AL's Wcg Nationals Blog
THURSDAY: woke up at 6 a.m and took the bus to ny with my mom. After I dropped her off at work, I started to head to the javit center. I got there at around 9. I sat in the lobby waiting for money maker Mav to show up because that's what we planned. To pass time I watched a movie on my iPad and talked to a guy from the press. He took a picture and wished me luck for the national final. Soon after, I looked up and saw a guy and I knew it was money maker Mav. He has carrying two bags. We met up and talked for a little.
Then I called Zach for our passes. It was hard to find Zach but we found him and he gave us 5 passes for comic con. He wished us luck and went on to set up at the wcg booth. Mav and I walked around comic con for a bit and everything was still being set up. There was no one besides the staff working there. (I will post a video of this). After half an hour, me and Mav walked down to 8th avenue and came to a movie theater. We went in to watch Looper, to pass time because Garrett and hunter were flying in at 1 pm. The ticket was surprisingly cheap ($7). Me and Andrew almost fell a sleep during he movie because it was pretty boring.
After the movie, we headed out to penn station to catch a train to our hotel. Took us a while but figured it out where to go to buy tickets. The ticket was $12.50 one way. Tyler done goofed up because he told us it was $5. We took the train to Newark liberty airport, as we get out Garrett calls me and asks where we are. I told him "we are at the airport, but we see no airport or airplanes", he starts bursting into laughter with hunter. But it was all good because we had to take an AirTrain (little shuttle) to the airport. It was a short ride.
Once we got there, we took a bus shuttle to our hotel. We met up with Garrett and hunter, talked for a bit and concluded that Tyler isn't coming anytime soon because he was eating mcnuggets in his driveway still. So we headed out to comic con to meet up with gandhi, Gex, chub, chase, and popz. We all met up and talked for a bit. Everybody was really chill and we had a great time. We all stayed at the comic con until 9ish Mand thenwent to subway to eat. ghandi didnt have a keyboard that would work with the samsung laptops so we had to run around manhatten looking for a staples or best buy. We dound one luckily and bought a logitech keyboard. Ghandi went off to his hotel where he was staying with his sister and her boyfriend. After, we went to penn station to go back to the hotel. Met up with Tyler and his girlfriend. Me Garrett hunter and Andrew all stayed in the same room. Garrett the folk gamer couldn't turn on one of the lights and we all tried for a while. Garrett said it was a haunted room and that we would have to pay $900 for a broken $20 lamp. FOLK GAME.
FRIDAY: We woke up at 7 and got ready to go to comic con to play our matches. On the train, I asked Tyler if he ever got a new keyboard because he had the same problem as ghando. Should have seen the look Garrett's face when Tyler said no. Once we got to manhattan, we sent Tyler to get himself a keyboard. While we went in to check in with Zach. We met up with all the teams. It was awkward seeing PDF because we all talked **** to each other a few days before we came to LAN. But it was all good ,talked to all of them joking around and all.
We got our stipends and went to McDonald's close by. Ordered food and met up with Tyler. After eating we went back to comic con to watch the matches, we had a bye the first round. We had to sneak in Tyler's girlfriend because they didn't sell anymore passes. It all worked out in the end. We watched devious vs Lpk and Lpk vs PDF. Then it was our turn to play jeden. We set up and warmed up. It was very weird playing there because the monitors were only 60 hertz. We were not used to that. We also were not ready for downtown, we haven't played that map in probably 6 months. We beat them and felt confident until they destroyed us on subase. They were the fastest players I have ever seen. Running and aiming wise. Grats to them for giving us a huge fight. Then once we lost on subase, we chose Mexico and finished it off because it was our map. We were shocked how well jeden played. They were extremely cool as well. Now it was time to play PDF, eagle eye was the map. We beat them and felt very confident. On Ankara we were doing fairly well and then we fell apart. They changed how they played so we couldn't get those picks as cts. They forced it into overtime where they demolished us. Once again we chose Mexico. They played well but we came out on top. After a long match, we were congratulated by the smilegate group and the wcg crew. We shook everybody's hands including PDF. They were not happy about the lose but I'm sure they are glad they came out. They showed sportsmanship.
After we took group pictures which I've posted on my here come china thread. Then I stole some z8games cards of the table at the wcg booth. It said m4adv and we all panicked and took them. Come on its m4adv for crying out loud. Legendary weapon. We stayed at the comic center for 20 mins or so. I talked to the PDF cre for a bit. Handed out those z8 code cards because I know they would love to pub with those m4advs. After leaving the comic con, we went to Pizza Hut to eat. We were in chock and couldn't believe we won. Three of my friends came to congratulate me: hotshot, Ramzy, and Maxwell.
