Well another annual World Cyber Games event has passed and I have to say I was a little dissapointed with the outcome. I'm not sure if it was the venue, the tournament screw-ups, the lack of FPS 1v1, or all of the above....
It's been quite a while since I've attended a gaming event (CPL Winter to be exact) so I was excited to get back into it. Trinelin and I were doing shootouts at the Razer booth and it was pretty fun to play Quake III again...it had been so long but it's really like riding a bike, it didn't take me long to get back into it though my rail was R-U-S-T-Y!
During the nights we would drive over to the players village, which was about a 20 min drive from the event (and our hotel) to hang out in the STOKED ENERGY lounge. Stoked is a new energy drink making waves throughout North America and they are very interested in getting involved with gamers and giving out free drinks, which is great for us! :D
The Stoked team had rented a suite at the player village and had open doors nightly with free pizza, Halo 3 battles and as much energy drinks as you could have. I really liked the selection....there was 5 different kinds: Original, Sugar free, Dragonberry, Tropical orange, Wind Chill (feels cold going down) and After burn (has a warming effect!)
I'm hoping that myself and the team can start going to more gaming events, (granted there is some to go to!) As it was a good time as always. I've posted some photos in the ESR gallery if you'd like to take a peek.
Trinelin has also written a nice photo blog, which can be found by heading to girlzdestruct.com
Maybe see you @ CPL Winter!
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Some photos from the 4 day journey to Seattle with Trinelin, fellow teammate! Images include the venue, vendor booths, tournament, Razer shootout, players village, STOKED ENERGY lounge, and some after hours fun.
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Enjoying some plum wine at the Thai restaurant
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We had some serious difficulty finding a bar to go to....with more than 2 people that is! We eventually settled for a dead and quiet pub which strange enough turned into a nightclub an hour later.
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Alexandra of Fragbite brought some Swedish candy over for Trinelin, who now lives in San Diego...she was very pleased!
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Proud to be a player... ;)
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Trinelin ready for action
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Through the portal into cyberspace
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I had some troubles with Quake III....thanks to Streetrunner by day 2 everything was fixed!
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Qwest Stadium in all its glory
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Which was very top secret...and on an upper tier
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lots of pretty lights, smoke shows, strobe lights, fireworks(?) you name it!
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Beat me in UT2K4...and got some headphones :P
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There's some new sheriffs in town :o
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Dorkin' out on the laptop
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Debating what to order...the restaurant was good!
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Fine dining at the Silver Cloud on Occidental Street :P
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Hangin in the Stoked lounge @ players village
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an energy boost! Those shootouts can be exhausting ;)
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We spent a lot of time with team Singapore while in Seattle. Quite possibly the nicest gamers you will ever meet. They definitely left a good impression!
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From the Fragdolls, (minus streetrunner) enjoying the sights
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Enjoying free pizza, Stoked energy drinks, and xbox showdowns every night in the Stoked lounge
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Yum! There was several flavors to choose from....Original, Sugar free, Dragonberry, Tropical orange, Wind Chill (feels cold going down) and After burn (has a warming effect!)
All free for the gamers...was great!
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Posters on the wall in the lounge
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The girls were being sneaky posing with the sleeping CS'ers
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I like the expression on his face ;>
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Does he want a smooch too?
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people under the influence of Stoked Energy drinks...
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He wants you to discover his Dragon too!
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Watching some games at the Razer booth
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Shoutcasters....is Ed sad?
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this cute little boy, only 6 years old! He was sooo excited and won himself a Tarantula keyboard.
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Ooops...I mean Rockin Ronni
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Nice way to interview someone :p
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Likes to bartend when he's not shoutcasting. He's got some tricks up his sleeve..
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Our last night in Seattle :-(
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No idea what this was all about. Smile maybe?
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Good sports despite being disqualified for something very silly
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The cellphone game champ and the shoutcaster!
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Lovers...in a dangerous time.
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I don't even know what to say about this. I think they were doing some sort of weird photo shoot.
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Happy to relax after the event!
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It was a drunken chow down. Team Singapore ordered this at like, 5am? nice :P
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Not sure what was going on here..
