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Seeker

Where dat snitch at?36901 Posts

May 21 2012 08:32 GMT

Hot6iX GSL Code S Season 2 Grand Finals
Code S Grand Finals TL Meetup
Saturday, May 19 9:10pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Leadership Competition

SeeKeR

P3psi

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P3psi is your Code S Season 2 Grand Finals TL meetup leader champion!!!

Part 1: Meeting the Group

So we begin the finals off in Seoul, South Korea. I leave Pohang in the morning with my parents, head to KyungJu Train Station, and arrive at Seoul Train Station. After saying farewell to my parents from there, I head to JangHanPeyong to pick up my grandma's cell phone and buy some materials.

After picking up some poster boards and magic markers, I head over to Gwangnaru.

I arrive at 3:11 predicting that I would be the only one there. BUT LO AND BEHOLD! 7 - 8 other ppl were already there. Oo

Now we're all waiting for P3psi to arrive so we can all leave, but u guys should know from the overall results section that I won the first round. I arrived there first, and held up the sign saying Code S Grand Finals TL meetup for the peeps to recognize.

3:35, P3psi arrives. OFF TO THE FINALS WE GO!!!

Round 1 winner: SeeKeR

Part 2: The road to the Finals

So we're all heading to Ax-Korea Hall now. First thing we notice is that there are signs on the ground directing us to the Finals location. (TY GOM :D)

When we get there, we see a bunch of people already lined up even though the finals doesn't start for another hour and forty five minutes.

Now here's where shit gets awesome. The people who emailed GOMtv and reserved seats, got priority

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And when we went up to the table to get to our seats, we were given a kick ass GOMtv card and I got to meet snowbird :D

Here are pics of the outside of the place:
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Round 2 winner: P3psi

Part 3: Ax-Korea Hall

GAME ON! We enter the Ax-Korea Hall, and FIRST THING I NOTICE IS ST_PARTING/JULY/BOMBER!!!!!

BUT I COULDN'T GET A CLEAR PICTURE CAUSE THE LINE HAD TO KEEP MOVING T-T......

Moving on...... we find our seats in the hall. In just a short amount of time, the seats become completely filled. The atmosphere is so awesome and intense. I can't help but rapidly take pictures and record videos. (I don't know how to upload my videos T-T)

FINALS BEGIN!!!

The Korean loud ass announcer guy starts hyping up the crowd. Then he finally announces for our 2 epic finalists to come on out!
Mvp enters first. IT WAS FREAKING AWESOME! Then Squirtle enters. EPICNESS LEVEL UNBELIEVEABLE!!!

Both players are introduced, then respectively head to their own booths. HERE WE FUCKING GO!!!!!!

I won't talk about the games since this is the TL meetup recap and not the games recap. But I will say the crowd went FUCKING WILD during game 5 and game 7. It was amazing......

After game 3, I headed to the bathroom and met..... KHALDOR!!!!! And Khaldor was so freaking cool it was unbelievable.... He invited me to go upstairs with him and I followed without another word Oo (btw, I saw July again, tried to take a picture, but he walked away.... T-T)

During the games, I took pictures of Khaldor and snowbird who was with us :D

After the games, Khaldor turns to me and asks me if I want to go get some pictures with Tastosis. I WAS ECSTATIC!!! I was able to talk with Nick and Dan FINALLY!!!! And get their pics and autographs Oo (Got Khaldor's autograph too. Double f*ing thumbs up!)

Pics Time!
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Round 3 winner: SeeKeR

Part 4: After the Finals

After the finals, I meet up with the group again and head outside of the hall. TIME FOR A MEMORABLE GROUP PICTURE!

We're all talking with each other excitedly, recapping what we just saw, and having the time of our lives. This was my final victory over P3psi. After this, P3psi pretty much made a comeback and won the whole thing.

Pics here:
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Round 4 winner: SeeKeR

Part 5: Deciding where to eat

Deciding where to eat became a bit of a hassle. None of us really knew where we wanted to go or what we wanted to eat.

We were negotiating where to go and eat, and unfortunately, I couldn't lead for this because I knew nothing about Gwangnaru or about any places to eat there.

P3psi steps it up, and says we should head to Yaletown in Shinchon to eat.

Round 5 winner: P3psi

Part 6: Subway to Yaletown

The way to Yaletown was completely led by P3psi. He knew the way and just took charge. He even counted heads and made sure we were all together. (I did this too but for some reason I kept either adding 1 or subtracting 1 :/)

Unfortunately, this is where we parted ways with Khaldor because he already made previous plans with his friends. Funny thing is, Khaldor got on the subway thinking he was going to part with us, and we did too. But P3psi came over to us at the last minute and told us we had to get on this train also. So.... yeah.... we got on.

OFF TO YALETOWN!!

Round 6 winner: P3psi

Part 7: Yaletown and Conclusion

An epic conclusion to an epic night. Yaletown is a place for foreigners, so we all went there and had an absolute blast. We ordered food, most of the guys got beer, and we just had the best of times talking about the 7 epic games we just saw.

Unfortunately, I had no idea that the subways in Korea don't run 24/7 so I had to bust out of there early. And even though I had to say farewell early, it was still one of the most memorable nights of my life.