I decided to stay with my friends and hang out in manhattan for a while while the rest of them went back to the hotel. We talked for a bit and they were extremely happy for me. I remember hotshot teaching ,e how to play cf. they walked me to penn station. I was very late and I was scared not gonna lie. I was the only one at the airport air train. I didn't know if I got on the right one. I figured it all out and got back to our hotel at around 3 a.m. Hunter and Andre were watching 21 jump street on my pad and eating skittles. I joined in for a bit and then took a shower. We fell asleep as winners.
SATURDAY: we woke up at 10 and had to check out at 12. Hunter, Garrett, Andrew, and me went down to get breakfast the hotel. We all ate quite and bit except Andrew who loaded his plate with food and ended up eating a donut the size of a quarter. We want back up to pack. We got ready by 12 to check out. Me and Andrew decided that we are leaving Saturday and not Sunday morning like we planned. We check out and check in our other room where Garrett hunter and stayed because their flight was 6 am. We came to ny and Andrew went into get donuts.
Tyler and his girlfriend went somewhere and I said bye to him and shook his hand because that was the last time I would see him till china. We congratulated each other and he went off. Hunter, garret, and me stayed outside dunkin donuts waiting for Andrew. Gex was walking and we saw him. We all talked for quite a bit and then I saw Ryan higa and the crew pass by. He said what's up and they went off. I wanted to get a picture with them. After talking for a bit about everything, Gex went off to eat with his mom. We walked a block and it was good bye for me. I shook everybody's hand and said see you I'm china. We congratulated each other. Me and Andrew had a bro hug and he spilled his tea on the floor! I didn't want to leave because I wanted to see everyone at the bowling party. But there was no bus later than 8. There was no point of me walking around with all my stuff so I left early.
On my way back i saw the Ryan higa crew walking and I asked to take pictures with them. They were extremely cool. They told me they were here for a show at the manhattan center. I was shocked I got to see them twice. After that I went to port authority to catch my bus. On the bus I watched all the vids I took on my iPad and recalled how much fun I had.
Might have missed a few important details but that pretty much sums it up. Stay tuned we will be posting videos and pictures in the next few days. I'm pretty sure Andrew will post one as well.
I would like to thank:
- Frost Gaming (thanks for supporting us and paying for our accommodations)
- Zach Wigal and the wcg staff for making everything happen.
- all the teams for showing up ( you guys were all cool, some of you like chase and popz were goofy ahahhaha, but it was really fun and I'm glad I met you all)
As Garrett would say, FOLK GAME
China here we come
Then I called Zach for our passes. It was hard to find Zach but we found him and he gave us 5 passes for comic con. He wished us luck and went on to set up at the wcg booth. Mav and I walked around comic con for a bit and everything was still being set up. There was no one besides the staff working there. (I will post a video of this). After half an hour, me and Mav walked down to 8th avenue and came to a movie theater. We went in to watch Looper, to pass time because Garrett and hunter were flying in at 1 pm. The ticket was surprisingly cheap ($7). Me and Andrew almost fell a sleep during he movie because it was pretty boring.
After the movie, we headed out to penn station to catch a train to our hotel. Took us a while but figured it out where to go to buy tickets. The ticket was $12.50 one way. Tyler done goofed up because he told us it was $5. We took the train to Newark liberty airport, as we get out Garrett calls me and asks where we are. I told him "we are at the airport, but we see no airport or airplanes", he starts bursting into laughter with hunter. But it was all good because we had to take an AirTrain (little shuttle) to the airport. It was a short ride.
Once we got there, we took a bus shuttle to our hotel. We met up with Garrett and hunter, talked for a bit and concluded that Tyler isn't coming anytime soon because he was eating mcnuggets in his driveway still. So we headed out to comic con to meet up with gandhi, Gex, chub, chase, and popz. We all met up and talked for a bit. Everybody was really chill and we had a great time. We all stayed at the comic con until 9ish Mand thenwent to subway to eat. ghandi didnt have a keyboard that would work with the samsung laptops so we had to run around manhatten looking for a staples or best buy. We dound one luckily and bought a logitech keyboard. Ghandi went off to his hotel where he was staying with his sister and her boyfriend. After, we went to penn station to go back to the hotel. Met up with Tyler and his girlfriend. Me Garrett hunter and Andrew all stayed in the same room. Garrett the folk gamer couldn't turn on one of the lights and we all tried for a while. Garrett said it was a haunted room and that we would have to pay $900 for a broken $20 lamp. FOLK GAME.
