Yesterday we didn’t do much. The guys slept until 2pm (basically all day) and then we all got up and left to the venue. Fisker had to ride in the trunk again and he will most likely do it for a third time today. There just isn’t enough room in the car! Last night when we got back I remember him telling me, “Word of advice. Never fart in the trunk of the car. The smell doesn’t go anywhere.” It was pretty hilarious. I think it is safe to say I have learned a lot about the Sk.swe guys. They are not shy to reveal anything whether it has to do with their sex lives, their hygiene, it really doesn’t matter. They will just spill the beans on anything!
So after we put Fisker in the car we went to DreamHack. Once we were there SK.swe had to take turns playing this game called, “World In Conflict”. At first none of them knew what they were doing but they were being coached by two guys. They were later to play a real tournament against other people who have previously played the game. I took a lot of videos because there were some really funny moments that went on. I only had 1 ½ battery left though so I had to save it. I wasn’t sure if we were going to this party later on at night that everyone is going to.
While the guys were playing I saw MIBR watching the match between Hoorai (I know they are not called that now but anywho) against BeGrip. I tried pulling aside KIKOO to ask him a few questions on camera about the match but he didn’t want to do it at all. I even tried smile and be nice look but it didn’t work. He did promise me though that he will definitely do an on camera interview at CPL Dallas. He went by where the guys were and said his hello’s and then him and the other three members of his team left. Cogu was around somewhere but he was no where to be seen. KIKOO might not have wanted to say anything on camera but off camera he told me they hadn’t practiced for two weeks so they are abit rought when it comes to playing CS at this tournament. I asked him how he thought they would do and he said, “Don’t know”. He didn’t come off as if he cared whether they won or lost or placed high or low. He seemed pretty relaxed as did the rest of the members.
We also ran into the guys from NiP. Ins has his infamous hat on and walle is definitely a changed man. He wasn’t there at first but then he tapped me on the shoulder so I turned around. He has lost even more weight and all I could say was, “Wow.” SpawN chuckled at my comments to walle so I think it gave all the other guys a tickle as well. I was in shock at how walle looked. I thought he looked great during ESWC but he looks even better now then before. I guess all that hard work in losing weight paid off!! Will he be the new “hunk” in town? I am sure the CS girls will decide this one! After chit chatting with NiP for awhile, SpawN tapped me on the shoulder. He pointed, I looked. It was Jonas telling me they were going to go eat so I left. Again no one wanted to do an on camera interview. I think it would be a lot easier if I actually had someone hold my camera because then I wouldn’t have to ask; I can just go up and start talking to them with the camera already pointed but oh well.
After about an hour or so the guys wanted to go eat. We hadn’t eaten since they got up so the person who was running the tournament gave us about an hour. We went to a restaurant where they served pizza and some other Italian food. I felt really out of place here because all the guys looked at the menu and knew what they wanted to order but of course I didn’t understand it. I don’t know where Jonas’s head was but he didn’t help me at all until I reminded him that I didn’t understand the menu. I think someone needs to learn to be a gentleman because in the USA the men order for their women but I guess this isn’t USA afterall. He will probably get mad at me I brought up this tidbit but anyways that IS what happened. We also saw a store across the street which had the lettering “Asian” in it. It was supposed to be an Asian market so while the guys were finishing their food. Jonas and I went across the street. We got into the store and it was SUCH A WANNABE Asian food store. There was nothing in there that was really Asian. I got irked so we came out of there buying nothing. We all headed back to the venue because the guys had to play “World In Conflict” again.
On the way back, Jonas received a call from this guy named Ian. He wanted to meet up with SK.swe to give them some t-shirts and caps they are supposed to wear. It’s the company that sets up the poker site for SK-Gaming. Once the t-shirts were passed out all of the guys left and told me I was in charge of making the guys wear the shirts. LOL. It was hard to get the guys to stop playing this game.
After having played it all day they finally got the hang of it. They were talking strats and everything because they had to play against four other players sitting across from them. During most of the time, I saw the guys from SK.swe whisper to each other because they didn’t want the other team to know what they were doing. It was pretty hilarious. Before the actual tournament had begun Sk.swe won 2 rounds. Each round they had to play 3 maps (it was best of 3). They won the first round by winning two maps and then the third they won 2 rounds again. However, this was only practice. After they had won the second round it was time for the real tournament. Sadly SK.swe lost in the real tournament. They got raped as gamers would put it but it was still fun to watch them play. Not only were the guys into the game but I was as well. Seeing them put team work into really trying to win was pretty awesome for me hehe. I think Fisker, Vilden were in charge of the helicopters and one area of the map and then Jonas and Allen was in charge of the tanks and another area of the map. As for Snajdan, he had his own thing to do but he did play some rounds as well.
SK.swe didn’t do anything but play “World In Conflict” for the whole day. It was nice to take a break from CS though I’m sure.
We ended up not going to the party because everyone was tired and no one wanted to even stop by. Everyone agreed they had matches tomorrow and wanted to be focused for that. I remember SpawN asking me if I was going to go to the party but of course I told him I didn’t know if we were. They were definitely gonna stop by though so I hope they had fun! It seemed like anyone who was there for CS went to this party except SK.swe.
Anyways once we got back to the hotel, Allen decided to pay us a visit. I didn’t take anymore videos of us just hanging around because I decided to give the guys a break from the camera always on them. Besides the stories that Allen was telling us couldn’t be put on camera!!!
Today the guys will play against Hoorai or what used to called Hoorai anyways. I don’t know how they will do but lets hope they will do their best (I know they will!) I will take some pictures and take some videos as well but I have only 2 batteries. I need to invest in more batteries so I don’t have to worry about using it up so fast!
I do apologize to those picture fiends out there about the amount of pictures I have taken at this event. At a LAN like this with such a small tournament area and the teams disappearing right after they play it is hard to take a lot of pictures. Unless that is if you start taking pictures of random people! Anyways the guys are just getting up and getting in the shower so another blog will be coming your way really soon!
*Videos will be coming soon, I have taken a lot but I have to compress them so you will see them after the event is over and I can edit the videos all at once so stay tuned*