WCS Toronto (Season 3 Finals)

Deleted User 135096

3624 Posts

November 03 2013 00:39 GMT

Last weekend I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the WCS Season Finals. I had been looking forward to this for a number of weeks because I'm working all the time on various projects and really hadn't been able to have the time to watch any competitive StarCraft since... well, it feels like since when HotS was launched. Because of this lack of being able to watch anything (though in between I made it a point to watch TI3, the only other tournament I've watched really this year) this trip with TL staff (Wax, Heyoka, Monk) was going to be hopefully a fun event. Also, this was going to be my first esports event, and I need to take a second to thank Canada for being a fucking awesome crowd. Srsly, they were cheering for everyone.

Anyway because I was going with TL it also afforded me a press pass, and coincidentally I had recently purchased a SLR for my graphics work and needed to learn how to use it more. So, what better way than to take it to this event and just take pictures!

Some of the highlights of the weekend? Meeting cool people like Smix, Adebisi, the TL guys (staff and Strat) who I've worked with for a while, but... well, you know how meeting people in person is compared with an online person. I also got to meet and say hi to Jaedong (sad he lost, but I hope he enjoyed Niagra Falls), Polt, and Hero, as well as Soe and a few others. Polt I could understand, but HerO really surprised me with how well he spoke English.

Another surprise? Well I was never a huge fan of MC - I think because of his play - but this tournament and watching him as close as I was able, he really won me over with his wit and personality. He just knows how to say or do the right things, even knowing how to hold himself when he's on camera (which is slightly different than his normal stature).

My only complaint? The place was a cave, so taking good photos was pretty hard. Only having a kit lens I needed a tripod to be able to get enough light, or a f1.8 lens, and I didn't have either. But I think I managed some pretty decent shots nonetheless. All of these were taken on manual, and thank god I had my camera for a few weeks beforehand otherwise the photos would likely not be any good.

Anyway, here are some of the best ones that I could take or got, either being in the right place at the right time, or getting lucky (srsly I witsh I could have gotten a clear/lighter shot of Maru cause I love that shot).

Oh and that trophy shot with Dear in the background? I took that on Day 1. Funny that.

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Jer99

Canada8157 Posts

November 03 2013 00:46 GMT

It was great meeting you in person! It was such an amazing weekend there, hopefully it will happen again soon

ZeromuS

Canada13378 Posts

November 03 2013 01:03 GMT

Nice blog Wolf! Was fun meeting you and the other TL guys hope we get to meet again soon! Maybe at the next NY event next year or hopefully here in Canada

PhoenixVoid

Canada32736 Posts

November 03 2013 02:40 GMT

I knew I saw some TL staff members running amok in Toronto that day, even got to pass some of them!

HawaiianPig

Canada5155 Posts

November 03 2013 02:47 GMT

I look forward to the next time Wax and I can complain about things in front of you.

Master of DalK

Canada1797 Posts

November 03 2013 05:47 GMT

Nice pictures mang! Was awesome meeting you here ^_^

I'm going to be showing those ones from now on (end of day 3 ones), much better than the ones I took that got ruined because of the smoke machine t_t