I am not a very good writer, but Prima said I have to write something.Late last year, I had the idea to put together a community-run tournament that was much larger than anything I had ever done before. The more I talked about it, the more people got involved. A large number of people, from SoCal eSports, CSN, BarCraft organizers, CSL teams, and LAN centers came together to form the core group behind the event.The GESL was, in many ways, an experimental event for myself and many of the people involved. I realize that the final product was not perfect, but the whole point was to see if an event like this could even be successful. I learned many things from my experiences these past few months, and that list is potentially endless and cannot be efficiently explained here. What I can say is that I have heard the constructive criticism and requests that have been made by the community, and I have taken them to heart. Our future events will be more enjoyable and entertaining for both the audience watching at home as well as the audience on-site at the event. I hope to be able to to host another event in the future to show the ESPORTS community what our team can truly do.I would like to give thanks to all of our sponsors, all of the Cal Poly Pomona volunteers, SoCal eSports, Cyber Sports Network, and everyone else related to the running of this event. I would also like to extend special thanks to my parents, and I offer my apologies to them for scheduling the GESL during Father's Day.Finally, a sincere thanks is in order for everyone out there who attended, watched, and supported the GESL. Oh, and thank you to Liquipedia.

Sincerely,

Bobby Omari