The Ultimate MLG Experience - My Experience

MeetYourMaker · #1 (**permalink**) **The Ultimate MLG Experience - My Experience** 08-24-2008

First off, I would like to give a shoutout to SirTopemHat and Cursed Lemon for having someone to hang out with the whole weekend. Unfortunately I was only able to stay till Saturday night so I didn't have much time to spend in Toronto.

Friday

First thing I did in the morning when I woke up was drive to Mc Donalds with my parents. It was utterly the most sh.ttiest breakfast ever but you know what can you do eh? After we were done eating we left for Toronto. We got there at about 11 and the traffic was aweful. To go somewhere 15 minutes away took like an hour which really really sucked. Once I got to the convention center I went all the way to the Fan Expo which was held in the south building. It was so amazing to see all the people in one building. There was literally 100 people in one room! Next I had to go through 3 line ups which lasted about 15 minutes each unfortunately. Then I went down to where MLG was held and met SirTopEm 20 minutes later. We then went to the astro station to test out the new astro headsets. Let me say that they are definately worth it if you really want quality headphones. After a game or 2 of halo 3 at the astro booth we then went to the pro lounge and got to watch the pros play and we literally got to sit 2 feet away from them. It was awesome watching them play and you really learn alot from them. I got to talk to TC Legend and Snipedown and it was pretty cool. I got an autograph from snipedown lol. After we watched the pros play we felt like going to see Wes Craven at the Star Trek booth. After that Topem wanted to get a picture with a booth babe so we did that and then split up and I went for dinner with my parents. We went to Quiznos this time which was way better than mcdonalds and I can say that their food is amazingggg. After I got full I went back to the event and met up with Cyren, Cursed Lemon, and TopEm. We all went to the main stage for the pregame show which was pretty cool to watch different rosters play against eachother. After the night was done I went back to my hotel which was about 15 minutes away from the hotel and went to bed.

Saturday

I woke up the morning not feeling amazing but I went for breakfast and I was fine after that. After breakfast I got dropped back off at the Convention centre where I then went to the comic booth where I saw Wes Craven and everyone from star trek again but this time I was able to get an autograph. It was awesome talking to them in person. After that I went to the Gunnar Optiks booth where I was going to buy a pair of their glasses but they were all sold out. After that I went to the astro booth beside it and started to play some 2v2 with random teams. It was so fun lanning is way more funner than playing online. Everytime I got a sick kill everyone was yelling and its an amazing feel to have someone cheering you on whenever you get amazing kills. Well after I was done gaming for a little bit since all of the Gunnar Glasses were sold out I went to the Zellers station where they were selling mlg shirts and I bought a couple then I went to go buy a wired controller cuz my other one broke. After that skulltech was about to play on the main stage which consisted of Megah, Insaiyan, Decliner and someone else I didn't get the name. Once they were done I went to meet up with Topem again and we decided to go to the amp booth where I was able to get a glimpse of the new Gears of War 2 demo. Its sick a 5v5 multiplayer game with amazing weapons and graphics what more could you want. I think they said it's coming out in september or october. After that we went to see Team Frequency play which consisted of MBull and Nayr and I forget who else. After they were done they lost which was a bummer but they played pretty good for lan. Once they were done playing we met up with cursed lemon and hanged out at the pro lounge watching td and chain reaction play, hysteria was pulling off amazing stuff and so was everyone else. After that It was 6:30 and I had to go and say goodbye to Topem and Lemon. Then I went back to my hotel, packed everything up checked out and headed home.

For anyone wondering if going to an event is worth it. It is, Well im out for now so I hope you enjoyed this read. And take into consideration going to an event. Its a great opportunity to meet people.