Nestea in thought by thedz_, on Flickr
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Dimaga by thedz_, on Flickr
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Mr. Chae by thedz_, on Flickr
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MMA enters the stage by thedz_, on Flickr
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Lee Hyun Joo by thedz_, on Flickr
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They can't believe what they're seeing by thedz_, on Flickr
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Facepalm Tasteless by thedz_, on Flickr
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The GSL Crowd by thedz_, on Flickr
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MMA can't believe what just happened. by thedz_, on Flickr
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Lee Hyun Joo by thedz_, on Flickr
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John by thedz_, on Flickr
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Celebration! by thedz_, on Flickr
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Thumbs up by thedz_, on Flickr
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MMA looks down in wonder by thedz_, on Flickr
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Good bye Slasher's hair by thedz_, on Flickr
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SirScoots offers a toast by thedz_, on Flickr
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MVP cheers as he makes it to the Blizzard Invitational Finals by thedz_, on Flickr
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"Koreans, amirite?" by thedz_, on Flickr
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Absolutely stunning! Thank you for this 
I think I like the SelecT picture the best. It really shows the emotional power this game has on us all.
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nice photos.
I love the last one, lol
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GOM CEO is the ballerest CEO I've ever seen.
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Wow, Gabe went last year too
I am surprised that he goes every year
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Gabe Newell waiting for Blizzard DOTA
Haha wow really?
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On October 23 2011 19:39 Highways wrote:Haha wow really?
He had some kids with them (dunno if they were his), so I assume he was waiting for them to finish with DOTA. Or he's scoping out the competition with DOTA2 coming out soon :p
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Whats the slasher story I heard some bet he lost in State of the game?
NIce pics good q
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Pics are top notch man, I give it 20 out of 10
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On October 23 2011 19:54 vahgar.r24 wrote:
Whats the slasher story I heard some bet he lost in State of the game?
NIce pics good q
Slasher made a bet that if a foreigner won a major LAN tournament with Koreans involved he would shave his head. Which did happen when Idra won the IEM in Guangzhou.
Nice pics really good quality
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On October 23 2011 20:01 Oats123 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 23 2011 19:54 vahgar.r24 wrote:
Whats the slasher story I heard some bet he lost in State of the game?
NIce pics good q Slasher made a bet that if a foriegner won a major lan tornament with Koreans involved he would shave his head. Which did happen when Idra won the IEM in Guangzhou.
Also at Orlando
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Noone tried to take photos of Bisu-Jaedong-Fantasy and JangBi? really?
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On October 23 2011 19:54 vahgar.r24 wrote:
Whats the slasher story I heard some bet he lost in State of the game?
NIce pics good q
He made a bet that if a foreigner would win a tournament with koreans playing in it he would shave his hair. Idra won IEM in china, Stephano IPL and Huk won MLG Orlando, so off with his hair :p
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On October 23 2011 20:02 Kroml. wrote:
Noone tried to take photos of Bisu-Jaedong-Fantasy and JangBi? really?
They were practically impossible to find -- and when found, were mobbed by fans and quickly ushered away.
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On October 23 2011 20:10 thedz wrote:Show nested quote +On October 23 2011 20:02 Kroml. wrote:
Noone tried to take photos of Bisu-Jaedong-Fantasy and JangBi? really? They were practically impossible to find -- and when found, were mobbed by fans and quickly ushered away.
ok then, it's unfortunate
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Absolutely amazing photos, you are an incredible photographer.
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On October 23 2011 20:10 thedz wrote:Show nested quote +On October 23 2011 20:02 Kroml. wrote:
Noone tried to take photos of Bisu-Jaedong-Fantasy and JangBi? really? They were practically impossible to find -- and when found, were mobbed by fans and quickly ushered away.
Was that what happened? From the BW section thread it seemed like they were ignored for hte most part except for like maybe 5 minutes per hour. But then again they do seem to think all the fans should get on their knees and lower their heads to the ground when they showed their presence.. Maybe it was misrepresented lol.
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On October 23 2011 20:16 nihoh wrote:Show nested quote +On October 23 2011 20:10 thedz wrote:On October 23 2011 20:02 Kroml. wrote:
Noone tried to take photos of Bisu-Jaedong-Fantasy and JangBi? really? They were practically impossible to find -- and when found, were mobbed by fans and quickly ushered away. Was that what happened? From the BW section thread it seemed like they were ignored for hte most part except for like maybe 5 minutes per hour. But then again they do seem to think all the fans should get on their knees and lower their heads to the ground when they showed their presence.. Maybe it was misrepresented lol.
Might be a chicken or egg issue. Unless you go out specifically looking for them (which is difficult given the amount of people at Blizzcon), you basically only find them when a bunch of other people also find them :p Hence I think they were crowded, and others who run into them accidentally might not.
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fantastic photos
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