Here are more pics, comments, and snide remarks about the MLG Columbus tournament.
This is Instinct vs Status Quo. Instinct (one of my fav teams) would go on to win the tournament. Fun fact: Elamite Warrior (favorite player) from instinct is the older brother of Ace from Status Quo.
I'm sure you don't care but ya, it was that good.
This is the group o’ guys that I went with. All around awesome people. Even if you don’t care.
"For free?" "Ya, for free."
Needless to say, we ate a lot of chips. And drank a lot of Dr. Pepper. And chewed a lot of Stride. I love sponsors.
Bic hosted a FFA competition that was open to everyone. Top 8 players competed on the main stage. Winner gets to compete against all the other FFA winners from all other competitions at the end of the year. And they got a tshirt. Yippee. Fun fact: a girl gamer made it to the top 8 and ended up getting 2nd place. 3rd place. It doesn’t matter, she did good.
Oh how the mighty have fallen
Str8 Rippin, the 2008 national champions, ended up finishing 10th in Columbus. Rumor has it, Snip3down rage quit a game, threw his headset, and kicked over a chair. Everyone said he did it so it must be true, right? For what it’s worth, I think that if Elamite Warrior hadn’t left Str8 they would have done much much better. Maybe I’m just a fanboy.
Speaking of Str8 Rippin
Nash modeling a shnazzy backpack signed by Str8 Rippin. All you had to do was fill out a survey and they gave you the back. Pretty sweet. On a side note, the four of us entered a Dr. Pepper acting/singing competition and actually won. Barbershop quartet meets improve/freestyle hip-hop. It was crazy.
There was a horror/blood/gore/evil convention next door. Very creepy overall, but some of the costumes were cool.
My semi-artistic shot
We all bought hats. It would have been a shame not to hang them off of lighting fixtures. An even bigger one if I hadn’t taken a picture of it. By the way, that is the Final Boss emblem.
The Old Spice feature stand
One of the sponsor stands where placement rounds and losers bracket were played. Nowhere near as cool as the main stage.
Us trying to watch the game. There were stands in the way.
The security guard put a chair in the way. That means we’re not allowed in. Sitting on the outside really sucked. At least they had that one tv showing the featured player.
Poster says it all
I’m going to leave it at that. Mostly because I ran out of decent pictures to post. Overall, the event was awesome. Not sure if non-gamers would like it, but if you’re even mildly interested in gaming I would highly suggest going. My group of friends and I are already making plans to attend Dallas in November. Hope you guys were able to stay at least marginally entertained throughout these posts. If you’re hungry for more MLG head over to mlgpro.com for all the gaming eye candy you could ever want.
