I showed up early to the expo and sat in the front row. Chris Tang was sitting next to me, which was surreal. I mentioned it last year, but I got into CTWC after watching the 2016 Finals. I was fascinated by his commentary, especially his catchphrase. Anyways, I talked to him about how he […]

With the Qualifying rounds over, there were photo shoots for the players that made the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Bracket. I was sitting at the stats team with Marfram, giving myself a nice view of the stage and giant LED screen. The commentators on the CT3 and CT4 stations (where Silver and Bronze Bracket matches […]

It was Saturday, I had a chance to make the Bronze Bracket. At the moment, I was the #105 seeds, with the #112 seed being the Bronze Bracket cutoff. As long as 8 players in this final session don’t beat my Qualifying score of 521K. This last session was reserved for players that could not […]

I was the Qualifying judge last year, so I knew how to do this. Marfram also gave specific instructions on what to write on the scorecards, so there was no confusion there. There were a lot of players that were qualifying offstream. I and a few others were assigned to be the qualifying judges for […]

I arrived in the morning for the first day of competition. I had signed up for the first session, so that I can get it over with and so that other players can get the more popular sessions. As a volunteer, I got to enter the expo before the official opening time. Showing up early […]

I went to the SoCal Gaming Expo the day before the tournament was to begin, because there was a staff meeting that was going to take place. There was a sense of familiarity when I entered the Tetris area of the expo. Last year, I was very nervous entering the area because I wasn’t sure […]