4K's manager on the left, 3D's on the right. Both came home without much satisfaction. Their CS teams failed again.

Polosatiy is the boss of a Russian cybersports magazine (!!). Wheat showing where he can be seen in one of the WCG pictures inside.

Not this time, Nelson :<

Number one shaft in America. Ask any CS girl.

Put some horses and carriages there and it's as if nothing has changed.

Another Parisian building. I had a stroll around the place on Thursday morning when I went to breakfast with Ted Owen, the owner of the GGL, hence the pictures of Paris.

In the park right next to the Louvre.

This shit is all around Paris. Magnificent.

When you walk through Paris you can't help but think about the fact that 200 years ago it was almost the same. It's great -- history all around you.

Man knows jack about PK but still predicted Fat to win. Impressive.

Redeyed indeed.

Mister fooze movie himself. Makes computer games nowadays.

After the ESWC closed, we came back to the hotel, ate pizza and talked. Wheat's hilarious, he gave me attacks of sphasmatic laughter every now and then.

How did I miss that top?

I said "TSN" again...

Cyrus is one of the most adorable persons you'll ever meet. The things we did together for the film were hilarious.

I daresay this was the best set of casters for UT2004 -- wheat, ReDeYe and eVeNfLoW as a valuable addition to the show.

GGL's video technician. Did a very good job afaik.

Second time I meet this guy at an ESWC -- a very cool and a very important guy.

His high seed was a big surprise to fazz. For a moment there he thought it was a poker tournament.

This is what happens to you if you run marathons... Now imagine what happens when you run a marathon in underwear that's not fit for jogging.

Paul Nelson while being interviewed for the GGL film. He was taking the piss out of good old Carmac in the beginning... :(

Suj posing for a picture with me.

The man himself decided to come to ESWC as well and do some business.

The president of the Losers Anonymous club. ESWC is just not his event...

He came to France as well but forgot my book that he has as well... BASTARD!

HeatoN was posing for pictures with fans for something like ten-fifteen minutes. Somehow I can believe there are groupies in gaming as well.

I'm aggressive. I need proper anger management skills.

GGL's Quake 3 casts attracted audiences in all ages, sexes and sizes!

First ever photograph of ESR's top spammer!

One of the coolest guys you will ever meet. Extremely good at interviewing confused Counter-Strike players. You'll see that in one of our ESWC films.

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Lars came to ESWC as happy as he always is. Without his mother this time :((((

The Russian Counter-Strike girls playing on stage -- the first stage match I managed to take a look at.

The Italian ECG champion came to ESWC with a plan to get far. He managed to go to top four but was still disappointed.

My first sighting of Paul Nelson. Missed him much!

The Swedish Quake players: fox, fazz, TOXIC. Loads of poker talent here!

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The two Americans arrived. They could hardly be separated because cl0ck was following socrates_ around everywhere.

My first sighting of Jason Sylka.

The compLexity star is smiling as if he'd already won the event. He had to wait until Sunday for that!

WHEAT showing off his motor reflex for when someone shouts "TSN!"

These two worked at the registration desk. Last time I saw them was when I was taking this picture.

Waiting for the guards to let them on the first day.

ESWC show man -- responsible for the stage. Went all around the place looking for Mona Lisa lookalikes.

Twenty-seven metres wide. Wasn't bad but still the 2003 stage was the best so far!

Far side - CS, right far - WC3, right Q3 and UT2004. Left far - WoW, left - X-Ray Pad / aAa stand.

This was by far the best and the biggest press area I have seen yet. What pissed me off, though, was idiots coming to play games here instead of working or following the event.

Carrousel du Louvre inside. Walk to the glass thing, turn right and you're almost there!

This statue was on our way from the hotel to the Louvre. Good playwright, he was!

Brought WHEAT a little present. He enjoyed it a lot but did not take the half full bottle home with him when he left.

Cooller and jibo again.

Right after he finds out which group he's in.

Some smack talk going on?

Right after it's announced that he's in the group he wanted to be in and not the group of death with R0X, donnie and astz.