FRIDAY: We woke up at 7 and got ready to go to comic con to play our matches. On the train, I asked Tyler if he ever got a new keyboard because he had the same problem as ghando. Should have seen the look Garrett's face when Tyler said no. Once we got to manhattan, we sent Tyler to get himself a keyboard. While we went in to check in with Zach. We met up with all the teams. It was awkward seeing PDF because we all talked **** to each other a few days before we came to LAN. But it was all good ,talked to all of them joking around and all.
We got our stipends and went to McDonald's close by. Ordered food and met up with Tyler. After eating we went back to comic con to watch the matches, we had a bye the first round. We had to sneak in Tyler's girlfriend because they didn't sell anymore passes. It all worked out in the end. We watched devious vs Lpk and Lpk vs PDF. Then it was our turn to play jeden. We set up and warmed up. It was very weird playing there because the monitors were only 60 hertz. We were not used to that. We also were not ready for downtown, we haven't played that map in probably 6 months. We beat them and felt confident until they destroyed us on subase. They were the fastest players I have ever seen. Running and aiming wise. Grats to them for giving us a huge fight. Then once we lost on subase, we chose Mexico and finished it off because it was our map. We were shocked how well jeden played. They were extremely cool as well. Now it was time to play PDF, eagle eye was the map. We beat them and felt very confident. On Ankara we were doing fairly well and then we fell apart. They changed how they played so we couldn't get those picks as cts. They forced it into overtime where they demolished us. Once again we chose Mexico. They played well but we came out on top. After a long match, we were congratulated by the smilegate group and the wcg crew. We shook everybody's hands including PDF. They were not happy about the lose but I'm sure they are glad they came out. They showed sportsmanship.
After we took group pictures which I've posted on my here come china thread. Then I stole some z8games cards of the table at the wcg booth. It said m4adv and we all panicked and took them. Come on its m4adv for crying out loud. Legendary weapon. We stayed at the comic center for 20 mins or so. I talked to the PDF cre for a bit. Handed out those z8 code cards because I know they would love to pub with those m4advs. After leaving the comic con, we went to Pizza Hut to eat. We were in chock and couldn't believe we won. Three of my friends came to congratulate me: hotshot, Ramzy, and Maxwell.
I decided to stay with my friends and hang out in manhattan for a while while the rest of them went back to the hotel. We talked for a bit and they were extremely happy for me. I remember hotshot teaching ,e how to play cf. they walked me to penn station. I was very late and I was scared not gonna lie. I was the only one at the airport air train. I didn't know if I got on the right one. I figured it all out and got back to our hotel at around 3 a.m. Hunter and Andre were watching 21 jump street on my pad and eating skittles. I joined in for a bit and then took a shower. We fell asleep as winners.
SATURDAY: we woke up at 10 and had to check out at 12. Hunter, Garrett, Andrew, and me went down to get breakfast the hotel. We all ate quite and bit except Andrew who loaded his plate with food and ended up eating a donut the size of a quarter. We want back up to pack. We got ready by 12 to check out. Me and Andrew decided that we are leaving Saturday and not Sunday morning like we planned. We check out and check in our other room where Garrett hunter and stayed because their flight was 6 am. We came to ny and Andrew went into get donuts.
Tyler and his girlfriend went somewhere and I said bye to him and shook his hand because that was the last time I would see him till china. We congratulated each other and he went off. Hunter, garret, and me stayed outside dunkin donuts waiting for Andrew. Gex was walking and we saw him. We all talked for quite a bit and then I saw Ryan higa and the crew pass by. He said what's up and they went off. I wanted to get a picture with them. After talking for a bit about everything, Gex went off to eat with his mom. We walked a block and it was good bye for me. I shook everybody's hand and said see you I'm china. We congratulated each other. Me and Andrew had a bro hug and he spilled his tea on the floor! I didn't want to leave because I wanted to see everyone at the bowling party. But there was no bus later than 8. There was no point of me walking around with all my stuff so I left early.
On my way back i saw the Ryan higa crew walking and I asked to take pictures with them. They were extremely cool. They told me they were here for a show at the manhattan center. I was shocked I got to see them twice. After that I went to port authority to catch my bus. On the bus I watched all the vids I took on my iPad and recalled how much fun I had.
Might have missed a few important details but that pretty much sums it up. Stay tuned we will be posting videos and pictures in the next few days. I'm pretty sure Andrew will post one as well.
I would like to thank:
- Frost Gaming (thanks for supporting us and paying for our accommodations)
- Zach Wigal and the wcg staff for making everything happen.
- all the teams for showing up ( you guys were all cool, some of you like chase and popz were goofy ahahhaha, but it was really fun and I'm glad I met you all)
As Garrett would say, FOLK GAME
China here we come
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