HCS Season 1 Finals

 yikes what? that was my prediction for their initial series against EG, and they squeaked by with 1. Wasn't that far off.

It was such a good series. So glad I tuned into the stream when I did. This was one of the more enjoyable events I've watched in awhile. Probably dating back to H3. Seeing how many people showed up to watch that match and the finals is good to see.

I usually go each year with a friend and his brothers but they went Saturday so I just got dropped off there by myself and could do whatever I wanted. I like going there just for the atmosphere and to play some small games, last year I entered a tournament for a game I never even played, Blur, because the H:CEA tournament was full, and I made it to the finals haha. It was a surprisingly good game though. I tried to find some cool shirts and stuff yesterday but I didn't have much luck. I only spent $12 the whole day and it was on food. I'm not really a big gamer I guess, I just play Halo like nonstop haha and occasionally Fifa, but that's it. Most of the bigger gaming companies don't sell shirts and stuff, they might give away shirts for free for doing surveys or playing a game. It's typically the smaller developers that have some shirts at their booths.

Noble Black seemed kind of mad because they had no where to sit to watch the finals and were told not to sit on the aisle (right behind me) and just lost after like 5 replays of game 5 (I thought they were playing better than CLG and deserved to go through). I gave Maniac a seat and he said thank you, which was respectable I guess. I also gave Snip3down my marker to sign other people's stuff with, he seemed liked a really cool guy, he didn't act any different than you would expect him to after watching his stream or interviews, same with Walshy. Kind of makes you realize that these pros are just ordinary people and don't think of themselves like superstars like we think of them as haha.. And yeah PAX tickets sell out really fast. Three-day passes and Saturday passes sell out in like 30 minutes and Friday and Sunday last a while, but only like 2-3 weeks max. I would definately recommend going next year though, it is always a really good time!

It was, I felt like I didn't do as much at PAX as I would want to, but at the same time watching those games was so cool. There was a huge turnout for them, especially the finals!