Today we had a lot on our plate. To start the day off I attended a VIP reception where I was introduced to representatives from the 30 countires competing in the event and we talk about the future of e-sports competition. It was very interesting to hear the different thoughts and points of view on the direction e-sports is headed.
Following the reception we had the opening ceremony on the mainstage. The ceremony contained a lot of speakers from the mayor of Daegu City to the President of the IeSF and a performance. My favorite part of the ceremony was seeing all the countries flags up on stage and the U.S flag among the mix.
Once the stage was set and the competition was announced open the players went up a floor to go over all the rules for the compeition. They went through every rule and had to opportunity to ask questions if they needed any clarification on them. After the rules were read through they began the days practice sessions which in all were a bit unorganized. Some players got more time to practice then others and many had issues with controller settings and such. On a positive side our players were up until 4 am practicing at the LAN center so it was just a matter of them getting set-up for play.
The first official matches took place with the U.S AVA Team playing against Korea to decide who would get a bye since there are only 3 teams. Korea is known to be the team to beat in the competition so they knew this was going ot be a tough match to win. I was very impressed with how well the guys communicated and kept the match close through out until they were finally closed out by Korea with a total score of 7-5. The match was awesome to watch and props to the guys for playing so well. There next match will be tomorrow.
The last match of the evening was Michs09 for FIFA Online 2. Our other players for FIFA and Warcraft received bye's in the first round so did not have to play. Michs was pretty confident after playing at the lan center so we were looking forward to his match. The match began with Germany taking the lead and holding Michs scoreless to win the first round of the best of 3 match. It seemed michs had forgot to change one of the settings in game and got blow out pretty convincingly the first round. Round 2 started off with michs scoring the opening goal with less than 1 minute from the start however Germany quickly recovered and took control of the match taking the win and ending michs09's competition as quickly as it started by taking the 2-0 win and moving on.
The day finished up at around 9pm in the evening and will begin tomorrow at 9am with a full day of competition. In regards to the videos I will not be able to upload any until I return due to some laws here in Korea with verifying who is uploading videos by name. However I have updated the pictures in the slideshow on the front page and will be adding more through the rest of the week. We are looking forward to a strong day 2 from the U.S team as Kreegan, LongWalk and the AVA Team will continue the competition.
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