Donnie, kiLLu, Varagh, winz. Winz was A LOT smaller than everyone thought he would be... Pocket-sized champion.

The SK WC3 boss and shoutcaster KidArctica with one of her greatest hopes to do well in the ESWC, Insomnia.

Look who put cl0ck in the same group as Cooller...

He does look like a serial killer in real life!

Cooller and jibo at the opening ceremony. The kid really doesn't take this hat off at all.

zulg came to the opening ceremony, filmed me stealing cookies before we were allowed to eat and told me to do what he's doing in this picture. As you can see, I did not have the guts to do it so he had to!

Best DJ in the world! I have met him last year but only this year did I realise how fucking great this guy is.

Best admin in the world. Won't change my mind!

Impossible to miss it!

First gaming person I met in France -- he came there for vbcast but we made a lot of footage together and it should produce an excellent movie for us.

The GGL was ESWC's official broadcaster -- we streamed live from the event, we wrote about it, we made a movie but we're also posting a gallery here on ESR. Have fun viewing!

First photo of something nice in France. The old museum beneath which lies the tournament's venue.

This one is already from the Charles de G. Airport. A place I will remember for a long time... Read about this in the gallery later.

A picture from before the takeoff to start the gallery.

The story, the background:

Take a look at the photo.

djWHEAT: Ok here is the story behind this... The French naked man pictured here was thrown out of the party... not for his terrible dancing, but because he was naked. Now while that may seem a tad odd, the real beef behind it is, he did it TWO YEARS IN A ROW. It's pretty obvious that he's saying, "Look LAM, this is my 2nd year I've come naked and I'll sure as hell make it three."

Now the big bet is... will the Naked Man attack again at this year's ESWC goodbye party?

Paul czm Nelson is one of the strong favourites of the Electronic Sports World Cup. In 2004, czm proved to be unstoppable on this map, bulldozing nearly everyone on his way. Will he keep it up and win all his Aerowalks?

End of gallery.

Last glimpses of the Play guys. Then it was a long wait for my flight home and some shopping.

Noticed this at the Barcelona airport. Looked quite small actually.

My camera is not that excellent, but there are tons of streets that seem to be dozens of miles long and lead to the very feet of the mountains. Looks extremely cool.

This is the famous shopping, eating, do-whatever-you-like, night club street in Barcelona.

Where's the rest gone?

The winning team posing for a picture.

This guy sucks ass. He said he wants top 8, got that and from then on was too complacent to win. Same happened in Turkey. Shame on you Nicola!

Not bad getting top 3 every month I guess.

Used to winning, I guess?

Those lads are, on the other hand, satisfied.

Not very happy about their result. Still a cheque, though!

Catz chick with cheque, Seules with cheque and the ownage Chinese girls.

zyz, stermy, SteLam, Vo0, Intel manager. I don't think this is the order they should be standing.

See this Intel girl on the right? I can tell you she likes booms.

Vo0 and SteLam in a memorable pose.

Until the next event Stephan is on top.

We did a ton of those, they should be released by lexx on teamplay.it.

This kind of stuff got very popular after Kill Bill.

ForresT holding up the very bible.

Found a way to wear a cap with a CPL logo on the back proudly. The colour of my nose is what you get if you practice judo a bit too avidly.

Satisfied after beating zyz to earn himself a place in the top 3.

Gotfrag head man with his future girlfriend on the desktop.

Right after the wb final.

A very nice diorama of Barcelona. Notice how structured the city is. You take a street paralel to the sea and the perpendicular ones seem to lead right to the very mountains. The view is really fantastic.

I love how Angel said the that he is bringing his dream to the land of his grandfather was so very emotional for him. Everyone loved it.

PainKiller.

-> Manzo, Wuiji, Marauder, vicious, stermy, booms, emiliano.

This man has his fans even in China. I saw a conversation between the guy who I think was RocketBoy's training partner with the Finnish guy and he said "Man, to me you are the best CPMA player ever!"

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Excellent players from SK. Shame they ain't Russian, eh skint?

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The ESWC stage man. He was there too, and did not even get kicked out.