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So happy, so stoked to be gamers :P
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hahahaha... it was like $7, woo!
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I was so thirsty when I woke up and the tap water was gross...so I asked room service to fill up a tray of water for me, here was the end result. :P
Where's Stoked when ya need it :)))
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Just before we left the show on Sunday for the airport. It was an alright event but I've definitely seen better from the WCG, and where the heck is the FPS 1v1 tourney? geez :(
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My ma was so nice she drove my car down to Seattle and then came back on Sunday to pick it up. This was very helpful as the event was 20 minutes to players village! <3 mommy
Anyways hoped you liked the photos, Trinelin took most of them so credit goes to her!
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After years of procrastinating, I finally took the plunge and figured it out. I have next to no knowledge on the elements of building a website, but thanks to Wordpress it wasn't too bad.
I'm pretty pleased with it so far, but I still have more to add to it! I'd reccomend checking out the download section, as it includes a collection of event movies from last year that were done for eSplat and more are on the way. Hope you like! -
alana.se
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Over at eSplat.com we're also hosting a
contest with two pairs of Icemat:In ear Siberia's up for grabs, but this is all about creating a dialogue for the following people, based on 2 photos:
[4K]Grubby
iTG'ReDeYe
mahmood
Carmac
Have some fun with it and good luck! :D....be sure to read the rules :o
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I'm happy to announce that with the new launch of eSplat, (formerly VIACGA) the long awaited Quakecon 2006 video is now complete. The movie features scenes from the talent show, the finals, and of course, all of the chaos in between.
In this movie you will discover what happens when...
av3k and
forever get together for a bootcamp, what celebrity made an appearance, how
Cypher beats
2GD outside of Quake 4, the dangers of drinking and carting, the real reason
Fatal1ty goes to Quakecon, and an introduction to
Zorro, the latest superhero on the block who really does get all the chicks and more.
The movie weighs in at 297 MB and runs for 22 minutes, and is available through download and stream. Enjoy!
- Movie File (Quakecon 2006 - The Movie) 297MB
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Qcon 06 was definitely one of my favorites so far. I've been going since 2003 but this one was certainly special. Right now Livia and I are working on a video masterpiece, as most of the time there I was filming and a lot of cool stuff was caught on tape :p
In the meantime, I did a little
writeup on some of the adventures experienced, and also have uploaded a
gallery. I hope you like, and stay tuned for that movie! :D
Thx to everyone that made Qcon so awesome this year ;)
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Thanks to everyone that made this event what it was. Hope to see you all next year, if my CS skills improve a lot that is! =)
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Various crazy photos taken from ESWC 2006 in Paris. The event was held at Bercy this year, which was quite an amazing venue...due to camera problems there's not many photos from the event itself, but more of the player's hotel and party. :) Many of the pics in this gallery also include
partyboy, a very special guest and at times thought to be an "unofficial mascot."
This is just a preview of photos, you can
view the full gallery here.
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HAHAHAHA!
(this is an inside joke, I'm sure Sam will love it)
At Dreamhack he used that line on Liefje...and we still joke about it..when I saw this photo, the facial expressions were priceless for that statement :))
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Ready to head to Paris :)
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Out front of the player hotel
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and forever applies to join.
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fnatic\dsn has a split personality ^.^
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Sorting out their business?....To be continued
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with a change of heart...aww :D
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Of Vitrus.pro, getting manhandled
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We're all over that! (And we certainly weren't the only ones..)
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Of Serious Gaming..unfortunately av3k was not allowed to compete in either ESWC or ISC, due to age restrictions. =(
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Waiting in line for the opening ceremony
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No Liefje...guess again ;)
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Not sure what they were looking at
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At first I thought Carmac was wearing a t-shirt of himself in his earlier years, until someone told me it was his niece.
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Dining at a terrible restaurant that was near the event.
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Was a pretty cool setup. Too bad I took the pic when there was no specs :x
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Going for a quick break in between matches
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Unfortunately we didn't destruct much :(
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Myself and partyboy. I ran into them when out on the town, although the pic looks like daytime it was actually about midnight and we went over to the park where a bunch of people were hanging out and partying.
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