ReDeYe Profile Blog Joined March 2012 United Kingdom 158 Posts #1 Wasn't sure where to put this, but hopefully its applicable here.



I just wanted to say thanks to a lot of people and this seemed like a great place to do it.



First of all to everyone on TeamLiquid that commented on the WCS Europe Finals in the main thread each day (and to Opterown for creating them and updating), thanks to all of you. I really found a lot of knowledge in the posts and it was great to see all the comments (good and bad). And to the unsung heroes on here who wrote up the power rankings, added to the liquipedia which really helped me prepare for this event, its amazing to have such a resource! KUTGW!



Thanks to everyone who tuned in too, it was amazing watching the count go up on Sunday night, it's kinda mind blowing who many of you love this game and love watching.



To Dreamhack, the photographers, the staff and the production guys: Simply mind blowing at times with incredible, hair standing on end fill videos, amazing photographs and the usual fun you get from Dreamhack (even if they did leave my mic open whilst talking about the "penis"!). To Robert, Thomas and HellSpawn, thanks for looking after all of the hosts and casters, you were fantastic.



To Marc, Bernd and all the amazing guys from Blizzard I met over the weekend, again, fantastic job, amazing organisation and a pleasure to work with everyone.



Adebisi, what a freaking star. He makes the game so much easier to follow for a novice like me, it was just perfect.



To Rachel for putting up with my terrible jokes all weekend (and laughing at them out of politeness!) and of course to the always amazing, but rarely get a mention for doing a great job these days Artosis and Tasteless and to my fellow brits "polaris", Apollo and Kalaeris were excellent yet again.



And finally to the crowd, all the people I signed stuff who waited patiently and with respect if I was busy and to the barcrafts everywhere that sent good wishes via Twitter and Reddit, you were brilliant!



There were genuine moments of pure excitement and goosebumps all over for almost the entire weeekend. That set between Lucifron and Stephano on Saturday night was unreal and then again the following day with Grubby and Nerchio, the raw emotion in those moments were amazing. And of course the final - awesome.



I loved this event so much that I want to find a way to come back to esports full time, if I can make it happen, I really will and mainly due to the insane year I have had this year, but also because this tournament is now officially the best tournament I have ever been involved with in 10 years in esports, it even tops WCG Finals in Singapore 2005, which until now was my all time favourite experience.



In short, Starcraft 2 just found its way in to my heart, I'm hooked. @PaulChaloner on Twitter - facebook.com/paulredeyechaloner - fanclub - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=369239