Unfortunately Wizinium has now left Telford, so there are unlikely to be any more video interviews or blogs. As such, this will be a written blog (a rather tautologous remark). Since my last blog, we have seen the tournament progress from The upperbracket semi finals right to its thrilling conclusion. The most notable match was FragMasters vs Infused, an absolutely thrilling match to behold. If you didn’t catch the stream then you should definitely check out the VODs, the match lasted 96 rounds and the teams were only separated by 2. I got to shoutcast some of it which was actually pretty fun - I might have to try doing some more at some point!
After the match I went over to FragMasters, and we decided to step outside for some air (the halls are unbelievably hot and stuffy). Technically we weren’t allowed but the absolute legend of a security guy let us. Then his boss came along and had a bit of a go at him, so we felt bad. Peter and I went up to him later to apologise but he said he hadn’t gotten into any trouble, so it was all good. We offered to buy him a drink anyway though.
After that I wrote some more previews/reviews etc and as the time was about 2am I decided to find Ruinr to see if he wanted to go back to the hotel soon. Rich was incredibly wasted, claiming to have drunk a lot of alcohol (the exact amount changed with each retelling). He said he’d wait outside for me while I got my stuff together, but when I went out he was nowhere to be seen. i waited for a while but could not see him at all. He didn’t answer his phone, so in the end I just went back to the hotel. Once there, he called me to tell me he was on his way back and despite all my indications to do otherwise he refused to take a taxi. Some while latter he staggered into the room and proceeded to throw up everywhere. He then broke one of the hotel’s cups - we better not have to pay for that...
So I eventually managed to get some sleep, to the melodious sounds of ruinr vomiting profusely all over the bathroom. I woke up the next morning after a pitiful amount of sleep to find that rich had vomited on the floor and the bed, and was asleep fully clothed. I went to the bathroom to have a shower but promptly decided against it, covered in vomit as it was. The toilet was also not a pretty sight to behold.
I took a few snaps of Ruinr's mess, deciding to upload them to TEK9 when I got the time. Going to the event i went via ASDA, only to realise that today is a Sunday and so it wasn't open yet. I made it to the event, wrote a preview and then watched the final. It was a very good game, and I think TCM deserved the win. Infused seemed to just lose focus towards the end of strike, it was a shame. After that I did my review and then started talking to an incredibly hung over Tom "D1ablo" Newman, who was filming everything with a little handicam. Wiz then came by to say goodbye to everyone. It's been a good day so far, but without the ipad and with lots of teams either going or not wanting to think about CoD4 for at least a few days there isn't a huge amount to do!
RelatedTEK9 Coverage of i43
(^^,)riu