Much thx and love to P3psi for getting us there

Round 7 winner: P3psi

Final Score:

SeeKeR 3 - 4 P3psi

PicsfOu
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Part 8: More Pics and Final Words

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Thank you to everyone who came out that night and made it memorable. I made tons of great friends that night and got A LOT of my dreams to come true. Love you guys. TL/SC2/GSL/GOMTV HWAITING!!!

Juliette

United States6003 Posts

May 21 2012 08:38 GMT

always sick to see TLers having fun ^^

awesome that we finally get to see the man behind the thread

TheKefka

Croatia11752 Posts

May 21 2012 09:14 GMT

Wish I was there ^^
Looks like you had a great time,happy for you guys!

KiNGxXx

7928 Posts

May 21 2012 09:37 GMT

Great blog! Thanks!

Who is who in the first pic?

snowbird

Germany2044 Posts

May 21 2012 10:15 GMT

Glad to hear everyone had a good time!

snowbird

Germany2044 Posts

May 21 2012 10:19 GMT

Also props to Seeker for always making great live report threads!
But your picture taking skills are inversely proportional to your live report making skills

Eufouria

United Kingdom4425 Posts

May 21 2012 10:52 GMT

Was good meeting you all. SeeKeR you're a great guy, but please never become a photographer.

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Bonus Round
~~P3PSI~~ <Drinking Games> Everyone Else
P3PSI leaves Yaletown with a strong taste of Korean coins in his mouth.

Stuk

France63 Posts

May 21 2012 11:07 GMT

Good ! Awesome pics. I think I will steal some, can I ?

@Seeker, you can grab some pictures from my blog too : http://fail-en-coree.blogspot.com/2012/05/gsl-grande-finale-teamliquid-meetup.html

scFoX

France454 Posts

May 21 2012 11:17 GMT

On May 21 2012 19:19 snowbird wrote:
Also props to Seeker for always making great live report threads!
But your picture taking skills are inversely proportional to your live report making skills

He needs a (T)

Flash.

For the attendees on the first picture, I'll try to name them from memory, but I don't have all the names.

Bottom row: scFoX, P3psi, Khaldor, FuRong and [memory lapse]
Top row: dgsdm (I think), Eufouria, Proseat, TheInsane, Scarecrow, Stuk, [memory lapse], Fred (don't remember his forum name), SeeKeR and UnceL

For those whose name I forgot or I got wrong, I'm really sorry.

Please correct my feeble attempts to rack my brain.

Stuk

France63 Posts

May 21 2012 11:40 GMT

#10

Hmmm I am just near Fred, behind Khaldor, and Fred has no TL account. I dragged him into this nerdish afternoon

Asha

United Kingdom38142 Posts

May 21 2012 11:42 GMT

#11

Nice blog michael!

Why so many photos of Alicia though! :O

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keke

MrCon

France29748 Posts

May 21 2012 11:42 GMT

#12

Nice pic of Alicia with Tastosis

Dodgin

Canada39254 Posts

May 21 2012 11:44 GMT

#13

Epic blog Seeker!

Glad you had a good time you deserve it for all the hours you spend slaving over the LR threads for us.

MassHysteria

United States3678 Posts

May 21 2012 11:55 GMT

#14

Good choice of finals to go to, must have been great in there.

P3psi

Korea (South)85 Posts

May 21 2012 15:02 GMT

#15

Lol! I didnt know we were competing! I would have tried harder to 6 Pool you every round and steam rolled you 0-7
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On May 21 2012 19:52 Eufouria wrote:
Was good meeting you all. SeeKeR you're a great guy, but please never become a photographer.

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Bonus Round
~~P3PSI~~ <Drinking Games> Everyone Else
P3PSI leaves Yaletown with a strong taste of Korean coins in his mouth.

Yeah... everything tasted like coins....

But to everyone who came out, thanks for coming out and enjoying the Starcraft scene together. Before I go back to America this summer, I would definitly like to get another TL meet up going for a Starcraft related event, or even just PC Bang it up. Cheers to Seeker and Stuk for the pictures and coverage of our event. Love to snowbird and Khaldor for being awesome for the community, kudos to the TL Community, and a screw you to Euphoria, Chexx, and Scarecrow for making me binge on 500won flavored beer...

GG

Seeker

Where dat snitch at?36901 Posts

May 21 2012 15:05 GMT

#16

On May 21 2012 19:19 snowbird wrote:
Also props to Seeker for always making great live report threads!
But your picture taking skills are inversely proportional to your live report making skills

LOL! Oh come on! Cut me some slack, I was working with an iPhone and not an actual digital camera :/

IMHope

Korea (South)1241 Posts

May 21 2012 16:20 GMT

#17

Great blog and glad that you enjoyed yourself in the finals. It was a great event and good finals.

Seeker

Where dat snitch at?36901 Posts

May 21 2012 16:44 GMT

#18

On May 21 2012 20:42 MrCon wrote:
Nice pic of Alicia with Tastosis

Lol...... I'm Alicia eh? I'm cool with that. It means I chill with BoxeR on a daily basis

Proseat

Germany5113 Posts

May 21 2012 19:37 GMT

#19

Nice writeup, SeeKeR, + Show Spoiler +

but as expected: I look crap on photos. :r

Anyways, fun has been had! Kudos to everyone showing up.

P.S.: Unless I'm totally mistaken now, the "[memory lapse]" slots in scFoX's description are brothers Tom (in the back) and Dan (in the front) from Minneapolis MN a.k.a. Tophatman100 on TL.