The man who made a really big mess in the brackets and gave Vo0 a really tough run for his money.

On the way to the event.

The tournament venue is the black block on the left.

They simply have to be related.

Found this guy on the subway.

vicious and ForresT on on the train home.

Tobias the Quake 3 legend! Another ownage SK guy.

zr0 tried to do the same impression but only Vo0 was good at it.

Interviewed so many times he's probably bored out of his socks.

zr0 was running around, taking MILLIONS of pictures. This time it was Vo0 interviewed.

TsN theatre. Those newbs were talking about the most random stuff so we had to find other ways to amuse ourselves. stermy the victim this time.

The walls and the doors in the building were all black so when you entered the toilet it was quite a shock. Dragon seemed to like the colour, though.

ForresT in the mall. I wanted to get rat in that picture but never got the chance.

Here's the 3D guy with his favourite sponsor. And I don't blame him for "Nvidia" being his favourite sponsor.

Forward = mouse2
Left = <
Bight = >
Back = g

wtf gellehsak?!?!?!?

Fatal1ty himself smiling.

zr0 and sizah from team fnatic trying to look into the future.

Babau and booms with Sheryl from Nvidia. She's already working with the GGL, perhaps the time has come for the Italians?

Props to the people who talk about EVERYTHING BUT the tournament in between games.

After another five years of pro gaming like that you're gonna end up looking crippled.

This guy owns ass as well. The SK guys are all nice lads. Except for fazz perhaps, but he was not there.

If you lean forward like that you're gonna start winning sooner or later.

SteLam owns. He promised me a video interview at ESWC, then had to run early. This time he said he'd only give me an interview if he won. Well, stay tuned for that, lexx will be releasing it soon.

Burnie himself.

Sander showing Brian what kind of movies he watches.

Apparently very bored.

Showing the V like any All Star should!

elemeNt trying to figure out what the hell he's seeing. And I can tell you, I don't really blame his facial expression given what he was looking at.

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gellehsak showing off his current user status on the CPL forums. He says he made some harsh points about PK, Tonya probably has another story to tell.

The man himself pracicing hard. He was smoking all the time to try and forget about WoW for some time. That hardly helped...

Lexx is the play.it coverage man. Next to him is the play.it boss himself. The great Babau - a hilarious guy I have to say.

dragon and RocketBoy, the world's best Doom 3 players together. RocketBoy spread a rumour that ESWC would feature D3 and dragon got quite horny about that. Turned out to be incorrect.

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This man is an awesome guy. We gave him so much shit for 3D's losses and he took it all on the chin very bravely. He also got stermy and booms very drunk on the last evening!

Before registration we met up with a few of the good old faces. The Russian among them.

No smoking in the subway allowed. Thirty € and... five cents. What the?

No Jules, you're gonna be like those pieces of shit out there who beg for change. They walk around like a bunch of fuckin' zombies, they sleep in garbage bins, they eat what I throw away, and dogs piss on 'em. They got a word for 'em, they're called bums. And without a job, residence, or legal tender, that's what you're gonna be -- a fuckin' bum!

He did that every evening. I swear! Sometimes he had a cup and a little plastic spoon.

... of a blonde German girl.

There's lots of weird people on the Rambla, which is a big and popular street in Barcelona. Take this Formula 1 girl for instance.

Thanks to the courtesy of Play.it (http://www.teamplay.it) I visited the CPL World Tour in Barcelona. I did coverage for the Italian clan's website and some interviews for both the GGL and Play.it. Here is the picture gallery of that event.

You don't need Heaton's lungs to spit across that, do you?

When I got to Barcelona a few things were striking. One of them was the fantastic atmosphere of the narrow streets and alleys. Some buildings are so close apart that you could spit in the face of the person in the window opposite to yours without having to try too hard.

I had an interlanding in Rome before I got to Barcelona. I kind of broke the rules and used electronics when we were landing. BIG DEAL!

View Coverage: All Stars
Organiser: GGL
Website: http://vsportsallstars.com/index.php
Location: E3 Expo, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Duration: 18 May 2005 to 20 May 2005

Global Gaming League, a worldwide leader in organized competitive online and live video game tournaments and events will be hosting the 1st Annual V-Sports All-Star Games at the E3 Expo (May 18-20, 2005) in Los Angeles, CA. All Stars will be selected by a “Blue Ribbon” panel of leaders from the video game press, publishers and hardware manufacturers, and voting by videogame fans worldwide.

