So, here is the story...
On Friday morning, we left the hotel for FOX studios, where the ATI action was planned. After a quick introduction to everyone, the team went to the Minigolf Adventure park, where bds showed his real skills ;).
Ahl, Spawn and Gosey had just arrived that morning and therefore were a bit tired, but that was just ok. In first place, ATI addressed their distributors and press with some presentation on the latest generation of grafic boards. Later on, at about 12:30 we started setting up our computers to face our first opponent for the day. The location was filled, when the first rounds where played. The day before, we agreed on playing source, as it was promotion only and the local teams to play were more comfortable with it. Anyway, three handicaps (Gosey as a stand in for Vilden, Source and Spawn dropping for 5 rounds) made us loose the first match in overtime :) Good fun though and the guys from iChor were pretty excited about it.
I did not see the other two matches, but I guess we won number two and lost again in the third match. Anyway, we can say now, that we know how to play source and guess what, the players told me afterwards they would stick to 1.6...surprise, surprise :)
At about 6pm the show was over and we headed back to our hotel to get a shower. At 8pm we were scheduled for dinner with the ATI people, which was lots of fun.
I ahe to say thanx to Melody and Edward for making this trip possible and also to Viktoria for organizing the event itself. It was great being part of it!
The official part was barely over, as we hit the first clup, called "hugos" near Kings Cross. After a couple of drinks we made our way to the other side of the street. Well, it was some fun and it got late, but it was worth it :)
Saturday was a day just to relax at the beach I guess and to get some needed sleep back, lost in aircrafts on our way in. I went out for a run at about 6pm, which was pretty good. From the Hotel towards Hyde Park, passing it, down to the Opera, through another park and all the way back through the city. Right now it's all crazy here, due to Mard Gras or however it is called.
A little Italian Restaurant was the place for us to get some dinner tonight and after getting home, I managed to watch some of the WC3L action via Waaagh TV, almost live.
I also checked the iFNG results from Oberhausen.
Anyway, it's 2:40 am now, time to get some sleep I guess. Gosey will start uploading pix by tomorrow, I guess, so sty tuned.
Cheers and