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I was cleaning my house to make space for my wife and came across my WWI and Blizzcon bags. WWI was the "World Wide Invitational" held in Paris in 2008. I only attended Blizzcon 2008 and 2009.



Anyway, at these nerdy conventions, they always give you a loot bag. It's filled with a lot of advertisements, some figurines, etc. To be honest, I never really cared about that stuff so it has literally sat in my closet for 5 years. I was saving it thinking it might have some resale value in 2010. That came and went and it's just been sitting ever since.



I lined it up to be thrown out and thought I should go through it just to see what's in there just before I throw it out. As I said, there was a lot of ads and garbage, but there was so much nostalgia. There was a Team Liquid business card that Kennigit had printed for me. There was a cigarette lighter phone charger that I had accidentally taken from Haji. There was a card with the Korean players names that we had used to get everyone to chant "1 2 3 ___ Fighting!" before the matches. So I rounded up all the cool stuff and kept it in the WWI backpack and tosses the remainder.



That's when nostalgia hit me hard. I know I was never competitively good at Brood War, but I was much more a player than a fan. I know the majority of the staff here watched all the big events daily, but I rarely watched Starcraft. I just loved to play it. Playing Brood War really was a huge part of my life. I think I played Starcraft and loved playing Starcraft much more than anyone on this site realized. When that world began to cross with the real world, it was exciting times. It led to meeting tons of great people, travelling to France, US, Japan, and Korea. It gave many opportunities I never would have had otherwise. And it led to the TSL, which was the culmination of this journey for me.



Through it all, I still loved playing Brood War. I'm not sure Starcraft 2 could have ever lived up the expectations Brood War set for it in my eyes, so it quickly became evident that it felt flat to me. The life Starcraft 2 injected into this community was amazing, and it brought so many people into the RTS genre. But that day will always be a little bit sad for me when Brood War was definitely gone. It's clear to me nothing will ever fill that Brood War gaming hole.



So as I was cleaning out my house, I just felt like finally "Chill" is gone, and it left me sad. It was a good run and things change. It made me thankful for the mementos people have left me that will always remind me of those times. I've kept as much as I could and I hope one day I can show them to my children to explain those good ol' times to them.



I've still got the pony shirt we all signed in Paris.

I've still got the signed Sea cheerful I was supposed to give to Fakesteve (sorry Steve)

I've still got the note FireBlast! left on my fridge when he left Calgary.

I've still got my CJ keyboard bag and my team shirts.



I'm starting to realize as I get older and my memory fades, it's important to surround yourself with things that remind you who you are.



PS I'm still upset I didn't get to meet Zileas at the TL dinner



I just went through a personal moment and thought I should get it down here.I was cleaning my house to make space for my wife and came across my WWI and Blizzcon bags. WWI was the "World Wide Invitational" held in Paris in 2008. I only attended Blizzcon 2008 and 2009.Anyway, at these nerdy conventions, they always give you a loot bag. It's filled with a lot of advertisements, some figurines, etc. To be honest, I never really cared about that stuff so it has literally sat in my closet for 5 years. I was saving it thinking it might have some resale value in 2010. That came and went and it's just been sitting ever since.I lined it up to be thrown out and thought I should go through it just to see what's in there just before I throw it out. As I said, there was a lot of ads and garbage, but there was so much nostalgia. There was a Team Liquid business card that Kennigit had printed for me. There was a cigarette lighter phone charger that I had accidentally taken from Haji. There was a card with the Korean players names that we had used to get everyone to chant "1 2 3 ___ Fighting!" before the matches. So I rounded up all the cool stuff and kept it in the WWI backpack and tosses the remainder.That's when nostalgia hit me hard. I know I was never competitively good at Brood War, but I was much more a player than a fan. I know the majority of the staff here watched all the big events daily, but I rarely watched Starcraft. I just loved to play it. Playing Brood War really was a huge part of my life. I think I played Starcraft and loved playing Starcraft much more than anyone on this site realized. When that world began to cross with the real world, it was exciting times. It led to meeting tons of great people, travelling to France, US, Japan, and Korea. It gave many opportunities I never would have had otherwise. And it led to the TSL, which was the culmination of this journey for me.Through it all, I still loved playing Brood War. I'm not sure Starcraft 2 could have ever lived up the expectations Brood War set for it in my eyes, so it quickly became evident that it felt flat to me. The life Starcraft 2 injected into this community was amazing, and it brought so many people into the RTS genre. But that day will always be a little bit sad for me when Brood War was definitely gone. It's clear to me nothing will ever fill that Brood War gaming hole.So as I was cleaning out my house, I just felt like finally "Chill" is gone, and it left me sad. It was a good run and things change. It made me thankful for the mementos people have left me that will always remind me of those times. I've kept as much as I could and I hope one day I can show them to my children to explain those good ol' times to them.I've still got the pony shirt we all signed in Paris.I've still got the signed Sea cheerful I was supposed to give to Fakesteve (sorry Steve)I've still got the note FireBlast! left on my fridge when he left Calgary.I've still got my CJ keyboard bag and my team shirts.I'm starting to realize as I get older and my memory fades, it's important to surround yourself with things that remind you who you are.PS I'm still upset I didn't get to meet Zileas at the TL dinner Moderator