All Stars will be honored by being invited to an exciting and competitive 3-day Tournament, which is sponsored by NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in graphics and digital media processors Matches will take place in a special gaming area located at NVIDIA’s booth (South Hall #346). The tournament will see NVIDIA furnishing a cash and prize purse for the competition of $25,000 including PNY’s high-end NVIDIA graphic cards.

The voting is open on the dedicated website, www.VSportsAllStars.com. Gamers selected as All-Stars will be flown to Los Angeles, CA to participate in the live All-Star Games events. Special exhibition matches, as well as a ceremony honoring the All-Stars, will be featured at the invitation only Ziff-Davis Media /GGL E3 Party at the Hotel Figueroa, adjacent to the Los Angeles Convention Center where E3 is being held on Wednesday night, May 18, 2005.

During the V-Sports All-Star Games, E3 expo attendees will get the chance to watch some of the world’s most prominent pro gamers battle it out on a combination of the newest and hottest titles as well as several classic games

During the 3 days of competition, play-by-play commentary and coverage will be provided by iTG (Inside the Game) broadcasters Marcus ‘djWheat’ Graham, Jason ‘Nice Guy Ed’ Hutchinson, and a number of iTG reporters who will provide the independent gamer’s point of view. GGL Media’s coverage of the tournament and various E3 happenings will be broadcast live via streaming audio and video on GGL.com, NVIDIA.com, and NZone.com, NVIDIA’s gaming centric website.

harle caught me without my makeup. End of gallery, I guess.

She's the one who picks them up off the floor if they get wasted, or so I am told.

Those are real leaves!

The coolest of the Pentagrams.

Believe me, she was. But I could not quite pluck up the courage to come to her and ask to put away that bag of hers.

Carmac, frag^m, lauke. Only I left Hannover happy.

She was of Polish origin and was quite happy with the way I tried to impress her with compliments uttered in Polish with a strong English accent.

By the looks of it she likes the way his ass feels against hers.

No. Just PolishFool and frag^m.

He still has not improved on his English!

My name is Marcus.

And harle loses.

Jenny, she was quite a chatterbox.

There were actually two Laras. The other one was definitely hotter, but the way this one danced was simply mesmerising.

I would not buy a Siemens phone for them.

No animals were hurt during the making of this stand.

I love this car.

We did return to the Silicon Valley.

This is the sweetheart that nursed the dying Lauke. I already miss her.

Team fnatic as jubilant as it gets.

My dear, that win precipitates so many problems for them!

The Pentagram guys were really chilled about the result compared to the old SK Gaming who I remember to be multiorgasmic against each round won even against a weak opponent.

Pentagram is the World Cyber Games Samsung Euro Championship Half-Life: Counter-Strike 1.6 winner!

Pentagram taking a very important round of the game.

The half-Spanish, half-Italian kid explained the intricacies of CS to me when I was watching the final. His knowledge was invaluable.

In the middle of the match... They were desperate to come up with something good to get back into the game.

Polish champions against SK Gaming. They were really cool as cucombers during the game, it was really interesting to watch.

Pimp and Adrian, really cool guys. Especially the half-American Pimp.

The stage for CS and UT2004 was surrounded with a curtain, because the game is rated 16+ in Germany. Somehow, ABIT were allowed to show Fatal1ty playing UT2004 as public as it gets...

scoop fooling around!

Gamer-FM boss, the guy who invited me to ECG.

scoop's pal (I forgot what his handle is). scoop taught him the proper perception of gaming - he says he was one of the CS kiddies :).

That's the girl I was talking about in the EA car's description.

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harle posing again.

Xhibit, Xzibit, Exhibit. Whatever. PIMP MY CAR!, or whatever it's called.

I hate driving games more than CS. I don't know what people see in them.

Just a car. I preferred the chick at one of the stands right next to it.

I have no idea why all those people queued just to get an ATI bag and a sticker.

Radeon!

... 128 etc.

N64.

Another milestone in ATI history. How exciting!

PSX!

The Mega Drive.

Another bulky thing.

Some grey thing!

Sega again!

Sega!

ATI has a whole museum with prehistoric stuff. It's a bit scary.

Computer games are relaxing and help you keep in good condition.

She played hard to get all day so I gave up. frag^m promised he would make her his, though.

I know what you're gonna say but this is judo.

It is supposed to be soundproof. It ain't.

harle himself.

Nobody dared thus far.

Computer cooling taken to another level.

This time something futuristic.