Zilla's LCS NA Finals adventure
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 10:49 pm
So I went to the NA LCS Finals in Madison Square Garden. It was a really good time. I even took some pictures. lets check it out!
First, seeing LCS where they normally have like the trash knicks or something playing is fucking awesome. This was the banner there.
Upon walking in there's a merch booth. Its like super fucking early and the place is packed to the gills
They also had a tattoo booth, I have a TL one on the other arm that I didn't photo but they had every team. Which was good cause every team had supporters, even tdk and coast (lol)
DECLARE YOUR ALLEGIANCE!! or just take a picture of it if you're not big on commitment (like me)
Plenty of signs. dank memes cant melt playoff dreams and all that. This dude was walking around with his group occasionally shouting "rightous" like that turtle from nemo. it was hilarious
This dude's pillow was amazing
Bigass cardboard cutouts too
My hands are not still, shitty photos result also cropping and editing is for chumps. this is why i dont photograph anything ever, but yea, zed
Darius, Battle Bunny Diana (lolwut), lulu, and Swain. Swain's shit was pretty fucking cool
Pool party Lee Sin dropped by
check out dat sona. Also featuring Syndra, Project Yasuo, Israel, and Forecast Janna
One epic EU series later we're allowed into the arena, fucking finally. this is the view from my seat, not too bad tbh.
I could see "backstage" where the analysts were. That big screen is where the casters were standing, I got to see everyone get ready for their shit. Massive cheers came out for everyone that was recognized.
Starting with Dash and Xpecial. At one point Dash looked in my direction and I raised my beer to him and he gave me a solid thumbs up. or there was some shit going on behind me that coincided with the timing but I'm pretty sure that was for me
The seats are packed. there were sooooo many people there. holy shitballs
Phreak doing something(?) idk, but he got a massive cheer too (not for this but in general when he came out).
The analyst desk with Dash, Zirene, Xpecial, and Phreak about 2 minutes before air. You could see that they spent up to the very last minute prepping for this. those folks work super hard
To give a better point of reference, so you can see where I am in regard to the camera. Im literally right behind camera 2 (not the overhead one but the one that does the close ups). In the viewfinder I could see the stream that was being sent out, be it the game or the faces of who was talking, kinda cool
Another view of the arena
Garen and Taric (and some chump i guess idk)
Surgeon Kennen
LOOT~~ I opted for Naut cause he's a fucking badassbigdaddy and he looks so fucking cute
Sweater, this shit is super comfortable actually. I may have to find venues where it would be appropriate to wear cause its warm and the pockets have zippers and shit and i really kinda like it.
Lanyard, banging balloons (:3) or whatever the fuck you call those, and my #finalshype sign.
Thats the end of my journey. I was hoping to meet some of the players or casters but the line for that was fuckign long as fuck and I had a train to catch. All in all it was a great time. the stream is the most "important" part so you dont miss anything at home, but holy shit that crowd was amazing. you couldn't hear the casters or anything over them and the speakers were loud as fuck. and it was super cool to see all the casters and guests get ready to go on air, a lot of them waved at us and looked like good folks. In retrospect I should have printed out a few resumes and turned them into paper airplanes and thrown them up there, but other than that it was a great time. if you get the chance to go to one of these shindigs fucking go do it. I had a blast.
First, seeing LCS where they normally have like the trash knicks or something playing is fucking awesome. This was the banner there.
Upon walking in there's a merch booth. Its like super fucking early and the place is packed to the gills
They also had a tattoo booth, I have a TL one on the other arm that I didn't photo but they had every team. Which was good cause every team had supporters, even tdk and coast (lol)
DECLARE YOUR ALLEGIANCE!! or just take a picture of it if you're not big on commitment (like me)
Plenty of signs. dank memes cant melt playoff dreams and all that. This dude was walking around with his group occasionally shouting "rightous" like that turtle from nemo. it was hilarious
This dude's pillow was amazing
Bigass cardboard cutouts too
My hands are not still, shitty photos result also cropping and editing is for chumps. this is why i dont photograph anything ever, but yea, zed
Darius, Battle Bunny Diana (lolwut), lulu, and Swain. Swain's shit was pretty fucking cool
Pool party Lee Sin dropped by
check out dat sona. Also featuring Syndra, Project Yasuo, Israel, and Forecast Janna
One epic EU series later we're allowed into the arena, fucking finally. this is the view from my seat, not too bad tbh.
I could see "backstage" where the analysts were. That big screen is where the casters were standing, I got to see everyone get ready for their shit. Massive cheers came out for everyone that was recognized.
Starting with Dash and Xpecial. At one point Dash looked in my direction and I raised my beer to him and he gave me a solid thumbs up. or there was some shit going on behind me that coincided with the timing but I'm pretty sure that was for me
The seats are packed. there were sooooo many people there. holy shitballs
Phreak doing something(?) idk, but he got a massive cheer too (not for this but in general when he came out).
The analyst desk with Dash, Zirene, Xpecial, and Phreak about 2 minutes before air. You could see that they spent up to the very last minute prepping for this. those folks work super hard
To give a better point of reference, so you can see where I am in regard to the camera. Im literally right behind camera 2 (not the overhead one but the one that does the close ups). In the viewfinder I could see the stream that was being sent out, be it the game or the faces of who was talking, kinda cool
Another view of the arena
Garen and Taric (and some chump i guess idk)
Surgeon Kennen
LOOT~~ I opted for Naut cause he's a fucking badassbigdaddy and he looks so fucking cute
Sweater, this shit is super comfortable actually. I may have to find venues where it would be appropriate to wear cause its warm and the pockets have zippers and shit and i really kinda like it.
Lanyard, banging balloons (:3) or whatever the fuck you call those, and my #finalshype sign.
Thats the end of my journey. I was hoping to meet some of the players or casters but the line for that was fuckign long as fuck and I had a train to catch. All in all it was a great time. the stream is the most "important" part so you dont miss anything at home, but holy shit that crowd was amazing. you couldn't hear the casters or anything over them and the speakers were loud as fuck. and it was super cool to see all the casters and guests get ready to go on air, a lot of them waved at us and looked like good folks. In retrospect I should have printed out a few resumes and turned them into paper airplanes and thrown them up there, but other than that it was a great time. if you get the chance to go to one of these shindigs fucking go do it. I had a blast.