Crazy People In Orlando

Last Tuesday (Oct. 11), President Obama was in Orlando.  I was at school at FIEA and he was at the Sheraton Hotel literally a quarter-mile away from the building I was in.  He was there for a private fundraiser.  There was a few roadblocks with Secret Service and cops on horseback (yeah, cause horses can catch fleeing suspects who are driving away).  At 6 pm, after classes, I just walked to my car in the parking lot and drove home (West).  I wasn't checked for weapons or anything.  And no, I didn't "see" Obama.

TBQH, I wasn't really thrilled that he was here so I didn't care (neither were a few Tea Party guys with signs).  I heard Mr. President went to a certain downtown bar about a half-mile from the Sheraton later that day.  How Secret Service pulled that off, I don't know.  Ok, I am done talking about politicians.  It was just a surreal moment, that's all.

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But there's something better going on--MLG IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA!!!  Well, it's 20 miles from here at the Gaylord Palms resort.  Did I go?  No, it's already over and I'm afraid of large crowds.  But guess who was there (the POTUS?  no)....

OMG BOXER (of Starcraft fame) WAS THERRRREEE!!!!  *school girl squeal*  I WAS TWENTY MILES AWAY FROM BOXER, NOW MY LIFE HAS MEANING!!!  IF ONLY I COULD'VE BEEN THERE TO SEE HIM!!!

"Babe, how 'bout takin your top off?"

Like last time, they were playing Halo 3, CoD: Black Ops, and Starcraft 2.  I can only tolerate the Halo footage for just a minute since those RvB Master Chief clones & single-fire rifles get friggin boring after a while.  Yeah, CoD isn't that much better (Lightweight/Famas/Red Dot combo) but at least that game looks smoother in motion.

Lol, I'm not making this up.  In between game footage, the official MLG stream would play commercials.  One was a promo for NFS: Shift Unleashed 2.  They offered "tips" on how to play the game correctly.  #1 thru #3 were obvious stuff like "don't crash into other cars."  #4 was "Buy Dr. Pepper products for secret unlockables/tips/cheat codes!"  I just about lost my s*** at that point.  It's almost as if NFS is trying to rival Burnout/FnF/Split Second for my hatred.

Lol, it's really funny they are playing Black Ops. That game's professional scene will wither away in a month. WHO CARES ABOUT THAT GAME ANYMORE, LOLOLOL OMG!!!11!!! Here comes MW3!!!!!

Gaming as we know it is dead.  Time to throw out the Doritos in the pantry!!!

I'm not drinking Mountain Dew or Dr. Pepper.  You know what I'm drinking?

It's good.

NOW GET BACK TO SCHOOLWORK!!!

MLG And Evo Stuff (Professional Gaming)

EDITED twice, moved the NASCAR part to its own post

Oh man.  Get ready for more gaming conventions.  So yesterday, I was watching a Major League Gaming (in Anaheim) stream on some website.  They were playing Halo: Reach, CoD: Black Ops, and Starcraft 2.  Who won?  Well, I don't know.  Also, at the same time, there was this Evo tournament thing (in Las Vegas).  They were playing Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (with no Megaman) and Street Fighter 4.  Thank God there was no Smash Bros. or I would have snapped.  BTW, there was some dude from Saudi Arabia who came in 2nd place in SF4 and that's boss.


OMG Koreans playing Starcraft, we're not worthy!!!


I have no idea what's going on here.

So I watched and I guess it was kind of cool.  No I didn't absolutely abhor it like pretty much everything else.  Well, everyone playing CoD ran around with the Famas Red Dot (very rarely an AK74 or G11)/Lightweight/Sleight of Hand which was kind of stupid but they were playing under special rules.  There were about 80,000 people watching both streams plus those watching on Spike/G4 and in the actual convention center.

Man, I tell you I get a little jealous of those guys.  Nothing like struggling to keep a 1.0 KDR on Black Ops (not me, some other people), then seeing these guys put on a show.  That's a real morale boost there.  Don't worry kids--just play enough Halo/CoD and someday, you'll make $30,000 a year playing video games!  Yeah, good luck.  Remember, changing your XBL Gamerpic to a MLG logo will increase your skills by 1000%.

But in the end, you still gotta go back to real life--working hard, taking care of business, keeping the world going around.  I don't even remember who won.  Also MLG/Evo will never air on ESPN while professional poker will.  Hell, even 1st and 10 gets aired over video games so QQ moar nerds.

I have to watch Skip Bayless over MLG.

Another thing I noticed was the advertisements.  Now Dr. Pepper is synonymous with gamers--when did this happen?  What happened to Mountain Dew--no one likes that anymore?  Dr. Pepper has a contest that will hook someone up with some gaming room with a l33t beast PC and sofa.  Great, I liked Dr. Pepper when no one cared now everyone likes it and makes me look like a bandwagoner.  Also, what's up with this NOS energy drink?  I don't drink energy drinks cause those are for World of Warcraft nerds who pull all-nighters with their "epic 30-man raids."  The only NOS I want is in my car, not in me.



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Speaking of competitive gaming, there's also CPL: Cyberathlete Professional League.  Oh man, now that's old school.  They're still around although they may be merged with MLG or some crap like that.

Let's go back to Counter-Strike.  Not Source but 1.6.  The Greatest Game Ever Played.

Real men play CS.  I'd play more but my comp sucks, wait until I get a new one...


Now this is a LAN party.


HEATON, HAVE MY BABIES.