So,
my weekend away from the Kootenays led me to my second home, Calgary. My
boyfriend was surprisingly cool to make the eight-hour trek; he drives an
automatic so he was forced to drive the entire time because I have NO idea how
to drive stick. Why was he so cool with it? It is the DOTA finals weekend.
So,
right now I am making a valiant effort to understand the computer game that has
taken up so much of his free time over the last couple of years. Around me are
a posse of boys (I guess I should say 20-something men), who assembled in
record time to watch the DOTA live stream on our large TV all afternoon.
Full
disclosure, here is what I know about DOTA pre-game:
I’ll
check in to throughout the afternoon to give you some insight into my DOTA
finals experience.
Break
1:
Well,
really happy that the team the guy’s here are cheering for ‘Navi’ won and will
be in the finals. One thing I have learned is that watching professional
computer gaming live is just like watching professional sports in the sense
that you eat tones of food. So far we’ve gone through a 12 pack of Wild Rose
beer, a fruit tray, 2 bags of tortilla chips, 20 chicken wings and a box of
oreo ice cream sandwiches. I could totally get into this.
I’m
slowly learning about the game. There is so much to know, I can’t believe how
complex DOTA is, props to everyone out there who plays it and can remember all this
stuff!
We
missed one match in the best of five finals, we ate more food; I learned that
if you sat me down at a table with ribs I could continue to eat all of them at
a steady pace until the end of time. I love ribs.
Cupcakes,
potatoes, peas, beans and wine were also involved in our supper break.
After
the Finals:
So
the ‘International 3’ DOTA 2 finals just ended. The boys were pretty pumped
that Na’Vi made it to the finals. Na’Vi lost the first (of the best of five)
series. Alliance lost the second and third matches, tying it up with a win on
the fourth match. Alliance took it the plate and the $$$ in the end, the boys
were pretty mad… I got to watch Big Brother.
What
I learned:
‘The
International’ is the Superbowl of gaming. Seriously, so much food was consumed
during our all-day DOTA marathon. If this is what this world is like, it is the
world I want to live in.
I
am not sure that I want to start playing ‘DOTA 2’, I can’t see having enough
time to be addicted to the game like all of the guys I know; but I do have a
new appreciation for professional gaming… and amateur gamers fanboy love for
professional gaming.
Please
note, we began our stream around 12pm Sunday afternoon for the pre-show and the
action continued on until around 10:15pm when the tournament ended.
To
find out more about DOTA 2 check out: http://www.dota2.com/
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