Going to LCS studio on March 23rd, anyone else been?

Nice man im jelly

 

Damn not bad, I actually realllyyyyyy want to go, but I'm from Hong Kong

 

Thats so weird...im going to be there too haha

 

Lol is it really this cheap? How long can you stay there, an idea how many games you'll be speccing roughly?

Ps: don't forget the soapie

 

Wow dude it must be exciting I was thinking of going out there one time just for fun, but I'm on the other side of the country

 

Are you really? I'm down for a meetup haha, I'll PM you

 

Prolly gonna stay the whole time, C9T is playing in the challenger games and I'm a huge Bischu fan. I'll be there at roughly 11 ish, and the challenger league starts at 4 PM and is a Bo3 so it won't end til maybe 5:30-6:30. I'll try and catch some of the pro players for photos afterwards as well, so I'll probably end up leaving around 7 PM or so haha

 

Have fun. Are you a fan of any team besides C9T or just going there for fun?

 

Would love to see pics! I'd love to go to an LCS one day... Though it'd take some effort lol

 

I think my ranking goes something like:

C9 > CLG > TSM > EG (only
For now because of ROBERTX) > CST > DIG > CRS > XDG

Challenger teams:

LMQ > C9T > Whichever complexity team robertxlee is on (forget lol)

 

This TSM v DIG game... just wow

 

I hope you are having fun there! good games today.

 

never been, would love to go. enjoy man!

 

Post pics! I've heard the atmosphere is amazing.

 

Sorry you had to witness that EG vs C9 game. Also i can't tell from your post above, are you a fan of robert?

 

I doubt I'll have the chance to go any time, but I'd love to hear about your experience

 

How was it? Post pics!

 

Guess I should give yall an update since it's been almost a week haha.

Took an hour bus to get from LA to our hotel at Manhattan Beach (only cost $5 with the Tap, took the metro). Stayed at a hotel about 20 minutes away via public transportation (again the metro), 2 nights for ~$140 (Hacienda).

Doors to the studio opened at 11, so we left our hotel at 10:30 to make it there early. Trains were running late (one track was closed, just our luck), so it ended up taking us about 45 minutes to get there. Will Call was really easy, just a table where you tell them your name and they give you a wristband. We then stood in line where we were waited to be escorted into the studios.

We were nearly the last people to be seated on the floor (If you notice the crowd view, there are chairs on the floor, then there are bleachers in the back). VERY last row in the back left corner, so we were able to stand up whenever we wanted (since nobody was standing behind us), but didn't get any camera love in the beginning).

Read on another dudes reddit experience that stuff at the store sells out really fast. So right when the store opened (When champions spawn in the first game) I immediately made my way over to the booth. Purchased 3 posters + 2 stuffed animal Poros for ~$100.

Players made their way outside after the game, and I was able to get autographs/pictures with everyone (Except Dyrus since I didn't have a sharpie on me).

Got Autographs/Pics from the following:

Entire TSM team (Oddone/Bjerg/Dyrus/Xpecial/Wildturtle)
Entire CLG team (Doublelift/Nien/Dexter/Link/Aphro)
Entire C9 team (Hai/Meteos/Lemon/Sneaky/Balls)
XDG Zuna/Mancloud/Xmith/Benny
CST Shiphtur
Crs Quas/IWD/Voyboy

Nobody from EG/Dignitas came out unfortunately, Scarra actually retired the very next day, so I actually got to see his last game live.

I don't think my girl and I got any camera time (they showed the crowd inbetween games, when players were outside, so I chose to go meet the players), but I haven't watched the replay of it so I'm not sure (had a couple friends watching and they said they didn't see us though). They also threw out poro stress dolls to the crowd, we didn't catch any since they literally threw ~5 in our vicinity, all uncatchable by us, but we were able to sweet talk the cameramen into giving us the poros they had attached sitting on their equipment. XDG also gave out wristbands outside, but other than that no free stuff. Found 2 rioters and neither of them were carrying skin codes on them (sadface emoticon).

I think the coolest part about watching it live, is that the entire bigscreen/room flashes with lights for first blood or an ace, something that you really don't see on the livestream (since the game is usually fullscreened).

I'm sure I'm leaving out a ton of stuff, and I'll try and get some pics up soon, but if you guys have any questions feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer!

 

Sounds like it was a great experience, glad you had a good time!

 

never been, but have a good time mate